SOVIET ORDER OF BATTLE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001200600002-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 16, 1948
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
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ass Born (R~
l5 October, but did not make their appearance on the north a.pj r. oac? es
to Magdeburg or on the Lotzlinger Ftelde.
graves.
Construction material, replacement parts and similar items at Lets.Ingen
V.53) and lillersieben (Y41) are being shipped to Biederitz (Y0) , (,ast
of the Elbe r
on 12 November! Russian troops and German police began requis'_tier.ng
cattle in Kreis Yfialdenslehen In advance of the official requi! itioH tiny,
for the first quarter of 194P. At Wedringen' (Y.51) , approxiralely 'fifty
percent of the village cattle was taken up. The requisition. it g d1 f
not spare new settlers, although these people were given reTlE cease ',ts
in the form of weak, lower grade animals.
Ra? erse
&Mbg s (t66) German refugee camp, which has thirty-two tarrac1c ; ,
rra enly requisitioned Zno date given. According to rt ml ens .f
the advance guard, it is to be tenanted by a motorized rifle
(5.53) houses one rifle regiment.
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armored regiment with motor vehicle troops. Another source bE. lie?; ?s
that total strength in Nau.amburg is 21,000 .
Saxo
lalualf. ? received the following during October, transferred f ro>m to -ai
un
Komendatury of Pegalu and Croitzsch, two villages near ; pvl..
Dq,be1. 1W9) is devoid of troops.
i es indicated:
Motor vehicle unit, from Delitzsoh (E13)
(Dependents of above unit were sent to Frankfurt/OdeY
WMA it .. from Dalitzsci7
16. M t weida_ (Y67) has only six Soviet military government off .c s-s,.
received a motor vehicle equipment unit from Lcm.' ;;s )lz ' fin)
17.. preggj
in m -October. Only thirty men remained at I,cmmatzsch..
s
mee h anized brigades, plus artillery. There is a dive bombe- ' ? .nit it
the air fie'10. Four 3U-g7Es were seen on the landing atriN.
(E$1) holds one armored brigade and two or three motor-1_
Vocicau (E21) air field is occupied by 1,500 men, 80 fighter .'_L d .`
om er aircraft. Approximately fifty percent of the planes a,e of
German origin.
Pole (E4l) air field is occupied by an armored brigade.
21.. C ssernha n (A4l) airfield is occupied by a pursuit unit wi ;h U S Led
44rsn fig- fighters. Approximately 2,000 snldiers are quay terecl in tt
town. -doom WIAM"ENTIA
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(J$9) received "heavy" troop units during October, (ne
t c?ml that the city now holds two rifle corps arc (,ne
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,e .t p + 8I) holf's an armored brigade rhoce tams are house3 in
the aiJ b'ort
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Ho ? rs r~r
f X53) ..r,elters a rai.lraz d trsnspc.rt brigade which c ors f, x
ma es trips to Brest-Litovsk.
24. N s (A?92) rece'iv'ed an armored ordnance repair shop at the r 3 of
Gctc e.r.
25& Bre.-slat (C-41) has L. total of 300 Soviet troops who are member3 ^f s.
transport unite
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