SOVIET TROOPS MOVING THROUGH WITTENBERG ON SOUTH-BOUND TRAINS AND CONVOYS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003300020008-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 2, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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Seveva1 tx'ains with Soviet 0 oops :?ad large mo'"or Zed ;oinun.,E
passed t ou h WITTEDIBER-E aka 53/ 5(3), heading south be ojlise
23 and 26 Join 1949, e
20a,,Abotx$ 1,000 motor vehiaiee passed ti ough WIT IBNBERGE during
the period, mostly coming from, the diction of PEIRLEEERC-
CM 54jT 7O,~m `Trucks with Q p n q repai:c shop tucks,.
trucks with ha g .ng Anits and field kitchens were a o ~~
szoIusivsly observed in daytime, while troops were shippod
chiefly at night.
b0 The following detailed ohsa ova'. ons were tads
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guns passe you h :IITTl;TT 7~ };{~.1? an p "see e t Lt "' .a"
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(2~ two southhbo u..nd. trains with sections of ca_ n_
tgnmen?b, ui1 dings moved though VITTErbBERGE (obse ?s;ed by an
a, sough noun convoy o IjoS~2 30 ?ouLi .wheel
'more ~'eoo n .~_~~'Y~Tnc~ cars p'?iseeA
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4~; BivouuokinZ soviet units with &ai wore seen in the ,roo 3. about
3.5 miles west of 53/ 68).
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ponernt units of the ,;Iourta Gda 6.decz ;ray (Cadre), ioeo 6t1 and
7th Gdc ..~ocz Di-vs (cadre) and Hc, troopsa Therefore doaa-
ponenat wits of the tc: o divisions dnd craaay agcy troo)s should
have practiced in the area south of ;~G~ (3 HAU3E ?)
hate in June 19490 Howev or, no such info 'r.r,t oxi was sur)lied
by other oourceoc t,n the contrary, it isknocmn o'I:_.t. at the
':auae time (late June 1949), ta'ni; troo,)s of the 6th Gd.o :..eoz Div
(Cadre) held exercises in tile area and trooy)s of the
7r t:1 Gde ~.ecz Div (C:adr.?e) held exercisoa in the LIB.-*. 3..' areas
b,, To above report iz for~.r:.iri,:CC. -gait., reserve, hould the
3:=pcxt be C :: ~~' i rraoc~ a it could be infer red th"t pred.orninai-tly
Motorized -LL,4itai of the 2oi-cr`Li u(. c ...eez :Irrny (Cadre) (i,c~ uni-
on exclusively) e).,rtioa_Dutej in the ezercisei3 in the
area aou t... of la to J G1 Vnne l94 9v while the tank
un -L f :,roY)cx practiced in the tr :inin iareas in eastern :Braandenn
bur; the :1 ` 11 Ll l: and si~' r'3i~a it} v ~Jdc a a s) at the ;:.tabae
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