SOVIET TROOPS IN COTTBUS

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 25, 1949
• Content Type: FORM

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v at. The !ollowin ob serv e ti, ),Us were made in CG TBU5 (i3 52/
A 5'7):
Sachsendort Kaserne
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Occupied to capacity by about two thousand troops. Some juns
were observed in the kasernc: area.
Hermann Loeano Kaserne
Occupied to capacity by about i, 5iO troops. Tanks were aiiejedly
parked in. the woods behind the kaserne.
Fimker. Ka-serno on Bur-er Chaussee3:
Occupied to capacity by a unit of abou-t five hundred men, a1-
le ;edl,y a oupply unit.
7 Au,;ust 1949
b. The ,~lvex.sleben Kaserne on ' ie?uaarkt was occupied by
axrt llery units 24 duns of about 100 mm e.?i1ibe.r.
16 to 21. ..u-ust1349
c. The follos.4n motor vei ic1es wore identified in the streets
of CG TBUS
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CLASSIFICATION
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IS A-a_cz3t19.9
20 a. 11 tr tiuu of 3 boxcar;i u1;out 2 . ;ondol, oar ,, each
c-::rr :1..1k.- one trunk, `:au ob, e`,.'Zved, Ut- 'ir. e C(.'(y._BU-.j frei {t
t,ciion, y?xe tuck tea o' serv-,3a25X1C
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. A tank unit, Biicf: r _.
.A, ,r~~~l'l;~?xuzcr~::c: ..~ 'e '=.:ix1..0~.c~.ds was de.
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U 2.~ijnc... o t- -LC CV.LlBUI'd ru.ilrood `i;ta-ion? rio U1.1rr e iund'r~ed
trOo o of t-].-le unit '-.ere t.~ot3.'21iuo:i. iY? 't ;c e'von1n", ihi.l' the
tunhs i o unloaded :iiad E (! o i away 6.tL i .i'i`i 1J11e night. i. a j
identtiic.d ,A Cu of tae t4:k unit in tj%e former
Punkcr i.:i_ Jt, rn-e.
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c. Iio Gor'._:un popu.lctiou ':;a:: or;::ercd Uc ovucuate tie ''.:enn-
ba im'? ,and ": iY: :meh7.en" settl::uL.~1o ne: r >?:ie CO'':~13U5 airfield,
' :-o aa.:.rc:r o,::urck .chile, t;i~a%Tul;~ 1, van grain r?etluioitioned,
allc:t.;edly to servo as officors' move cad club.
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?'~e 2cllu'.=zr~,, obu :rv%,tiono ::ore mace in CO BUS:
a. +'a '..ic l' til3.c r~.e (A~lvt ~.~le.~er~ Ka.~crnc on V ic_ Yarkta
)ccupi.e d b;7 :.ruin: ry wiito -:iith about four hundred troops,
ine3u~.4Y3~~ recruits bet-;)eon 13 ; n 2- yesro of a .oo Pour
122-t.ija ,Vx ti, tree 76.2--mm t.-: tz ulzle braiko alld tti'o
batty co ranter' e toloocoj acs :; rc oboerved in the I a erne
area. $- 11c pr:a:3ze:n_-C.' C'1x lei u th' e Imserne. 25X1C
b. iler;rra.lln Loe;n I'4u rue
t: ue i.o trai3~1Y'>~; of trooi)z ":l~.;i_ obsi .rvCi:_, ` he truck
:::;cupiecl by taxik Ludte s:: o ta, I;? t;.e rs j shed in front of
oi-Jtili C_-' vvcua scoYY in tic 1;~4vi ne `:Z e
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cv 4 of V.r ill(: ,t.- .`.,Uil s.iii% Z .t:~u iJ e .L. o on 1iu.L ~ o r V L? r .u i v \i e' :
uecu uc-.ty by oix lurk red troo 3 i? nibout a zvndse~
troops ?tt 'YS Lruined 721 U LO kk'..r.3era c ::rreti ; y Iil foux
i rc ru t ;u;;.:., or
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occupied by 10 solkiers, was uceci for drivers' training
in t1C Iaserria urea. 'Iic pa. v~lci o,r cr
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d. 6ac.'..iuur dorf Kaoorne, south of CO 2TBUS :
vecupied to Ca.,),-,',City by abuu t to t''lououala troo-.:~. 'I7e
true s sere >,_ r':ed J-11 the
kauiine area.
ae,Aeraber 1949
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4. The #ollo;iiii; observLi iorl~ C"w e uuade in v:U:.. BT
a,. zjou ia..endor? Kascr.ti.C
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uccupio:1. to ca.>G;ci t;y y units t~J Vi l i about t:an thousand
t oo s. , oat Cii; c Iiiindre uroops, a11.e-o~ ly i:i.,. t7." 1cryron,
i c i tilt: 1 a . L;ex c by tr'Uck t:ak:in.L: qu ' `3..ti LSCIuIy!3:ao t : it 1.
t11e1(14 s 11c tr..e z2 ,iere 01ic~ :e6 1V to 52/
vel:: secured. +
b4 iIC'srtl.}"111 Loen3 Kascrne;
of
Occupied b; unit 1,5' C to 2 , LC( tiroo ;~ .A. h a.r t u
t' y 34 t? nl s
a tank re~~. it caop) ilc;ze obverved in tie kaserr.e area.
ruclAt `i t,A v'1o 1U11ot'?1i1 nviabor% opera tea in the ka.serne
area:
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C. ?.1110 'ollo,"lin ; motor vu.ziclc ~ .'Joe identiCie d in Line
s t?,r ec t:; of Ci.r fl'iD VS :
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F_ r. - t-,-j} r :rived in CU,T' ,BU`` on
2L .!~ ttw11.,..i:J L~,iLu ~i At~J !li_l 1j
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31 .tu, 19/t D aboard a train c oriin, from the direction of
t u 52/.i. 77). "ac troops had rnovtad in--o o 'i i cIi c i-~
do f i :~wcrnc0
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rii1i litany post :Oros mid-,iUL;ust to uzrly uc -_-ubcr 1949 it
is F3: kiJ:.1L't u'1?i - idol.- t O tulitir o.i' 9VI aeCT
:;iv (c,adre) -werc in t'-e!1.: hac;c 'i:e a at V.-%-, 'u- tine. iIovio'voi ,
it i;t2' riot ve Ate-cm n..c:. -i.6 L;L& I po'tud Vro 3 1 r 1r'7 t o Vl. .42BU:
kasornes were.primarily rocruitsD since some or the combat units
were reported absent on maneuvers. For example, it is assumed
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frua previous isLicer:r s pion t ii t; coxponont unfito of tine
9th ..ccz Div (naare) v;axe en a;od in 'Lick exercioos in
t1le trainIZ2 , area and in the area eouth
of
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w T':t:if e~1 "or t.1( irct ti:w in the
`c;an1_er Li Forme. ie 1719th AAA tZe,;t (Cadre) of
the 9th ,..ecz Div (Cadre) its aooumed to also be ,tationed in
tilio kaaerne, accor dii:.`; to +2revioua report,:.
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