SOVIET TROOPS IN THE ROSSLAU-MEINSDORF AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003700490003-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 27, 1949
• Content Type: FORM

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COU i~iTRY -- 4 ner'1 at urZn,~ n f .~a~s y+~~r~ r'tit~?_
`f'OFI~~_ Soviet 't'roops in the ~OS~iLl1Tu-':~E~:iVSL~C~'.~~' Ax?ea
EVALUATION._.`s~e below ,.LACE ~it~iKYNED
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DATE ?BTAItJED DATE PREPARED.... ~'~ (3ctr~ber
RE!'E'RENCES
PAGLS~ 2 ENCi.OSURES fNO. ~ rrPE),_,_._,_
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Ateth
hate:
23 .Au~;us t 149
p rAx~ en~inesr convoy of ].~ three--ton tx?uc:ks, carrying; pontoons,
and 6 other truck< arriv?d in th? ROSSi,r~U~~ti~EI1kS ~' (^;9 52/~ 17j
kassrne. '1'h? trucks had numbers of the seriesa 25X1A
Onl.~ arivsrs and assistant drivers were coserve on the vehi-
clesn
2~x tt}
26 I:u:7ust 1949
The l'ollowin~ ship~;snts arrived in ROSSLtiU;
24 A
u~ru
st~~3; Fibout 2O0 troops
1~ to 22
ears
f
~
_
,
y
o
a~ey arri-
~v~nf; a `ara a re~;ul ar passenger train.
25 iiu~;ust 1949: About l5a troop9, about ~0 yearq oi' a*e,
v-~er~r.,.n:a, a tea den-anchor in:si~nia on black epaule ts, ca~~ryin~s
sr~~ll arks ana l5 li?ht r:~achine ?uns, srriv.in~7 abomrd are~u
lag passenr~er train. `t'roops march.sd towards the ?fi.~INSDORF~
kaserne, led by two officers ~.~ha had ertrivec3 at the rz~ilroad
station in tsie passenger car 25X1A
2F Au~u3t 19.9; One trrxi xa of 2E3 frank ~.ars with gasoline rind
scars v.zth to?oo~:ien boXP9 ~sx1c. ~arrcle . Z'he t r~~Iz~ was ghun#~eC
to the spur track of tha :?'fEIP~~iDORk' kasern~~.
' 22 Se~atember 1949
3. '1'~-~e fo].low'nT ab$ervatian.3 wore ,iaG~s in tiie Po~,SI,~,:,_~:i~TrdSDC~?i'
arena
a. Camp ~;;ET1tiSI?nH~' {former i",?T'r~1n miZ i.tary post ac~mi.nistration,
part of the former military post hospital., former +anMineer
park anc~ former an~i:~eer officer candidate school) ;
4.'axik, artiZl~ry, en~;ineer? am motor- transport units o.f at least
three thousanc. troops.
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DATE OF C(3NTENT ~elo~'r
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~:r.?inner troops wore Gro:~secmaxe insiSnia and crossed-axe-
anc:-spade inai~.ia.
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