MILITARY INFORMATION FROM MOSELAU-WEINEDORF

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005600330006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 21, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: July 27, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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~dilitarv Irsf oxmaty4on ~a rc:Y~ Iiasslsu?T.~einsd~rF ,~,.
~riATE' PRFP/1F?ED ~ July 1950
DATE OBTAINED
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lfl The Occu~satio~-i of the barracks ire ~isinsdart l~ 5~'/~ 17) secn~:ed to b
after ~~ June lg5r.~4 Al;~.ast alz windo~.s wsrrs il~.uminated r~urin~;
e g7cester
the svenin~ hours., 5oldiera wore red-bord?red black epaulets ~.tinout
branch-ot_s?-rice ixit~x~~r-ix~, and rfith artillery and t~.xkk inaibr~.a; black-
bordere~; cri~ason e~aau~.ets; grid black-bordered blaclS epaulets, ~cz~~s with
en~i.raeer it}si.~xn~.a4 (1)
~. 'Thirty tl'iaCka
train in the barracks ar?A vn :~2 Juno 1g5C, :~
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from a train at tiie fre:liht station on 25 June l~>5~0 3)
1}4 About i~C?00 young; soldiers ~arriv~:d at tiie ~.t~stalLa~ibn a'ca:-,rd t*na tx?s;.ns
during:; the ni~~ht ai' 25 June i~j5u, }xl,is~;edly cojsi:~.n~ irc~ri Direst .~itovska
St was said treat the soldiers belonged to tree 1~~2E and :1925 classes and
that they wars 3Yiducted. three months a,~oo lt-?
5o A convoy of 26 trucks including; 50X1-HUM
15 trucF:s loaded ~ritlY ~~ontoona, entered ttae ~+4eiris or ? barracks on 27 June
1950, ccamin, from th? direction of tree ~tasslau rai:~rosd station, (5 )
ESQ ti~'~t officers
with artillcsry
er trai.n on i
The ?'"?i carried suitcases, bl
250 troops we~irin~ red- 50X1-HUM
bordered black vpau'1Qtss same with art " ery nsignia, ~rsre ~transf erred from
the barracks to ";Yittenber~; on ,~0 Juns lySGo (6)
So About 150 to 200 troops, m.oet of thin wearin,~ red bords~rt bJ.ack_ epaulets,
but scxr~e ~rearin~; b3~,ck-barder+izd black epaulets, were seen da.~finb i'ire
trenches rand cutting; trees in the woods bst~rsen the road to ~uko~t and
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This document is hereby regraded to -- ---~~-------
CONF~DENTIAL in accordance with tree a f ~ ~~~
letter of 16 October 1978 from She i '=?, ~ 3 C
Director of Central Intelligence to the s. ~;, ~, ~ $ S
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insi~r is le#'t toward jsittenber~; eboe+rd tl;~e re~ui~.ar t~assen-
Jul~ 15500 heir br.,~;~;a~;e had been i;:aus ed to this station Q
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the 1;tosslau ,'~ittenber~e hi~,hway between .~iJ June snci l Jul lg5op r'e11ed
e auled to ths~ barracks on trucks
9. Units of up to 1~3 soldiebs~,most of than wearing red-bordered b1.acY~
epaulets with arti:Llery insignia, but some wearing; tanks insf,~ia, were s~sen
drilling at the s?x9rtA .Meld in lute June 1g5C1.
1Q. The engineer units v~hich had been on maneuvers al.onG the Elbe River
returned to Chas barracks on rind fixfter 23 Jun-~ 1g5J. Only about 15 pan-
toons, gu~s.rdc~d by so:~dier~ wearini; black--bordered black rapauZets, were 50X1-HUM
stir. la in on the bank of the Elbe River an l July 1950. 'I'ne wards used
'truck s a gu~ardroaru. (1)
12a l~n employee of ttze twsslau coopar+~tive starea said t.iat the Soviet, kon~:ran--
daturs. in ~?erbst requisitioned the tosmer industrial barber and tl~ie ware-
hoeases of tkie Gextnan t~x`rned k'arces on thQ l;lba River on 2b June 1850. The
bakery, the warshouses and tree administration buxldin; used by Gsxmpn
offices had to be evacuated by l July 1y50. Five six-story warezlouses,
each about /+0 x l5 maters, three stora~;s buildings, each about z0 x E x b
r~etera, and ~.n adrriinistr~xtion buildiri~r were a.n that s~.r$a. ~Vo :~nviets had
moved in by Z July 1~a50.
~.3. All three engineor units, cor~:~.anded by lieutenant ec:l.onels. wero b:~ck 5
in their barracks bra 25 June 1550x
~. ~n en~,ixieer ~,eneral, nn engineer colonel and saves]. lieutenant colane~.s
vrere main seen in tfie barracks; (q}
15. 1t was said that the en~.neer ~;ener~l was also in Cauu.~fknd of other angirie
units in ~'atsdsrn. Tlie en~~.neer 1arcits a~7.le~.;edl;r did rzat b~:l.onk: to t,sie ten
division. (;~
?.bs about 20U troops with l0 to 1.z tanks returned from field exercises prior
25 June 195Ca. (lp) 50
f, tr?in of fifteen c~~rs carxyin~; ~;rid~e buil.c~in ec~u:iprr~esat and trucns~
seen on ttie Lessau-:~os:~lsu r:~i?:-.ro~-d iix~e
on %'7 furze :1.950, :neadin~, to~rard i~osslaua lll~
S%" 1:~'-CO~i'ttUL/Ud utx'ICI.;':i3 C,t?..~Y
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SL;' ~T-COP1'i~'tOL~ 2 r'r'ii;Itai UNL~
:omments,
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{~) fihe tr:~in carried enuipment ui the
from exercises ran the a::I.be 1~iver
{1) The ,Yei,nsdar.f barracks ~vc:re r~~ors heavily occupied because the elements
of tfre 36th 'on Bridge fta~;t of the GU~'G returned to their inst.xl:tation
enuipme~,t .
The arrivl of about ~,OOU yecrui?us
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