SOVIET TROOPS IN WITTENBERG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005900770003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 16, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 13, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

1Ll Approved For Release 2000'8'/?1`:FCA05F05900770003-4
CLASSIFICATION,
COUNTRY Z i 171f? r (:o?+m~nlr
TOPIC Soviet Tro010 in ;~ittenb p,
EVALUATION [~~ PLACE OBTAINED
DATE. OF CONTENT 8 and 9 August 1950
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DATE OBTAINED
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DATE PREPARED 13 September 1250
PAGES 1 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
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1. Only a guard detail of about 20 men was seen in the headquarters building of the
Tauentzien Kaserne on Lutherstrasse, '7ittenherg (N 52/E 37), on 3 and 9 Auj- st
1950. The - Lndows of the building were closed. About 100 soldiers, including
about 50 recruits, nearing red-bordered black epaulets without branch-of-services
insignia and with tank, artillery and signal insignia, occupied the rye: 25X1
alzarten.
The is held basic drill in the barracks yard. Motor vehicles
were seen.
2. On 9 ;ucust 1950 the I3eseler Kaserne housed ab t 80 troops who wore red-bordered
black epaulets with tank insignia. Truck _jwas being repaired in the yard.
3. 'he Flak Kaserne on Tsehailconvskistrasse housed about 150 men. About 40 percent of
then rare red bordered black epaulets with tank insignia; about 40 percent r-d.-
bordered black epaulets with artillery insignia; about 10 percent red-bordered
black epaulets ,?;ithout branch-of-servico insignia; about 5 percent red-bordered
black e ets with signal insignia; and about 5 percent black epaulets. Truck
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tr.. On 3 and 9 Lugust 1950 the residential quarters on Derlinerstrasse were occupied
by only about 25 officers. The other apartnon_ts were vacant.
5. The equipment depot on I3erlinorstrasse was gu,-~irded by a detail of 30 to 40 men
uho wore red-.Lord r
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ac . epaulets,
ormment. The report indicates that the elements of the 6th Gds Tank Div
In :+i 'ten erg were still at the ":girder-Markendorf maneuver area on 9 August 1950,,
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1!378 from the
Director of Central intelligence to the
Archivist of the United ,States.
Next Review Date: 2008
CLASSIFICATION U;T.
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Approved For Release 2003/08/11: CIA-RDP82-00457R005900770003-4