SOVIET TROOPS IN POTSDAM

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007100190004-3
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 11, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 6, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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i. From 9:30 a.m. to noon on 27 Daeviabor 19j3, the recruits of the
artillery unit in the alius Kaserne,' Potsdam (I.1 ;3/L 63)
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engaged in drivi.n practice while the trained personnel cleaned
tuna and v:shiclc;. The hatt ries of the artillery unit left the
installation individually at 12:30 a.m., narchin to the targot
range in Katharinonholz, caxTyin;, rifles and sui.ar. achino ;;uns. They
X1 B_:ferc followed by truck loaded with practice
targets and 15 boxes ~vri-_?_ ..__ e._w_.:. ...~ ce fiber, the recruits
underwent a preliminary e;,a aination in truck driving, from 9 to 11:30
rece=ived instruction in the autorzaiivo-en iriccrin" classroom
from 1 to 3 p.n., had dinner and r:ac?s front 3 to 5 poi., and recDived
political indoctrination frori ty to 7 p.ra. The schedule for th.o trained
7crsonns1 included the clcanin; of uns nn-O. vehicles frara 9 A m4 to
noon, d r nor and recess from 3 to 1 p.m. and ?olitical incloctrination
from 5 to 7 p.m., with all o_:ficors attonc?i-n ;, On 29 ')oco.ib;r, recruits
acre again sn-aged. in truck driviri )ractice from 9:20 a.r:a0 to noon.
It was learned that 2C out of 190 student drivers failed the pro-exai~d.nation
on 20 December and had to roy)eat the course. Classrooms instruction on the
o-, oration of motors was e von to the recruits from 1 to 3 o.rr. on 29 De-
certbe:r. On tho :a~:ze day,, the trained personnel Mere undergoing guard drill
frori 9:30 to 11 a.m. and fatigue duty from 1 to 3 pm, The driver's test
for the recruits eras taken on 30 December, and at 8 a.ril. 12 trucks, each
rich its az>sig tied driver and II; recruits, were lined up in tho yard of the
Delius 1asorne0 Twenty--sax officers,, allegedly of the komandatura in
'otsdaiu, and six officers of the artillery unit inspected each vehicle.
Th3 trucks left the install=ation at 9:10 each-
ach truck being occupied
by two officers and 15 1. The first of the trucks returned at about 1
It was learned that 26 men had failed the driving test. The theoretical
exa.dnation -aas to be held on 31 December.
2. On 30 Dacerdbor 1950 and 2 January 1951, the northern section of the ^ctolf
1iitler Kasarne, Potsdam, as observed to houso a Kech office staffed by
Soviet and Garman personnel. Motor vehicles wor kxrked in the garages
and re=paired in the -rorksholos of the install;r tion. Trucks
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3,, The southern section of the Wolf :ii.tler Kasornea i-'otscla-, was
ssurrounded. by a board fence alonrI- which ooloc iv tit are lamps :?rcre
pl4aced at int?rvals of about 25 raetorsr A wooden barracks quartering
the rd personnel :pas located in the northeastern corner of the
billeting area and separated by another fence. Gate guards at the
entrance to the installation wore black-bordered crimson epaul ts,
Source learned from a workman that each of the five large buildings
facing "'a 1pol U lee had about 90 office room:. The door ~on the south
side of each building; aa: closed while the door on the north side was
guarded by zentwias. Soviet personnel referred to these five buildings
as general's building; No I,, II, IV, V, and VI. Source stated that the
offices in each buildin were headed b a general. About 200 officers
were served meals daily in the mosshall0 They were from all branches
of service, including navy and air force, most of then,, Imo??oev;r, being
E VD, artillery, and infantry of ficors. The IM' quarters and some officer
billets were located in the southern section of the installation. Nest
of the officers were billetod in the restricted ar::a on the east side
of Nedlitzerstrasse? Passenger cars
.z The Soviet koimnanclatura and the apartments of Soviet families were
located in a restricted area adjoining the Adolf Hitler Kaserne to the
east, imoty garages rere> situated west of the installation. * .
25X1 A Coe ent. The re port indicates tha ; the artillery components of
zo uni eci n il'ied artillery division is .'otsdw'a in the )olius Kaserne
25X1 A t the )oat at the end of December 1953.
oi.onta This is the 1"~. ,r., s t
t information on a c ct~, office in the
lac o 711t e-r "i~:asorze. For a :;ketch o tlle installation see Annex.
Sov::ral previous reports indicated that the installation housed a high
echelon headquarters.
25X1A Other sours: s wore of the opinion that officer training courses wore
being conducted there.
lioraever, the .:)roscnt rc ort indicates that the . olf tlcr Kaserne
houses a high-echelon headquarters, which, according to the composition
of officer pr"sonnel may be a su?)ply or roar service headquarters of
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