MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE POTSDAM AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007100470007-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 21, 2011
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 15, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/21 :CIA-RDP82-004578007100470007-9
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J.~ Cxatc }';uarlouked h~ a road t::arriPr si.~tuatod 8J0 ~~.e;tGrs ~:rs: t
of t?~,c ,Farc?tor .forestx^,,r ai"~'ice~ the l~:arri~:r ~-ras t;u~rd:~c~ L-V? ~:ro se~itriesm
;. 'toarc" fence 2 rxetcrs> h^,,;h ar joined this tax?rier aid exzt:-;r~ded in sr
southeasterly ctirectiUn4 Fite T~3.1~t~.~= 'ilt~gark woad at "rerder xxe~
Ituhfort .gas also blacked ~~3~ a t~arrier~ ?~ baard Bence 2 ynetvrs hx,ch 50X1-HUM
:prevented otastrvatiorx of t?Ze t~i.lle~tin~; ar:.~a north. of .t:Fte rondp ~~
left the t~illetin area on l~ llecezabc~r? On 20 ~eeer~ber it
~s i~:?~~ssib2e to a~~~~ra3Gh tkie installation ira:~ ?ihe r?ir?act7on of
".:ex~uar~ er?oss~.n~ tFie Havel .1ivc~ro
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entered tae .>aelius ha~-~
~11~ ~~g.~ ~.n ron of the headquarters builc3in Forty affeers
rarakint ~ fror>a captain u~ to anti ineludin~ colanol descer}ded from esch
Y~us? Officers of all branches of service, including airforce and
navys were seen^ `~hev vrere shcnvn to billets in the officers e club,
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.9 recru~ s a sumo of the 50X1-HUM
~raanec porsonno ad left the installation ;rith 32 ~anU, allegedly
foing to Doeberit~ for firing j~ractice, O:~y a fe~v soldiers Mere
sacra in the barracks yard.o Sixteen dirty 122 :~ duns and sia:taen
l~'2 mm guns stood ~.n front of the ~uza shads on 3.6 Decembero
Startixda at 9:30 ao:n,q all soldiers had to bathes 50X1-HUM
An officers r mvatin~; tivas scheduled to be bald dssring the ~eriad from
care in. oract~ gets,
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practice? T'hay w~ fo~.loyv~i b trucks
Delius Kaserne here ena~;ed, in aira~in8 y~ractice vaith eight
3.22-rrr~ Equn.s and eight ~.~-.mm duns, :vhilo the trai.n~:d personnel
I+rom. ,9:2? a,mo to 3.1 a.m4 on 11 13ecember recruits ixa the
;were ;eon at 50X1-HUM
5:30 ,~?.*~a., on 13 ~ece~bar.,
e .~zr;;est
c~3raf~:rerace obs
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picture auditorium., 50X1-HUM
~,~ ~1ctivit~_?~s observed in the Delit~., Kaserne on 18 DecPraber included the
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. aam. dun drill off' recru.:its ~vi.th x"au:r lt? ;"~i
atzd i'our? 1~2~a ,9 phi? e the trained yoarsonnel did maintenance ~;ork
:t'r?om 1 ~-?;;~~ to 3 x~,m~ ixadivi.dual trainin of recruits ~~?itla rifles and ~
vubnach~.ne ~`;uns9 and iron ~ ?,rns to '~ ~?me indoctrination for all troops?
`I'~~e activities on 3~ and 20 ?~ecerrabea? 190 x~ere sas~i3ar to those oY>served.
on 1:3 ~ecsraber., From 9:2t? to 11:20 a;,i;~o on 21 ;?ece~~bor9 recruits vrere
instrue'ted on truck; in the ~ara`oso At the same time si,x trucks each
occu~aed by 10 a^ecruits, left the instal3.at on for c3,ra.vin~ practice,,,
~'~a~~ sraoro.in;~ routine eras re~e~~ted by the recruits iron 12 ta. ~ p,rao
'i'he tra'~.rsed 'a+7{~ir;;)s}a'Zel mere er.-;~loycd in technical z'70rk~ iraeluc~.in~ the
cleanira~; of ~ :zras and motor vehicles s Fro~a 8:30 to ;~ a30 a a~a~ on 23 De-?
cer~ber, .~, :~:?a.re cIx?i1:L was head for all tr0o~s in the De? ius Kaserr"ie~ ~t .
10 a ~,mo i;hc~ colda.ers went 'to trake a bath and ~-ul~sequentI_y ~oliceel the
I~arx?aclcs yard and quar'~ers. t erbera ttivo oiiacea?s 50X1-HUM
arzd L~3 T~:~4I boardec? tz~uclc and 50X1-HUM
=a., A ~~orka~-~n statecd that the en,,ineer unit in tl~e Delius 3`~aserrse received
~J rtcrt4.=t~ts on 20 :~?ce:abe.r? ?erso