SOVIET TROOPS IN STENDAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008100800004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 3, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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I.a An increase in the total number of troops at the ot,-nr3al
(N 53 85) military post teas ;--,oticeable during the first
days of June 1951.
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was oc--sup l.ed by 500 to 6 troorr '?~n Lrnra i +t-?
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carry'.ng about 10%, soldiers with black--bordered
crimson epaulets, entered the installat on from the c.irecci.oo
of Girdelegen on. 1 June. About 400 troops asse'hled 1r. the
barracks yard and .small groups of other soldiers were seen
in other parts of the billeting area on 3 June. Sixty :men
wearing black-bordered crimson epaulets marched to the drill
field on 5 Juno, and had :.,.thee disassernoieu heavy rachi_ne
~run:s with then. On several days during the time of observation,
1. officer !And 2 r.:en wearing red brassards stood near the
sentry at the xr;ain gate, checking all incoming and outgoin
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On 10 June, the xin,:enbtrrg %'aserne on the Stendal-:;ittenberge
road quartered about 1,50U troops v-71o wore red-bordered black
epaulets. The windows of alnost all quarters were lighted at
dusk. iowever, it was deterrined that the quarters v?ere
occupiod only half as much as they had been before the departure
of the troops. Sr~urce noticed that about 20 percent of the
arryinv a total of '.bout 150 men
rearing red-bordered black er auulets, arrived at V-1:e inst.al1_ation
from the direction of &ardelegen.. On 4 June, 12 truck's roved
E:_ wore artillery insignia and only very
tank insi n.ia. On 1 June, seven trucks .
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into the billeting area, carrying a total of abOut 1800 men
who wore black-bordered crimson epaulets and had full racks
to the Arnim training area for firing practice with live
ammunition on 3 June. During the time of observation, no units
of more than 40 men were seen in the vicinity of the barracks
installation. Two telephone sections practiced line construction
4,., Between 1 and 10 June, a turnover of personnel, affecting 250
troops, took place in the .Albrecht der Baer Kaserne. While
groups of up to 30 soldiers arrived at the Stendal railroad
25X1X station from the direction of L agdeburg, troops from the "Albrecht
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there were more troops wearing artillery insignia
in the Albrecht der Baer Kaserne than had been previously
observed. Training was conducted exclusively in that part of
the billeting area which is blocked to view from outside.
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.GaLeat ~, The turnover of personnel was probably the
replacement of dischargees by recruits.
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