MILITARY INFORMATION FROM FUERSTENBERG.

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82-00457R008600130002-5
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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November 16, 2016
Document Release Date: 
April 19, 2000
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2
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Publication Date: 
August 20, 1951
Content Type: 
REPORT
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To ICS t.ar y Infax ation from Fucr? to:c; .,rp 25X(1 C )C; 1 1, EVALUATIMM, 2501 C DATE OF CONTENT DATE OBTAINED....-- REFERENCES...,... PAGES _ ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) SOURCE 25X1 C I. On 2I July 19 , many officers, up to and '_ocludins- colonels, were obs?4rved ent~ring and. ieavin? the restricted area on x oeblin Lake at Fuct'stenberg 25X1 C 25X1 C 25X1 C o Trairnin , activjtice observed at the drill ground north of the rraer con. centrat~ ,ts~2 ca is included field -r~.-inin by four platoons, each Of abou' 30 ten wearing red bordered black epw.:Ie,,sgancz 1 officer: strinCth of field vat re: , b; 1 to 20 signal troops ` ar black bordered black cpa,lete; c: rill with eight lILht mortars by 30 to O non sander the supervision of two ofri cel"'; -,'ho more rod borderecd blac? epaulets; mm:. formation drill by 2 un.ts each of 1 officer and 35 to to ran i ho wore A ed bo derod black n aulato o Fran 20 to 25 off .cexr5 pith red-bordered black epaulets were. one:oged in pistol firin ; practice at the target ran_-;e north of the f or or r on.centratjori C 1 ,. " uroope were observed at the drL: `"romkl in the ;.o?f37ao FFron 200 to 300 troo )s i Po'aring rod bordek?e( , s lackepau7 ?'. ts and black,.';iordert?d a oi.se inti catic~ intensive repair ?rrork was heard from the tares eepair shop on the north side of the road frost fur . rsten'oerg to ?r ede?reti. ahe, ;'oldicr with red-bordered black epaulets, olc i r; :rear) 1g coveralls xc so.r,.e t.an ; and technica1 officers were seen at the in tallationG Four tmlk-13., including CLASSIFICATION t ONP'IDENTIAL Doc tt no, ------------ we ekarp la class^ elmm tUzV T o: TS S Au: tD-2 Approved For Release 2000/06/08 : CIA-R 25X1A 25X1 C 25X1C 25X1 C 25X1 C 25XTA 25X1A 25X1 C 25X1 C Approved For Release 2000/06/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R008600130002-5 tank No 12'3, were parked near the large workshop. ?1 July, the. roes. en i:aserne was occupied by about 800 traop3 who tore red bordered black epaulets. (F-3) Source observed the iollowinC activi- ties; about ]4O soldiers received close-order drill; about 1lO soldiers assembled for inspection of uni fora'; about LO soldiers were er f;al;eo. in athleitic activities; anc 35 soldier ~ led by an officer, were s eon r_larching to .card. the training areae The ?-ar-a-es r.;a:posed. to view. were occuniod to capacity by an undetermined number of trues. Comment. AnoVier source repo::~ted on 12; arch 1951 that some of the oopa o -he Droeger. Kaserne, prob-ably the 34th Gds Mtz Rifli:, Refit of the 12th Cds Taxilc Div, had left for field exercises. The present report, irdicatir't that th( installation w w again ::ceupie7 to capacity? agrees with the situation prior to the departure of t:e troo s, at Uihici tine it as believed that ':;he installation quartered to 14th Gds ;.'tz n, fle lie t and probably also he adquarters units of the Secon=d Gds ;recz Art ;re Howevern the estimate of only 8 0 troops in the present report seems too lot? since a motorized rifle reCime:.?t of a tank division has a stren :th of about 1,511.0 x,en Approved For Release 2000/06/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R008600130002-5