MILITARY INFORMATION FROM POTSDAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010100210009-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2002
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 27, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC } iliTY Information from Potsdam
EVALUATION
REPORT NO.
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On 12 November 1951, the Adolf Hitler Kaserne in Potsdam (N 53/Z 63) was
occupied by a headquarters and about 120 troops who wore red-bordered black
epa ets. All officers enterirC. the billeting area had to show their passes
to the officer on guard. About 25 percent of the officers observed were of
company grace, another 25 percent were majors,
pAnt e UO2 and c o x e La Enlisted men
tin h a27y of of t'ic!. rs
olethes were among the persons leaving
between 5 and 6 p.m. Several. officerss
private houses.
ntering the in-
civili.
2, On 24 November, the Garde-du-Corps Kaserne on Stalin Allee was about 60 percent 25X1
occupied by a motoi transport unit of about 300 men?, ffate guards wore red-
bordered black epaulets without branch-of-service insignia, A service station
with eight fuel pumps was located at the barracks gate on Behlertstrasse.
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3. On 2L. November, the Leibgarde Husaren Kaserne on the east side of Staliriallee
was occupie?.'by about 100 Soviet: troops, apparently of a supply unit, and an
undetermined number of German Volkspol.izei. 1b litary supplies were stored in
the installation. Sentries wore black-bordered red epaulets.
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On 12 November, 72 unifo n were billeted at 97 Stahnsdorfer 25X1
$trasse?I (l) So some of these women that they came from
Siberia and w ld stay o years. An envelope found at the quar-
ters of thi se women was ac . Lyudmila -Blinova
dated 30 October 1951 and mailed from
the Molotov Oblast.. Four canvas-covered AA guns of 70-mm to 80-mm were 25X1
emplaced north of Stahnsdorter Strasse, a short distance from the railroad over-
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6. On 28 November, the southern section of the Delius Kaserne was occupied
by about 600 troops who wore red-bordered black epaulets with artillery,
and motor transport insignia. About 40 soldiers were seen ser- 25X1
vicing 14 trucks, 2 sedans an prime movers which stood in front of the
garages on 23 November. Another l$0 soldiers policed the barracks yard,
while about 150 soldiers received theoretical instruction. Four 122-mm
artillery pieces stood in front of one garage. About 25 x 200-liter gaso-
line barrels were lying on a new, second ramp in the gasoline dump southeast
of the officers' billets. Eight 122-mm field guns were seen standing be- 25X1
fore a garage in. the .Delius Kasserne on 26 November. On 28 November, the
northern section of the Delius Kaserne quartered about 450 troops who wore
red-pordered black epaulets, including some with artillery insignia.
A fuel dump was being established along the northeast edge of the bi e ing
area. About 30 x 200-liter ga;olitstie barrels were seen lying on two ramps.
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On 16 November, 24 officers and 3 units of about 120 men each were
seen passing in review before a high-ranking officer in the billeting
area of the polizei Kaserne on the west side of Jaeger Allee.
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7. On 28 November, the Hohenlohe Kaserne quartered about 600 troops who wore
red-bordered black epaulets with artillery insignia,. As the troops were
primarily restricted to the rear section of the billeting area, the in-
stallation appeared to be only lightly occupied when observed from the
street, A radio truck with a rod ante nn ^^ -4 to 5 meters high was in, front 25X1
of one garage of the installation on 28 November. About 120 soldiers were 25X1
singing while marching around the barracks yard, while 40 other soldiers
assembled in front of one barracks building bn 26 November.
8. On 28 November, the Ludendorff Kaserne quartered about 300 troops, who
wore red-bordered black epaulets, including some with artillery insignia.
Fourteen 37-mm AA guns and four ran,e finders were seen standing in front.
of the garages on 23 November. About 120 soldiers practiced singing in the
barracks and while more troops were seen in the quarters on 26 November.
entered the billeting area. (4)
On 28 November, the Kavallerieschule in Krampnitz was occupied beyond capa 25X1
city by about 8,000 troops. Gate guards wore red-bordered black epaulets
with artillery- insignia and motor transport insignia, and some of the troops
seen entering or leaving the billeting area wore tank insignia.,
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nose wno as een staying in camp Colbitz near Magdeburg (r 53/Y 60). ,.....,.~
About 10,000 troops of tank and artillery units had allegedly been quartered
there. Some of the basements and attics of the Kavallerieschule were also
25X1 occupied by soldiers. On 28 November, a group of 1 NCO and 16 Eli[ wearing
red-bordered black epaulets and carrying tools was. seen marching to the
Bullenwinkel, where a wooden tower mounting a platform, about 15 meters
high, was being constructed, Five officers, 223 recruits wearing red-
bordered crimson epaulets and some escort troops wearing red-bordered black
epaulets with artillery and tank insignia were seen marching from the sou- 25X1
thern railroad station to Krampni.tz at about 3 p.m. on 20 November. The
Fahrland-Krampni ,z road ch a way that the settlement south
of the barracks install d into the bi.lletin area. 0..
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10. On 23 November, the southern section of the Delius Kaserne was
occupied by about 500 troops who wore red-bordered black epaulets
with artillery and motor transport insignia. On 26 November, 0 25X1
hauled gasoline barrels to the fuel
dump west of the installation., On 27 November, a unit of 1 NCO and
45 EM wearing red-bordered black: epaulets and carrying tools were
seen marching to the target butt on Bornatedterfeld. The northern
section of the Delius Kaserne was occupied by about 450 troops who wore
red-bordered black epaulets with artillery insignia. About 30 soldiers
were seen drilling with two artillery pieces of 122-mm and 152-run in
the barracks yard on 16 November. Three wooden sheds, each measuring
about 20 x8"x 5 meters, were being erected on the northeastern corner
of the billeting area. They were subsequently banked with earth up to
about half their height. About 20 officers from the northern section
de a;rted toward Potsdam at about 9:15 a.m. on 27 Novemberl 25X1
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groups of about 12 soldiers each were seen constructing gun emplacements
on Bornstedterfeld on 28 November. ras seen leaving the 25X1
northern section of the Delius Kaserne. (3)
11. The :Eiohenlohe Kaserne quartered only about 200 troops on 28 November,
although all windows of the installation were lighted at nightfall. All
troops observed wore red-bordered black epaulets including some with
artillery insignia. Three NCOs and 12 EM with baggage arrived at the
installation from the direction of Potsdam on 27 November. The EM were
were not believed to be recruits.1 11
Fifteen 37.-mm AA guns were parked in front of the garages.
Eight officers and '130 EM assembled in the barracks yard on 28 November,
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12. On 28 November, the Ludendorff Kaserne quartered about 200 troops who
wore red-bordered black epaulets, including some with artillery insignia.
About 20 soldiers were seen drilling with a 37-mm AA gun while 145 soldiery 5X1
practiced singing while marching around the barracks yard on 27 November.
13. On 5 December, the General !Yever Kaserne quartered about 450 troops who
wore red-bordered black epaulets, including some with artillery insignia
polizei*
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tion of the installation still quartered German Volks-
s were under construction in this section. 0 The
garages -the eas side c the billeting area were used. as an armory, Two
model 37 x 152-mm gun howitzers, 1 gun without barrel and 4 x 76.2-mm field
guns were seen on 3 Decomber. A total of 24 soldiers practkced with two 25X1
152-mm guns in front of the garages in the northern section of the General
weve:r Kaserne.
B-2 14. On 5 December,, the barracks 'Lrlstallation at Wildpark=zlest quartered not
more than 70 soldiers who wore red-bordered black epaulets with branch-of,
arerv:L in .a. No heavy weapons or motor vehicles were noticed. Eight
soldiers with black-bordered black epaulets and with signal insignia and
16 soldiers with black-bordered crimson epaulets were seen practicing
stringing wires in the area south of the installation. (7)
15. On 5 December, source learned that ammunition was stored in the largely
destroyed Heeresunteroffiziersschule in Potsdam-Eiche. One of the des-
troyed barracks buildings was being reconstructed. The brick wall along
the street was being mended and, in one section, replaced by a board fence.
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Field Comments.
). Stahnsdorfer Strasse constitutes the sou
stricted area of Babelsberg. The billet
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30th Gds un Art y ri N section of the installation,
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The estimates by the two sources regarding the number of troops there
are substantially below those tde by other sources in early November
1951 and are therefore considered too low. The 25X1
sheds erected in the northeastern corner of the northern section of
the billeting area are probably for storing ammunition.
Components of the 2d Gds AAA, Div are carried in the Hohenlohe Kaserne
and the Ludendorff Kaserne. I The estimates by the 25X1
two sources regarding the number of troops there do not agree but the
statemdnts in paragraph 7 and 8 of the present report are more probable.
The relatively light occupation of the two installations may be explained
by the fact that the two sources observed only light AA. guns in the
billeting area. Some of the units with heavy A.A guns were probably
manning emplacements in Potsdam See paragraph 1i. of the present report
The information confirms the Kavalleriesehule, Krampnitz, as quartering
the 10th Gds Tank Div, including the 8tst Gds HHv Tank SF Regt which was
probably.transf1?rred from Gross Glienicke to Krampnitz, but excluding
the 63d Gds Tank Regt. This hypothesis is strengthened by the strength
estimates given in the present re, port which approximately equal the T/0
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(6) A report of late October 1.1 7,51 by the s e source indicated at the
General r'ever Kaserne quartered components of the unidentified artillery
division from Potsdam. The present report indi- 25X1
Bates that an army may actually e located in the billeting area. The
fact that German Volkspolizei are quartered there is known from previous
reportsi
(7) Only rear details have been observed in the barracks installation in
Wildpark~4Vest since the beginning; of the 1951 suber training period
and the movement of the components of the unidentified guo artillery
brigade from there to the Delius Kaserne. A report of mid-September
191 _so stated that the installation quartered some
igna belong to the GOF'G and to the eax by telephone
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