SOVIET TROOPS IN MAGDEBURG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010900210004-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 13, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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1, On 7 January 1952, the llerronkru, Kaserne and the Anger Kast:rne on -xeitscheid-
strasse, Lagdeburg T: 51/D 69), quartered a total of about 3,500 troops. Sentries
observed at the installation wore red-bordered black epaulets with artillery insignia.
student drivers receiving training on trucks and motorc::rcles on
,orrenkrugstres:ue and Ereitsoheidstrnsse, while other troops, mostly without arms,
were drilling in the area between herren1mi strasse and the AAlte Elbe River branch,
where squads of soldiers were seen receivinr training i_n firing.
2. on. a anuary, the ;tn en urg Kaserne at the intersection of, .:orrerilsrur-strasse and
Jeriehowerstrasse quartered 1 ,,500 to 2,000 raven. Sentries observed there ,,ore red-
bordered black epaulets with artillery insignia. Close-order drill at squad level,
physical training and servicing of motor vehicles was observed. About ten groups
of 12 men each were en?:s. f ed in entrenching practice and field. training in the area
along the. Alte Elbe River branch.
3. on 8 January, the 5eeckt Kaserne on T'urmschanzenstrasse cuartered about 1,000
troops, with sentries wearinff, black: bordered black epaulets. Fifteen officers
were engaged in r: a.r1a anship practice with pistols and 8 groups of 10 men each
engaged in close-order drill and training in firing. in the drill area between
Turrtschanzenstrasse" and the Alte ribs River branch, Pontoons were repaired in
the billetin,7 area.
tau, :,,ore vacated bar their civilian inhabitants.
On 8 January, the Zucke,rbusch Ka ,erne on r u ckorhuschstrasse quartered about 500
troops. Gate guards there wore red-bordered black epaulets. :.:any fatigue details
were seen between the Zuckcrbusch Kaserne and the Secekt Kaserne. Several civilian
!;;uses on Vic e:xtonsion of Zuckcrbuschstrasse, south of the railroad line to Ross-
On 9 January, the Irrcke Kaserne on Beinsstrasse seemed to accommodate primarily
officer training courses because E roups of 15 to 25 officers of all branches of
service, ranking from junior lieutenant up to and including captain and carrying
carbines or subrraci;i..ne unsvrore seen marching out of the installation. They re
turned later with ti=sir uniforms soiled.
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