SOVIET TROOPS IN POTSDAM

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011200430001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 28, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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Soviet Troops in Potsdam
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DATE OF CONTENT.
DATE OBTAINED[
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On 2.3 Januar r 1952, nu rous officers,, predominantly wearin _,artillery, tank? ;igna.
and moic.or transport insic nia,, military officials and . uniformed woman were seen 50X1-HUM
ent:riri and leavi a the Adolf :'itl.er Kaseraze on ;'a-o - 1 Allee in k'otsdan Frei re
soldiers eari.:i? black borc'.ercd 'slack apauleto aith si~ne1 inni., is wee^c. ae:r mare. '.
from the, installation to the. Kric sschule at the intersection of ao el Alice am.
Kirsch .f~ f lee U
2,, Between 11 and 23 January 195)2,, nurcrou officers., most ~f Tnhora wore 1~?ac'?.:-border r'
red co:' lax patches and corm weari.n rod-bordered black collar patches with arti1 e:
ins.i,rn: a Gnd black bordered black collar patchoc with signal insignia and -.ilitnry
officials were soon entering and leaving the 1:rie-sschulo at the int-,er ection Jr
Pa-):cal. All ec3 and Kirsch Al 1 ee
3~ On 23 ,,ant.ary 1952,, t'.?ie soaItherna section of the Poli.zci Kasorna at 10-12 0
Ailee quartered about 153 tro;.ps roaring black bordered red epaulets, ;aa.a,5X1-HUM
urrnis'iod the ;uard ciotoils for the Adolf Hitler Kaser ne and thou Kria sschule at
Bornste,dt, The northern section of the installation quartered about 103 NCOs who
- wore rod-bordered black epaulets with artillery znsi. jai a , The sentries at the
installation were also r,COso
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t On 22 and 23 January 1952, kiny officer, wearing; red-bordered black opiulets with
artillery and motor transport insi;nia and black-borderod black epaulets with
a .final. and mlitar,~ officials were seam entering and leavin the u:Laen
bez t K;,serne,, The mrracks section wraith the entrance on gchle-aljtras.-co q artered. r . .;
150 troop,,,, .gnat of whom wore black-bordered black e?aaalctc with
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On 1 January 195'2,, thti u;)laa asorne in G:)ln vas, occupied b:.r about 63':)
tro-o-s rlho '.ore rcr:.--bordered black e)a'ulo L.: th artillery insi7,Tli i., and
about r',) /oviet airy en0 Capon, soon in front O.l' e arnory in the C,1:> tern
section of the billotinaroa on 11 January 17!.i2 inclux".ed 4 x 72-in field'
`"ins, 1 x 1,2 ri-: can :iowitzor., a1?'. 1 trailer ;'a1.th ) ;;l*4 't). rroi ttery
~I r~ooc:.e~, area ar,~;,inin; ~...,
of t-:'!o _..221-m .. f iel(; gum; took u.-) -)osition in . ).] the
oas t rn part of the billoting area,, On. 14 J:anuary'131'2 s 2t; ;!caring
rod-Dorciored black. t)')aulots wi til artillery insignia practiced ' :'ry t': a
1S2--?:ir gun howitzer in file norrlx,, trn eizte;,.in",. an ' l t' t f 50X
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0 unifor:":,e I 'Yon n with black bordered .roc? epa,i3.ots~ 30 2 u: siart civil ian 50X1-HUM
wor,~:n and 20 { usr>ian civilian men were also seon ?eavinr, the instal'xaztion
J,nrisE;, thta one-~?urur r eriod
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L UII Y~A6 a~V tL..tL1 44, J ~iiui~or rlo G,
thy c?,t.t+' hour in the i.nstall.at_i_on ended between 3 and
4 p~,ric durim the weeks up to "l4 Jart ),-~r'~'x because most of t' e of _'7_cer working
in the in 3talla tion left the billeting area at that ti.,.m ., lout 131) o.f i icers
rankir!? from uajor up to and :inclu'i.n ; colonel rare s .en pn aia; t'_ rou,-I the
barracks -`ate durirtr one :court About 60 pcreont t:hei. "tort ",lach,~-bordered
red e,. au1 is and the rest
rec;~-border~nd Black a ,alest~ Tri ar1'~ t; h -1-
19,, Between 7 a i lit Jan wry i92, t e : olizei Kase:rno on Jae:',or Al lee wc-aw- Occupied
bZy- tro Ps yrearinr7 black: bardered red eraulets. in add.i.tionj, n=.umerous officers
er ; s o o n e Et: ri.nY, and leavin-; the ins al'lation, most of them cord n . 'r om the 50X1-HUM
Adolf IIi?t1 or Y: a sernc ,.
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(2.) The inform ti on again consi.rr that the barrack: installation at Golm quarters
a. conponont of the unidentified ax?tilIervr diviaion in Potsdam, possibly a
component c f the divisions ,znidentified ortillery bri ado, and a anall air
force wiit, It alto confirr.rc the an.,,or cr':Ac'.z is bV1ieved to be subordinate
di..rectl.; tc the artil!_or;y divjtsjon, The Lelloon unit Tza: stationer' in the
(3) barrack: i.iu ta1Ttati.~n at duirirn-- the s inter Of
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(3) The end, 76?2-.m .field ~;ur s ot'i:'ervod at the i Va 1 ric chin a are
indicat_ -va of t;-.c 31st .; rr, 11,v Tan'.. >P :L.,St ant! 2~Vi (?) :,s iki.flc eats
both of the 13th 'ids Tan', ;ivy ; :pat o the vo:dcl.,) noticod_ at t? e irwtal.lation
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(4) The ni;;'.it cuti.ec reportak? have be on
Performed. ty t. troops in .h.c; nor fern ;sec ion of the its Kacerno Prohnhly
extended until 23 January and also ai :es, toc the irtillory 'ri,,;ade in the
southern section of ti:: incta11r"ti:mz.
only little train n: activity eras no tics in the
entire "olius Kasern-tc0
(;) It is rnousl blo that the coi pon:tntc of the 2d Gtis L V, Div in the a ohenlohe
Y.a: erne and the Ludcndor=ff I:aserne a so reryo:hacd their duties at ni ;hta
berm. rc little trainin.r.; activity wzga ioticed there during; day tires?
(6) the troi-~nc in t ha
nerttrt
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soc ?on o We -~e; iu; 1;aserrte at oE.. eers arzcl 90J "~T.i~, rhich alio:t DuAi--IUIVI
is correct,;, The office of the of 3taff is carried in the re: tri
alone. :rcaeral : 0P.Ivanov is ulri~i' of Staff of the GOFG rather tl a.n Chief of 50X1-HUM
Rear ioxrvices as States; is the prosent, report,, The stater:rnt that the office of
the Jhi.ezf of iioar Sex^aicec of the GQF3 is in the Adolf Hitler Kasernc
Rahelcbur area,
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