SOVIET TROOPS IN BERNBURG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011700320005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 25, 2002
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 7, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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Soviet lido-as in Dernburg
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DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES .
PLACE OBTAINED_-]
23 February to 2 l.areh 1952
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1 :..arch, a landing; sta;;o was constructed farther dovnstream, ;source obtained n25X1 C
definite information on the tank unit which was egnipoed with 12 Jb tanks garaged
in a ;shed. The unit was never seen practicing : itI? the tanks. xh d
instruction on the radio sets taken rt
Enr;sneer training structures obs::rved in the restricted area between the barracks
in::tal? ations and Der Itoes.,o incl,~ded section, of corduroy roads, 1 wooden bride
across a ravine for vehicles a;.d tanks, several tunnels driven into the rock,
,various fire trenches and several mine fields which source believed to have been
mined with practice runes, A wooden practice bridge over the branch of tile; Laale
River below the barracks installation eras torn down at the e id of February,, On
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Prior to 23 February 1252, Via Adolf ;i tler a.aserno in ~ ernbur g (:.: 52/D 76)
quartered an artillery unit of 1,30) to 1.,5),) tro
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)s #ho it ?ras equip ed with
5 x 377rmk AT guns and 70 to 7)} guns of 7682-r :i and 100-r .r.1 caliber, It 25X1 X
moved to .llten rabow (I. 53/u)), The Adolf Hitler taserne, Bern1rirg,
occupied by an ong,ine ;r unit and a tank unit totaling about 1,c~GJ, 203 of w7hori
.were on ft:rlou In, Four colonels, incllzc inr: 1 colonel (Mm), anew 6. or 7 lieutenant
colonels inspected the unit when it fell in for roll call in 322 ranks of four glen
each on 23 Februarys The tank unit and en ;ine:-r unit vrrore integrated. The engi 1 X
component had 15 to 20 large amphibious cars, 15 to 20 small ar.,ohibious cars,
2 ?'.rucres ;soul sting hoisting -cars, cevoral motor rams nuw'erous pontoons and a large
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en;;ine.:r unit Hero mixed when he sa-v theca on 23 Fehr.
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~ Cou c--it. So .rce previo-xsl;, x'e_r:~rte~ on the artillery unit ...21 the clc)1f' "itler
Ya erne f I.''~c present report deviatcc r
fra: the reference re >rt
inasmuch as 1773 re ]'_.E n , 1"I'lich is a corn'Orient of the 3d OOds Q) iT :irt r a'id,
according; to, T/;,, is bel . voc1 to be equip:od irit'1 2'4 _t-ns of 7602-rv., hile the
soco~id and third. rogi; ient of the bri? nddo are believed to he o1 -i->od ;ii.th 2h
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x 1602-rii guns and 21; x 133-ru AT Luis res7octivoiy, is stated to 'k,,ve ns Of
vari-).,s typo a::ri caliber. 1'10 in;il:ll ,r of stns bolon;in-, to trio rt3:;'1. 3 it In ?r=1','.r'
in any case ap_)oars to be estimated too high , ::vein if the T/, Wer:~ c' a;n eci, about
36- artillery sees