GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012700180009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2013
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 11, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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, During the night of 27 rav. many eolumnq n
crosseo. tne Lange Bruecke in Potsdam and proceeded in a
southwesterly direction. The trucks 'sere occupied by 300 to. 400
unarmed troops wearing red-bordered black eraulcts including some
with motor transport insignia. About half the trucks carried
billeting equipment, and the others were empty. At noon on 23 Tay
the Garde du Corps 1-sserne on Stalin Allee was vacant and new
billeting equipment vas hauled to the installation. Local residents
said that the ins';allation would be occupied by Volkspolizei. (1)
2. On 25 1Tay, the largest assembly halls in Zepernick,? southwest of
Iiernau (N 53,4 96), were requisitioned by Soviet detachments. They ?
vero to be ayaila:pie by 30 1Tay. (2)
On 26 Eay, the troops in Camp Temslin (Y- 54/U 31) were on the alert.
Truck convoys ready for departure were nonn in 41-20P narim
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trie solctIers wearjns, field uniforms remained near their
quarters, and vehseles were checked tuico a day. (3)
On 21 and 22 ray, troops wearlInP, black-bordered black epaulets with
signal insignia were seen in tents in the roods at the bridge across
the Quenz River, 3 kr west of BrandenburP (1; 5 Z n
northern bark of Lake Plaue, Trucks
-sore identified there. 0-)
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motor transport snit of the GOF0 numbering about 300 men 'as
quartered in the Garde duCorps TCaserne. It appears th.At the unit has
moved, possibly to the :?tiensdorf area where the 56th TT Regt of the
GOFG has previously been quartered n the Cambrai Kaserne.
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It is undetermined whether the rooms were made available for
Soviets or Volkspolizei.
No information on similar measures has been received from other
camps.
According to motor vehicle a signal unit of thq GOFG 50X1-HUM?
from the Potsdam area.
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