MILITARY INFORMATION FROM SCHWERIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014500060004-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 2, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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Octobor 1912
During the period f.ror 2)Au~ st to 3 Septembr?r 195") the
Hinrtenburg i;aserne on Guestrower Strasse Schl:,erin. ?1,1 54/T = 6),
'a,s occu ied by about 7,500 soldiers includin'' 1 2"o recrrlits.,.
,lost; of them,, wore reel-bordered black epaulets 1arti1ier -, 25X1
signal or motor transport insig zia. The young sol:liers received
basic drill. Trai.nir.;"with six i.T-13_ro Qket l ?r~r eher is not:i.r dh
2,, wring the roricd from 23 At ylist to 3 Septerrber, the `olt gee 25X1
Kaserne on Ludwigsluster Strnsse v s occupied by about 2,500
s lt;iers wearin'p red-bor :.eyed black epaulets w h tank, Marti I_lez Y,
signal or motor ti,ansrort 'zrsi nia and black-bor?-lered black
epaulets r ~On Je?? tenber, 4 T- 4 t,, n'-.s
tania ),nd triz,-
1o t the instal. a on V' aarc the vest,, Intensive
training act ivity aa,s cc)nductod in barracks ;Far. snd in front
of hp T ris t,
Dorinr, the period froze. o3 hugr.s t to S op.terbcr, the ?rueger
Kaserne on Lu vigsluster St !asse w is occur-',r-_),,I ?,,r .about 2,500
sol-iers wearing red-1?_or iered black epaulets " ith art ii llerv4
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motor transrort or si-qna insignia and blue-?horrl-re? 1
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epaulets? nfantry '.r-'ini.ng and. _ntensive rifle
firing ui to ive amr..uni ion. `Ca ree 1" --rim AT guns and 3 x 57-mrr T
During the period from 23 august to . bepte-ber the Adolf Hitler
x.aserne on Ludwisslu.ster Char ssee v-.s occurod ),; about 3t"..010
sc idiers ,,iear in: black-bor(I.ercd cr- !h.'son epaulets and red- r:'tired
!ack epaulets w-'th artillery signal or motor transport ins.gnia
and ifniformed women e~ir~i.ng buck-bort'kored crier son e-aulots. about
one fourth or the soldiers }.sere recruits. Intensive
?.ra.11a_ng and
combat 1-raining was conducted in the barracks Yard c y a - rd
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19Q At 6:30 a.m. on 2 1iu ust coiumn s C 4 prime
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to vii is !.v
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loccupied by personnel passe{' through
Lu,dwigsluster StrIsse he;.ding south (4)
nap-, t
(1) an inspect iron of the
o,.{~ n7. by 15 Soviet officers on 5 r-u;usto
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The present report indicates that the installa-
tion ?ncluf'in Elie buildings of the ad ;oinin.= Puesser Doug
was reo cuni_ed by tr~-'ops. Grob abl ? br--lorigs
to the : 94th G( J:?tz Ri_"le I.vt ere is reason to believe that
compoi:en.ts of this division reocc-ipied the Installation.
The dT column observed on P2 AucusU
prrbabLy bel: n;s to a corns
artillery unit of t -~e IX L' tz c~.;,ns , n t--ho Krueger i . Berne.
The tanks _ probably ore 10 t:?anks
of t he 74th 1 Tank SP Rent of p4th Gds t1t-, RI f
I i v
.j. r..om Cane ~i1:.4. ~a_re l~as"rne
'The information on x thec ~n }-.Ion o:~ " the barrac; c tall ti.?
(4) cct., ...v1.,~ ~i~x.. .~-:ons
ins Schwerin indicates no major ch..nges over previous reports
- -- - , Deviations by
on
by t ~e temporary absence of units for practices and/or errors
in estimating.
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