MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SOVIET ZONE OF GERMANY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006700570010-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: April 7, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
COUNTRY- _.et Germany -REPORT
,rilitary Activities in the IJ,_)rthern Portion of the Soviet Zone of
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~;TION.
DATE OF CONTF
DATE OE3T,AI v'D;-)
PLACE OBTAINED.
DATE PREP?REn. 7 Al)ri119:5
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Le :green 14 and l+3 ,iarch 1955, the Tauentzien Xaserne (.5584)' in 3tendal 25X1
?o.s only partially occui.ied.
2. ie. i en 0630 and 0700 on 1,1 :"arch, the fcllcrrir. column left the Otendal
;t toward Brest:
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ti '.rucks with 80 to l soldiers nearing 11 lack~?boruered black and blue-
black epaulets and carryin full field equip ent, 4 trucks with
seams and boards, 6 trucks with amr wiition boxes, 1 rad. o truck and 3
field i'chens. .rotor vehicle
seen. Pie column returned to the pose at 1600 on 1G i.:arch.
re-t,urnin- soldiers af.. eared to be very tired.
., :Breen 190: a.:d 1940, a second column which left Otenc.al toward :rest
1n,:luded:
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I-- x 05-rar. AT Suns, 6 x 57-mm A2 u.is, 6 ;c 62-mm ;:iortars, 5 field r.itcheos,
a:::, trucks, trucks with boxes and 2 aLbulances? 25X1
The soldiers appeared to be very tired. The 25X1
::.j ,.,r AT duns en6e:red the Albrecht-der-deer .aserne (5563) and the
57-amrl A runs and mortars the _rincienburd haserne (55E1) . t 030'J on
_arch a column of 8 rocket launchers aresuriably of 132 r:m., 2 x
1:7 ;inns, 10 truci:s with some l:,w sol(liers, 10 trucks v ith ammunition box;:o
an..i 2 field :,itchens entered trie post. 1
Oil 16 '..arc n,. a shipment of 3 x 57=?1":1: iil' ; uns, 12 x 85-mm r:i ;afire, 25X1
r: xirately 30 trucks and so: re 2 JJ solo iere wearing; red-bordered black
e,...ulets -,-.ore entrained at the iiinz railroad station and. left to,;ard
second shipment of 2 x 57-mm A' ow,s, 6 x 65-ran :12 .rrs, 25
,r _cks :ad ar,)roxim:ately 203 soldiers -~:eariri' red-bordered black epauleta
loaded at the same time. i.e departure of the train could not be observed.
1.) :.arch, the barracks installation in Prora (2341) was occuried by
ra ::ore than 200 to 250 ooliiers. 2
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1615 on 16 ;arch . a }raw n. caAryin about 10 x 85-mm AT --uns
5 x. 100 ,_ n r F;nns, 5 YA-12 !rims mover;), and some 30 trucks
passed throe ~h tY e Samtens railroad etat 4 on and
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o -oceeded toward Bergen.
13'00 on 16 i~.23.rch, a ship::uent of 3 x 5?-Lies AT guns, about 8 x 85-mm
guns and come 20 trucks, -,7}.i-oh had been entrained in Binz, p :aticn and oroceeded toward Lietzow,
'ter 1600 or,} 16 and on 17 i:iarch, another three shipments passed
throu&h the station and proceeded in the sale direction. 2
7. At about 1330 on 15 March. 30 trucks including some towing AA guns were
unloaded at the Neuruppin railroad station and left toward the barracks
installations.
.t about noon on 16 ;:larch. a train carrying 6 x 57-mm AT Suns, 20
.rucke and 1 field kitchen was seen at the Rambin/Rue,;en railroad station.
The train was headed toward Bergen. 3
8. Between noon on 1445 on 15 March, 5 x 37-mm AA guns and 6 x 85-mm AA
-ens were seen in Neuruppin an route toward the Friedridh-Franz "aerne
(2201). The column cane from a northerly direction. At 1500, 4 x 37-mm
AA guns and several trucks were seen at the Neuruppin railroad station.4
~Co.nn,ent Corps troops of the LXXIX ;.itz Rifle ~orpe and, possibly,
small elements of the 207th Litz Rifle Div presumably particip-;ted in
exercises of the 19th Gds Mecz D-k.v y+,:ich were held -;.n the Let
zling Heath
between 3.3 and 6 .;4 rch.
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Gomment. Units of the 4th AT Arty Brig were entrained,
presumably
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for firir.;; practices at Wustrow or on the Rostock Heath.
Units of the 4th AT Arty Jri wflich. accordirz t:1 rrai 1 road
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records. arrived from Rostock on 6 trains, returned to their
installations.
4.
omment.
5 shipments: of
artillery
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unite of the 12th Gds Tank Div went from Neuruppin to Forst Minna cn.
11 ;..arch and the first of these shipments returned to i;euruppin as early
as 13 :+arch. The units which were observed in
Neuruppin probably belonged to the 75th AAA Regt which returned from
Forst Liana.
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