MILITARY INFORMATION FROM KOCHSTEDT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002600690004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 25, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Militarv Information from Kochstec t
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Since May 1953, the barracks installation in tochstedt had been occupied
by a Soviet AAA unit of about ?OO troops, who were equipped with 37.arr
7602)-r-r~ and 85-.mm guns, Vi jor Vasilenko~r (fnu), chief of the cc.rp ad-
ministration, stated that the occupation of the inn stallation would be in-
creased to about 5,,000 to 6,OC0 rren by 1 October. The installation in~
eluded four large kitchens; a fifth large kitchen was under construction?
confirmed by several sources. I I r?rov1aea tins.), uiv 25X1 A
occupation strength of t00 men is correct, it right result fro. the fact
that elements of the division are continually employed in the protection
of the Hq Third Gds Mecz Army in the Adolf Hitler Camp in Jueterbog and the
Elbe Fiver bridges near Dessau. Other elements were continuously rotated
to the Wustrow AA't firing range. The occupa- 25X1 A
Lion strength of 5,000 to 6,000 troops allegedly scheduled for 1 October
would correspond the strength of at least two AAA divisions.
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omrent? In late April 1953, the 62d AAA Div (US) of the Third Gds
fecz Army, stationed in the Artillerie Kaserne at K , es sdorf-firing range
transferred to the barracks installation in Kochstedt. The transfer was
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