MILITARY INFORMATION FROM BERNAU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006100550004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2003
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 2, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

COUNTRY "ovict Zone of Ceri.=v
TOPIC fi "ilitar? Inw er;::rst i nn
EVALUATION See uelot
-'LACE OBTAiNED_J
:)ATE OF CONTENT?0 "urwust to 2 I - -,? .or__,o50
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
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LDATE PREPARED- 2 Octi er Ic)rr)
'AGES 2' -ENCLOSURES MG. & . y,FE,-25X1 C
REMARKS
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On 24 AuE;ust 195C the Luftnachxicitcnocinil.e, Darn= (~ 53/Z 96), quartered only
a rear unit of _ Co to 100 soldiers 0 Twenty windows iz w e main bui1d'.nC, and to
or three rrindowa '..n each of the othh.;r trio buildings t;; .e liChted in the evoninC(1)
2. :soviet off Lcors all-' woarinC rcd.:ordered b? aci: opt -Lots 4. ore quartered in
about 30 cncll hou;ios in the restricted area on :.arl u : 3trasse. (2)
3, Accord'_nC to kaMW:1latUM. personne1,,the piceon static , cc}cistad of eicht tem-
porary barracks, ix. eludin, three 1L quarters, a mess h. 11., a kitchen buildinC
and stora;;e shedh. Gate Guards wore blacI:borderec" re, epaulets. (3)
.. Passe- cr cars urdcr repair were seen in the repair s :,p iii the former Bergmann
armament plant on andlitzorchaussee, 2 Icr. northeast ,.t Dc-mm. The shop was
supervised by a lieutenant colonel and several Soviet e -?! ,goers and employed
only German personnel., The Cate was Cuarded by a Soviet sentry and a Garman in-
chistrial policeman. Carr workers did not know if tanks -zero repaired in the
25X1 A shop or if stocks of spare parts rare stored there. (a)
5, On 31 AuCust 1950 the p peon station was occupied by a motor transport unit com-
manded by Captain Fxvizaa;7etorr (fnu).,
6. The houses in. the re; tric `,ed area on Karl L!arx Straffse acre occupied by officers'
dependents. he sentry, Cato to the area wore rod-bordered black epaulets.
25X1A Trucks rrero standinC on the parking lot. (2)
70 The Luftnachriehten Kaserne -r n ccupicd' by only a rear detail on 23 Au-,u,-,,t 1950,
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8. About 150 Soviet troops were quartered in the pion station on 23 AuCust 1950.
True"m in the by: letiri area were bibini re-paired and out on blocks-
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25X1 9. On 1 Se.)tca::bcr 1950 the Luftnac. r-ich_+?en Kascrne quartered a rear unit of about 60
nen, Groups of sold' ors with bc-CCaCo were repeatedly seen on the tray to and from the
railroad station, They possibly belonCed to rear details which wore exchar Red with
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details from the troops. in the maneuver area. (1) 25X1 A
10. About 120 troops and motor vehicles
25X1 A I .ere seen at the pigeon station on 2 September 1950. ( 3
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(1) The information indicates that the elements of the 6th Gds Meez Div which,
25X1 A are quartered in the Luftnachrichtenn
schule, were still in the Templin maneuver area on 2 September 1950.
(2) It is believed from previous information that the Hq 6th Gds Metz Div is
located on Karl Marx. Strasse, 25X1 A
(3) Blocked. up motor vehicles of the 6th Gds Liecz Div, and transient occupa-
25X1 A tion b recruits were previously observed in the pigeon station? See
(4) 1'ccording to previous information a motor vehicle repair shop is in the
25X1 A former ::ergmann armament plant. F-- I A previous report
stated that a large percentage of the officers and IM from the plant were
sent on field exercises to the Me River area at the beginning of June 1950.
25X1 A If that report was correct the personnel presumably belonged
to. a unit or office other than the repair shop in the former Bergmann plant.
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