MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE ZEITZ TRAINING AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004200240007-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2010
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 22, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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14 On 22 March :1954, the infanterie t ..ser. ne (854-1) it Zeitz wa= again occupied by about
1,3CC to 1,50C troop -wearing red-:rordered black epaulets with u.rtillery and tank in-
.,ignia. 1 unit which had temporarily been s" tinned ir25X1 2 tbe,Installation, left toward Weiss eni els during the night on .17 March 1954.
Instruction on 57--rpm AT un and K_..r, : mortars was 4 c .i.n :A a the intAx,li c ;"on. Between
.15 _;,rd t. 2 arc .., nuniers~:, s detail, oIL' troops almost dl :;Ily.. 1aroi ed to the Lrairing area
tsar Elster iehr and 4uehigrahen.
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2. Chin 22 Ntrch, $-he >riF'ti1ler'x, ,2; r Zeitz, was by 1,000 to l;200
troops wearing red-bordered black epaulets with Utnk and xt.ctr.r transport insignia. In
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the afternoon on 21 March, the tank wits w.iY in, ~a.i .5 T ~: ?c h, had been en
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.a ~~ ved . On 22 ~~arc~a , 1.0 T_334/85 t.~.n~c were obser ed in f
,grrx??'rrlea sebP&..n r-f installation. In addition to ar ore personnel Carriers
On 24 March, about 24 T-34845 t: .nk.s , 1_ salvage tar&, c. oac !:'_C, troops wearing red- 25X1
. bordex ed black epaulets' fix' t l tank insignia, and r:c'?T c c Ve:13.Clet Y' `ia?'!? i?.rt',;ilieiri.e 25X1
Kaserne were entrained at ;Tao ae >z railroad station,
w': "~ g`s 'e? z"r ~: 65 ITT: ! 4?i).2?r; l ' -~~ f t~?r auks and se-'oral tr-"
~ 1..~X.'~7 { a~ was be"-1d at, she to: 1 /4? tz,, tsaina.ng ar f:i'+.
?x:'ew[aYon 7 and, K''"cb ?1?t L ? f :C # was it ch ,
A ..1r ae ni.:l':uuer of tank-3, tins _ax t._,ucks as Seen in the surroauidin}s' woods...
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O tRc The barracks insta13atio ns in Zeitz appear to be oec pi as pre-
a.~ tank unit of the 20th Gds Al ch IJiv w#js.chj re :urm d on 21 Parch pre-
mSe. nably he & trans e ' d to the rc'"..;'ti . t f? ring (:}3. -- icos o ; tank : ets" I s of 'G 'le .. ghth '
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