MILITARY INFORMATION FROM STENDAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005200480008-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: May 24, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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2. X11 Stenda). (14 53/y 85) barracks were occupied to
capacity by .po t t: oops on 5 1-13 arch 1950 A The
were many columns of soldiers marching to any. from
the barracksn 11 '.;:coops observed were you , had
closely-cropped hair and new egea".pme.at
2o j . contractor stated that t1rG quarters and ut: 1 tS
buildinCs at the met:;Iing Heath troop traini a
grounds would soon be considerably improved &; a
cost of allegedly 3 to 4 million east r Irks.
3, Heavymotor vehicle traffic, primarily of trucks
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carryin ; troops and equipment and coming from the
direction of b.Iagdeburg (LI 53/Y 60):, was observed
in .tend Al on 8 ~'ebrunry 1950.
each carrying about
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was obsp?Tr+wcar'3 r=i'th
0 m mop tar as coupled
to the towed truck. The new wait at once took over
the strict guard duty in the barracks area.
5n The follower observations 7 ere made between 21 Fab::- .-
ary and 11 : arch, 1950
a. Hl ndenbu.rg Kasorne on BuQrgerb a k o
occupied by infantry and artillery units. Troops hold
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night marching exercises after the beginning of
i.iarch 19504 On 2 Larch 1950, for example, about
300 troops were seen returning from a training
march.
b- Tauentzien F;aserne on Osterburgerstrasse;
Occupied to uapaoity by infentry- units primarily
consisting of 18 to 2C-year-old recruit.. .about
250 recruits marched out of the barracks in the
evening of 2 nrah 1950. dJotor vehicles seen there
c. 61brecht der Baer Yaaserne
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occupied by tank units with numerous recrcaitso trucks
M M carrying about 12 troops and
tow n a 76a d-im NT gun each , were observed on 7 a '"' 3
1950 carrying 10 soldiers aad tow-
ing a 7602-mm rT gun moved into the barracks area
on 10 March 1950.
d. Headquarters in Hardenbergstrasse s
occupied by 20 c 30 off icons ,
owe ,y arrived there from the
direction of ,.;agdeburg ?ate on 22 February 1950.
6? The following shipments were observed between 21 n~'e-
bruary 1950 and 3 March 1950:
a. 21 F'ebruory 195C: Three officers and 36 unarraeca
infantrymen with baggage departed toward I:iagde~c?g
at 1 p.ma
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b. one officer and 22 unarmed infantrymen with bag
ga: e left in the same direction at 6:20 p.m.
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c. 24 February 1950: Thirty to forty new trucks
were detrained between 10 and 11,*30 a.m.
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do 3 iiarch 195po Ti-,.To officers and 78 unarmed
with baggage departed toward :agdeburg at 4:50 p.m.
70 Three hundred to four hundred troops in groups of
10 to 20 left Stendal between 20 and 26 February.
They left in a southerly direction at irregular
intervals aboard scheduled trains. rfvo groups of
soldiers had conic from the :Llbrecht der Baer haserneo
It was not observed that any shipaents of weapons,
vehicles, or equiprient left atendal.
80 A, combat practice involving about 500 troops from
the ;lbrecht der Baer zaserne and the Tauentzin
Kaserne, was held in the area west of the atenda1
, ittenberge railroad line on 14 February 19500 M7ost
of the troops were 19 to 20-year-old recruits. The
exercise was directed by a lieutenant colonel. The
troops practiced the attack by squads advancing
under mutual fire protection and the digging of
foxholes.
9. TauentZien iKaserne;
occupied by about 1,2CC troops, primarily recruits,
of units of various branches of service. No heavy
weapons were observed.. -=rotor vehicles in the barn
iers, totaling 300 to.400 men, practiced entrenching
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work, close-combat drill and the terrain description
in the area north of the barracks, in the afternoon
of 7 ,,arch 1950. Three platoons of about 4o tan each
marched from the Tauentzien haserne to the ..'41brecht
der Baer haserne in the afternoon of 9 1,11Erch 1950. The
troops did not carry amps.
10- Hindenbur; Kaserne
occupied by about 1,5C0 troops, including recruits of
units of various branches of service. L otor vehicles
left
the barracks toward alzwedel (1"? 53/Y 27). The follow--*
Ing observations were made:
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a? 3 Larch 1950; i,bout 2CC recruits were observed
at combat practice near the road to indlingen.
bG 7 ;arch 1950: bout 150 troops held training
at squad level under the supervision of a major in
the area between the
ment
each c men an towing a 76.2-mm AT gun,
arrived from the direction of Magdeburg in the after-
noon of the same day.
c. 10 March 1950: About 40 troops held010 order drill
under the command of a lieutenant in the barracks
yard. Three soldiers did maintenance work on a tank
farther to the rear,
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11. .61brecht der Baer : aserne and restricted area on
Iiardenbergstrasse;
Occupied by tank and artillery units, with a high
unit headquarters on Hardenbsrgstrasse. The follogar-
ing observations were made:
a.. 6 r'ebruary 1950: about 100 Soviet civilians,
including some women., arrived aboard the regular
empress train from Zwickau (ii 51/i 34) and took up
quarters in the ; oviot residential area.
b. 15 February 1950? Fifteen tanks were parked in
the barracks yard.
C. 24 A ebruary 195: Nineteen newly spray-painted
25X1 C trucks arrived by rail from the direction of Berlin.
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d. 4 LTarch 195p,: Three T34 tanks arrived from
the direction of Gardelegen.
a. 7 1: i ch 1950; .?ive trucks towing as many guns
of about 100 mm caliber arrived.
f. 9 arch 1950; Three platoons, each of about
40 unarmed men wearing red-bordered black epaulets
moved into the Tauentzien Kaserne. The troops were
not observed to leave the barracks again.
?2:, No woviet troops were seen in the training area
south of iteats ( 53/Y 64) on 17 I-larch 1950.
envelope bearing APT\T 62 000 A was found in
one of the vacant twig huts.
13. ;bout 50 troops were observed to be stationed in
the former German Armed Forces settlement about li km
south of Boergitz (M 53/Y 64) on 17' Iy arch 1950.
The quarters were being reconditioned. A signal sec-
tion constructed a telephone line between the settle-
ment and the trunk line along the Gardelegen-Stendal
road.
14. The following observations were made in itendal
on 5 ;*tpril 1950
a. TauenMzi.ef Kaserne.
Five grouts of about 12 soldiers held terrain train-
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according to nearby residents.
b. Ra?tiion supply depot on : rneburgerstrasse t
loaded
with pontoons, left toward the c . -377 re trucks
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15 o The following ob eem vationa u ere made in Stenda
on 6 April 1950:
an Albrecht der Baer Kaaerne;
bn Hindenburg Ka,ernea
Six platoons of about 35 men each and led by two
officers each fl left the barracks at about 10 a.m.,
marching, toward the target ranges. There was in-
tensive training activity at the drill area behind
the barracks. !.bout 25 twelve-man groups were
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