MILITARY INFORMATION FROM DRESDEN
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP82-00457R005400030010-2
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RIPPUB
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S
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5
Document Creation Date:
November 16, 2016
Document Release Date:
May 10, 2000
Sequence Number:
10
Case Number:
Publication Date:
June 27, 1950
Content Type:
REPORT
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COUNTRY
TOPIC
CLASSIFICATION.
44c, _21 V",
..ilitRnry lnfor,iation from Dresden
bel ow
EVALUATION '00
DATE OF CONTEI
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES-_-
PAGES. 5
REMARKS_...
25X1X
_ 1, only a un ?d detail was loe, tod in tho s,a- 'ionier
j;aserne, Dresden (11 52/F. 29), on 17 .pril 1950,
25X1X The b;.trracieo ?,.ere reoccupied by 25C to e30u troops
between 28 ~,pril -:,.nd 18 ,."ay 1950. The troops
wore red-bordered bl..ck epouloto -nd the follow-
ino yeilowf--riotc1 insignia:
25X1 B
_,_ ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
25X1 C
lit
A,7otor vehicles
fled in the bnrracks yard. (1)
were identi-
2, The k oenig Georg Laserne was occupied by a guard
detail of 5U to 60 men. The tanks which wore pre-
Met _.._....11-1UN.1978 By, -(.)1L_
Deelanified L_j
lass. Changed Tot TS S
C
Autka HR 70.2
,were identified. ,i document benrin Irma 25X1 B
found at the barracks. It was a letter a dressed 25X113
to a soldier of Unit dated . 5
1950, and examined by censors p (rt ioe (2)
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PONFIDENTIAL 25X1.
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3. guard detail of about 30 men was stationed
in the a. hascrne on ;,.faun #1atz. Trucks
25X1 B sere loaded in front
of the ration supply store rooms in the bar-
racks are?ao j1 guard detail of about 40 mn
was stationed in the schuetzen Kaserne north
of 1laun Platzo No activity was observed in
the spare parts storage building. Little
activity was seen in the motor vehicle repair
shop, where only six passenger cars were
parked.
4m The Fall schirmjaeger haserne, Nickern, was
occupied by a guard unit of about 70 men. The
:.soviet dependents' quarters had been vacated
and placed partially at the disposal of the
German housings office
25X1
Four &,,' guns were recently emplaoed on Prosoh-
huebel, a distance of about 3e O rrac-ters from the
hoeni~; Georg Z-;aserne. :L telephone line ran
from,i the emplacement to the barracks. Truck
was parked near the guns. (3)
6. routine activity was not observed in the 1Taeh-
richtenkaserne, Ucbig;. .u, between 21 cnd 25
~,pril 1950. The wooden bridr.,e which had been
constructed in the barracks area for training
purposes was torn doom, vw,ith the timber scut
gaotor vehicles 25X1 B
25X1 B wore identified a Loci
residents stated that almost all 6oviet depen-
dents had left the post. ~,. fragment of an
envelope e:arrained by Censorship Office 25X1 B
.mailed by a soldier of unit Kalinin.
25X1
7a Gate au .rds with red-bordered black epaulets
were observed at the ,,aotzsche school,formerly
Napol a or Nazi training school. The low rate of
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5X1A
now
traffic Indicated that the installation was
only 1i htly occupied. t rear detail or small
unit was located in the forger Luftnachrichten
x %,serne, Klotzsche. 1L %o tanks were observed
in front of ,, 4;ara.k; e. No Llotor vehicles were
seen. Locd;l residents said that most of the
troo ns had left for a troop training grounds
S. No chin';es were observed inces
the b'+ucher . n 25X1 B
on ~:rrienalleo. lvaotor vehi
25X1 B
9. No chances were observed in the AA 6 un oni-
lacor~
25X1 B 25X1 B
ere seen there. (3)
25X18 10
su o z-Luzr uuuu xol ine gun erupLaacenents in
the Hoiler ;elaendo torard highway No 97WKoenig3-
bruock. Eight soldiers wrmaring red-bordered
black epaulets ~with artillery insignia were ob-
served in front of on earth shelter. They ap-"
1parenuly belon:"ed to n '-`u r'd deter it _ )ocux en:
25X1 B on 18 ;Tay 195U 0 one was an envelope addressed to
a soldier of Unit postri!lrlsed
14 ;,_urch 1950, eaxar~e by Ceasorsh.ip Office
25X1 B and mailed by a 5o1d3 r of Unit
}Lnothor urws a fragment of an
envelope bear an address ion,
mitten by a soldier of Emit The 25X1 B
last ?:A9 an envelope addressed to a. soldier of
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1011TFTD.~NxjA~ 25X1 A
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25X1 B
postrmarII?d 24 ?arch
1950. (2
25X1X
I1. The units stationed in the former Luft-
nachrichten Kaserne, Klotzsche, gradually
left for the Loenigsbrueck troop training
grounds by night, it was learned from a
German employee on 19 kpril 1950. The
ration strength of the troops in the bar-
racks on 24 i,,pril. 1950, including the of-
ficers, amounted to 300. Thirty to fifty
trucks were observed in the yard of the
25X1 B
25X1X
12. Cn 1 .ay 1950, was identified 25X1 B
with 1i it at 2 iLordalleo, Dresden;
25X1 B with a unit on pcul jehrador?=
stra.sse, uresden, with a unit 25X1 B
in the ba~rraoks of Borne nef.r Leipzio;
25X1 B and with a .soviet tradinf- com-
pany in 2iesa ;?ahich was reGularly supplied
by dairies. (2
25X1A
Conraent s
1 lKe `T 2 is of the unit in the j; _
k'-aserne was observed for the first time.
The unit aDporently moved into the bar-
r^'cks[yyi@n early
'' ayg the .ti0. It( may be a head-
qu.a rters unit of the lrst d.iecz arnW,
accordiri~; to the motor vehicle numbers ob-
served with it
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CONgiDENxxAL
C GIT2'1OL/U C H I C T, ~L C iTLY
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25X1 B
25X1A
ti^WI8 reported twice from
Dresden in 1948. 25X18
to the Potsdam Hq of t e Chief of Supply
and .administrative services of the GOFG
with several branch offices in towns of
25X1 B the soviet gone of Germany. 25X1 B
to a Dresden tank unit of
25X1 B the 11th Gds Tank Div. 25X1 B
to a Riesa unit of the 9th Tank
25X1 B D va to a supply
or administrative unit or off ice in the
Potsdam area o
(3) The emplaced ,~ guns probably belonged
to the 4th Gds A.L1 Div, according to the
r?rotor vehicles seen there.
(4) The observation in all-Dresden barracks
of only sraRll rear. details confirms the
transfer to the r oeni4 abruock troop
trainix ;rounds of the elements of the
11th Gds .i ank Div and of the headquarters
units of the Wirst Gds :ecz :Army vahich
were stationed in the barracks.
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