RUSSIAN UNITS IN BRANDENBURG, BRIEST, AND KIRCHMOSER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001800920009-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 13, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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Iussi, Units in 3randenburg,
3riest, and Kirchzntser
COUNTRY Gernny (Russian Zone)
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co The I desanstalt is the site of Rede l went Camp 226
"Traine3.nheit"
U. S. C.. 31 AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THS SEVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ARV NANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO-
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Z-23)
The artillery barracks
by Artillery officers and their dependents occupy the quarters of fouler
prison er.^ployeez. The penitentiary itself i^ alle,,,,ed to house TND arrestees.
unit ??rith Onrran trucks
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do The hospital Is not occu-'ied. Itr administrative buildings house Soviet
officers and their dependents to a total of 300-400 persons, A transport
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are entirely occupied,
Thy, fitteldeutsches Stahl- u. 'Talzuerk is beinr di>criar_tled. Its acb- inistraa
tion building is believed to houso the airtort konendatura. A sin po .ntinr;
to this tpzilding reads: K03 V 10MM .. The Opel con-r.Iound, next to the
'Ta1zT~r'., is used as a durm for ins,, vohiclea, znd other Gerr-an Arny oq
went. It is r corded by Gerrity police armed with carbines,
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h. T3ouendorf airfield contains a Soviet Air Force school) At the
field are approxiriately 3,000 SAF troops and 1,000-1,500 officers and de-=
pondents. There are forty fighters resenbling the M-13.2. 50X1-HUM
Taro hanrars are In ^.ood condition, two
other-- ve been dana7ed or iim:zantled. 50X1-HUM
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time 147D groan of Brandenburg. Guards number 80-100 non.
i. Neuendorferstraese prisons opposite PNikolai Cemetery, hou3es the r. in opera-
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Excelsior-';erke, tdilmersdorferstrasse: supply derot and repair shop for
communications e i nt firearms spare rtsa The repair unit of 200-
300 non
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k. Kloster Barracks: Wirtschaftskomondatura
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m. Estimated Brandenburg strength: 10,000 military, 2,000 dependents.
,02. Brier' (Z-13)
bombardier school with 800 man,
a. Aircraft: approximately fifty planes resembling the 'E--109 and ten RATA types.
c. Runways are bein,,r lengthened and covered.with concrete. Training includes
firing on tow sleeves. Prescribed altitudes are not observed, with the re-
sult % hat exercises take place near the Berlin air lift corridor. 50X1-HUM
3. K I rel'rri er (Z-32.)
a. Thin tnr-k r?na.ir unit r.? about 2_000 non
In addition to re-
pairing tanks for Russian Zone troops, the unit repairs others from Kalini.n-
grad, Brant-Litovsk, and the Russian interior. It is rumored that the depot
will be shifted to Kaliningrad in the near future o
b. Among the Kirchmaer depots customers are the following
Halle Eberswalde
Brest-Litovsk Luth,igslust
leimar 3 tterbog
Velten Ludwigslust
4.
Signal Corps troops in canouflaraed trucks
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were seen In the Garden
area (Z--23) about 1 August. Four overhead field lines were set up between Orden
and Rathenow, and it was expected that raneuvers would shortly take place in the
Brandenburg; Rathenow area.
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