MILITARY INFORMATION FROM WUENSDORF-ZOSSEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010000380001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 29, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 21, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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In October, an unidentified ihfantr3?=_ unit was quartered in Carr;:) aossen, 1 krr
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Kaserne was occupied ?,y an. unidentified unit w`? ich'did not" I e.31W%( to the
school, Building NNo 133 housed. the Koch off e + rost
139 contained the offices of an'unidentified general; !'ajor Vanenkov. (fnu),
Koch olTicer' ?oi the IIindenhurE, Kaserne; and. Lieutenant Colonel i'oled,.liev
(fnu), ;Vaaenkov's' conmariding officer, The eastern 'section of the IIindenburg
trainees of, tine school practiced with tanks and othdr, weapons0 1uilcl:o
the east Side of Highway .+o 96 since the be,-inning of October 1951, The
EDATE PRE : ED 21 Decerber 9 15i
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a school for officers and officer candidates has
been located in. the H.indenb.urg Kaserne in 1,uensdorf-Zosseri (N 53/Z 91), on
southeast of r ossen; to tank units in the Litz Kaperne on the cant side cif
Iif ways No. 96;" an gxpeririental unit iiith heavy ,artiller:- pieces in the Pan-
zertruppen .83chule at.the intersection of :Iifhrw.r .:o 96 .^nd Zehrerisdorfer-
si;ras ;e; and ~.. infantry unit in the Ca::hrai Kasorne southeast of the Ilin-
c3e4'urg Kaserne, General Chuikov was billeted in the I'indenbure Kaserne
during the fall naneuve ?s
A:.-,out 5O u~ scent of thh o: e entering or leaving the :iindenburg Kaserne on 12 50X1-HUM
Cc tcibar were Soviet n.:'J icers; about 2; percent, ' enlisted personnel with
red You 1ex?ed black epaulets and black:bordered red eriaulets? and the remainder,
tee, esi x v:orn en wearing civilian clothing. Truck 50X1-HUM
.driven :by. soldiers 'with red-border;-.,d black epauletc, entered the Ilindenburg
~o Cn 12 Gctober, the Cambrai Kaserne was occupied to capacity,. I'any officers
and 1 2 . 1 wearing rod bnr;Iered black epaulets and black-bordered red epaulets
were seen walking from the. installation to the Hindenburg -Kaserne o The
of 'icersr< billets on-the tira t side of Flig sway ~o 96 ace;;ed to be occupied
to capac3.tyo 1,'a Liclea driven by soldiers with red boxes k '
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Cm the evening of 16 ovember, all .'Aindotiys of Camp Zossen, the Lutz Kaserrie,
~h? nar:hrai Ka ,erne and the Ilindenburg Kaserne 3 ra lirrhted. However, the
billetinE area of the Fanzertruppen >chule was dark except for two huildin s
tiri-: ch were partially liEhtod
On 29 Octoi>r'i^, three detached, vacant shads and two watchtowers ?wiLh. several
u. s iere observed about 1 Ic south of Zehrensdorf, 25 km east of the
"uensdorf railroad station.
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,::gent? The transfer of the officer,, ' 3 eberitz to
L.Onsaor previously reported
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and the pertaining instruction units are quartered in the ' arrae :s s.nstal-
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ons at the Zossen-:,uensdorf pi.sta It is possible that an experi. ental
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-anvy artillery battalion na actually- be stationed i ei the Panzertru rBTt
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`++ :i a.'o7E'-' ko (fnu) 11Z:' reported,
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a.zr; for o::" 15211.a o r' an artillery
'._cers course ::uonsdorf v :?e is :pro)ati>
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~amen3~ov (3ru)>,, n i~ Men WioneC Lin the x~resent report.
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