SOVIET TROOP UNITS LEAVING LETZLING HEATH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002800470004-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 23, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/06/17: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA002800470004-9
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COUNTRY_ _.._~ ~. East Germaycv'....~..REPORT
TOPIC Soviet Troop Units beaVinf: La'Irzling Heath
EVALUATION_
DATE'OF CONTENT.
DATE OBTAINED_
REFERENCES-
PAGES . ....L ENCLOSURES (NO. & V PE)
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1. Between 3 and 7 October 1953k 8 or 9 empty trucks daily passed through fullers.
leben bound for }ialdenaleben, while the sane number of loaded trucks was
observed passing in the opposite direction. Shipments observed .includeds
4 a. J S-3 tanks,. 3 T.,.34/85 tanks, 5 boxcars with personnel and 1 boxcar with
billeting equipment, at 1,;40 p,m0 on 4. October; 8 T?a34/85 tanks, 2 trucks and
6 :boxcars, at 10 a.m. on 5 October; 7 T-M34/85 tanks., 6 boxcars and 4 boxcars with
billeting equipment, at 12;10 p?m. on 5 October; 8 tank trucks, 3 armored personnel
carriers, 3 armored scout cars, 7 repair shop trucks, at 5:25 p.m. on 5 October-
6 J S-3 tanks, 5 T-34 tanks and 6 boxers, at 112.25 a.m. on 6 October. No troop
trains were observed after 3 October. 50X1-HUM
to opacity? On 7 Octobertank--t cks 50X1-HUM
12 x 57- AT guns were also seen. A total of 8 T.-36./85 tanks 50X1-HUM
Hillersleben. All motor vehicle garages were occupied to capacity by trucks- -
at the barracks installation in the western portion of ilillerslebbUX1-HUM
seen in the area north of the barracks installation.
and 30 trucks loaded with billeting equipment including truck were50X1-HUM
According to available information, 'the shipments observed r 50X1-HUM
have carried component units of the 10th (a Tank Div and/or the 7th Gds Tank
Div or possibly of the 19th Gds l-iecz Div.
change in the occupation .of the two barracks installations mentioned.
According to previous observations, it was assumed that the barracks installation
at the northeastern exit of lfi,l.lersleben quartered artillery units, while the
barracks installation at the western exit of the town quartered tank units of
the division. 50X1-HUM
l~.ersiebera ware probably still in the Letzling, Heath,. However.,, there was no
On 9 , October, co iipo,nent units of the 19th Gds l iecz Div from 50X1-HUM
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/06/17: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA002800470004-9