CONTROL OF THE ZONAL BORDER

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008100480009-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 27, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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On 1 June 1951, a soviet komendantwoo pith a staff of eicht oon was
ed in the Muna Siedlong (settlemnt) in Stapelburg (M 52/D (yi)
2, On 1 Junes no Soviet troops were observed in Ilsenburg CV 52/D 06), The
Ilsenburor Granzpolizei sector is divided into for border divisions; frolo
Abbenrode Cy 52/c 97) to the Stapelburo-17.ckertal railroad line; to Arosburg
(M 52/0 96); to Scharfenstein 52/0 96); am'. to Vto Drocken. About 30
police were stati000d in Ilsenburgs about 10 oolice in Schorfenstein and an
undetirrined number of police in the forester house in Eckorkrug.
3. On 19 rays 40 to 50 Soviet soldiers wearino black-bordered crimson epaulets
mere stationed in Geismar (L 52/11 79), A detail of 1 lieutenant and 20 oen
with black-bordered crimson epaulets was stationed in Pfaffschwendes and
drew supplies :ran Geismar? Geismar and Pfaffschwende residents 'raid that
there were no other Soviet details in the vicinity of the two locatitieso
No air observation posts mro noticed in this area,
, A Volkspolizei Konnando of n'onut 50 police was stationed in Ceismar? It controlled
a detail of 15 police in Dobendorfs a detail of 15 police in Orons-Toopfcr,
and a dotail of 36 police in Volkerode. The detail in Volk000de recently
received tot riding horses and wos eventually to hove six. In addition, the
detail vas to cot 10 dogso
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prior to the end of rays no Observations indicating military operations were
observed in the border area on either side of Herrenburg? Trucks E 2-22-56
and E 2-22-67, occupied by soldiers mearino black-bordered rod epaulets,
were observed in Palingen in mid-May,
6, On 28 ray, an observation platform occupied by t soldier woo noticed for the
first tie on the roof of the Burnoistor House in Sohlaisdorf; northeast of
Ratzeburo (M 54/T 07). A Soviet border plard detail of 18 nen was odartered
in the house.
7, On .30 rAy., the observation platform on top of the Soviet komendantura building
in Gerstunoen was ranned. by two soldiers, The sentry at the Autobahn nort7.1
rest of Cerstunoen was connected with the komendantura by telephone. Soldiers
did entrenching work along the edoe of the woods from kilometer nnrker 210,5$
1,200 meters east of Gerstunoen, as far as kilcoeher narloer 211,99 300
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netprn northllent of Horda Soviet troops conducted a field exercise in the
7oe11er .:oods, 3 k- nnrtheant of Corstuncen, during the nitht of 29 ray
in roods to the woods were blocked lx,r Germno durinc the exercise.
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'" 1111111 Connent, rapnrt confirns that no discernible movenont of troops
orT,i7anRi3lg.76nt of border :uard personnel took place in the zonal border
arcas renticned prior to the nid(ao and end -.-frxr 1951 respectivnly
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