MILITARY INFORMATION FROM ALTENGRABOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008700270003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2002
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 28, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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RINFERENCES__._
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at the ,,engrabow J u uu) troop ..1ra nY_.';g {;roue s t.Iat cos:ponents 01
dive divisions were staying; in the trein,n; area, Source estimated that there
wore at least 50,000 troops? (1)
2. bn artillery battalion from Rathenow retainer to its home stat1on. icy rail,,
a near battalion arrived from I uthenurQ (2)
and
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Anon ter artillery unit left for an Undeterrsined destination on 24 Jul ?
Me training program prior to the and of July was exclusively individual ;Mari.
and. mortar drill Burin' tllf3 day, '0,iE?Y'eas the t;Cain .:fl in e=?"%'1y August vi shed
to practice at battery and battalion level and ,;as hold al-most
at night, `'source Ire'quently enticed.. that troops prepared and occupied ran
positions at night but did not ho_~.d fir. ng -?sracticc?
SG Local residents stated that a tank unit arrived at the troop training 1-;;.o:: nds
In the middle of July and en,_,a-ed exclusively in ni. it training t'oerc, tern, (L;.)
3. Durin ; tine second half of July. AA fi_rrin practice at a tovieu-slocve `target
was observed three timea The number of ` 6- m runs was disproportionally
high in comparison with the other. of artillery pieces observed such as
122-mmi and. 152 -rim guns nd 1Cii3--r,~r tra-rs N"a
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7 f, All roads approaching the troop tr ai.n:s ng grounds were blocked to civilian
traffic on. 1. August. A convoy of about 50 sedans as seen driving from the
It a?is said to belong to a gonor l and his
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autobahn .~s7~a. t
staff ~ 3 hen the convoy arrived at Altengrabow, Ang, three"enf.,i e airc ra , circled
over the area and subsequently larded at the airfield0 Except for moss and
kitchen attendants, all Ceps': an personnel were barred from entering the military
reservation on I Aurust.0 Upon the arrival of the general,, Al troops frees
Oarnfp Aite rabe>> moved to the training area with full equipment Info t
;aura fire am the noise of aircraft engines were heard after nightfallo No
searchlights were noticed,, The troops returned to their quarters on 2 Augusta
Source did not observe the departure of the general but believed that he left
during the night of 2 August
h soldier of the artillery unit f':-op T3ernburg stated that h a unit ?ouald stay
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at AltenF`raoo>vprolonged pexong~~i.oc) of Wine. o This s~~ ~t " .ttr.n_ent was ct~aa.~ ~a.-.,crcaex.
by the superintendent of a cooperative store who said that the artillery
troops from Bernburg would remain at Jaxs Al, engrabow as a canp cadre, whereas
the barracks installation in Z3ernburg would be occupied by now troops, The
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store of the new unit there s (5)
9, A Soviet captain stated that the previous policy of ending soldiers on
furlough unescorted has been abolished. Now, soldiers going on furlough are
shipped to Brest Litovsk under the supervision of an officer and taken over
by another officer there. Their return trip is sinilarly uaer?vised (6)
10. On 28 July, 5 or 6 officers and several E,'i deserted from the carp, 1.:. ring the
subsequent sear 5 h, one captain was apprehended at the home of a German family
at ?5aCde bur E erf orth s, A ban on the sortsa:rptr.cn of alcoholic liquors and
ii ccr~ >t~ra c of to?;a. leave was it ,o:red on cal1 troops at AltenCrabow on 25 Jul?-
11a There were rumors that all the Wo.-man civilian empiogeos would' be rep.t.o^.,ed by
R ?' f, r Hated that , the pay ian11A oi. nen ts.
5 fY :,cat } 1':an t,?y ti't ker that elements division a were at the trocp tr a.in-
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ing grounds w(eer`e prof--n. _,,.y c znC1Ltci'' d from the fact th.::~,t the +,'J`Gtke".rs co1. struc'te
targets _ ~'G:C five s;, r?E;i7,of'- , s
t (~ r ~~2r~.~,r.f1XI. u ,.'~G'4, ,,axrC&``,, estimate of at least A00110
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tcoops there, which he pr6ttma
construct-in', crmw, J_ wr#ll'i.F
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The two Uri t* heloni;ed to the 3d (?) Cc's tit" ,FL 't 2'L "t,
units in4ro)-vved movet < by rail and mad,
be-teen A...ten grabcw and Ra8.honow durirr the soci.fi'd. half o cl 1. f% ! ich
was p tour 1y mpo:-ted by tv o o-Uier our e ' 7,1,1
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T e 7,u 57,7t ion c 7_es the future location of the odi