GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE SOVIET ZONE OF GERMANY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009500090002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 9, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

(.exierai : jilitar Inf=. ation from the Soviet Zone of Gera an`r
:PACES ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKS- SW.L,,tar.v of para?ranh" s 2" 3 5 and b
? ---- _pre,4ou4y - -bar mt3ae caruaroe?
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trucks
passed thrown T>osslau toward Dessau,
a crane and timber, (5)
5" rL Lrafim which stood at the Oschatz railroad station on 15 October consisted of
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1. Gn (3 October 1951, 5 tank trucks axv 2 trucks 25X1 C
.:ere seen on a troop train which passe ;rlrou~ e Dres en_.
Klotzsche railroad station toward hoen1 sbruoclc, (1)
?; On. 9 October, the barracks installation on the east side of ;asitinc tonstra.sse,
Dresden-t'6 bjL;au, was rnero heavily occupied t ben observed .-Tore blackk-bordered black epaulets and rre orrdorred. black epaulotso
A convoy of 2L trucks with soldiers black-''.or tiered b-? aci: epaulets was seen
e>.nt=r1 -, the installar;:ionb =:inetoon of the trucks -?:i- z
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?s aserne was vacant. ()
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1,.1 _... .E;a SU111 a ip aCeti the .'. o vor' and between ..ashin,-,,,tonstrasse anti
cl7 ~rfcn ~r?,.,cr t;ra; ce" `-,u:enty-.two soldiers were playing, soccer and 10 soldiers
-ere rratchin " (3)
On 11 October, 'bsilletin,, equipmment, ;uardod by about 20 soldiers, was piled on
the loadin; ra~:tp of the. kcrnbur -?..aldau railroad station, The Adolf Hitler
an undetermined numbor of boxcars with troops and flatcars carry 3 n4 10 trucks 25X1 C
ti tracks
he railroad station to the Infanterie i aserne and the 1'ianen Ka tern" The
troops observed it'h the vehicles Tjore red--bordered black epaalets0 Or 16 Oc ttober
about 50 soldiers with red--bordered ,lack- epaulets, 10 heavy tanks
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(1) The tank trucks 'belonged to the 9th Tank Div., Two other sou'ces reported
that the division started returning to its home station; during the sn. aQ
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training F rouur is indicates that some components were to retuxn by roado
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'eadquarters engineer unit of the First Gds i'.'kcz Arrcy; Tt can therefore
be concluded that, components of the hitherto unlocatoci lit, Assault En;
l er t of the army are stationed in the ?barrac?ts installatjori in Dresden?
?JoUi~laud '_, 1eT.-fonts of the unit probably returned frorri ons~ineer exercirest,
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operant ay, soic.iers with red-bordered black
epa e ?sq z.au.iicd billeting equipment and aumunition boxes to tic air. fi.cid, (6)
Dn 17 Oc tobe H the occupation of the barracks install..ti.o s in Leip,-iC..
zoo :lie had. not chin ;ed? Vehicles observed at the Aio t.c>z-'r,lic?c ICa ornc had
from the i.:arkramstodt railroad station., to Vie' barracks ristallation in Lein
zig_c:,choonau,; (7)
On 16 October
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