MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE ALTENARABOW TROOP TRAINING GROUNDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013200400006-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 30, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: July 16, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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l6 During the period from 25 Lay to 114 :>un 1952,1 no arrival: or de,. artures were
noticed in the upper section of the ?or th c armp in Alter n al-;ovw (171 5,3/Z 00). The
artillery unit daily trained with gtrs; during the period 'rim 8 to noon and
strung toleprone lines in the traini-.4z=7 area alon the road,
The troop, ,3 remained in the lover ection of the north camp x,eco:Lv'oci the sane
training as the troops stationed in 't-Tic up-)or scction,,
20 The barracks installation was occikoa.c--J to capacity, Tesid.:n_ts s . tr r:I that L Volks-
polizei (VP) wearing Soviet uniforr;r t o o quartered. in t h;: low .'oodan build: ng for
captains, while 8 or 9 VP in Soviet : -rtforn, Were quartered in the low wooden
buildings for lieutenants, They had police star on their ? caps instead. of a Soviet
star as worn by Soviet units. The ocr. -tiers, buiidin-,,s war:-, occupied by officers of
the north carry and of the unit stationed in the barracks r?stal .a tionu The Borg
hotel was occupied by officers of th units stationed; in
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3. During thh. period from 8 a .m. to noo ". and from 2 P.m. to p n mortar units were
soon enga rcd in airiing practice a3orr.,:; the .'ilien~ra'co?~-doe:~zai~C .?oad., Artillery units
at the same time practiced emplacing ;, ca.s and securing gu,.i '3mpl cements wifi?",.
machine gans5 Firing with live ar. a ra.i.?;r?oz was hard daily c urira : the time of
observaat1on0 Two observation aircraft ' ar?e involved in the practicer Dug-
outs were constructed at the trainir ~:'area, mops, 3 mete:'; loni, a-,ad about; 20 cm
in diamet,-ar mere used for the coastr::?.,-ien. They, had been -torert at the railroad
station.
4. Five carloads of supply daily arriveci at the -slin'll-sr de-
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it M' with fuel. arrived on 11 J' n and was emptied i:. to tart
barrels . vehicles and
Two areas of about 370 acres each in she woods near 3enthi. and ,Z7 er3ar were cute
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e erection of two at _-. etic fields, all
villages and houses for a distance cd. 3 krai frorz the tro.D;a rain grounds would
be vacated. V11.iaZes located in that Ceti zone incl.ud'ed .?CL o-.a; r:,'bow y Doex ni. ;z,
Dr?ewitz, 11eeedorf, .;ardeburg-Fort,, C-:r-oss Luebars. :iosian, ::>vlaon,;;?orb' and ;lclr~reid~
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6ry On 17 June; the north camp was occupied by b tweca 30.3 and 1~,OO()
solders wearing red-bordere .? clock epaulets with ::Irtillary
insignia a a''our 760 2-Yx.i field "ins were seen throw,-.I the o . ga te.
Trucks ;lore se.-) ic?; ping, the
installations :aerv ce of the 2:,ece r was erfbr.aed in eight 35-
A i guns in the to rain op_)o:o:.te of the ins' allatioee . Ono officer and
eight men were with each g u ;. 2 .r
7. ?etween 30 and 35 guns were :7orkb-d at the --,.'n r?axrk:i.nrr area., 25X1
I ] field ho 7itzers and t 22-;m field gun, 25X1
here were still othea? of ins., then 15') t:z ucksj lI 25X1
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3. i etwocn 30 and 103 truc.;.s e a1 ran; d in thre. 3 rows one :~.d th other
tieero aeon at the Li l~'l: 3'i;:: ao i of t e asl:..un ion de o n j::o men stood
on either side of each veh:~_ :i, k nrohably for. an inspoction:,
T"ndi~.ridual firing of sans of venous calibers was hoard from the training
area dux in`, the period. frog: rtc>?
%:t! eccuoation no to mi_J-=Ju e 19c;,) -,7i -I lell
E? cc do 3s q cor re:`ipon ds :?i :`! ri orris 7_ on s n-A.1ed
:Late .ay 1952. It is believe that units of the 3L th x>.t y