SOVIET AIR FORCE TROOPS IN WITTENBERG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013800260003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2006
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 20, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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'Soviet Air Force Troops in iittenberr.
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20 Luriu st 1952
1- sketch on ditto with le^ond
2- Up to 6 June 1952, the 3ruecken?kopf Kaserne in :'dttenberg was occupied by
o+r out 300 soldiers :?aearin- black-bordered blue epaulets4, soviet: women
,`Joarin< air force uniforms were observed entering and leaving the installa.
tion. In ;,e nutriyae; ater~ section of the barracks installation there was an
-kA -un en :lacenent with t'iree AA guns which probably were of C5-mn caliber.
:olciiers '.:raring rod-bordered biae'. epaulets and a carioufla;ed parking site
for =rotor vehicles were no far from the gun; Duty performed in the in?
stallation on > Jul-,, included callisthenics, srrimmin;g, drilling and maintenance
of motor vehicles.
The alternate airfield adjacent to the barracks installation was occupied by 25X1
3 P0-2s cn June:. On 9 and 17 Juno, long training flizghts were made by bi-
planes . On 3 July, a P0,-2 made long; 25X1
practice !`I .ghts over the field, The same air activity was observed on 5 July,,
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Between 6 and 14 June, the i3ruockenkopf Kaserne war, fully occupied.
;. anv new trucks ore parked in and in front of the garagoe