RETURN TO SCHWERIN AND BISMAR OF SOVIET TROOPS AND MILITARY INFORMAITON FROM THE SCHWEINRICH TRAINING AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R015200240002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 7, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 5, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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1 OPIC-..,Return to Schwerin and. i Sma,r of Soviet Troops and ilitary
Information from the .5chweinricr Traini:ng~, ;rea
2XEVALUATION? _ v _Pi~CF ORTAINFn
DATE OF CO:NTEN
DATE OBTAINED-
REF ERENCES_
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REMARKS
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ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)..
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I. About 8 a.m. on 30 September 1952, 14 AT guns of about 100-m=n caliber -t,jw d,
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entered the rue ?car z s ,rrie
in Schwerin. The column carne from the freight station. The H_ndenhurc Kas~.rrie
and the Moltke Kaserne were :till unoccupied.
2 0 On 30 September and 1 October the troops returned from maneuvers tc= l heir
military post in Schwerin.. The Adolf Hitler Kaserne was occov .ec_ tfy
4,OOO troops, the Krueger Kaserne by 2,0JO troops, the `1o'lt?kk:e Kaserne b-,
1,000 troops, the Fritsch Kaserne by 1?2L0 troops with AA gunsan-rcc',~c:t
launchers and the Puesseelcrug was about 5U percent occupied. Many office ri!
were seen entering and leavJng the Goerries airfield.
3. During the period from 30 Septen er to 8 October 25X1
, truck Iraffic heatted toward
Perleberg via Wittstock was observed in S cbweinrich. rsquipment incl}.di ng? a
great deal of furniture was loaded at the Wittstock railroad station.
the slaughter horse in Wittstock served unit..., it
Perleberg. It had not slaughtered for units in Schweinrich since 6 Octcbc r,
4. un 3U September, 35 ta: ucka occupied by about 500 soldiers wearing red-'cree _ad
black epaulets, 5 trucks with 120-mm mortirs,, 8 trucks with 57-rnfn AT r ns an125X1
6 T-3L tan-&s were seen returning to the Flak Kaserne in Viswar:
Prior to 5 October, -rotor vehicle
barracks installation:.
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r?ere seen drivinr to an -'c
Comment. The information c^ncernin:- the return on 30 Sentemnl er : d
.1 October 1 2 of units of the IX IAtz Rifle Corps crnfiims infcrrnation
that motorized cle,nents of the corps passed
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through Perleberg and were returning to their military posts frorr, the f ii :..
maneuvers of the Third Shock Army on 3( September. On 29 and 3(; Sep ni'-
other units of the corps r?et,urned to their milit-ary costs on 17 rail n4-s.
On and after 1 October, the cost in Sc ,wt:r?`n w?
occupied as prior to the departure of units for the fzll exercises, e=;
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The 1Ou-mm AT guns which enter d. the Krueger
probably belong to the 4th Gr'.s AT Arty Brig (US). Rocket la incht:r:
previously seen in the Fritsch Kaserne. Jnits of the 10th Grs RL ?'I-
afore mentioned corps were previously carried in the Hi.ndenb rgr ' r E r
is believed that, the units which returned to the Flak Kaserne in wi cc
elements of the 288th Gds MMtz Rifle Rept of the 94th Gds Mtz F-1-Me
had teen detached for the maneuvers.
:10omment. during the period f r ri i
It Uc Go Er, 11 trains carrying units of the 18th ;'ecz Div departed ffr?c n t. e
Jranse and Wittstock railroad stations and that this opc-ation