SOVIET TROOPS IN THE PRINZ-LOUIS-FERDINAND KASERNE AT SAALFELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010700330004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 6, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONFIDENTIAL
CLASSIFICATION
On 12 January 1952, the Prinz-rJouis- ' r?c irarsi. Inasorne on lleulw,7itzer Strasee,
Saalae3.d. (" 5:1/J 53), quartered about LCD troops who ;core red-bordered black
aria black-?bordered rod opatiletsz T1?air.in activity observed in the billetin
area hetweon.1 and 12 Je...uar"f was, siibst,antiany more intensive than during Vle
past zreeLs Ttiro units of abc ut 50 nen each Tit Ii rifles were seen marching out
of the installation toward ','ad Ji_an.h e-nI- ur ; on 2 January, about 60 soldiers
wearing rod->"aordered black epaulets received close-order drill with and w thout
rifles in the barracks ; yard d JIbo"t 3) soldiers -were seen ;per t or n n -maintenance
work or-. tzucks. About 250 troops ;7earir. ; red-bordered black epaulets and black-=
bordered red epaulets were en ?a,;ed In rifle drill in the barracks yard on 7 Jana-
ary about the sane nun'ber of troops c:n;-~;ed in training were observed on 12 Jana-
ary. _.-ce-cro-,z, soldiers were seen Faro and 6 trucks and 1 sedan par':,,od near the 25X1
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grarages and 12 officers were seer. uassin"* throu:7h the barracks ,rate in rapid
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,ornnen ,, The ido:ztity of the units in the Pri. z -Louis-k' erdi nand Kaseaiie has
z~een uet r :ri~teci i
The 39th 0ds tz itifle Div is
believed to have been tar e1 r :;ithdrat-jr.. from its "previous cost in Saalfold and I=.u-
dolsta t and : s now believed stationed in Chrd mf m
:'ie iIc XXVIII Gds .-tz I-tfle Corps and
It "le corps's unidentified rocket launcher r"eg rent
I I r_ay have been transferred fro-, its
previous quarters in the I?csu s . asernc, Gera, to the Frinz-Louis-Ferdinand Kaserne,
Saalfeld.. It is now tentatively carried in Snalfelc. 'Io: ezrcr , no rocket launchers
have been reported in csnncction y th this barracks installation to date.
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Approved For Release 2006/03/03 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO10700330004-7