MILITARY INFORMATION FROM WUENSDORF-ZOSSEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013800160008-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 18, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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Uilltary Irtfornati.cin frog, '.auertsdorf-Zosaen
EVALUATION- See below
DATE OF COMTENT
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18 August 1~ 2
On 9 July 19,5?., the Panzertruppenschule at the intersection of Hi hviay Nc= 96 and
Zehrorrsdorf?er Strasse3 ;luensdorfZo sen (N !3/Z 91), was occupied by about 3,000
to 3,500 soldiers wearing red-bordered black epaulets. No training activity-was
noticed? Marry officers and numerous uniformed women and women in civilian clothes
were aeen4
On lip July, the Lutz K.aserne on Highway No 96 was occupied by about 1.,!:00 soldiers
wearing black-bordered crimson epaulets,, Many officers and numerous woron were
o On 11 July, the Hindenburg Kaserne on Highway No 96 was occupied by about 1, 200
soldiers wearing black bordered crimson eoaul.ete,, Only a faw officers and EM were
seen. There was no training activity
On 9 July, the Cambrai Kasorne, southeast of 11indenbi rg k aserne, was occupied by
about i,,OO soldiers and guarded by sentries wearing red-1--ordered black epaulets.
Numerous rotor vehicles were seen driving in the direction of Panzertru~~7enschale,
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ors, icn 1 ?::1 southeast of uos :efay and the camps cast and southeast oy i '.'J(;ro
occupied '` ' 0eneral V0I0Chuikov's headquarters9 xcnera l Scot ,1,;anov's head
quarters and the 5nersh 1.100 All Gor-:aans were denied access except for -Ior-mn
craftsr >.n who are chocked twice before ontoringr; dare house set up a
tea m orary store on a truck with trailer in the carip until a ~ rc. riatc space
was avail pie Lieutenant Colonel .Pochovalov (a'nu) of
i.s assigned to the smersh 'L..V) soction,, This unit aalle,--'idly
was stationed on uilbre cl;t, c,tras e in #'otsd.am, Source caw a total o l' 12 generals
entering or, leaving the ataxy:'1 ;or0 (3)
64 ` Tae Lutz Kaserne was occupied by the finance Section the office of :AaLL
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Toshchev., a number of -ass halls and kitchens and a'4us:_aan civilian .Jorkers.
fro`";a 21 June to 12 July, (1)
The rase::rc at of building No 19 which previously housed a : us,,Aan sully depot
accor~r.oc1ated the laundry of the a' r?onicoralainatop :chile the first floor and the
second flair house apartnonts of bank enployecs of the aovic`i, banko The
hotel of hi; l-iranking sv. )l r officers was located in ~)uil laxn.; ,'Jo 20 while
building No 21 housed the edn5nistration; buil _`:Ln-s 1;os 23 tad 24 wore used as
warehouses and to store grain and wore adjoined by the tiussi.an bakery which is
sopara tcd from building .1o 24 by a fence:, (a )
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IJo 37 of t e : az, ertru )ca a chute housed an offieors club buildings Tos 63
t'-lroni' i 77a housed officers' billets and trio officc?'s s clubs and oil e'i nn s
A os 3 through 67 a taint, repair chop SAG. (1) Builriin .r rip z? rc .4 ,143
i.lecz wa?r ; has been repeatedly report d and was believed assigned to a
trade or econolmr soc??ion of two Third Gds i:.ecz .Arny The transfer to Jraotcrbor.? of
tilt'. o": icE t3;zS previously re",.x.rtE3d
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F----Ii,, ca}." 1! on , s aoxri nistr a lice tier wor :utoys In
the TTreceiver and dispatcher are both known fro::: tots dam, wile tk:o
General Shtinenko (fnu) is reported for the first t i?::iti:o
For location of i~%tlLdin No 135s sea s retch attached
present. inform t f.o11 confirms a previous report on the : ocatioi't of
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that A:cch and the Potsdam Canstructia3 Office are Iocate ' i}cs"oo
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