SOVIET AIR FORCE TROOPS IN WITTENBERG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014600270002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 9, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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)PW :io"uic't (jr "'orce Troops in cittonberr
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2 ENCLOSURES (No. & TYPE)
DATE PREPARED
9 October 192
.'etrreen 24 July anc? 2 :>eptenab- ' 19521, the ..rueckenkvpf Kaserne in "i tteniuer0
was occupied by 25, to 3C O mex rest o " whoa wore black bordered blue epaulets.
=or::e wore red-bordered black eimulets. There was intensive military activity
in t e installation but only a. ' ittle training nctivity. heavy traffic was
observed bot;'een the barracks ir;itallatior: and the air force headquarterso
;veryorn-.ra -, about 70 soldiers c.arryinc notebooks marched from the barracks
nstail. ati can to the headquarters k uilding, Two or three hir;h--;Tint; monoplanes
or biplanes --ere continuous) y park;%d at the ir?:.pr. crvised airfield near the
'nrracks installation. The fort.ear A'. lrrl on ] 1cemonts at the !
not occupied in earl; 3aptc ilber
~ he occupation of the air force headquar"O'ciL% on.aternstra.sse had not than-ed,
hfere was Y =~
~ :tCY%.e~] ve r'1! li t;7.r;f r'3Ctl.V"Y.t'y o a'C?tC}Y `T(?lYiGa.C3 which 1' mm ohnnrup(i nt.
the headquarters huildLag included ,e(:arns
On tIe nornin. of 27 July, a, train section without . '_ocon:n?t.ive was observed
bout ni r forcesoldirrs
s__ .rcc near arc: rain. In the eversinC; of the s:-..e the train was
On 6 and 7 ''u ;list, the ??rueckenkopf *aserr : was occupies by 1')G to :500 air
force soldiers,, About 200men were beinir trained by eivh-. officers on two
radio trucks. The ','" were recruits, 1 to 20 years old, ctth close cropped
hair, i''ourtecn b rplanes ::cre parked on the improvised air.'iold bohind
the barracks installation.
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e occupation strength of the barracks installation was unchan ed on
3 rind 4 ;eptcrrber. About 150 air force soldiers were c?x i].I5 rig in the barracks
yard,. A r .dio truck with an ef,tended antenna was parked in the southern section
of the yard? *1'o aircraft were observed at the -ij nrovised nirf:jcld3
Between 9 and 14 august, the ru?'ckenkopf i9nserne was occupied by about 300
air force soldiers. "?anyy soldiers tearing red-4bordered black epauletst including
sc e with artillery insignia and others with driver insignia, v;ore quartered
in a tent carp south of the barracks installation, At lest 12 Po-2s were
parked at the improvesed airfield. They were repeatedly observed aloft,, C
were repeatedly observed while drillli nf; ,
the barracks installation included ieen:a F777
i;etvwen 24 Aupist rd. ! Oeptenber, the r leckonkopf Yasorne was occupied by
about 300 air force soldiers and. 120 artillery soldiers. Six 76-mz P:': r - r
were observed ,.ear the installati on.
a,> filet eon 15 and 23 Au-ust, 150 to 500 air force soldiers fro?: 20 to 25 years old
were quartered in the Drueckenkoof z~aserne, i-vo regular military- activity was
observed, Your or five txucl{s,,, iceludinc one with an antenna were parked in
the soutl-.m-extern corner of the barracks installation , ew-:cufl.arvod bit shrubs.,
`O ment, The report confirms that is still occupied by
ter" Joris headquarters and the suuporting signal, guard and headquarters
units. These units are also engaged in trainin ; activity. The newly arrived
AA unit is probably charged with the protection.of a portion of the Elbe River.:,
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