SOVIET TROOP ACTIVITIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
Germany (Soviet Zone)
Soviet Troop Activities
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1. Leipzig Neadquaro& s. Vehicles]
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Guards wear re,3 facings with black borders; no small arms.. Guards at thIitt
Richterstrasse 8 building carry small arms.
2. Heiterblisk Barracks, Leipzig, 5 Mar 54: two-man posts along the garages,
with machine pistols; roving sentry with machine pistol at the southwest ::0--ntr5
Men wore black shoulder boards with red borders. Guard at west gate wore. t'8T_r-
port service insignia. The garrison numbers 1,000 to 1,200 men. Thers is a
chool 1A?it h three T 34/85s behind the barracks.
tidck for the driving school.
3. Hindenburg Barracks, Leipzig. Guards wear blue shoulder boards witn bisak >_?cr ,
!?nd ?ir Pn1tir?~ +nc?t~n1 nwyso1Ann Ahnitt 'Ann tstan 'lirlno ir,q....-t r.1an in Goa :w`,?-
yard was observed on 5 Mar 54. No vehicles observed.
4. Treitschke Barracks, Leipzig. Sentries stand on a raised to ? "trv
shoulder boards with black borders. Garrison about 500 men.
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had the numbers 142, 143 and 145. 'The guns had funnel-shaped muzzle-brakes and
barrels about 3 to 3.5 peters long. A little later there followed a truck vitb
closed body and a cone-shaped radar antenna of about 40 cm diameter mounted in
front and omleNhat elevated. Behind this followed 12 other trucks without
antennae.
The convoy proceeded to the Ordruff troop training gro a.
9. Red Army at Weimar. Headquarters are at the corner of Abraham Lincolnszraso. ec:
Preiheitsplatz. About 30 officers are stationed here. The lVD'headquarte..s axs
a ; the corner 'of Triedrich Engels Ring and Florian Geyerstrasse. Army ndlita:: y
security headquarters are located in Granachatraase'oppoaite Sehwebestresse. A:oo..
25 people a:^e stationedi here. The chief is a m jor, about 55 years old. Tine i-.e-a r
s1Aff is in Sophienhaus in Hegel and Humboldtstrasse. The billeting and, alzarilst:{??_-?
t:;vs-section in Ries snerstraase. Sixteen officers and about 30 men ere
here.
u. 's. nenberg Barracks. These barracks are outside Weimar in the wood Unto
ltastinien. About 400, men of an engineer and an antiaircraft battalion ate:
here. Vehicles observed on 9 Mar 54:1
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11. Amaunition Depot. _ This.is also outside Weimar in the wood, close to the
barracks. It consistz of four deep dugouts and three large barrack buildingt.
he depot is ran by the Soviet forces but elso supplies ammunition-to the polizei , is guarded by the Volkapolizei. There is a garrison of about 500
military _.lkspolizei (infantry) in the barracks Unter deli Kestanien at tr._ ~.,,.. ..
..of An Herrerrodchen.
l2. Army Lar Part. The car parr adjoins tine volicnpoiizei varrociw. A W=14, V' ia..s?.. ~.
company and 11 repair trucks are stationed here.
13. Replacement Depot. This depot, where arms aind spare parts for cars are kep : , i
in Am Herrenrodchen at the corner of Etterburgerstrasse adjoining the is
About o0 men are stationed here.
14. Field Kitchens and Bakeries. These are' in Ettersburgerstrssse, adjoining tr. t
park and replacement depot. Altogether, 76 soldiers are employed here.
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Train, 5 gar 54. Guards wear blank shoulder boards with red borders and trams
port service insi nib. Garrison about 400 men.
Post Hospital, Leipzig, 5 liar 54. sentries wear black shoulder boards WIG.", r~~?
borders, no insignia: no small arms. There are about 200 men here. Vehicles
were observed
Schonau Barracks, 9 gar 54. G?iards at east and middle gates wore black shoulder
boards with'red borders; no insignia; no smell arms. Garrison numbers between
1,200 and 1,500 men. Training with 120 ma mortars was being conducted with four
groups of seven men each. Four other groups of 12 men each were being Aivcn
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Ordruff. On 3 liar 54 four light armored reconnaissance cars came from the dir-
ection of Weimar, each drawing a gun of about 50 am caliber. Three of the pace
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15. Supply Depot. This depot is in the former infantry barracks bordering.
on Unter den aastanien and An HerrenrcdcIen. About 120 men are stationed
here.
16. Wormer infantry Barracks. They are located Unter den Thstanien. corner of
Liitzendorferstresse. your H-shaped buildings house the army hospital; five
H-bloeka are -quarters for a motorized regiment; one H-block is occupied by
the ermy'eentral postal station. About 2,000 non are a quartered in t~hes~: observed on 1 r barracks. Vehicles
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17. Former Idiller Berrackrs. They are located in Leibnitzallee and are occupied
by a signal battalion.
18. Eospital for severe cases., At the corner of Lutzendorferstrasse and
Ettersburgerstrasse. At the present time it has about 120 patients.