MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE SCHWEINRICH TROOP TRAINING AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000400420003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: February 4, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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On 13 Jenauary 1953, the camp at the ~clz*wb ._, rioh troop training grounds
was occupied by about 15 tanks and the, rear detail previously rep
Truck left Sc1`iweinrich toward Wittstock.
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16 tans wore unloaded a A.
railroad station on 2 December and that the tanks took off toward the 25X1
troop training grounds.
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Corr -ent; The beginning of training activity in January 195" is
grounds. However, this training presv ably onl included technical practice,
such as driving and airing practice which did not 1a;t long, last year, 25X1
train.!.ng activity on the training grounds In East Germany started, a=: out
the same tine. The tanks obsorved presumably belong to the l8th Mecz Div,
although the motor vehicl3s belong to the IV A-Yty Corps. and, possibly, to
tkB20th Aruy AT Arty Brig (Us) from Brandenburg. 25X1
assumed to have started at the Lieberose and Bad {oesen troop training
CLASSIFICATION S ;C
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