MILITARY INFORMATION FROM JENA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000500390006-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 5, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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25X1A LDATE PREPARED February 1953
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6 December 1952 to 10 January 1953
ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)-
1. 3.or to 10 January 1953, the Loebstedter_Naserne in Jena-waa occupied
by an estimated 1,500 troops wearing rod--bordered black e uletp with
tank insignia an 9 Decemberrs. 5 T-34 tanks , towing; 2 AT ;ifs ware. seen
leaving the ins'~.ahat Qn,, Subsequently, 1. officer, 2 NCOs and 57 EM
25X1 C aimed with rifles and 2 heavy machine mg= left toward the iri g range.
Truck loaded 4th ,food conta and truck 1 ded 25X1 C
with limibeir left the installation -towardthe airfielcfat about 1 p~m
At 000 a.m. on. 21 December, the unit fell in ithout? } tis S or a ceremony
in the barracks yard. The unit' Was-estimated to numme^ at least 1 500
soldiers and 33, officers. Fif ee T-34 tanks, 1.1, Ski-109, guns,-,16 x about
80-nun AT guns and' 2 rocket launchers were lined up in the barracks yard,
The unit was addressed by several officers,, Subsequently, 4 officers,
11 NCOs and 23 EM stepped out from the ranks and received something
which source could not determine. After the ceremony, the troops returned
to their quarters. At 9:30 aam. on 30 December, about 240 troops were
seen at physical training. A T-34 tank entered the installation, coming
from the direction of the town. On the rear of the tank was a pneumatic
raft., At about. 11:30 a.m. on 5 January, 8 T-34 tanks without numbers
entered the installation, coming from the direction of the airfield..
2. Prior to 10 January, the barracks installation in Zwaetzen was occupied
by at least 1,200 _troops wearing red-bordered black epaulets including
some with tank insignia. On 9 December, two SU-100 guns, on which about
30 to 35 soldiers practiced mount? ng and dismounting, were in the barracks .
yard. Vehicles were being maintenanced in the garages. On 11 December,
3 officers, 12 NCOs and 30 Eli with rucksacks and baggage marched to the
station and boarded a train consisting of an undetermined number of
coaches and 27 boxcars which were occupied by an undetermined number of
soldiers. The train care from the direction of Weir,iar and left toward
Gera. On 21 December, a ceremony took place in the barracks installation
in Zwaetzen. When the troops broke ranks, source counted 28 officers
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and est:Uriated the number of soldiers at about 1,200., Eighteen SH._100
guns and 3 T-34 tanks were in the barracks yard.. Three radio trucks and
two 25.mm AA. guns were also seen. On 5 January, training was observed
in the garages. A T.-34 tank was in the barracks yard, Truck
entered the installation.
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'So.xrce expressed the belief that the Forst Kaserne was occupied only
by a large detail. The. barracks gate was generally locked. Very few
vehicles and soldiers on foot were observed. At about 11 a.m. on 15
December, individual reports of guns were heard from the barracks area..
a heavy detonation followed by three
J. g n er ones. _e barracks inn, a ation, on that day, was heavily
guarded within a radius of 500 rieters by guards who were cor: ;sanded by
an officer. According to rumors anon; the population, the explosion
killed several Russians.
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Prior to 10 January., the Polizei Kaserne was occupied by a signal unit
of at least 360 soldiers. On 17 December, the radio mast on the roof
of the installation was being exchanged. At about 9:15 a.m., 1 officer,
2 NCOs and 31 EM equipped with five field telephones, rods and cable reels
left the installation toward Forst, in the barracks yard, 55 soldiers
with rifles practiced laying down and extended order. On 21 December, 8
officers and 360 troops attended a ceremo in the barracks Rand The
troops were addressed by an officer in the 25X1X
aTracks installation in Zvjaetzen. Er.g n ma o trucks were in the
barracks yard. On 7 January, SO soldiers were drilling and 30 soldiers
with signal equipment left the installation.
Between 10 am. and noon on 20 Decembear, about 150 troops organized in
groups of 12 to 15 men and including some Wearing tank insignia were
seen at a s nrulated attack in the 14oelnitz meadows. Five of the groups
were armed with machine guns. At about 8-:30 a.m. on 3 January, about,
100 troops wearing, park- as practiced AA firing with .v.chine guns and
rifles. Between 2 a.?n. and 3 a.rn. on 10 January, a column of 11 trucks
and. 21 tanks was seen en route toward Xahla, coming from the direction
of the barracks installations.
Three of the buildings at the airfield were especially heavily guarded.
local, residents stated that munition was stored there. The building
on the street alle edl. was a rations n ? depot. On 27 December,
trucks were loaded there with
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7 Documents found on 6 December included a list for an arms inspection
of a 4th Battery of a 2d Arty Dn; and an envelope addressed to a
soldier a d..ned by Censorship Office
and maile ..n u tsovka, Altai. Krai. 1
9. No Soviet troops were quartered in the agricultural school. The
installation was occupied by the Institut fuer Pfla?zenfors chung
(Horticultural Institute). 2
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ceremonies con mmenorating Stalin's birthday on 21 December confirm
the 66th Gds r ecz Regt with its tank battalion, the 65th Tank Tng
Pn (U) and the 24th Gds R.L Ln (US) in the 'Barracks installation
in Loebsted.tx and. the 68th Gds Hv Tank SP Regt (US) in the barracks
installation in Zwaotzen, The SU.100 guns allegedly observed in
both installations probably were SU-?249 guns; SU-100 guns were seen
only on a few occasions,
The information on the Polizel Easerne on Rathenau Strasse is the
.first detailed information obtained on this installation. It may
be occupied by the unidentified signs]. battalion of the 20th Gds
Mecz Div, which,, according to vague indications, has been carried
in the barracks installation in Zwwaetzen.
In addition to the known a-munition depot, the Roedigen airfield
installations appear to house also the ration supply and clothing
depots of the 20th Gds Mecz Div.
According to information in the fall of 1951, elements of the Hq
20th Gds Ticez Div were believed stationed it the agricultural
school. However, no confirmation of this assumption has been
obtained.
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MComclent 0 the 511st tort Refit (Us 9 of
the 20th Gds 1,7ecz Div, which has been carried in Weimar G, However $
after November 1952, -there were n indications of the presence of
the regiment in Weimar. he reginent on a letter found
in Jena nay be a -vague indication that the regiment at present is
stationed in Jena
2. ~G,2mraant, The heavy weapons observed on occasion of the
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