GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000800090007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: March 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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The situation of Erfurt inhabitants who had to vacate their apartments
eltheut prior notice on orders of tha Soviet Amy to the Erfurt mvnicipal
er'heinistration was the enbject of a party meeting of the SaD held on
February 1953 in Erfuet. Allegedy 200 apartments in Erfurt-V;ued had
to be vacated for Sovien officere.n
not ible ta obtain information on ti e occuration
ez' the Utes Lager in Onrdref because of the fence and the nularoue eentr5ea
oe.ta wore red-bordered olack eraulets. The roads to the training area were
Inocked. The camps on the road to erewinkel were vacant. inhoul; 20 soldieee
ebo wore red-bordered biack eriulets were stringing telenhone lines between
111/.61-11f and Woelfis. Three trekel (were seen with thee
eoldiers, Truck I
0 ITIRS seen enroute from Ohrdref to Woelfne.,Three
flatcars carrying thrPe tanks
were at the Ohrdruf railroad stetionA
n, Cn 13 February, three JJ tanks,
I jeep, and 4 trucks,
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.from the Hindernurg Aascrne An informant stated that, at 3 a.m. on .
Fetenary, 6 to 12 tanks had been detrained and had left toward the barracks
Installatiens. During the moreing hours, sneral tanks left the Pindenburg
leeaeene toward the highway or the autobahn.
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epardeents had GO ix= vacated Ly the eivil!.an popuJetien in Erfurt, as early
in the fall of 1952 it is not knewn, whether these a2artmenne were
occupied after they had been Tacated,
25X1 ). I_ . Lomentj. The division hcadquartere and several unite of the 39th Ges
Utz Rifle Div are carriel as rreviously in the Altos Lager in Ohrdruf,
The information on the,teainirg area and the camps north of Ceawinkel does
yeet give any indica;:doe for tie advanced combat practice firInz of unite of
the XXVIII Gds Mtz Corp t which, according to reporta on transportation,
began on about 10 January and were etill under way on 10 February 1953.
The units involved4Amobablytu-e quartered in tent camps in the laTediate
zLcleeity of the fr. ining ares4,, 4 becaase,
:Fe traireing area was reEtrioed,
CLASSIFICATION SECIrli
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