GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000900500005-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 2, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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3. ~?uring the night of 10 February 1953, an undeterMined number of tanks, gone
and trucks left the Flak Kaserne in ZJismar toward the town. 1
2. At 5 p.rzo on 22 February, 22 trucks occupied by troops and towing a total of
coven AT g~~~ were seen passing through Jaevenitzo On 25 February,~-out 100
veh#.cles occupied by troops and including some towing g3tiono A.t 11;30 a.:~.,
_3 ,,:~~F,e~r~~~. ~~.~x tractors, 13 x 2~1 rx~ i:"ifsld ^~nn.s, 3 caterrillnar tractors w~.th
-t:r~:~.'~.er~~:~? e~.c}: occur:: gad by ~.G snldiers wearinC; red-~rdsrcd b1s.c3r enaizlf3ta;
c..~~=1 '~ '~;T'1.?.i';4,?.s wEY?E" P21tra? net)
~ 'T'welve trucksa each c~ccuried by about 25
~~~-_.:.-~ ~,rs ?+rnr~ ~?rore rc-:a.--bnra.~*red b1aLn erau~.ots i,~it'rir?~otor trams rt ~.nsigz~.i.a,
?,;~:~~~ secn csr~ I3a1~~_7_st?ex'ger utr'}.sse~
tit 1:30 n.r~. on 7 I ax~isl1, Il e~ tcr~.illar tractors,
13..~~ I.?'~-?r~rn t.i.e3a g~.~.ns, l5 trucks, each occupied b;~ 20 sa~:dxers wearing rc~,:,
i~*a~~~:t.frce 7~~.ac~: e ~~.u7.etg P anc b tri.c'_?:s towing ~.~ens
ir~?:: loaded 3t the Potsdam x'reight natation
t ~t30 e.g*~!. on ? 'arch, a train consisting' of 9 bohcars anu an undeter7~ined
n?.~:-r:4~ af' f'~._~tcsa s carr~~.ng? about 35 trucks, 1 ra~'?io truck, l ~f3f:F, 1 sedc~,
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xt' ~~~ F t ~: 5?.-~;~ A guns, ?r.*s.s se~:ra at the Jueterbog railroad st~.tion en
?r.t;:i,,., ~'.,t'awt ~~; iy~elit~. Qn 5 t:az'ela, lU radio truci:s ~~.owin~* t:~~-axlf~ trailers
::a:~t _?ucr.:~ ?}:_Y?~r:.~.r4d presuz2aal.y Carr ing micro--wave rsdio sets tS~e N were seers
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~ ~.r~~i 1f;"J solcaif:a s wearing red=?bordered black f3ns.u?.ctg and csrx?ying
~r~~~, -~. ~~~sre an-~ra:~.ned. ~.~t t'ro Nau'~a?.df~nsleb~:n xa~.7.rnad stationo lf}
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t;.t:~ s ~?zn..~la^tti~ ~.egt of" the 34th Gds T,'tp Rifle Iliv who ~.ei't for tr~E known
:~,r~r~:~ses ir; ~:hs Schwerin ;~fii.ttstoc:; axeae,
c~_~~~rt :> Ps?o'~;bly units of the 2~'Uth Gc~s Ft!te Fi~.fle Refit anti the 19th
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~.~ent for ecer~cises in earla, ?larch. Th~~ railroad cera grabaily had '~eexi
,:< sem.bled for the shir~rtent oa 3 Zlax?eh, which presG-nably involved units of
?lahe ;3d Gds ~,F.A Div, which r.:ay have gon$ to ~~tustrow for firing ~~ractice.
13`3rin~ .-raatices stsrted at the ~Justrow Firing range in ~i.d February?
i'robat~ly uiYit~ of the 36th Pon Bridge Refit. of th- C~c'.~'G who
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ox" the Soviet army ~=s?c~rably fnvolved elements of the 3G4th ,'Lrty Brig 25X1
nd the unidentified ~l#A r~~iment of ?Iie LXXIX Mtz Rifle Corps ~arri n
tl~e `rt~.llex~ia itascrne ane3. e~.Er'ent8 of the 136th Gds Div Tank SP Refit of the
Thirc' Shook ~rny stationed in the Panzer Kaserne. The to?oops loaded on
2 A`ar ch be:longec? to the 3.att~r rNgimsnt a It is possible taut, as in 1a5~,
e.:~varAced corhat f. ir3.n~; ~ractic~;s 3~rere to be haZd i.r. the I.etxlirg Iiaath or
at A?.tengrar~ow.
four slaiptnents Qf
uni#,~; of fhe 3ttl~ l~rty Biv ~ went from "otsdatr to Genthin an 3 'arch.
7.`hz t,r~.in observed on 7 ~Ser. c a.lsa carried elcr'ients off' the division and
x.ossibly also ~~rent to the ~1terpre,I~ow area
~C.orr~.ent o The train fairly des finitely c*~rried tuiits of the 2d Liaht
s{r ty Bri~, ~thich ret~zrnai~ fror:: Forst 2inna to Doeberitz anon co~pl8tion
of advanced cor~t~at p3rsctiee firing; e
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~:rest~3ably cax?ried micro-wave equiprent o
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~rhicY~ went to the south section of ~ I,Qtxl~.ng Meath- on 3 I~iarch rrobabl or
:dvaa~ced ccr~bat practice firin o
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