GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION

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CIA-RDP80-00810A001000200003-5
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 21, 2016
Document Release Date: 
February 18, 2009
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3
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Publication Date: 
March 25, 1953
Content Type: 
REPORT
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? .tE*SS FtCATtON. ~. `'Td'e e['~ta~1 f ~P~TTh~'~~m..4.u.... n~..:..'.m~ ~,~1.?,of~? Approved For Release 2009/02/18: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA001000200003-5 :C'UNTRY L~" ,~-N-~ ~. ..a...~....._.~,.-.,~.. 25X1 25X1 ;rALUATtON__ ATE OF CONTENT 1'`ATE OBTAINED-- REFERENCES D A T E PREPARED ? sr ii 95I 6A ES _ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE:) _ EMARKS 1. At about 9 a.m. on 11 March 1953, 8 T-34/85 tank i, 2C trucks and 2C0 25X1 troops who, came from the, Adler Kaserne ants Loewen Kaserne, were loaded. at the D llgo -4poeher tz railroad station. 1 ' tents inpt r trucks including two towing artillery p eces of about l00- n were unloaded at', the `x usterr sr s marshalling yard on 12 M t th. Tile convoy was subsequently marched guard Altes Lager. 25X1 2. On 14 March, 2 true towing 57--m. AT urns left the Altos Lager in Doeberitz.. The Olyipische Dorf was occupied to capacitor by Unit Boshko. On 13 Mtrch, 5 J3-2 tanks and 3 T-34/85 tanks moved out of Neues La er toward the 11 roov raining grounds. On 12 March, 12 T-34/85 nl-.3 - engaged in aiming practice off Xrarap.~nitz. 3choenwalde air- 25X1 field was heavily ocqupied by Unit Tulenev (fnu) on 11 March. About 20 25X1 officers and 140 recruits practiced with 5 x 37 and 8 x-85-rm AA guns. Three AA emplacements were occupied by 3 x 85-mm AA guns each. On 11 March, the quarters of Unit Chesnokov fnu,) were occupied to capa- city. Motor vehicles were identified. At 9:30 a.m,. on 14 March,. 20 boxcars were loaded with troops wearing red-bordered black epaulets and an undetermined number of flatcars was 25X1 loaded with 4 T?.34/85 tank at the 4. On 13 March, 4 tan s, 1 armored scout car, 3 tr ucks and about 40 sol- diers frown the Ploni :r Yasz me were entrained at the Brandenburg rail- road station for shipment to the troop training grounds northwest of Magdeburg. 4 strelitz Comments On 11 Maac?ch . a tank detachment of the 19th Necz Re at of . The tank turret of the tanks l on re indicate t Metz Div was pres ab? ? oa des and shipped to die litz~ that the tanks belong to the same division. This shipment went to Atilt- CLASSIFtCATtON S1 CRJT/CONThO , .. U, O 1CIALS OILY Approved For Release 2009/02/18: CIA-RDP80-00810A001000200003-5 P1 ACE OB TAINED-_ w. Approved For Release 2009/02/18: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA001000200003-5 JECRET/CO1TROL - 11.3? OFFICIALS 001 Corent 4 the in- stallations mentic ed a :ce pt fort the Olyzr:b,i ches Dorf, were carried to have been occupied to capacity by units of the ? st 4eez Div on :1.0 :arch. The xrosent infornation tends to ir i- .te that, upon completion of combat firing at Juete ?bog at the be- ginning of March, the 2d Light Arty Brig (Tis) is back in their quarters In the Ol yoisches Dorf. of the 31st A RL Rest (US of this Second Odds ?'1ecz Anr;y. Ces eta . The ohoe!m' .de airfield Is still occupied by elexcents Cp eriu. The entrainment of s. tank unit of th 63 Gds Taik Re f .h 110th 0 k Div from the nie_ :Ka eT-re Letzling Reath. SkCRET/CUYe'TROL -, U.S. Ui: FICIA.W 01:L3K Approved For Release 2009/02/18: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA001000200003-5