GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001300440008-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Sequence Number: 8
• Content Type: REPORT

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la On 7 April 1953, columns of up to 4 trucks occupied by soldiers wearing
red-bordered black epaulets and carrying b-filleting equipment were seen
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2. On 13 April;., about 80 soldiers practiced the construction of stages while
about 60 other soldiers practiced with case mines in field nagitions ~ I
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3. Between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m, on 14 April, 3 trains with materiel from the
Flak Kaserne were loaded at the Brandenburg-Altstadt railroad station.
The shipments consisted of each 6 converted boxcars, 12 boxcars and 28
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_jrhe trucks were loaded with ammunition and billeting equipment,
The trains were bound for Al tengrabow, About 2-p.m., 40 trucks, 10 x 76.2?-
-mm AT gunn and 6 x 100--rpm AT guns stood in the Flak Kaserne, ready for
departure.
4. On 14 April, detraining operations began at Hilleraleben and Neuhaldenala1)en.
On 14 Aprils. 1 shipment was unloaded: and, on 15 A p with
33 T les
The troops marched owar
the camp in the woods at eu.p anken, On 1 and 17 April, more trains arrived
from the direction of Magdeburg and Oebisfel'leo An estimated 100 T-43 tW)j sj,
10 light AA guns, 200 motor vehicles,, 20 light armored scout cars, 50
motorcycles a
to 0
is assumed that units of the 18th fecz Div made preparations for the
occupation of the Wittatock troop training grounds
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3. tanmmento
Units of the 20th Army AT Brig US
transferred to Altengrabow for summer training,
40 g= t The arrival and detrainment of about 133 T934/85 tanks,
15 JS tanks 10 light AA s. 20 armored scout cars. vehic--
las ar 50 motorcycle were
made by units of the 7 s ank Div whose ture from the posts
of Zerbst and Rosslau The
movement toward Waldlager uetten, also called Neuplankenp corresponds
with previous conclusions on the quartea'ing areas of the abovementionad
division in Letzling Heath.
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