KVP UNITE TRANSFERRED

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CIA-RDP80-00810A001700470006-6
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 16, 2016
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June 16, 2005
Sequence Number: 
6
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Publication Date: 
May 18, 1953
Content Type: 
REPORT
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I ION For Release 2005/06/30: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA001 7 04 ~'c~u NTH , -..........~.~,...~~. ~. ~. .7 ZTOPIC k. 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 luorl-717. 3. a ain aarr v 25X1 25X1 i8 ii 1953 I. On 7 April 1953, three: KVP trains, which carried tanks and AA gzns and, came from Klietz, passed through Stendal toward Salzwedel. a.m. on 9 April 1953, a KW train, which had come from the direction of Schoenhausen, passed through Stendal toward Wittenberge or Gardelegen. It included 15 boxcar., with F14, 12 locked boxcars, some flatcars carrying three field kitchens and 15 light AT guns, 13 flatcars with 26 gs, which 152-nma, and 3 flatcars with 12 AA guns. At 3.25 p.m. E- I were. on a same day, a KV1 train of 15 boxcars with EM and 11 flatcars with guns, which were 152-=, traveled toward Salzwedel or Oebiefelde. At I.- o u 10 p :.. 1953, a KV? train of similar composition which traveled - in the same d1 eo cl es 25X1 25X1 2. In the forenoon hours of 7 April. 1953, a KVP train with about 2GC infantry-- men, 6 trucks and 1 sedan, which arrived from Prora, passed through Stral- sund toward Pasewalk. /:-t about 10:45 p.m. on 8 April. 1953, a ICVP train b.rriwed at Stralsund from the direction of Bergen, included about, 25X1 200 EM and 9 canvas-Jc s ? oue yes resembled the field howitzers of the former German Army. 3. At about 12 p.m. on 10 April 1953, a XVP train departed from Neubranden-- burg toward Stralsund. III included 9 boxcars with EM and an unidentified number of flatears2wjth 18 AT guas of 37-mm or 45-mm, 4 aribulances and 4 field kitchens. 4. On 10 and 11 April 1953, the entire KV? force at Fremnits was transferred to Eggesin. In the evening hours of 11 April 1953, an advance party of the Gotha KVP, who wore red collar patches, arrived at Pre its on -t-rucks. They said that the would be followed b 4,000 men. In the morning hours of 15 April 1953,1 Pant II at Kathenow. was still occupied by the o un: , w ease men wore red-bordered black Patches. 3 CLASSIFICATION SEC1.ET GLA&SIF CAT Ir"P Units Transferred EVALUAT1O 25X1 LACE OBTAINED--f DATE OF CONTENT DATE OBTAINED... REFERENCES PAGES __._.2 ENCLOSURES REMARKS 25X1 DATE PREPARED (NO. & TYPE) Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001700470006-6 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : C1A-RDP80-0081OA001700470006-6 7EVRET; 5. At av^ut ? p.m. on 8 April 1053, a CV? train passed through Brandenburg toward Neustadt/bosse. Tt cane from the direction of Rosslau and included 10 boxcars with a total of about 250 men and 5 flatcars with eight. l22-nm howitsers. 4 1. Comment. It is doubted that the trains should have been correctly o served with regard to the directions of arrival and departure. It is .'mpossibl e that tanks and AA guns should have come from Klietz, where the ''? engineer officer candidate school is stationed. No KV?s are stationed at Salzwedcl and Gardelegen. 2. Comment. The trains traveling from and to Ruegen Island possibly --'-carried elements of the Prora Div, which were transferred to the Pase- walk area for record firin ;. 3. _?Cornent. Two previous reports mentioned the transfer to the INggesin area of the 2d Mecz Fe t of the Eggesin Meoz Div, which was stationed at Prernnitz. The intended transfer of tze Gotha TPD to - remn neeon . 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 4. omaent. This train possibly carried elements of the howitzer artillery regiment ~of the Armeeggruppe Nord, which were transferred from Dessau- Koch stedt to the Pe.sawalk area. Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001700470006-6