MILITARY INFORMATION FROM NEUSTRELITZ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001900210006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 6, 2009
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: July 1, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. On 6 June 1953, the Neue Infanterie Kaserne, Neustrelitz, was occupied almost
to capacity. Between 9 May and 5 June. about 100 to 200 troops wearing red-
-bordered black epaulets were repeatedly seen enter' inntallation. c min
from the dire ti of the trainiri area. T-43 tanks
2 JS-2 tanks, BA-64 armored scout ear and 3 six-wheel
armored personnel carriers were seen in the training area northwest of the in-
stallatioii during the period under review. On 20 May, an AAA emplacement of
five 37mm AA. guns was determined in the barracks area. About, 20 soldiers were
reueatedl.y seen marching from the barracks installation to the emplacement
2. On 5 June, the Alte Grenadier Kaserne was occupied about 70 percent. On 15 May,
10 x 120-mm mortars were seen in a shed at the training area. southeast of the
Grosser Buerger Lake and, between 2C and 27 May, troops were seen en route to
the installation and receiving instruction on 120-mm.mortars and 13 mm rocket
launchers in this training area. On 15 May, about 65 troops wearing red-bordered
.black epaulets were seen entering the installation.
3. On 5 June, the restricted area on Gerhart Hauptrna:nn Strasse was occupied about
80 percent. Between 9 May and 5 June; troops were seen receiving instruction on
122-mm field howitzers, 76-mm field guns and 57 mm AT guns in the and c f ?he
restricted area and the training area near Grosser Buerger Lake.
the Glar_becker See restricted area was occupied
by a headquarters, which included numerous officers wearing black-bordered black
arh red-bordered black epaulets and troops wearing red-bordered black epaulets.
Or, 12 and 14 May, truck colurns, including trucks towing ?22-9rm field howitzers,
and each truck occupied by 8 to 10 soldiers, who wore red-bordered black epaulets,
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were seen entering the restricted rpm qt r-a
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Comrr-ent. No changes in the
In Deustrelitz are discernible
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indicate, however, t at the bulk of the tank units stationed in the Neue Infanterie
Kaserne and the, elements of the 234th 4ort Regt stationed in the Alte Grenadier
Kaserne which had been absent in early 1a
three rocket launchers in the to
Grenadier Kaserne. As ; in April 1953, each one rocket launcher was seen with the
mortar regiments in Brandenburg, Weimar, and edurzen during the loadings for the
troop training grounds, and regarding the observations in i eustrel.itz, it is not
impossible that the mortar regiments of the tank and mechanized divisions have
recently been equipped with individual rocket launchers. Although this measure
cannot definitely be accounted for, there is the possibility that the guns had
to provide rapid fire on major target areas within the frame work of the mortar
battalions.
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