MILITARY INFORMATION FROM BRANDENBURG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002000260002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 3, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 8, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC Military Information from #randenbiw. g
25 'LUAT1ON. -_--_ ---PLACE OBTAINED...
DATE OF CONTENT 26- May to 11 June 1953
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
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PAGES ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)__a.
REMARKS
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individual training and tralim4net 4" -P-tv-4nrr 4" +.'vtm On if)
June, driving school trucks
each occupied by 30 soldiers, left the installation. They returnee: at
about 3:30 p.m.. At about 9:45 a.m., 6 prime Movers towing 2 gun mount
carriages, 2 gun barrel trailers and trailers left the installation
in the installation. On 4 June, 1.5 prime movers towing 6 gun barrel
trailers, 6 gun runt carriages and 6 trailers, each occupied by 20
ooldiers, were seen entering the ~, escorted by jeep C
occu ied by 2 officers, and sedan occupied by 2 officers. At
3:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on 5 June, an un a ermined number of two-load
guns left the installation toward Bohnenland. In the morning of S June,
about 80 troops with signal equipment left the installation for an
exercise and returned at about 5:30 p.m. About 80 troops received
1. On 5 June 2953, the Flak Kaserne and the Infanterie Kaserne were occupied
only/all rear details. No activities other than physical training and
guard duty were observed. Soviet officers stated that the units from the
installations transferred to the Altengrabow troop training grounds and
that they would return to their installations by mid-September,,
2. Prior to 5 June, two different types of heavy two-load
howitzers in the ueners a czeugme ster Kaserne, Brandenburg, which
repeatedly left the installation toward Bohnenland during the period
under review. The unit usually stayed at the trainirg area for 2 or 3
days.
At about 10 p.m., trucks
almost daily were seen leaving the installation for driving school
practices, returning between 4 a.ri. and 5 a,n, on the following day.
3. Prior to 2 June, the Oenerral.feldzeugmeister Kaserne was occupied as
pre ?iously. Sentries observed wore red-bordered black epaulets with
artillery insignia. Elements of the unit wore continually rotated to the
-!ohnenland training area, repeatedly remaining there for several days and
nights. petween 26 May and 2 June, two types of howitzers were observed
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4. On 2 June, the Flak Kacerne and the lnfanter.?ie Kaserne were vacant. Th
troops were at the training grounds. Jeep 0 entered the Flak K;xcrne25X1
5. On 12 June, about 75 percent of the General_feldzeugmeister Kaserne uer.~!
occupied by troops wearing red-bordered black epaulets with motor tr?an port,
signal and artillery insignia. Between 5 and 12 June., intensive traini. g
activity was observed outside the installation. Conrunication details
repeatedly left the installation for construction practices or telepho~e
training. At about 8.-45 a ,rr , on 10 June, 2 prime movers towing gun bar-el
trailers of 203-cm caliber, 2 prune novers towing gun mount carriages -:rd
1 prime mover towing a trailer occupied by bout 'M = a
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Ivere seen leaving the installation. On 12 June, the I.nfaxa'erie
Kaserne was occupied by a guard detail of about $O to 100 troops. Sou-~c.t
did not observe any training or vehicular traffic
6,, On 12 Jame, the Flak KLaserne was occupied by about 150 troops. Sentri3u
observed wore red-bordered black epaulets with artillery insignia.
The installation was quiet; no activities or vehicular traffic were
observed
7. On 2 June, the Pionier Kaserne was occupied by a guard detail of about
200 to 400 troops, Sentries observed more red bordered black epaulets IAIL::
tail insignia. No training; and only little vehicular traffic were ob gar Frei .
between. 208 Ilay and 2 June;,
S., On 9 June, the Oeneralfeldzeugeeister Kaserne was occupied to capacity ,i.
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racks bu3.ldinga were fully lighted after nightfall. Between 30 :ay t - ?
9 June, driving practices were daily observed in the barrack yard, 'h CAr
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on several days .s On 31 1'ay, a column of about 4&) troops prec : f 3di
by a militery band returned to the installation,
9.. On 9 June, the In `anterie Kaserne and the Flak Ke.ser ne were -;a:cant
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10, At about 13 a.m. on 5 June,, sedan occupied by a major a
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senior lieutenant, was seen at the ramp of the 1 rar;ienburg-A.l.tstad
statioyn : The officers talked to a sentry guarded a van and left to-
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tom.. The sedan was new, light brown and six ilar to Arericam-ynad
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a similar sedan.
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towing guns of
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2S mm caliber were seen en route, coming from the direction of the
Gsneralfeldzeugmeister Kaserne and pros =eding toward Goerden, The
rovers were of similar type as those built by the Ifa-Brandenburg
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'c men_t. The inforn-ation indicates no change in the occupation of
the barracks installations m early June over the
preceding report in late May.
Source of paragraph 1 already previously mentioned a second two-load
gun type in the Censralfeldzeugneister Kaserne, in addition to the
203-m how.taers