KVP ENGINEER TRAINING SITE NEAR WEISSENFELS.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002100060007-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 15, 2005
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 14, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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KVP Engineer Training Si
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EVALUATION_...ee'?p ...PLACE OBTAINED.]
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DATE CF CONTENT
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RE-FERENCES-___
DATE PREPARED... ... l4 July 1953 _.:__
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an er., noe7 trair1ing camp of thy'=KVP wad located boj
2 leaq west of. Weiss els at the bend of the Saaie river a The :;atop
Included a permanent !low crick building with a capacity of between 60
and 0 mega and a large tent, probably serving to store equient and
was equipped with ft tor fiats, 2 metal pontoon sacti&og, 12._
wooden pontoon sectii 1sv; 4--small flat-bottomed assault boats, 5 piles
of square tuber, 3. pile of round timber and a stationary bridge building
equirrncnt for the construction of a light bridge for vohiclss. The camp
quartered a KVP unit 'i'th blue-bo rc er. ed black epaulets. They were i.COs.
who wore a :Letter A on their epaulets and allegedly belonged to an
engineer officers course the unit which had a 25X1
strength of about 60 to 7C' men at a tire rotated every four weeks.
Piles had been driven into the river bank for the bridge con tructi.on
about 50 meters west of the other stationary bridge building equi ncnt.
A floating pile driver which roasted on two pontoon sections was r:.r7ox ed
on the river bank.1
the area of the former German engineer park on the :gale River
near Wt issenfels was placed under KVP control when also the barracks
installation in Weissenfels was occupied by KVP. While the later installation
quartered about 1,000 engineers with black collar patches, the engineer
trainine site was occupied by an estimated. 70 to 80 men. A, large house tent
whicber had a capacity of pore than 100 soldiers, was in the
area which was surrounded by a wire fence. Engineer equipment seen in the
area included 12 to 15 pontoons, about 1.25x3 meters, about 3,CXC cubic
meters round timber and 4 crane trucks. In early June, about 75 sold.-1.ers
constructed a pontoon bridge up to the middle of the river which was
later reroved. 1
25X1A lw =Comment. It is rather safe _y believed that Weissenfels quarters
the EVP engineer officers school w ich.bad been located in Klietz
25X1 The letter A on epaulets is indicative of KVP officers
aspirants,, 'S] ue-bordered black collar patches are worn r engineers.
Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP80-0081.0A002100060007-5