MILITARY INFORMATION FROM EBERSWALDE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002100760001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 22, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Military Information from Eber sw 1de
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ocdudby 450 troops wearing red-bordered black epaulets, were seen
leaving; the installation for entraining. On 22 June, 30 M-13 rocket
launchers were entrained.'The two shipments left in a northerly direction.
On 12 June, 9 armored personnel carriers, I land manned by 25X1
80 soldiers wearing red-bordered black epaulets with tank insignia;
13 57-mm Al AT ouns. trucks, 2 field kitchens and 12 tank trucks 25X1
I entered the installation, coming from the railroad
station. ee f 7mm AT guns, 28 sidecar motorcycles l.armored personnel
carrier and 6 armored scout cars I lentered the installatioz22 5X1
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On 9 July, the east section of the Schuetzen Kaserne was partially occupied
by troops wearing red-bordered black epaulets. Heavy vehicular traffic to
the headauarters in the north section of the installation was observed.
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personnel carrier was seen en route from the direction of the town
to the installation. On 7 July, the Artillerie Kaserne was occupied about
50 percent.. On 27 June, the camp on Breitscheidt Strasse was occupied by
120 troops-Rearing black-bordered black and blue-bordered black epaulets.l
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1. Q n.,4 July 1953,; the Artillerie Kaserne, Eberswalde, was occupied ah
estimated 4,500 troops wearing-red-bordered black epaulets with t ik 25X1
And artillery insignia. Reoccupation had started-on 18 June.. Du-irig
the night on I() juna- T_U tank-g- I nn In JJ"Irp- 5X1
57-vv,,- AT guns
ere ,eery entering the, installation. 0n`4 Y the Sdhb;tzen T~
Berne was oceupied by about 3,600 troops wearing'red-bordered- black a
epaulets with tank and signal insi nia? and includi a head uarters. On
15 June 12 M-13 rocket launchers
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:mot 1 p.mn on 8 July,, a shipment of trucks passed the railroad station
in a northerly direction. A railroadman stated that numerous trains
went to Poland. Reparation goods were shipped to the USSR by waterways
exclusively.
mment.. In early July,, the Schuetzen Kaserne,appeared to be
occupied as previously. On 12 June,, units of
the 51st (?) Mtrcl Regt of the Fourth Gds Mecz Army probably returned
to the installation from exercises. On 15 June, units of the 312th
Gds RL Regt of the army probably went for firing practices, presumably
at the Lieberose troop training grounds, where the regiment repeatedly
held firing practices in previous years. On 22 June, rocket launchers
presumably were being exchanged as, according to reports on transportation,
a shipment of probably factory-new rocket launchers went from Brest Litovsk
to Eberswalde on the same day. No information on a reoccupation of the
Artillerie Kaserne had been received so far; however,, it appears possible
in view of the loadings in Templin in late June, which probably involved
units of the 6th Gds Mecz Div. The movements
were transfers for an undetermined period of time for which, because of
the closeness of its garrisons to Berlin, the division was especially
qualified, and which were made becatiise of the unstable situation. The movemen':.
probably also involved headquarters units of the army stationed in the
Schuetzen Kaserne. As the information on the occupation strength of the
Artillerie Kaserne given by the two sources contradicts each other., the
actual occupation strength remains undetermined.
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