MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE KOENIGSBRUECK AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002100760003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 10, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 22, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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litar_Y Information from the Koenirsbrueck Area
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1. At 1 p.m0 on 17 June 1953, trucks) (were seen
leaving Neues Lage K d Dresden. From 1:30 p.m. to about 3330 p.m.,,..
a column of trucks occupied by troops and including at least 35
trucks towing 120 am mortars, wen ward Dresden and/or to the autobahn toward Berl::..
Daring the night on 17 June, t~e remaining troops allegedly left the training area 25X1
without passing Koenigsbrueck,,
the troops stationed in the PNachrichtenschule did not
mare out. he installation was occupied by about 11,000 troops,, most of which were
recruits wearing red-bordered black epaulets and including about 30 to 40 per'-Rn? wit'";.
tank insignia. At 9:30 a.m., two groups of each 50 soldiers and 3 officers ma25X1_L out.,
proceeding toward the Aue training; area. Firing of rifles was subsequently heard from
the training area. Three T-34 tanks were seen at driving practice in the terrain. At
about 2 p.m., on 22 June, about 120 troops engaged in basic training in the installatir-r.
Two groups., each of 15 sol ier practiced the terrain. At about.8 p.m?
on 25 June, trucks occupied by troops wearing 25X1
red-bordered black epaulets and steel helmets and armed with rifles,, were seen an
route to the installation. On 25 June, intensive air activity was observed over the
Koeni;sbrueck area* Between 1000 a.m. and 3 p.m. twin aircraft in formations of thre-,
were flying over the town and the training area at 30-minute intervals and an altitude
of about 300 meters. At 6:20 a.m. on 28 June, three T-34 tanks from the installation
went toward Aue. On 1 July, firing with rifles was heard from the Aue area throughout
the day. At 6 a.m. on 4 July,, about 100 soldiers wearing red-bordered black epaulets
with tank insignia and gasmasks were seen leaving, the barracks installation in
Hoockendorfe At about 7:30-n m .. driv
(were seen entering the installation, cor ng ron a c ree ono e
training area.2 25X1
3. The Jultes Lager was occupied as previously by a guard and fatigue al I of' abou~,
100 tro s wearing red-bordered black aulets On July, 25X1
loaded with gasoline cans,, left i11tes Lager. After 2 p.mo on 24 June,
artillery firing was heard -from the N s Lager. Twelve reports were
heard within two hours. during the night on 2 July, ta25X1
moved on Highway No 97 through en or' a, coming from the autobahn from the
direction of Berlin and proceeding toward Koeni;sbrueck. The tanks damaged the
tracks of the Dresden-KoeniL;sbr ad line, whereupon trains in both direction:
were late.; At 6:30 a.m. , truck was seen at a clearin between f e ect25X1
apparently as a traffic control point.
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the tanks which had arrived durinC the night, had passed this
They had come from the direction of Dresdeno
c ea ?Jn s n their " ~) " t Id e I . r B 10 a.m. and noon, trucks
were seen entering Neues
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Those data confirm a repor according; to which
the units of the Uth Gds Tank Div employed in Dresden left on 17 and 18 June
and. with the 40% Gds Tank Re t returned-between-1-and-3 Jul 4
e columns seen en route toward the
auto sa are .ra er s s y e eve o have belonged to the 8th Gds 3iecz Divo
.from which, after its employment at its garrisons, five return shipments to Koenie.s-
br9ueck had been reported on 2 and 3 July.
' ply n;';?, The Nachrichten Schule. amonu other units. auarters the 44th Gds
ank Fiat of the llth Gds Tank Div.
TIn connection with in-
formation A the present report, this tends to indicate that the regiment had
reined In its quarters. The vehicles which entered the installation on 25 June',
belonged t3 the 4th Gds AAA "iv
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