INFORMATION ON DEMONSTRATIONS IN EAST GERMANY

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2002
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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- EVALUATION
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1a Between 1:1.5 p.mo and 4x30 p.m. on 16 June 0units from Neuruppin marched 25X1A
toward Berlin via the Alt.Ruppin railroad station. Troop columna observed
included:209 T-34 tanks and 19 35 tanks with numbers between 260 and 469; 50 25X1 C
trucks with soldiers; 40 SP guns; 300 trucks with soldiers, including 35 trucks
towing AT guns, armored scout cars and armored personnel carriers; and 50 to 70
trucks loaded with ammunition coming from the Wulkoc, ammunition depots, On 24
June, elements of the above units were observed by source in Berlin. Except for
ammunition ehipCnenR s from Brest Litovsk to Wulkow, no military railroad traffic
was conducted at the Alt-Ruppin railroad station. On 16 June, strikes started
in Neumuppin were roue??c:d in the begi.rn;ng. Railroad traffic to Herzberg, Neustadt,
?aulinanaue, Kremer and Wittstock was. no: mal. Neuruppin was calm. Food supply
for civilians was sufficient. Abe .t 1.501 workers of the Bata.--1Jnion at Templin
and at Neuruppin airfield ,-ere an stri.ke.L
2? Source learned from a worker from Treptow that, on the morning of 24 Julie, about
40 tanks and 70 motor vehicles, including armored scout cars and armored personnel
carriers, marched from Treptow Park to Mahlsdorfo2
3. During the.night of 24 Jtme, 12 T-.34. tanks marched from Berlin-Ostbahnhof to the
zone via Eoenigswusterhausen. On 25 June, source observed about 80 tanks on
Friedriehshain, 2 and 2 tanks, 1 four-barreled AA gun and 3 armored scout cars on
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-REPORT NO.____
Informtion on Demonstrations iii East Germany
Beginning 17 June, martial law and curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. were proclaimed
in Strasburg near Pasewalk. Troop trains carrying armored scout cars, artillery
pieces and JS-3 tanks., including Nos 134 and 135, passed through the Strasburg
railroad station toward Pasewalk U Between 3 a 0m. and 4t45 am,,, five XV? companies
from the barracks installation in Pasewalk left for Perlin. KVP personnel left
behind was on alert03
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On 22 June, xcartiei law still was in Perlaberg, iith curfew fron 11 pom,
to 4 a.m. There were no spocial.abservattons'between 17 and 22 June
Beginning at 11-.40 a.isa on 22 June, the SID building and all municipal
installations were guarded by soldiers with red-bo rlered black epaulets,
Local regi feats stated that the troops were stationed at the Artillery
Kasernec,
13, On 22 June, martial law still was in Perleberg, with curfew from 11 p.m. 25X1 B
to 4 a.m. No riots were observed between. 17 and 22 June, As rioting
was believed.to occur on 22 June, patrol service was increased
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14., Source learned from a fugitive from Kasetkow, Angerrnuende district, that
on it and 19 June, the rural population, including all farmriere, went on
strike. 'ti's from A ngermuonde quelled the strike. On 20 June, the regular
trains from Angermuende to Bernau were about 1 hour lateb Troop trains
with soviet soldiers were observed en route toward Berlin.
15, Source learned from rest Berlin residents that, on 24 Junes, 15T from Saxony
was still in. Berlin and that the atmosphere between Saxonian KVP and the
Berlin people was tense. The Berlin, VP with blue uniforms was polite.
Adequate food supplies were available, and sufficient, goods were in HO
stores.
Camr7e:tt,, The departure of large contingents of the 12th Ode Tank Div
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r can euruppin to the northern area of East Berlin has been repeatedly
confirmed. . 'oragraph 1 of the present report
indicates that the unsetentified motor transport battalion of the division
from Wulkow also participated in the no-imtren o
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fied,
Coa meent. Although the. dep ,rting units cannot definitely be identi-
the number of Soviet troops employed In Berlin gradually was reduced,
at least at the sector boundary, while rather large reserves are still
assembled in the rear area.
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Coont, Th N turret numbers indicate that possibly components of the
25th Tank Div were loaded on the troop trains,
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lea Cor^snont., The Weisse Stadt settlement was occupied by components of
the 25th. Tank Div which prol al;l.y were transferred from Templin. These
troops possibly were to be employed in Berlin but remained at Oranienburg
as the situation in Berlin was normal again.
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of the 4th AT Arty Prig US were erployed at the Stralsund and. The
troops on alert at the Putlit z Kase ne in Bosthok belonged to the 3d Ode
AT Arty Brig stationed at this inst"letion0
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nd trucks with soldiers continuously drove
through the to'n. Each patrol consisted of three EM with red-bordered
black epaulets.9.
Lt 930 p.m. on 22 . June, Z5 percent of the windows of the troop quarters
of Unit Yuppa (fhu) at the Lo wen and Adler Haserne in Doeberitz were
lighted. Most windows of the quarters of Unit Leochko (fnu) were dark
while 20 percent of the windows belonging to the quarters of Unit Zurkin
(fnu) were li ted. Source believed that the troops were still absent
and employed,
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25X1A 6? Comment The observations confirm that large contingents of the
s cz Div left the middle section and south section of East Berlin.
The officers mentioned are known from previous
reports ey. -rte same source o
25X1 A' 7s o mnent? There was no change in the occupation of quarters of
the 31st' AAA Div while elements of the 90th ?3L Pegt (us) of the Second
Cris Mecz Ar9 field exercises at Templin in early
25X1 Ajune 1953. The officers mentioned are known,
onents of the 18t P ecz Div possibly returned from
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the Wittstoc troop ? training -rounds to .Pe lebeeg
25X1 B 25X1 A 94 Commenter . ~e arnored scout car indicates that prom.
ba ly elements of the 3d Gds 31trcl Fn of the 6th Gds Tank Div were
employed in Wittenberg.
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