MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE JUETERBOG AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002100870007-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2002
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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At about 4 pn,a on 11 4'u1y 1953, a troop train of 3 cars with soldiers and an
undetermined ntriber of cars carrying 8 x 85-rm AA. guns, 16 trucks, 2 field kitchens
and 2 tripod AA machine guns was observed at. the Jueterbog railroad sta-tic no
The tro(-,o train
vroueeaea owar en berg es Al 'i on boxes carried by true-. s
were loaded a:t the Jueterbog freight station.
On 11 July, a troop train with 4 boxcars, including 1 boxcar with a rrinition and an
undetermined - j S artillery pieces and 14 tracks
ware loaded at the Kloster Zinna railroad st.tion?,'
On 11 July,, a troop train of about 5 cars with soldiers, 7 cars with billeting
equipment, W. on undetermined number of cars with 10 x 100-mm- Y1 guns; 6 x 76.2 -mm
AT guns, and about 30 t:Oacks was loaded at the Jueterbog-Neues Laker railroad station{:,
Between 1 and 8 July, the ,troop training grounds near rorst Zinnar.s cai._.l;> blocked,
artillery field exercises and firing practice with live amiunition were continuo-.xsly
observed.` Can 4 July, 10 artillery pieces towed b r triieks ware aminana r
forest section INTo 40).1
1 J. etas truc s with x 76,2-=,q. field
guns :field and I c en were seen, On 6 July,
trcks towing artillery pieces wer:: observed :lera .n&
th ue troop training grounds
Between 1 and 8 July, Car.,,-) Forst Zinna was still occupied by the headquarters totaalin
1,500 to 2,000 troops wearing red-bordered black epaulets with tank and artillery
in' ignia, t=t 9 a.m. on 1 July, 350 troops caarryir. fold equipment left the inst :llatior.
toward the troop' training; grounds o On 3 and 6 July, 30 to 2,0 soldiers with range.-finder:
and 25 soldier: with portable radio sets were observed on each da . On 4 Jul soldier,,
did maintenance work on 16 x 37?mn AA guns at the installation,,
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the fuel depot near Forst Zinnax the installation was
headed by a lieutenant colonel at the
division heada;aarters? A detail of a lieutenant and 20 Iii with red-bordered
black epaulets rded the install.a:tion and issued fuel. Only fue.. containers
of. about 200 liters each were observed at the store-houses. here w,-:>s no
pumping, installation. The fuel gepot wads guarded by sentries at the entrance '
C rc a~n ,z, The troop train carried a median: AAi. unit o::? the Second Gds
i cv This troop train and another troop drain also observed on 11. July
1953,9 and were dispatched
to 'rt? . .
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regiment of the 12th Gds Tank Div which returned to Neurulapin,.
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Jueterbog-Nauss sera The entrainin ? of a ~:oa bined artillery unit of the 14th
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same doy6 the two uritc
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artillery units of the lot T ecz Div from Doe'beritz, were in the Forst Zinna area.
Q = There was apparently no change in the occupation of Cap 1 orat
Zinna by the Hq Third Gds 4ecz , rmyo
6 . t, Izc~,e he fuel depot was
located at the southwestern end of the former Borst Zinna Village; the instillatiol.,
probably belongs to the 14+.1Y Gds P ecz "ivy
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