MILITARY INFORMATION FROM RUEGEN ISLAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002300060006-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2002
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: July 29, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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ICE PREPARED 29 July 1953
_ENCLOSURES (NO. &? TYPE)
1, On 21 June 1953, about 20 canvas-covered one-axle grans, with a barrel about
4 meters long, and pneumatic tires; 6 trucks, 1 radio truck with an extended
rod antenna,, about 4 meters long; 4 x 10 -man house tents and 3 three-man
tents were about 400 meters north of Puttgarten on Ruegen Island. Sentries
armed with submachine guns patrolled the area. on 22 July, two rows of each
8 x 85 am AA guns, 9 x 10-man house tents, 4 trucks, 1 jeep, and about 10
prime movers were about 200 meters east of Lohme. A pile of ar sunition
boxes was about 30 meters from the guns. The area and its vicinity were
patrolled by sentries. Local residents stated that the unit had arrived
two days ago.
men-tioned were unoccupied. A patrol of 1' N?CO and. 3 EM was observed between
Stubber i rier and Sassnitz.
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ox t, a 'north and northeast part. of fluegen, in connection with the measures
during the rebellion in East Germany., The units employed north of Puttgarten.
.may have belonged to the 4th AT Arty Brig (US).
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1. on 2 July 1953, the Ulmen Kaserne in Rostock was occupied to capacity.
At 9:15 a.m., trucks
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i.,tere leaving the installation toward Doberan, The trucks were
occupied by each 20 to 25 soldiers carrying full field equipment. At.
9?25 a,,n,;, 125 unarmed naval personnel left the installation toward the
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occupied by to soldiers wearing red-bordered black epaulets, were entering,,
and sedan ecupied by a general. was aeon leaving, the installation.
tax; 3 July, the P"utlitz Kaserne was occupied about 75 percent. About 60
soldiers were cleaning 10 x 100-ran AT guns. Three groups of each 30 to 35
warmed soldiers wearing, red-bordered black epaulets had fallen in in the
? =.rracks yard ? Seventy to 80 troops were cleaning 1.8 x 57-mm AT guns and
9 x 776.2-, i field guns in front of the motor vehicle sheds on Memoler
Straese,, Fifty to 60 soldiers engaged in physical training, while about
45 troops rract4-ced aiming with carbines. Trucks 25X1 B
I I each occupied Ir 20 to 25 soldiers wearing red-bordered black
epaulets a.nd carrying baggage, left the installation toward the town.
Co taanent. Compared .with the preceding re-port of early June, the two
arr. kcS -ins tallations appear to be occupied as prior to the rebellion
by units of the 3d Gds AT Arty Brig. F- I
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