GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION

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CIA-RDP80-00810A002600410007-1
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 16, 2016
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June 27, 2005
Sequence Number: 
7
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Publication Date: 
September 11, 1953
Content Type: 
REPORT
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25X1 /GL,d 4'O? 25X1 AppdWWSReMf lss-2A /0711 - - 6UU - COUNTRY--..- General Military Information TOPIC- 25X1 25X1 EVALUATION- DATE OF CONTENT DATE OBTAINED R E F E R E N C ES - 2 PACES_ ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)_. REMARKS-- 25X1 25X1 1, Between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on 23 August 1953, motor vehicles seen In 'fiehe, en route to. and from the Lossa troop training grounds 25X1 25X-95X1 2 P I included river cross ngs, took place on the Unstrut River in the i`Fetnleben area, 3. On 22 unust a train carrying 35 trucks mounting AA machine guns and including 1 sedan, 4. 25X1 field kitchens and about 150 troops, the latter on xcars,y was seen en route toward Stettin, coming from Jueterbog,3 25X1 4? On 22 August, 2' trucks, 1 ambulance, 2 field kitchens, 6 x 76-mm AA guns, 1 sedan and 8 boxoerloads of troops were entrained in .:7ueterbog Altes Lager. 25X1 25X1 - 25X1 5e At 4:45 pore, on 22 August, a train of an undetermined number of flatcars carrying about 15 to 20 trucks with van-like superstructures of sheet metal, 3 x 2 x 2.5 meters, and towing small one-axle trailers, which, source believed, mounted engines or compressors,, passed through the Kolzenburg railroad; station proceeding toward Jueterbog, On 26 August, 19 trucks and 9 armored .out cars were detrained in Luck:enwal e 25X1 7. At 2:20 p.m. on 21 August, a train of 4 boxcars, each occupied by about 35 soldiers wearing red-bordered black epaulets;, 7 flatcars with sideracks 25X1 carrying 10 trucks, and 49 flatcars with sideracks carrying 37 mm AA guns and 76-mm AA guns left Jueterbog toward Wuetermark, 7 CtASSIFlCAr1ON SECRET 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/07/13 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA002600410007-1 in Auguste several major exercises, whi :h Approved For Release 2005/07/13 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA002600410007-1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 4 In late Aug?.zst, . camp which was occupied by about 300 to 1,000 troops and was located northwest of lioenigsbr?ueck. It further included 12 T-34 tanks, including Nos 500 and ? 501, 6 four--par?eled AA guts, o x 35-ran AT guns,, two dug-.!in tanks, u prime rzovers, I medical tent, 1 large tent and 2 small tents. 2 Coar ent, The engineer units of the XIX Ods l tz Rifle Corps returned to the corps training area from .Dessau--11ken in mid-August. 25X1 3s Comsm ent.. Possibly a shipment of headquarters units of l:he Itird Gds Macs ,Army to the Angernuende training area. 25X1 25X1 25X1 5.1 LCo nto The train is from duuonsdorf to liathenotiit, 25X1 a uni., of the Third 25X1 601 : Commmnt;. 25X1 Gds t4ecz Army. 25X1 7. CommentPossibly the train to I3alde3rzslebest 25X1 25X1 25X1 8?1 Comm ec According to a sketch 1 1 the camp,, which is reported for the first time, is located in the woods bet ,el.en Clauschwitz, Babr?a and 25X1 Sacka, on the western edge of the Koenigsbrueck troop training grounds o 25X1 eleMents of the 11th Ods Tank Div 25X1 may be stationed era. CRT Approved For Release 2005/07/13 : CIA-RDP80-00810A002600410007-1