MILITARY INFORMATION FROM BAD FREIENWALDE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002700120006-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 5, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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1 ilitary Information from Bad Freienwalde
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DATE OF CONTENT 29 August to 10 September 1953
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On 9 and 10 Sctember, the Fanzer Kaserne was occupied by about 2,500 troops?
At 9:30 a.m.. on 10 September, fresh imprints of tank tracks led from the in-
stallation toward Altranft. An armored personnel carrier with 1 officer and
8 EM drove in the same direction. At 2 p.m., 1 armored scout car, 3 armored
personnel carriers and trucki owing a 57-mm AT gun returned to the
installation. Between noon and 1:30 p.m., tank end machine gur firing was
heard from the direction of the Altranft troop training grounds. The firing
practice terminated,about 1:30 p.m., following a bugle call.
An innkeeper told source that lied Army soldiers were again permitted to frequent
German inns and that alcoholic beverages could be sold. It was said that an
agreement between the commanding officer of the unit and the German municipal
authority was made, according to which German families were expected to invite
a Soviet soldier one Sunday a month.1
I1. Fetween 29 August and 9 September 1953,the Panzer Kaserne in Fed reienwalde
was about 75 percent occupied by about 2,500 troops who wore red-bordered
black epaulets with tank., artillery or motor transport insignia. On 29 Auguetf,
4 T-34/85 tanks and 5 trucks stood in the barracks yard, where about 50
soldiers had fallen in. At 9:30 a.r.v 10 T-34/85 tanks entered the installa-
tion. At 8:45 a.m. on 2 September, 22 trucks were determined in the garage
opposite the barracks installation. About 100 soldiers without weapons were
assembled in the yard, Troops ,including many young soldiers with d osely
cropped hair were seen in most of the windows of the qusrters. At 10 a.mo on
3 September, 9 trucks, each occupied by about 20 soldiers moved out of the
installation toward Gersdorfa At 7:30 para. the installation was lighted, ex
cept for about 15 windows.
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25X1 Co r of The report tends to indicate that, prior to 10 September,
apparently heavy elements of the 16th Gds Necz Regt and 93d Tans. Eegt
and the 95th (?) 11trcl In, all of the 6th Gds ?-,ecz Div, were at red
25X1 .?'relenwald.e post. It could not clearly he determined whether only a
field exercise was held by these units on 5 Septembber, or whether the
troops were to be exchanged with other units of the division for prac-
25X1 tice at the. Templin troop training grounds, as the'nuribber of vehicles
seen at the installation on 9 September was considerably larger than
that seen prior to 5 ",eptember.
25X1 Cor::r erxt v confirms the 16th Gds Pied Reg t of the 6th
Gas 34ecz Div in Bad Freienwalde until 14 July 1953 confirms
the 93d Tank %egt of the 6th Gds Me= Div in Bad Freienwalde until
15 July 1953.
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