MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE KINDEL TROOP TRAINING AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002700570010-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 20, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 29, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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7~PIC Militar,Y Irforrr~sr?tion fro., the K~nde]~?Troop "gaining Area. ~ ~_.
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1.3 August to 15 Sept?~zni~~r 1953.
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1. Af'iaer the end of 11u~;ust 1953, the shelters 9.~acl bunkers no: thweat of the
Xindei troop taaining grounds which were pr'~;~riously reported to have been
equippfld w3.1;ki ~;1ane table sheets, were. pcrmanent7.~r occupi~+d. by about HOC?
, troops who Wore black bordered crianaon epaulets. Compresuc-rs for spray-painting,
several work benches and screw vices stood or, the pariciing ?.ot which ws.s
surrounded by a board fence and closed by a h,~.lrri?r.1 Fixing practices. with
armored pvrsonnal r~rriers w~sre held along tries northern ticsrc er of the Kind?1
25X1 troop training grounds daily from 30 Au st tc 5 S?ptem~,er, c:~uring .which all
a .~;?roach roads v~rere blocked.
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At the end of August, a new tarok. shed WAS .estak;'4ished along the :~d~e of the
woods nort?a of EttEnhausen. dive ~?-3~-Og5 tan'_s ;,food in the sh~:d; and 1S JS-3
taxaks and 3 trucks-were parked near the sheds oii 3o August. Sind two Neeks,~
the s~olii:zere and trap s from the; roo trainin?r ~x?ounds havs been- .~ra~nt?d
save on S~.nda s.
~Comrnent. far the first time obs~rvead a troop caffap west of
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ba assumed that the camp ' n t~~s first part of the
prey?nt report is identica w e a oven~en oned ?s nstalla.tion, why ch might be
part of the northern section of the Kindel troop tra.`?.ning grounds. Nc~ con~`irraatory
information- as bean obtainede
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