GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION FROM GRIMMA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003100010009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2006/01/31 : CIA-RDP80-008
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EVALUATION_ DATE OF CCNTE
DATE OBTAINE
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I.. On 9 October J.9~3, 3 ar zcred er?sonnol c irz ig r g' -- dan} a ,.., undo. 25X1
terimmned ntw?ber o a , . 25X "
and signal truck I Iwere tzn / Cade l f rani. cars 25X1
at e upper rai rose station in Grimm and left t-otward Elsner ;erne ?
On 9 October, an unidentified number of trucks nd, signal trucks I 25X1
a;o.r?ched back toward the ii stal]ations,, On 1.1 Oeioter-
two 76.2.-ir AT urns, eight armored persornkci carriers - 25X1
I I an,! an un:tdentified nivitei c_' iia1f -ta~.ck veh .cle;,.
r uc #s and motorcye e 3 ierC n _oade?d frouu :~'~a a Et '9.` e upper r'ai] - c,nd station,,
2Q. From 14 to 23 October', vr-e Strasburg haserfie south of Leipziger ::>traese,
quarter?ed an estim ted C;C to 900 enlisted men veariint red," .oerde$od blec:t
epaulets with tank I ns y . in , 4111t 9 a 4rr,.. on 1.4 OC tcb3r .boa 140 ..'cr a r..s r i t r
rid-~b:-o:d red black era' t i:__th tank insi?-:nia pper~formsd irtt? via l drill
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L.a'?.th rifles in the, 7 rd o 3'i 17 Qtrti~ ;s? ,Co tt, PA) ms .,!2 (IM _, 1f?.~ R~ c3 d.f?B!c'ss r.Jr.jk ani
:::ucksm On Sunday, .>= Ucl.ebsr, ai cat 120 enlisted men weary.:.. Fez--I Gxce. sr
black epaulets with .an?: int3ig;"aims who wart off' duty, left tYe "ai' asks in-
suallat,y on toward the c _ty within a period of 3C minutes. 25X1
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3o During the time of obsw2vationr the Elsner :.aserne ,on Franz IY!:e r1r.g St.rasse
quartered about 1.000 tch 1,,200 men wearing red-bordered black epatlets with
artillery, signal and, motor transport insignia. On I$ October. al:out,120
men wearing red-bordered black epaulets with artillery insignia trained with
eight 120-mm mortars. Un 17 October, a voll call in the barracks yard". involved
about 1000 men wearing red-bordered black epadl.eta with arti1lez??r signal and
motor transport insignia and about 510 officers The M ldl r?s le.-: onged to ;;even
units which formed a square. They were reported to a colonel wearing; red.:
bordered gold epaulets without insignia, who subsequently made a speech and
at about 11 a.m.. left the barracks installation toward the. city
S'r_ 8.l i it. 3 pan. on 22 t'cto ,_-r
iluaring the time of cbae,:vation the Nagema quartered e comp-end agency. At
6 pan, on 14 October, numerous officers wearing artillery. tank and signal
irsigraia weAe seers between he Nageina arid .he 5traehur ,