MILITARY INFORMATION FROM PARCHIM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003100470003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 2005
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 23, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC. Military Information from Par&.:im
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DATE OBTAINED
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On 30 October 1953, the Neue haserne in Parc iin was occupied about
65 percent by about 1,500 troops wearing red"bordered black' opaulets with
artillery and tank insignia. Advance details had arrived at the installs.,
tion while the tulk of the units followed durLng the nights
Tie following co tumns were seen arriving at the
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During the night r? ~s~r v 25X1
nc uc ng sorie ore pi by troops, were :retrained at the aarchir rail-
road st c d -ut s uen.tly left for Llte Heaerns z:nd Neue Xa se ?ne . Be-,
ginning tout 50 tr pops cored with c?rbines c:rxi
entrenchirg tools daily left the I ri stf. liati on prior to 8:30 a ,r o, pro-
ce :ding toward tho training area north. test of the air force setUemen t
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in the installation engaged exclusively inc fatigue duty end me I ntenant ing
of motor vehicles at the vehicle sheds.
3 the l.lte XaBerne was occupa.ec to ca.pfacity by about 1,)(X`0
troops wear n : red-lordered flack epaau .ets with tent: insi -m is Andy o "ew,
artillery insignia. The troo . , retu:rnc:d simultaneously v i tr the troops
stationed in Ieue Kiiserne,, the 4Ute 25X1
itaserne r.ainly quartered a tank uni a troops o'b - 25X1
` en a red exclusive) in fatigue c:utye 25X1
-the Nee IFeiriat settlerent was occupied belaw cz: :c itv
by about 300 troops wearing red-bordercd flack epaulets with motor
transport insignia. the forr.er iiltersheim (hone 25X1
ed people) and 4 or 5 of the hui;.dings tehind the yard were occuapied.
for a
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=out 50 troops drilled an the barracks yard ---,rid, at about
6 p.in 3) a .ou 50 troops left the incta + 1a tion to take showers in the
urmins of' c i e de 3.v :le ft
Neue ?e Berne ?
the installation at clout 6 poor.
Garment. lifter their return 'roi: the Wittstock training area, 1 he
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Rent and the 33d Tank I.egt (us) of the 1PV flecz Div can be
carried in th IIeue Kaserne and lute Kaserne respectively, as had already
been a saur'ed 11 rihn I Heirat settler..ent may
I.-e occupied by art air force unit
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