MILITARY INFORMATION FROM PERLEBERG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003100470009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 2005
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 20, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION S :'`!
COUNTRYf e 5 1 G12
TOPIC Military Information from Perlederg
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the Artillerie 'Aaserne in Perleberg was not yet reoccupied
to capacity troops wearing red-bordered black epaulets with arty p.lery irk
signia 0 observe any heavy weapons. b truck: 25X1
left the installation. towar.f the airfield, . and 2 trucks and 2 officers were
seen in front of a grirage in the barracks area. The windows of the quartering
building on Lindenstrasse were open. a installation 25X1
was being cleaned. 1 garages were 25X1
occupied by trucks0
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the Fliegerhorst Kaserne was occupied about 75 percent by
troops wearing red-bordered black epat:lete 0 On 13 October, two trucks loadsd
with straw were seen on route toward the I'liegerhorst Kaserne, caring from
the town. About 15 soldiers were filling straw matresses behind the installa-
tion. The detached buildings appeared to be vacant. At about 9:30 a.m., on
I I about 60 troor wearing red bordered black epaulets left the in
stal a on or the Artiller:le Kaserne. small groups of soldie(1
totalling about 56 troops wearing red-borc.ered black epaulets and 1n luding
about 75 percent with artillery insignia, left the installation turd the
town. the detached buildings were occur
pied) uniformed worsen en ee buildings; and 4 officers were
en route between these buildings and the I'liegerhorst Kaserne.
CI ASSIFICATION
..PLACE: OBTAINE
_REPORT
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about 25C troops with inf'F:ntry weapons, bi1iet a?r
equipment and taggage were loaded on boiresrs? v.d 10 trucks and 1
tent: chassis or flatcars with siderar:k s at the Perlecerg railroad
station:.. The shipment left toward P:-itzwalkn
5> 10 Unks passed through Perieberg?
proceeding toward Ludwigsluat..
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the .!rtil.lerie i(asern: was heavily occupied,, 6entries
there wore re --bordered black epaule wsa The noise of many, soldiers
was heard from the barracks areae F- F xi
determined that Lieutenant "c+lonel Slmin (fn
ahprl tT
nd had been succeeded t Colonel Kusnetsov a 25X1
7,~ one Korarov (fnu) as
supply officer in the ao a hospita L in Per ltberg~
# - the r--lie erhorst kse.-ne was heavily occupied between
General Kozikov (fnu) was
stationed in the installation olonel Ananiyev (xhu)
left for the LSSR. He was succeeded by Colonel Okulov (fnu) 0 Other
officers in the Fliegerhorst Kaserne included one Mclnikov, successor
of Lieutenant Colonel Drapact' erko (inu); Vasili vN Polechuk, 'Sa.tenko
Vyazovoi,, Sy nin, Zuchkov and :harsh-.ov (all fnu
Unit Khasan ferred to Ludki rslvstG
9. 1 11 e building, which
previously housed The arm ands of the estate,, was leing reconstructed
eta cost of 16,O0C' eastmrkso The building was to quarter officers'
billets,
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10 ~~ommeat. For information on the distribution of the unite of the
'-sfi-r;-~ro~? fl 'ir of .Pr the reoccupation of the two installations, see I?tiXl
I he 58th Mecz Regt t.rith the task t~a.lion
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and heavy weapons had been observed entering the installation The In-
fcnterie Kaoerne, therefore, should have teen occupied to capacity on
General Kozikov (fnu) and Colonel Olculov (fnu) who are mentioned for
the first time, possi bly became division commander and chief of staff
respectively, with the latter succeeding Colonel Ananiyev. Kha ser: (fns.;)
without rank, is also mentioned for the first time. This unit probably
transferred to Ludwigslust In 'exchange for the units of the division,
which, from there, transferred to PPsrleberg. All other atricers are
known from previous reports
vacant with the atovenentioned division since the winter o.;:. .9:
I a sf.ipmrent of 25X1
2 p o . ,t It is possible that:,
s ragg ens of the 119th Gds tr Tank f' Regt of the lath lie.--z Div from,
Wittstock to Ludwigslust was observed. If, however q the shipment was 25X1
loaded in Perl_el erg, tanks of the 120th Mtrcl an of the division may have
been involved., The lattalion may be identical with Unit Khasan which
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to trunsferred to Ludwi7slust I !a
janeording gent fror Fer1e1
,rounds,,
to Dranse, the railroad station o the Wittstodz troop training (--
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