MILITARY INFORMATION FROM LUCKENWALDE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003101090004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 12, 2003
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 27, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION "t';' -"L"
COUNTRY
TOPIC
East Germany
Military Information from Luckenwalde
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DATE OF CONTENT 5 to 27 October J953
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DATE OBTAINED
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noted limited marksmanship training in the factory area and si:ar eevcxz detcici-
ments of up to abo' t 100 soldiers marching out to the wooded area south; of the
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factory toward the Am Schieferlirg officers' billets. From 21 to 27 October.:
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1. On 27 October 1953, the former i erddeutsciie Maschine fabrik T'orth Gertz, *r
Machine Factory) in Luck,onwalde still quartered about 5CO snlc ier s woarin
red-bordered black epaulets. As only the eacond and third .:loc.rs of the q -'tar
ing buildings were light A at night and the two lots ! buil.dit a were z.r? _ghted .
source believed that the barracks install ration was occupied below cry ac y. it
2C to 27 October, about ~ CC officers were dal ? y seen vaiking from the r ch.inu
2. On 26 October, part of S sa leap I was occupied. Vitae low bbl l.cl r t s mere : E rhtod
at night. Between 22 and 26 October, sin_g.le groups ware at g yrnastics .n the
camp. From 8 to 27 October 1.953., about 50 ldiors wearing Lad-bordEret hlaois:
epaulets Almost daily held record practices at the target ranges in the g-ray>e1
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of the installation.
3. At night on 26 October 1953w all low buildings of Stalag II were ? iebt d. No train-
ing activities other than g-vmn aotics~ invo'vtng individual dot?.chmen?ts of about
50 soldiers were in the area of Stalag II. On 7 and 23 October 1953, a detach-
ment of about 1CO 9oi i a-as 1-r+ thaa r?amn stile; nrnrapArari z.n t.!:sa :.?nnjawry nt,nsa snatch
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!,. In the morning on 7;, 10, 13 and 25 October 1953, two rocket launchers were at e-
cord firing in the wooded area south of the Stalv.g, about 200 meters seuthea:at
of the bunkers, where they remained after the firing;.
5. From 2C to 27 October 1953, the excavated bn.inkers in the wooded area south of
Stalag II were still occupied. l.,f; to 6C soldiers at record i rac-..
tice with rifles. .2
In the morning on 25 October 1953, 14 empty 12-wheeled heavy duty cars were ca
a siding at the Luckenwalde railroad station.
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Go t? o it training unit of the Third (d t,.c cz Army is still eerried
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in the A""orddeut.srhe t ambineni`abrik.
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