INFORMATION ON KVP UNITS IN SPREMBERG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003101100008-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2005
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 24, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. On X October c^ .:; F tr.tcks
PI-ciced up ETLIWI-ng
equipment at 't e? W, aisswa ::er ration supply depot The trucks whose drivers wore
blue-bordere,3 b:>-ark collar patches and black-bordered epaulets left toward
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2. At 3:30 p.m. on i October., about 200 XVPs who wore blue service color and
carried baggage arrived as `tho Spreriba::rg railroad station from The direction
of Cotfibus n The sol.c iers proceeded ,.o the P'anrsr jaeger Kaserne. the
occupation of thus increased. -co an ert-Ina-.ed 1,600 to -1,,70(! main.,
The bulk of the soldiers quartered th,sre wt>re blue service ~~nlo:r. but some
soldiers with black and. red service color were also seen., Only it:sic
training was oba er sre at the instal:ia`bion. Winter, PK
officer of one of the ani?+.s stationed at the installation, wrs rn omoted
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5. On 7 October, six T=-34 tanks rt:ere detrained at the Spremberg frei.gnt
station. The escort detail took the tacks to the barracks installation
and they left by rail, probably to Thuringia. The Horning of 8 October,
source observEd three model St7-76 SP guns engaged in driving school
practices in the bi leting area. On 12 October, a new radio truck arrived
at the. railroad station and then proceeded to the barracks installation.
6. On 21 October, 70 to 80 MVPs who wore hark blue service color arrived at thi
Spremberg. railroad ?station from. the direction of Goerlitz. The soldiers,
who were 17 or 18 ya-ars old and carried. baggage but no arms, apparently
were recruits. The barracks installation was not occupied to capacity,
The six newly erected temporary quartering buildings were still empty,
although they had been furnished with. billeting equipment. Since about mid-
October; the six wa-R;ch towers of the installation have been occupied by
double sentries.
On 26 September, five T-34 tanks
proceeded through Spreraberg toward Graustein. On 5 October, five
T-34 tanks F- I pas6ed through S; renberg
toward Gbtt'uu., 4 anc
j 300 KVP
personnel arrived at, the. local barracks installation oh 15 September.
The ration strength of the unit thus increased to about 1, 500 men, In
mid-September, six temporary quartering buildings each with a capacity of
100 men were completed in the billeting area by an engineer detail of 38
men from Dresden. These buildings and two psrirtas.nent quartering buildings
were provided with billeting equipment.
Between 25 Sefrtem.ber and 10 October, all officers had to move from the
barracks installation to private billets in Spremberg. Senior Lieutenant
Scharfenberg. wall political officer of the unit. 2
since racentl.y,. rotor vehicle
the barraoks installation.
Driving school 'was
regularly conducted with some T-34 ta.n}_s and model SU-76 SP guns. Small
details of soldiers received training with medium. mortars. Firing with
carbines and submachine guns wag pract:_ced at the target. range. No training
activities have so far been observed outside the barracks installation.,
While mostly soldiers with dark blue service color were seen previously,
soldiers with yelloul-bordered black service color have also been seen
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1, L IConn,tienta Blue-bordered black collar patches are worn by engineer
soldiers. It appears that besides the previously observed tank unit the
barracks installation in Spremberg also quarters engineer, and infantry
.or artillery troops"
2. Co en The vacating of the barracks installation by officers, the
construction of temporary quartering buildings and the arrival in September/
October of rersonnel as well as tanks indicate that the installation is
schedule1 to be occupied much more heavily. Prior to September 1953, the
tank instruction regiment of TV 3000 in Dresden was carried as being stationed
therred After TV' 3000 has been reorganized into a mechanized Bereitschaft it
must be expected that an additional tank regiment will be organized to
Spremberga
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1. On 28 October 1953, an estimated 550 scidiers wearing red-bordered b:Lack
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east of Leipzi.ger Strasse in Altenburg. The equipment of the units in the
installation included AT guns and 122-e an guns. On 28 October 1953, n mierous
truck: -,.,n . 3 field Litchens were in the. barracks yard and 9 tractors and
two 122-=c guns were in the storage sheds about 120 ;ner.
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100 soldiers were cleaning and folding up tents, :chile several other
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(received hair.'.?p in the yard with guns and vehicles.
2. On 28 October? about, 700 soldiers wearing red-bordered. black epaulets vith
artillery and motor transport insignia were quartered in the barracks
installation wrest of Leipziger Strasso. About 70 uniformed worsen were
temporarily billeted in the building directly south of the barracks instal-
lation, north of the officer's billets,. On 24 and 28 October 1953, about
'roues received training with three 152-yam guns.
3. Between 24 and 28 O tober 953, only very limited training activity was
.observed on thy: tr' ning ground north m'st of the barracks installations.
4. The officers' billets were occupied alisiost to capacity by, about 120
officers.
5. rotor vehicles observed travelling from the town to the barracks installations
from 21 to 28 October
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