MILITARY INFORMATION FROM KUESTRIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003200570002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2005
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 10, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Military TnforMELtion from Ki estrin
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ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
L_,..OATE PrtEP1,F:ED Ic December 1953
Between 4 and 15 November 1953, the Artillerle Kaserne in Kuestrin wa.,3 :)y. upied
as previously by about 1,.OOC troops hearing rere-bordered black epe?u1e'us, i ostLy
with artillery insignia. On 4, 5; 6, 9 and 12 I ova ber, instruction on x 37-?10n
AA guns was held in the wsstern t :'aining area about 4 hours a day. Each ;;un crew
consisted of 6 soldiers. The, troops subsequent;ty engaged in march practice. On
6 November, 14 x 3 -nun AA guns were seen in the barracks yard. C 3 4, ?i, 9? 10, 12
and 13 November, an undetermined number of troops received instruction oa 85-nia
AA guns in the eastern training area. On ;i6 No :ember , 16 x 85-ma AA guns, 3 h'aso?-.3
ballistic directors and a radar with a paraha1:_r :'effector were seen there. The
new vehicle shed for about 15 trucks at the va#i' ' in the southwe-st
gaction of the installAtion, wan qM-11 worked mil
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ment. The Artillerie Maserne in Zuestrin is occupied as Prev_'!_o-a;: v
a medium and a light AAA regiment of the 32d AA Div WS). F
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