MILITARY INFORMATION FROM BERNAU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003300210010-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 13, 2005
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 16, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLJ SSIFICATION=
r:;OUN"i RY East Gerrvann_.s_.
ro.3ic Militar 1nf r ion from Berz-&Lu
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11GES ENCLOSURES (NO. & -rrPE)-.?_.._-
EMARKS
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~~ On 17 November, the SS Brieftauben ?:ation was lip fitly occupied. On 11, Iievenibarg
about 20 soldiers reconditioned and painted observation towers in forest Esecti on
Nos 203 and 204 at the training grounds 4 km northwest of Nernau? The arc. a has
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2. On 17 November;, cloth. ng depot 1 was occupied to capacity. On 6 Novreribor L two
trucks occupied by personnel left the installation toward the Lui'tnac ric'r.:ten
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red-bordered black epaulets entered the inst. lation?
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From 30 October to 17 Ncvei ber 1953 R the Luf trachrichten Kasern3 was or, fcur;ied
to capacity. On 3 November,, 50 men wearing red -borctered black epau .e tr ar:e arn4nd
with sutarachine terns left the installation. On 11 and .4 November, T trink
insignia entered the in; talla,tion The porsonn. of aoeuaying the track r:;,, arch an
the 0 soldiers seen car-r ied entr?cnc'airg a uirament and acesd On 1s )dov nh r, T. 34/85
tanks ntered the installation ,ihile I k2 k I Il:Th -G!'te " nstai f ation.:
=and truck occupied by 15 soldiers wearing red-bordered b:t.ack
epaulets and about so. ers wearin, red-bordered black epaulets with artillery
not been used during the su=:imer season.
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the area would be re-oe upiedo
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4 From 12 to .2.4 November, the Luf'tnachrichten Kaserne was occupied by about 1.203
soldiers wearing red-bordered black epaulets inclu iin3 some with tank.. tnf artillery
' insignia , Twenty 57--mm AT guns, 8 x 76-mm AT guns t 8 x 220E-mm mortars,, 8 ~: 82 m
mortars, about 20 T-34 tanks and 1 0-85 gun were in the barracks aroa., On23 Nave
bar, about 20 soldiers wearing rod-bordered black epaulets were at drill. On 21
November, 30 soldiers wearing red-bordered black epaulets received training on
2 x 57-mn AT guns, and, on 24 November, soldiers here trained on 2 x 12rm mor-
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5, On 21,, iuovozaber, the resi is u:xci area on Karl Marx -tra _sso was occuoied by
60 to 80 soldier wce,rira red-b:,ordere d black e islets,
6. On 24 dove saber, arty ciotix:in do-pot I was occupied i>- 1;,'200
r d-borderod black erauiei s with artillery inc.inico !bout sclsiirr:. ~tiFr,4i ng
8 AT
iTuns. o an
e , ti.ra .t, d cal. h r of 100.nrn and 30 x 76-iam and. 57-,mm AT guns were in the
' rracks area., On 16 and 20 flov,rbern about 20 soldiers wearing rod-bordered
" j.n.ck e_o nie'~s received individual training on a 76 -r=r:, T run,, while s soldiers
:.aearin; red-bordered black e _k:u:iot3 pcrfor.=.:ied service of the piece crib' v th
3x57-- 7&T;;Lmsa.
7. On 2! i+ovonber, the "S B i eftau ;ras atica was cecu I d by about 300 soLliem
wearing red-bordered bl,,:@.?k eoaulets includinv some artillery irsigiiaa Seven
3 7-~,nm AA outs were in the bsrrachs urea., On .IL, i ovomt r, the erplaces`;1ent in the
northeastern section. of Vim, i s'tallr.tion was occu'o?.ed by 4 x 37-.m :.(I gun~s4 On
i i,.ovenbor, about 25 sr?_dlerss i a :_tlG; red.-bordered black epaulets r ceived
traininn on a 37---mm AA gun anF.3 sin Y, Lo a c}_iber 40 soldiers wore at car. il1..
On 11 NOVor be,r, an officer:, co?:ai>erei c.;e involving r. bou 1C0 officer who arriv c
on + trucks was held at the koroii dat?. r ildings.
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i;. riment,, Timm were no discernible change. 3 at t wrani the
Th., strong he of piara,11-ap i
ly /e`s'a JY`+J1d+ci dt1/~FaO not, }ii -, so the?'' is~nro yP;jfo%~'Mi)E!._iev n ; ' that the 1 .1> Sogt was not at the ;3,"3 "3 U ie L.T:i. bens tlC^+.'r'd.Ion on 3.'6 Novo:bor
p ar para 1 q
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