MILITARY INFORMATION FROM COTTBUS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003400660009-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 26, 2009
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: January 7, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY east Gea r 40--
TOPIC IWitery Inf?rma$:ion _from Cottbus
EVALUATIO
DATE OF CONTEJ
DATE OBTAI D:
This is UNEVALUATED Information
24 On 6 December 195
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a t wsc~se i rf i-a or, Me v , C*tAbnst was
d o. d. black's a~?Iota 4a?c1i d .ng som +ia . t - 'y . :t '
and- 6 December? up tc.60. reca~uitp engaged in the cols ttmi o* :ot' is i4
iaris, including, foxholes, on severbl days; rive 1:104,1455 tV
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the s ttob hr
were 1g observe i n a 'Grain a r
i in front of the .he iiin st vehicle shed.
The AAA emplacenert in the southeast corner of the installation was occupied by
only 1 x 37 .AA eun. Two arir~ored four-wheel AA machine rim ?s were seen
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troop construction of field fortifications and bout
tanks practiced driving in the traij e areaa
urge pneumatic rafts on trucks in the installation.
weari f'& rdered black; sp i I i J w1th rtU ie y and tank insi.gni.az, Up to 120
o 6 '' *H :ci and Loans ]Gsei~ne~a 18 ccu~i ;d by. about 3.,8(x) i x?o a
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3o On 6 December, the Dis.,enchen K5serno was occupied by about ? ,2t) t"A s wearing, 25X1
rmd--bordered black epaulets, including some with artillery and ta.nm insignia,
construction work at the training; area adjoining the installation
in the barracks yard,
was pushed forward.. About-25 high lookout posts and 2 firing lanes gad ulreudy been
capleted,, On 6 December, up to 200 troops engaged in the ccnsa._Mction of field
fortifications and 2 T-34/85 tanks were observed in the barrack. eraa :hiring the 25X1
period under review, to 120 troops receiv3d individual drill and for-matt-ion drill
On 6 December, the A1.vonsleben ICaserne wa.a occupied by about 300 troops w
bordered black e euu3.et,.. most: v with artil lerY insi~;ni.ao
Large shedo were under construction, our field
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.At about 5 p.m. on 2 Dec ber a? panont of abeut 30 T-34/85 tanks p,3 used
through the Cottbus railroad station, coming from the direction of i./
Oder and proceeding tobfard Leipzig.
rr -'vict officers married German girls after l lecerabea 4
vt"'
These officers allegedly will star in Gerrai y after their d .schar?geo It
rumored that 6oviate who marry Gelman girls.will be discharged. , total of
125 apart-meats were gauze available in tho Sa dow suburb for 2ov?iet : e ailie:s p
who were expected to w.~rive ire, Gottsbus after 1 January 1954+ only all gedlys
root e dependents d' youig,er officers atationed in Cottbus. A raar'ces:;, it
building of the Sash eoy c.or?f KEave1 e, which had been septa.rately fe .ce&. in,
wars to be vacated for f ale personnel aru':/cr Soviet dependents.4
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carried in the chsendor i : .ser nec,
Div and the 100th Mtr cl ten, real) ac .ively. '?sere are almost no 3.nd c:a .azr?
for engineer units in the Heston .Loons Kae r no o The 82d E Dn iv
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w~asa in earls i cc e .Fine. oar's ruv?.ica a of.,.larg eheds oida to Yi r ;a.tn
that en r r c.itional. occ:upauio t?.e instal .' at_.on,, if not yet,rsac.ed May be
p1ainedb ":tae 1719th AFiA Rog t possibly is to transfer to this installat ,car
This rot, le ant, in Jun 1`953, vacated the Fi s~. Ka.sernep which vas tarn
oae.. to v ae and, since then, the aEim=ant could not yct b a located in the
Forst `T'aucr training t?rea anc?. the "?ottbus poste
ho A l v ' r b f ieben Kasoa ra a ` I Z : , e e ? 1glit"Y Ca{r'';U-3 .e'. " Q,P 2
till ~ its cr ` 4e tal -i ion ew ti:ige;1. in f ri practice.
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mentioned in para.grop oa tno inforraatior_ is conf:..rried by similar o servcaLicns
at other posts.
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