MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE TEMPLIN TROOP TRAINING GROUNDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004000600005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 31, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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I4i1ita77 -inf'orwation from the Templin Troop Training Orouw?ds
EVALUATIO
DATE. OE CO`'EE}4
DATE OBTAINED
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REMARKS_
1. Between 15 February and 6 perch 1954, ; irikP' t. s and
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exercises were held in tho Templin vs i. Tank emit f;~c~~~ _' ur ay ,r:
and Vogelsang, while Carp fI rr,:els ring wzs still. F.nt. a `x'a _ - c': 3cxe:=icx
and Ter;plin--?renz1au roads e,tero h .vi lv r?nttad inr f n r'k s y?n s~ a
3. Military rihig iiente observed in Templin betweon 20 Fel-ruar ' and 6. x ch included:
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vtrions t"vpes
2. Between 15 and 20 February, ?z:al1-scale exerct.s:x,ra were M3'-6 in the u r tt ~ er
ar a, with a total of shout 800 troops participatik . Unite involved included
is sxtry and tank units from Voge1sang, the latter equipped w th 1.7 tanks of
and 6 fou-.
XtumenbtrrV. Slx of the trucks rriotusted a hem)7 machine Mn
imael armor scout cars passed through Te zplin, ccanlziu rrori the direction n?
At 4 p.r'., a. train carrying 8 JS-l or JS-2 tanks and 3? trucks
passed through Templin, coming from the direction of Vogelsang and proceeding
toward Prenzlau or Eberswalde.
' ' t FjtLuary. ... At 7 p.x..,, entraining of 7 35-1 tanks, -A ich had ar:c?:'i ed from
Ca nip nnenbw-g.
.r.. 4 ch. At 7:30 p.m., detraining of 17 ?-34/85 tanks and 14 t-sucks. which
allegediy ax?a~ivecl?oY 1 Pa^+arz ~u and lcf V tawrrlIe'ssrirv8.
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h Y At 1:30 a.m. a tank unit with 17 tanks rya 3 trucks pad aIrrough
Terplin. the unithad cm,.e ;' ?c; a 25X1
the dire on or -en, au and proceeded toward Iimimelspving?.
Coi rnent. A11:hDu h units of the 25th Tank Div were entr&ined in irenz1au
and Ter:plin on 5 and 6 parch for exercises in the IA4^mi-Nem-unni n ? roar-,
the
u itS Of the division. from P: enzlau and Vogelsang continued? their
~a~ v := ced
combat OP. =ria7aV9 the T?~mpl in t roop training grounc.F :ntil 6 Accordi_~ig to several indications, ..nits of the $5 th
s ,e:o participated in the firing practa.ce. The exorcises,
probably or head.cluarvers units of the Second Gds Yec:a, .Arry, vhiyh hh.cd been
observed in the F uer stenherg area February, Ixc-esur ,ably continued
until 20 February.
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