MILITARY INFORMATION FROM GERA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004000640005-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 20, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. In the morning on 28 February 1954, 8 : l00 AT naP 2 x ?5. mrn AT
11 prime zno rs-'nd 24: motor vehicles i:,ere. xofted 9t the Gem 'r111r d
station on a t in, which included 12 bci::c rs:; At 6,15,01A noon, the Lain
loft toward i3eiznar-0 In the afternoon, -12 x 1OO nr'A..'.gun.s :? ''5 min AT
guns, 14- pr X _novers end 27 motor lehicles were loaded on ~. L u~hieh
included 14 'boxcars bnd 'rab. quently left tow , ..einar u A
2,; On 6 March, the Reuss Kaserne; .(8141) J.n Goraa mss' occur i d by abo .?
troops wearing red-bbrdexred black e p ? a u l ts_ with r t i 7_e r tnd m tot =tz n.s~
portn d , , insignia aa few, signal insigni A totr.l of bout 6O6 irFops
, ear:1ng red-bordered .;lac epaulets with artiI1 ry E Yid r e tor trans ort
?isignia end carrying fu l . field pack left the instc.1letion toward :I orna
on 6 Parch
a 3O~-kiloreter march with full field eauioznent.
the troikas set f br
On 6 i arch, the Panzer Kaserne (8142) in Tiz was occupied by about 0 t opus
wearing red-bordered black epaulets with tank iz ''gnia. Zn the early xkng,,
a. unit of about .850 troops had fallen in for a roll call in the b&rnccks yard.
Subsequently 22 officers and 2 compeniea of about 400 troops wearing red->
tordered black epaulets left the installation for Roschuetzd About 120 tt oopas-
received training with sm=all arms, in Lae training fares. of the insta-llaticna
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In ecrly Mar4.a, -the Rel.>s Kaf.orn': was occups.ed to U v !bout
1.,80 troops ?vrearinr artil.I r,y : nsigni .,, iiezvy w a o 1` ~~~ R ' r c
in the beyracks yarc':: inclads:c` 4, x l00 ?p AT glans, Uri* 2 and 5 Pk"ir?cti,
troops observed in ` h e t?:.r"rack,s area, received drill includ:b ser? v;ica
the Liece drill,
In early Vareh, the 's i,zar -,,serne in iriz 'was ocOtliled t< cca city
-`y' c? I7 '? M Yr#i'i cd 230 t (< 7E TF_'E i :Lng a 4,1ller y ta.Y? L??~.t oY E 4 ..e
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wh .`;ii
ouartet ed an a.rmorec :sc i.oo E L::/or an 83'~:o re en :~ 31Ee c1 002
wa de.finite.i.y co'nn;ct - ith the barrack s n tai.1 t4o:i Ze .` z, c3
we s indicated ty heavy vehicular traffic between the WO insta:l1EUons0
The instructors at the ti,choo?. were per3:_anently stationed there. Students
we r e rotated to and f.7`01:1 i.:e circa] alcut, every s. es =s Cn ii reh
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bTidgea SU l00 in, wett rrv .'' r t served r T eln:~.,::;t,g included cosY ; E ,.. coon e nerg ncy
erba In i'; inatL? I l %~.x 0r 2,1 he 3 Pis,; S I; ex sec
by tE
6c, On. 3 March, ?-zbout 50 To. 4/8'5 tc:nk;, -iever?aI trucks ? na rFC~l :.7 'ruck were
an uhe ro; .c. Gg,nr~..O , 15 iti3.l. oFetes s w?:s.. _,7,f Clore, near t. ie
z1 :v'r Cwt f'r"S; . (d tip ;; : i ?i'1
He?r'ir,sd.orf a t. oba}ln cro, ;'-in rs i Pe C`C).lu1 sn was no
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"e t The unidenti"ie d Uwe- t in I g u it of the Zighth Gd
.r=a ,y is rr. i e zed F y . i Kaserne in Tim
Ther'e' are several i. >ii; c t .o}:is ;r! at this uni': ergagec especia...i."y in armored
e ;rg,ineer training. No i nformia s;ion on a connection of this unit with, thc;
+_tz a`.ost, i.e. th ; 20th Gds i'sech Div, has so far be-rn received. It is
? ssj:ole the_" armor .d c ni e? 's1naerr nersorone.. ofx" the i:'eci?"i.v.S.C3,w...6.
d ..3. sions of the Ei. ;h Y Gds r1-y- were rota ted to t b( choo:L ad 1; ::,at .
(iou+_'s'e of the With --,~1 7 Cz C;'I.e y? st c';. ``t Cr
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