GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION

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CIA-RDP80-00810A004101030006-6
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 15, 2016
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October 29, 2003
Sequence Number: 
6
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Publication Date: 
April 27, 1954
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REPORT
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ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) 25X1 25X1 At about 7 porno on U April: 1954, the follov7'.ng troops e. passed through Gotha 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1. 0 25X1 25X1 25X1 24 DATE OF CQNTEN7; 3 a Y'to April 1954 REPORT NO.---;.I 85 tanks I D. Sala e 15 f]Atc w 'With ,10 trod and 8 to 30 box a Wx. Gds' about 250 troops "veering red d Bred -black ea ,islets ? 1 Approved For Release 2003/11/21.: CIA-RDP80-00810A004101030006-6 ,, autobahn on- 31 !arohs radio trucks *1t h i anerators and trucks carrying a total of about 200 troops wearing rod-bordered black epaulets,,. Some of the trucks carried equint u 2 3. Between 10 March and 3 April, a lase e7-ecale exercise involving jet aircraft was observed in the Kahla--IF - staedtei' Grund ara~gdala z, In th afternoon on 10 14 reh, artillery units including heaves guns and rocket launchers wore unloaded in Goeschwits. They subsequently moved toed KaLla-lRe1n edter. Grund At about 5:30 pm. on 1.1 March,, a shipment of 6 SF guns and about 46- trucks wi?t111 troops carrying full pack was observed in Jena, coming from the, direction of Kahla. At about 1.1 a.m. on 16 March, a troop train with 3 tanks and a large number of trucks was seen en route toward Jena from the direction of Habla. Tile train was followed by another consisting of boxcars with troo ? s On the morning of 30 March, 6 T-34 tanks and about 20 trucks oved -toward 25X1 Jena for the direction of Gerao In the afternoons the same day, 8 JS-3 tanks UM 12 trucks drove toward Jena-Oat from the direction of Buergel, The co umn later re aura to Buervel. from There was intensive truek tra=ic in Jena on 1ih About 16 trucks entered Jena from the direction of Kahla, at about 11 a.z!i, R9 to gdte Grund was blocked by r:axay tanks and trucks on . April. Heavy smage was done to the fields. The trees along the roads were crushed. During the night of 2 April, tanks and trucks drove toward Jena from the direction of Grassbockedra. Sulze, Ru:thaa, and Lobeda. Intensive flying activity of jet aircraft was observed over the training area during the exercises. Flying activity decreased after 2 April. 2 4. r~ 31 March, .1 column, pesurmably ajheadquarise s, including 25X1 25X 25X1 CLASSIFICATION SCR.V1; Approved For Release 2003/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA004101030006-6 *+~ Approved For Release 2003/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA004101030006-6 25X1 srCR K" 25X1 25X1 Dessau from the direction of Rosslauc ]drove toward At about 2'p.m* on 31 i'arch, a column of about 35 to 40 trucks and 10 to 15 tank trucks cane from the direction of Koenigsbrueck and proceeded via Lanpertewalde (N 52/A 11), Schoenborn, and Weissig on the Rahn River. lost of the trucks carried 10 to 12 men, some carried luggage. Residents stated that columns have 25X1 moved in this direction 25X1 1. Commence presumably, a tank unit of the 20th Gds Yech Div which returned from Ohrdruf. 25X1 2. Comment So far as they have been observed about 30 Aparch, the troop 25X1 movements were connected with an 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 3. exercise of the 21st Ode "Tech Div, reinforced by units of the 7th Arty Frig (,Z) which started in the area north and northwest of Naumburg on 28 and 29 1`erch and extended toward Cariburg-Jana. An enemy group which was aap;,rently represented by elements of the 57th Gds Mtz Rifle Div, was presumably employed from the area - The other movements observed ,fter 10 l4aarch are nfl believed to have been ed with this exercise'... 25X1 4o Cor rent. These movements are believed tQ have been linked with an exercise of the reinforced 8th Gds Mech Div held In the Koenigeb sueek-Zeithaaln area in late March. S'NC f"T " Approved For Release 2003/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA004101030006-6