GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004200270005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 13, 2003
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 21, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC __ __Gen':rc, l `:il ltary Infor .a tin
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EVALU1 ATIQN-1 I ZOn i PI Are .OBTALUM 25Xr1
DATE OF C(Iid1"i 1,2 to 27 March 1954'
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1. At I a.:,i. o 25 March 1954, 4 J:..~1 tanks, 7 T-34/85 tans, 3 J: U -122 vans,
4 tank trucks, 2 ambulances, 2 repair shop trucks, 2 sedans, I bus r.y
trucks
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I I DATE PREPARED 2` Avril,-1954
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3. .'T n a c. ternoon on 22 Larch, a ship ::nsnt of 14. x .122-1.' 'field howitzers,
14 YA~12 prime 'movers
and 150 to 2UU troops wearing red-.;ordered black epau1e ts,
including some with artillery insignia which arrived in Schwerin from the
direction of Ludwigslust, was detrained and left toward Ludwi ,slusier Strasse.
At about 8 p.m. , 4, prime movers towing 4 x 100-mm AT guns left the Schwerin
T rei rht stat ; on toward Luc wig sluster ;;t. arse. At, ri. on 22 : march, vehicular
traffic between the freight station and the town was rather heavy. with
# YA-12 pri .:e movers towing 100-n , AT guns
being observed. A shipping document inentionin,- sues raw and `t-ai'.Lstock and
dated 21 !:arch 1954 was seen on one of the un.oa.:ed railroad cars.3
4. 1 between mid44arch and late 1-ki; ch, all units of the
uerstenwal ? o t; were to leave successively for oho 't .arm
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25X1 Letweon early March and mid-March, the unit stationed in the barracks instal-
lation on Braunsdo fea t. ase was a',-)sent for 6 days, probably in i eitz near
Lieberosc. iajor` b 7 by tanks were reported from the area north of
Trebuser Sea (lake) and the Eberswalde area.4
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were vane In .,a z orn oft 23 t'arch, a aii13 pt, ent" o:~' ' 1:2 ~ 37- mm
AA..guns-, 25 -trues, 3 tank trucks, 3 tet,air, :rho . Lrucks, 2' field k 'tchens
and .16 boxcars' pa sed t_:roagh ' S