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CENTRAL INT9LLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
25X1 /SATE OF INFO.
East Germany
Weekly OB Summary
This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
REPORT NO.
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DATE DISTR. 18 May 1954
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
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The followin a summary of Soviet and KVP military
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A. Soviet Troop Movements and Exercises:
1, First Guards Mechanized Army: Two shipments from Borna, one from
W
urzen and one from Meissen Went to Koenigsbrueck on 3 and 4 May.
Thus the bulk of the 11th Guards Tank Division and small elements.;
especially tank units, of the 8th Guards Mechanized Division have
arrived at.the Koenigsbrueck troop training grounds. On 6 May, the
19th. Guards Mechanized Regiment of the 8th Guards Mechanized Division
was still stationed at its post in Leipzig--Schoenau. Up to 7 May, the
9th Tank Division was observed exercising at the Zeithain troop training
grounds. On 8 May, one shipment carrying elements of the 4th Guards
AAA Division left for the Wustrow firing range.
2. Second Guards Mechanized Army: On 8 May, the 2nd Light Artillery
Brigade was still located at Doeberitz. On 9 May, one shipment with
elements of the 18th Engineer Battalion of the 1st Mechanized Division
returned to Doeberitz from Rosslau. On 4 May, the 75th Light AAA
Regiment of the 12th Guards Tank Division moved in two shipments from
Neuruppin to Wustrow for firing exercises.
3. Third Guards Mechanized Army: On 7 May, two additional shipments with
elements of the 7th Guards Tank Division went from Rosslau to Letzling
Heath. On 8 May, the winter quarters of the Division were found to
have been vacated, with only rear details remaining. On 7 May, the
Schoenhoehe tent camp was occupied almost to capacity by units of
the 9th Mechanized Division which had arrived at the camp between 24
April and 4 May. Also on 7 May, elements of the 62nd AAA Division were
transferred in 56 railroad cars to Wustrow for firing practice,
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4. Fourth Guards Mechanized Army: On 5 and 7 May, elements of the
63rd AAA Division were shipped for firing exercises from Fuerstenwalde
to Wustrow and from Eberswalde to Jueterbog. On 5 May, two shipments
carrying elements of the 120th AAA Regiment of the 6th Guards Mechanized
Division were loaded at Bernau on trains destined for Altengrabowe
Contrary to the pattern established in the preceding years, the 6th
Guards Mechanized Division and the 10th Guards Tank Division were
still at their posts on 6 May, with no indications of an impending
transfer.
5. Third Shock Army: On 5 May, 23 light anti-aircraft guns belonging
to the 3rd Guards AAA Division were entrained at Magdeburg and pre-
sumably shipped to Wustrow. On the same day, elements of the 136th
Guards Heavy Tank.and SP Regiment were entrained at Burg, and probably
headed for the summer camp at Letzling Heath. On 3 and 4 May, materiel
of the 20th Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade, including 22 x 57 mm and
16 x 85-mm anti-tank guns, was entrained in Brandenburg. After 3 May,
elements of the 19th Guards Mechanized Division arrived from Magdeburg
in the south sector of Letzling Heath. On 6 May, two shipments
carrying the 953rd AAA Battalion of the 207th Motorized Rifle Division
went from Tangermuende to Wustrow. On 5 and 6 May, the 136th Gun
Artillery Regiment of the 4th Guards Artillery Brigade was entrained
in Schwerin, and presumably headed for the Wittstock training grounds.
On 4 May, the engineer battalion of the 9th Motorized Rifle Corps
was sent in two shipments from Schwerin to the engineer training
grounds at Bittkau. On 4 May, 16 light antiaircraft guns belonging
to the 94th AAA Battalion of the 94th Guards Rifle Division were
entrained at Schwerin and presumably headed for Wittstock. On 3 May,
two shipments carrying rear elements of the 18th Mechanized Division
arrived at Wittstock, thus bringing the total number of such shipments
up to 35.
6. Eighth Guards Army: Prior to 7 May, the bulk of the 57th Guards Rifle
Division, mainly consisting of units from Naumburg and Weissenfels,
was transferred to the Kindel troop training grounds. From 3 to 5 May,
more than 70 tanks and self-propelled guns were unloaded at Eisenach.
On 7 May, the 172nd Guards Rifle Regiment was still in Gotha. Since
additional shipments with elements of the 20th Guards Mechanized
Division left Jena on 4 May and Weimar between 2 and 4 May, most of
the units have now been transferred to Ohrdruf. On 3 and 4 May,
major elements of the 21st Guards Mechanized Division were transferred
from Ammendorf near Halle to Rossleben near the Lossa training grounds
in 140 converted boxcars, 290 regular boxcars, and 380 flatcars.
Prior to 3 May, Headquarters and Corps troops of the 28th Guards Rifle
Corps departed from Rudolstadt, presumably for Ohrdruf. On 8 May,
the 308th Artillery Brigade of the Corps was still in Gera, and the
38th Artillery Brigade was still in Altenburg.
7. IV Artillery Corns: Between 3 and 5 May, the transfer of the 6th
Artillery Division, including the 65th Mortar Brigade, continued
with another six shipments. Eleven shipments have thus left
Rathenow for Altengrabow since 27 April. The 25th Guards Rocket
Launcher Brigade was still at its Rathenow station on 5 May. On
3 May, units of the 32nd AAA Division were transferred from Kuestrin
to Jueterbog in two shipments.
8. GOFG Units: On 7 May, the engineer training grounds near the Elbe
southeast of Rosslau were occupied by about 2,000 men. Following
last year's pattern, it is presumed that they belong to the 36th
Pontoon Bridge Regiment. Simultaneously, the engineer camp south
of Brambach was occupied by 600 to 800 men, believed to be troops of
the engineer regiment at Bernburg.
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9, Twenty-Fourth Air Armv: Between 2 and 8 May, IL-10's appeared to be
no longer active at Finsterwalde airfield, although five IL-10's were
observed there. Several MIG-15's, including one with number 944, were
seen on the field. Between 6 and 14 May, a number of trains, allegedly
air force shipments, were observed moving from Briesen to Klausa, which
is the unloading station for Altenburg Airfield, and from Finsterwalde
to Brandis,1
On 14 May, RBD Berlin was scheduled to dispatch to Brest-Litovsk via
Frankfurt/Oder four empty shuttle trains with a total of 80 converted
boxcars, 14 passenger cars, 13 flatcars, and 14 kitchen ears. Additional
empty trains from Brest-Litovsk scheduled on 15 May included one train
with 60 boxcars and two trains with 60 flatcars each. On 16 May,
another train with 60 converted boxcars was to follow.2
0. KVP Developments:
1. Between 28 April and 7 May, Major General Rentzsch and other
officers from the Interior Ministry/KVP inspected KVP units in
Pasewalk, Droegeheide, Karpin, Eggesin, and Altwarp. The
inspections at Pasewalk on 6 May and at Karpin on 7 May were
witnessed by Walter Ulbricht and Willi Stoph.
2. The new SED Betriebskampfgruppen (factory combat groups) are being
given increased pre military training under KVP control.
1. No information on possible transfers within the 24th Air Army has been
received during the first half of May. It is noteworthy that the
reported moves are connected with Briesen, Welzow and Finsterwalde, all
airfields formerly occupied by bomber units. Aircraft Number 944'belongs
to the fighter regiment carried at Jueterbog.
2. The composition of the trains indicates that units, heavy weapons and/or
non-military personnel, such as dependents or prisoners of war, may be
shipped.
3. Prior to about 10 May, 12 combat divisions, and detachments of two additional
divisions, had been transferred to summer camps. The units remaining at
their posts included the 6th Guards Mechanized Division and the 10th Guards
Tank Division, in addition to six divisions that had also remained at their
posts during preceding years. Units which have not been transferred are
expected to send their personnel to troop training grounds in small groups
for short-term practices.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR (Far East )/China
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
REPORT NO.
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SUBJECT Soviet Policy Toward Sinkiang Prr1nce DATE DISTR.
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
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1. During the closing months o" World War IIp the Soviet Oar,-Ter?,r.ment had plans
to establish a Soviet-controlled government in Si..rrk sang P'v-,~' ,nce patterae
on the apparati in the Tuvinian and Outar^ MorLgwlian 1tx^ep' i I!a~, 25X1A
I I Molotov inspired the plan. However, sr u:*a a has no knowle .ge of the
plans themselves,
2? For participation in the plan to place, Sinkiang directly Soviet hegemon7p
the following MVD officers, among other a "5 c> de xti f. , d
circa 1943: Lt. General Aleksey Ivanovrich Lang.P ax.og aad o la ,e1 P6trhndlxxdre v ,ch
Shibayey. MVD Colonel Petr Vasi,31yevich Kos,1otr and O to *:J. !'.than Captain)
Anatoliy Fedorovich Kotelnikov were also i rivolved In the ~y ,igi 1L Soviet plot
to seize and annex Sinkiang.
3. The Soviet plan to acquire Sinkiang was rendered inva,11d, *d zar net essay +? whsn
after World War II, the Chinese Communists began their total occupation of
China.
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