WEEKLY OB SUMMARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004201270003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2002
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
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.
COUNTRY East Germany REPORT NO.
SUBJECT Weekly OB Summary DATE DISTR. I June 1954
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REQUIREMENT NO. RD
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
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THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
The following is a summary of Soviet and KVP military activities observed prior
to 31 May 1954:
A. Soviet Troop Movements and Exercises,
1. First GL}ards Mechanized Arm., On 15 May, units of the 8th Guards Mechanized
Division at Grimma were found to be nearly -.omplete at their installations.
This year, the units will supposedly rotate to Koenigsbrueck for practices.
On 20 May., the summer camp northwest of Schmorkau was partly occupied by
units of the 8th Guards Mechanized Division. On 17 May, a military ship-
ment went from Schwepnitz to Grimma. On 20 May,, the signal communications
school at Koenigsbrueck was lightly occupied; tanks were no longer observed
there. According to two other sources;, a unit of the 11th Guards Tank
Division was transferred to Dresden between 2 and 5 May.
2. Second Guards Mechannized A : On 18 and 19 May, 88 new six-wheeled armored
personnel carriers, which had arrived in two shipments, were unloaded at
Doeberitz by personnel of the 1st Mechanized Division. The same shipments
had been observed when crossing the border from the USSR. Four shipments
with artillery units of the 1st Mechanized Division,, going from Doeberitz
to Jueterbog, included 15 x 122.mra'howitzers, 23 x 85-mm and 57-mm anti-
tank guns, and 14 x 120-mm mortars. On 14 May, a shipment yith 40 guns,
allegedly of 57-nun caliber, left Neustrelitz for Jueterbog.
3. Third Guards Mechanize: On 19 May, Waldlager Huetten in Letzling
Heath was occupied to capacity by the 7th Guards Tank Division. On 11 May,
Camp Forst Tauer at the Lieberose training grounds was occupied by 8,000
to 10,000 troops of the 9th Mechanized Division.
4. Fourth Guards Mechanized A,=: On 19 May, most units of the 6th Guards
Mechanized Division and the 10th Guards Tank Division were still at their
posts.
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5. Third Shock Army: On 19 May, elements of the 207th Rifle Division were
observed in a forest camp southeast of Jaevenitz in Letzling Heath, elements
of the 19th Guards Mechanized Division in Forest Camp 3 at Born, and Army
troops in Forest Camp 1 at Born.
6. Eighth Guards A:rmv: On 17 May, the Army artillery 'brigades were still at
Altenburg; on 15 May, the 308th Artillery Brigade was still at Gera; on
24 May, the 67th Guards Mechanized Regiment of the 20th Guards Mechanized
Division was still at Zeitz; and on 18 May, the 76th Artillery Brigade was
.still at Merseburg. The bulk of the 57th Guards Rifle Division, including
the engineer battalion, was observed at the Kindel troop training grounds on
17 May. The engineer training site west of Brambach near Dessau has been
occupied since early in May by the 19th Guards Engineer Battalion of the
Army and by the engineer battalion of the 20th Guards Mechanized Division,
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B. KVP Developments:
1. On 12 May, the Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment at Kirchmoeser was transferred
to Potsdam, presumably to be stationed in the Garde-du-Corps Kaserne.
2. Units continued training at their stations.
3. Several buildings have been completed in a new barracks installation south
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1. Many Soviet units transferred to training grounds were accompanied by
officers' dependents who were quartered either in the summer camps or in
nearby villages.
2. Between 10 and 16 May, four troop trains were dispatched from the Halle
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1. _j2oMMent: The guns probably were 76.2 mm pieces detached by the
9th Guards Tank Division.
25X1A L Comment: More combat troops have remained at their posts than in
preceding years. Summer training is now in full swing. The arrival of
armored personnel carriers continues.
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