GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004300030004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 11, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE OF CONTENT
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pperenberg railroad station,, At about; 4 I? ra,- r 46 soldiers with toepebti etjuipment
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On 16 April, 1 officer. and 45 24 with Jf pack, suitcases and blankets rx l ved` a?
IA late `Ch, a bridge was constructed across the Saale River in l3ernbu??g. A column t':`
15 hibious cars, each about 12 -meters long and 4 meters wideo'drove into the water,
turaed upstream, for mad a bridge cast anchor and. were. interconnected, The bridge,,
which was ready for operation tidth&n fifteen minutes, was subsequently crossed by 4 e
tar.1,imrz Af' P^ah is+L nrnA m?A?6 vm+ f extra
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regiment of the; GOFG from.Bernburg which, according to the sauce source, were unloaded
in Gperenbe ?ga,
C t; Information refers to a new method of hasty bridge construction, It is
doubted, however, that the load capacity of the bridge will suffice for medium tanks.
(:C?ASS!FI CATION &G-R& A
Approved For 1' (ease 0,2/g7/24 :.CIA-RDP80-00810AQ.043000..3QQO4 7, , -,,. ,,
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Approved For Release 2002/07/24: CIA-RDP80-0081OA004300030004-7
end -of March to 16 A7ril 1954