MILITARY INFORMATION FROM POSTS OF THE 57TH GDS MTZ RIFLE DIV.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004300040004-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 14, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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Mi1_tary Information from :Posts of the ;,7th Gds Mt: Rifle Div.
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L1etvaen 28 April and 3 Itiaay 1:544 the ltnfanterle Kaserne ti8521) in Wei: se tfe1e
N r: occupied by a outr I
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., '.E 0 troops wearing bla,61k -bordered red epaulets, including
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25X1 t ;ut 50 percent with artillery insignia. Acitvities observed in the barracks
trezn included insttuot1on on 6 x 57--ar i,A?T guns,.
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'etween 28 April anad 2 May, the Pion: er K,:.eer-:ne '(8522) ire .Iei iosew~'els was'
(Icc .pied by about 950 troops wearing. red-'bordered black epaulets, incluedng
25X1 el-nut 50 percent with tank insignia. On 30 April, 6 T-34 tanksv 3 SU-85 guns
and 2 SU-76 guns were seen in the barracks lard.
25X1 On 30 April and 2 V;a;p, billating equipment, a .unition boxes and fuel drume
,,dare sk i oed to tht freight station about 20 trucks
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1 1. The materiel wds loaded on boxcars e Between 3 p.m. and 5 P.M., on
3 May,, about 60 tack;, we:~s entrained. 2
on 24 April, no unusual E:cti ities were observed in the Ideue Xaserne (8181)
In Gotha e 'otox r hides
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25X1 1, Go ~zrient. he 1741,11 Ode 1 tz Rifle Regt
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of u e 57th tide Mtz Rifle Div was stationed at its winter quarters until
2.Comment. After preparations on 30 April and 2 ?ay,, the 17th Gds Tank
Q P Regt of the 57th Cade Mtz Rifle Div apparently transferred to a summer
camp, probably at Kindel:;, on 3 May.
3. omt:ent, he 172d Ocis I tz Rifle Regt
of the 57th Gds 14tz Rifle Div had not yet left for a sumo per camp on 24 April..
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