MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE LETZLING HEATH TROOP TRAINING GROUNDS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004400360004-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY East Germany, REPORT
Mi14terff InformiMil from the nettling Heath Troop Training Grounds 25X1.
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10 On 19 April-1954,1466d camp "tear Born, which has an estimated capacity of about
8,000 troops,. Was occupied bY an advance detail of 500 troops.Wearind red-bordered
black epauletsfsesgaging in retonditioning-work and coming free, Burg... The bulk .of
the units was expected to arrive in early klay.:,M0t0T,Y$4-19401PP
wireaemen route to the, camp. 25X1
2, On 19 April, wood camp UT near,BCrn waA 0001440k, an.advance-party of about 400.
troops wearing red-bordered black epaulets? The troops mentioned that they had 25X1
come fromjNagoieburg. -
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3. On 5 Ma3r0, the wood camps in the Born area were.partially.occupied4. Smilla.APIalowk-
metor vehicles harrying:billeting equipment andlocculaed-by .,epe,weartng ridrbbt-
dared black epaulets, including some with artillery, tank and engineer insignia; and
individualmoto4vehicioi were continually observed en route.to the camps, comibp
from the direction of Haldensleben. Motor vehicles. 25X1-
Werelpbservel.
4. On 19 May? wood camps I and II near Born wire occupied by tank unite.
T-34s? were seen driving in the camp area.
Tanksi, including
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5. On .19 May, wood Camp II, seuth of Huetten, was occupied by at least 1c500 ;tank troo-
pers. About 150 T-34 and JS tanks0 as well as 8P guns were parked .in the. camp? 25X1 .
Motor vehicles . . left the camp, Motor vehicles seen on
route between Gardelegen and Haldeneleben
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6. On 19 April, wood camp II? south of Huettens, was occupied by an advance detail of 25X1
about 300 troops from Rosslan.-The units were expected to arrive between Easter
and early May. On 16 April, 10 sidecar motorcycles and truck
the camp.
7. On 5 May, wood camp II out of Huetten:waa occlUpie:d. Numerous EM rad-bor-
dered black epaulets with tank insignia and several officers wesinLj *oldc--bordered
black epaulets 'with enAneer insignia were observed. The main ,3r.L46re ef the carp
entered
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was guarded by 2 sentires sosarintred-tordered black epaulets with tank,insigniao
Individual trucks with troops and billeting equipment entered the camp.' 25X1
ao On 19 May the wood camp southeest of Jaevenitz, which included one-sto
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_rar_v_buildinz.---and about o -mantontswas occupied, 7lotor vehicles
were aeon on route toward Letzlingen
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coming from the direction of Gurdgledon. There wve no .,raining in the area
south and southwest rtf' Jaevenitz.) 25X1
9, 'Te4pvfet fatrillii-olae6w=o quart-)roz1 in Fillszklotten-;)orf; Hi1loryleben-3ottic25X1
ment, Wedringen, Vehldorf, Itsei)e.cg and FouonhofA= after 24 April.'
1. Comment. Informatio4 of paragraph 1 confirms the assumption tlat25X1
wood camp 1 serves as querere for army troops of the Third Shock Ar,Ly.
Unit3 of the 136th Gds Hv Tank SP Regt were observed in Eu:25x1
during the transfer on 5 May, Motor vehicle belonre to this regi-
ment. Wood amp III is rather forely believed to be occupied by units of tho 19 V25X1
Gds Mach Div which arrived at Letzling Heath from Magdeburg after 3 Bay, 1
, It appears credible that the two camps were oczapie425X1
to capacity prior to mia May, as, according to other information troops of
the units mentioned still ste.yed at their winter quarters s., that time.
2, 7 Comme0, Wood carp 11 can he carried occupied to capacity after 8 V v The
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s Tank Div treasrerrnet to letzling Heath ina total of 32 ship=nts -- 25X1
. The camp is believe o 25X1
be occupied by apout '30000 to 6,000 troops of the dtvlAon. Motor vehicles men-
tioned in paragraph 5 belong to the units known to be stationed in Letzling Heat25X1
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%merit. Although no confirmation has been received from the Stendal post
it can be assumed that the units of the 207th Mtz Rifle Div occupied their kn0wx25X1
summer camp southeast of Jaevenitz in late April and early May. The motor vehicle
are carried with the Third Shock Army and the TXXIX Mtz Rifle Corps. 25X1
Comment. Similar information has been received from the Templin and Lieberose
troop training grounds. Ccntrary to 1131-arose, where dependents were quartered in
the camn? the Soviet families mentioned in the present report were billeted in
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the vicinity of the training grounds.
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