MILITARY ACTIVITY IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SOVIET ZONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004600850004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 1, 2007
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 21, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
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At about 1830 or, 3 Jui;,r 1954, a column of 27 trucks with acout 3C;!
soldiers and 1 amphibious vehicle %ntered Cani,: VoCelsang (south of
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DATE PREPARED 21 July 1954
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At about 1820 or, 3 Juiy, a train passed thr.u,;h the Altstroli-.z
railroad station and proceeded toward Fuerstonberg. It consisted
of about 20 S-type f1z:tc~;rs each carrying 1 truck with pontoon,
about 5 trucks with onginear equi,~:ent, 1 field dtchcn,lamphibicuo
vehicle land 7 o xcars occu.ied b solciers we olack-oor6 red
clack epaulets.
At -bout 2230 on 3 July, a train of 40 boxcars occupied by personnc,i
passed through the Stralsund railroad station.. The train came from
the direction of Rostock and proceeded toward Raegerdamr-..2
The following loadings were observed at the Dallgow railroad stacio..
between 25 June and 5 JL_:y:
26 June,. At about 2145, :9 x 1.:.;-?.:.m AT guns, 12 pri:.,e mov?rs
12 trucks and, on 1-2 converted be-:cars and
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2 July, At a b o u t 190D, at least 3 x 85-wa A T gams, 20 trucks and,
on 14 converted boxcars and 3 to 5 boxcars, equipment and about
120 soldiers wearing rsd-
kith artill?
5. Troop trains which passed through the Satakorn railroad station
between 6 and 8 July includeds
6 July. A shipment of 12 x 122-a field howitzers and 1 boxcar
cueing from the direction of Jueterbog and proceeding toward
TeWlin.
7 July. At 1540, a shipment of 12 x.liU-m AT guns, 1 x 76.2-a
Siald gun, 20 prime movers; 2 repair shop trucks, .2 field kitchens,
2 ssdsns, 22 trucks and 8 boxcars, ooa4ng th- A"
Dallgot'.
At 0515, a shipment of 14 x 85-ma AT guns, 4 x 76.2-a
fie gent, 1 repair shop truck, 1 ambulance, 2 field kitchens,
1 jeep, 42 trucks and 12 boxcars, coning from the direction of
Forst limas and proceeding toward Dallgow.
At abet 1700 an 8
1 jeep and 7 trucks wr=y
entrained at the Satakorn railroad station. The shipment incad
1 boxcar. At about 2300, the train left toward Altengrabow
6. At 730 on 9 Jul, a? train with the engine headed south was standing
at M Oranienbu g railroad station. The train iiicluded 8 400-a AT
guns, 4 artiilerf pieces, 4 x 120-.a mortars 5 half-track vet es,
about 3 field kitchens, about 27 trucks
and 20 boxcars. The train left toward t/uem at 0800. 5
7. At about 1400 an 2 July, T- 85 and
!. BA-64 armored scout oars wore ailed
onto a train at the Bberswalde railroad station. At abou% 1600
an 2 July, .16 8? guns including Dios 311, 3330 and 340 were detrr,insd
at the Eberswalde railroad station. The SP guns left ~oward the
barracks installations via Wassirtall at about 1700.
8. At about 1400 on 30 June, a train of 12 flatcars with 12 JSU-152
Bens, 1 boxcars with soldiers and 10 eapty flstears was seen on
the track Just west of the Kauladorf freight station. The soldiers
wore red-bordered black epaulets. The shipment appeared to have
been loaded in Kauladorf.
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t ? uniteabelo 8ts8r ? the Second Gds
Fwoh Army. Other units of the, regiment from Pan:4er Kasernm (2141)
in Neuorandenburg transferred in 2 shipments, presumably to the
Jerichow area, on 2 and 3 Jury.
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 2.I Comment. According to Another rbport, 18 to 20 shipments of
30 I IComnento The rotation to the Jueterbog training area of a smenta
of the 2d Light Arty Brig which started on 26 and 27 June trebably
continued between 2 and 5 Juiy.. Return shipments to Doeoeritz were
observed " t? 7 and 8 July.
4.I Comment.
a Mortar unit o the i0th s Tank Div transferred to A1ten.,rabow,
5.1 IConment~
an AT unit of tho Fourth Gds Ilech Army.
6. mment. Elements of the 17th Gds t?Sech Regt ani the 82d Gds
11v Tank SP Regt of the 6th Gds Mach Div transferred for firin
praotic.:s, presumably at Templin, as early as 9 and 23 June
Ithe
rotation to the training grounds o o eiants of these units continued
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after 2 July.
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