COMBINED UNITS PRACTICING IN THE KLAUSDORF-SPERENBERG-FERN-NEUENDORF AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004900270010-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 31, 2007
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: July 28, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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Between. ~~ and 31 July 1954, a ma~~ e~ereise ir~lvi.~ infantry,
tanks, engineers and mortars ryas held in the K1~-edc~t'~ern~erg-
Fern:Neuendorf ares..The exerei:se included a eted attaak frees
this area towaxd east and northeast, during ~hia~ e~.ets ~.
tanks crossed Krummen See (lake) fr~n south to '~h en a f~zg
of four 1~2P-type pontoens. The ferFy landed near ~o~nt lb.$. '~
160 matters were empl8.ced tew~-rd the nt~ar~t,st bet~reer~ $~~'
Lush and ~.er I,ueh. Nang i~antry men .ids-1 ~-3 ~ 5 ~~
tanks advanced in extended order from the Sperenb~arg a d
Neuendorfar Heath. During the night on 30 July, the troops fired
with blank cartridges. Qn 31 July, the exercis termir~ted ~: a.
le call. The units assemhl.~d oa Baxa bake.
~#].ausdorf residue'
stated that the exere se s e ere o 26 July and that the
partie.peting units arrived from. the direction of Mellensee (lalce~.
~,Ce~nment. Compare this infctzsmation with tl~t in a~athet
reopen" an a ~.~~a~? exercise ire the K7:ausdorf'-~
~tuelp? area between about July end 1 ~.ugtu~t.
Fo~..~an of the area see l~tap a~f' ~c~rtna~;y, ~ -~ _ .
hide ate: t~ret
1QZ to ihe. 6t$ Gds
.Tank Div and army troops ? e s ch ~'. The e~e~.ees
are believed to be identical. Them are, h~~zever, seuex~al n~.eartic~s
that, 1x;tween 20 and 22 July, motc5rcy~le rifle~nsn unitt~ with s~eca~"
motoroyel:es ark tanks were transferred to the Wuensclerf area from .
various please of the zone. They left Tauensdorf on 3i July,
Wuensdorf was called command headquarters. It is passible that
these elements, Mang with the alx~vementoned units of the Third
Gds Mech army, conducted a combined-arms exercise in the area west
of Wuensdorf.