KVP IN THE STRAUSBERG AREA PAULUS ALLEGEDLY MOVING TO STRAUSBERG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004900340001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 10, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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Paillus Allegedly Moving to Strausberg
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DATE PREPARED 26 zlugast 1954
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1. The Quarticrautzungsamt (WA) (quartering office) of the KP is located
on Bad Ste in Strausbergo. General Ilona:am had his office in installation
Scehaus? On 10 July g 3 bozcarloads of furniture which,
beloag,..* to Field Marshal Paulus arrived in Strausberg? The furniture wan to
be talcen to Schloss Uilkendorf.1
2?) a late July, five. new buildings of the installation at Strausberg. airfield
Were occupied by the OIT comand staff. The buildings for the headquarters
ef KV? See ald KP Luft were still under construction02
Betwe.n 20 and 23 JUly? surveying work was done at Strausberg airfield0.
a smell ranway for courier planes or for use by the
Aero Club as being reconditioned? Informants said that, after 1800 on
20 Jay, 20 parachati8ts were dropped over the airfield. At abott 1000
Qla 22 OiLy? a Soviet twin-engine plane carrying Soviet officer landed
at the a!lrfield. The plane took off again at about 110003
4 Xn ths evening of 28 July, parachutists were again dropped over Strausberg
A twin-engine plane approached he field twice, and dropped 4
and 6 men on each approach respectively? he parachutists made a smooth
landing. The plane subsequently headed northward03
5. On 30 July it was /earned that Major Enter commanded the motor transport
unit stationed in the barracks installation south of Strausberg railroad
station? Nbt.jor Enter had previously been stationed in Berlin-Biesdorf04
6. The former Strausberg airfield area which was included in the Seehaus
installation as partly used by individual Soviet military planes?
Installations completed for flying traffic included I reconditioned
hangar, I fuel depot, a building for the air control headquarters, 1
westher station, radio stations on trucks? a radio direction
fizdig otatioia and a concrete ranway.-'
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Spaugge The branch office at 3 Bad Strasse in
Strausberg of the Berlin quartering departmEret is known.
Paulus ?actually took up residence near the KVP departmout
of the Ninistry of the Interiorv it would indicate that he
is scheduled to take over military functions.
jImmala This is the first indication that the administration
of the Aero Club (liq VP Luft) and the Bq VP See will be tranefeed
te StrausbergeIt is plausible that the command elements of the
three branches of serviee uill be stationed at one lovation?
_!.,,0,0"MILlitg It is. probable that the former Strausberg airfied
can be used as auxiliary field for courier planes. The fact that
parachutists were dropped there cot be interpreted?
__EComoda 7:ajar Enter is known as conranding officer of the
truck regiment of the KWP which was stationed in Berlin-NagervioNe
hof until May 1954. Elements of the regiment uere etationod
Berlin-Biesdorf. This report confirms other information that the
kaserne south of Strausberg railroad station quarters the guard
and truck regiments.
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