MILITARY ACTIVITY IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SOVIET ZONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004900470009-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 28, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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At 231.5 on 2_S July 1954 14 JS tanks and several soldiers from,
burg and,, at 400 on 29 July,, 3 TT34/85 tanks., 2 trucks, and 3 0 soldiers
from C?atnp Kannenbtarg entrained at the Templin railroad station,,' 1
on 31 July., about 25 trucks with pontoons., boams and logs were ''loaded
onto a train at the Lieberose railroad station,
In the evening on P. August., a column with 21, rocket launchera,, 4 repair
shop trucks, 3 radio trucks,, 2 field kitchen.s$ and about 2G trucks entered
to. about 600 soldiers, 3
h. cr ? be arrv1 _ of v.. e .;o tattuaf;
the strengM figure of the s a r on increased from about 200 soldiers
the Kraftfahrer Kaserne (54.3) in ttathenowo
Io _____p, Since the units came from Ca mp Ysannenbtzrg it is ieved
that they were tank details of the 6th Gds Mach Div ' which retur nad to their
posts from firing practices at the Templin training grounds0
ECoswne It is possible that the entrained elements were units of the
6 h Pon ?id Regt of the GSF which transferred to Lieberc se on, 24 Jam
The units may have transferred to Nagdebt g where
been assembled in its winter quarters since
Although the units of the 25th Gds RL Brig which were
went fa: om Kraftfahrer Kaserne in late-June had returned from Al! tengrabow
in rnid$July,,. the installation had constantly I.oen ogcupied by only 200
soldiers.since late Jtine according, to same soturce. It appears possible
that,,after ?mid.Jiily., units of the brigade were again transferred to A ltenn
grabow., possibly by road., and returned by road on 2 Aufuast0
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CLASSIFICATION C; '
COUNTRY Bast Germany
Piilitaxy Activity in the ftrthern Portion oil one~_
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