OCCUPATION OF THE MILITARY INSTALLATION OF THE EBERSWALDE, KRAMPNITZ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005300570014-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2007
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: October 22, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2007/06/28: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005300570014-9
CLASS IFICAT* f0 N SECRr,f
c)1-3ic _.Occ?upat1o~q o = the Military Instal) ation o:t the Fbe ? _ialr3 4 i ramnnity
V f E OF C0,NT .V' E 0371.,b!NED
I-- --. D.V! E PREPARED .-w;~ i7c: u er 195?4
1C;ES- _ 2.-.._-._._ -E;~-CLtDSURES (110. & TY?E)-.. _
1 , On 6 October. The Dri` z cantonment (6201) in E;-)ersw; aI.de was occupied by 1,000
to 100) soldiers who wore Bred-bordered black epaul12tsa The soldiers apparently
belonged to an AAA un.t o Forty recruits a. ?riv ad o 1
2,: On` Uri?b x?, the Wa deslust AAA emplace :e-att: near the Finow ein r nition depot
was being vacated. Five trucks towing 5 x 37.-rnm. A1A .vans and 2 trucks carrying
billeting equip iennt left toward Fl-.aowPa
3 0 O ~cp,rr, the Kavallerie Schule (21611) in 'Iirarp ~i.t was occupied by at least
4,000 soldiers. On 13 Septembers Vie 6 guns from the AAA emplacement south of
Hord Strasse were transferred to the training area. +ortheast of the installation.
probably b,=cause the old emplacement, which was located in a depression, was
flooded.. Ac,-cording to statements by German barracks employees and observations,
80 percent of the units stationed in K.ra nit.a participated in the fall exercises
of the 10th Gds Tank Dig' between 21 and . tGa
? t arrived
inn -nrnhably
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1.000 soldiers who wore red-bardered,-b.?.ack epaulets. Trucks
Betweesi 28 S:member and _3_ c__t9-bei , the Artillerte 'Caserne (4601) in Kuostrin
was occupied by approximately 650 soldiers who wore red-bordered black eta aulets. 25X1
with and wi.thout artillery insignia. At about 0200 on 7 October, approxiDa.-ely
4.0 motor vehicles with 24 x 37mFm kA guns entered the Artillerie Kas.erne by
road from the direction of Manschnow. The in:,tallation was occupied by
were seers-,.. 25X1
Comment. The L1ritz cantonment has ,been continually occupied by 200
soldiers beturwen 7 August and 26 September. The increase of the occupation
strength to ?rore than 19000 soldiers confirms other observations, according to
which ele:.?^.ents of the 63d AAA Div, returned to their Eberswalde post upon
completion of Fl ring practices at !ustro-0 after 3 October.
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