MILITARY ACTIVITY AND MOVEMENTS IN THE TRAINING AREA OF THE THIRD SHOCK ARMY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005400820006-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 29, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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East Germany .
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Military Activity and Movements in the Training Area of the Thi ?C
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2. At 1300 on Octobers trucks
1. O4 October 1954. an overhead telephone line i,as seen eat of ti urn,,
It an along the Reesen-Hohenseeden road tow,, rd he nor h ,eet via the
Ihie Kanal, proceeded east of Ihlebur?g and, from there, ran to the
ferrying point near Farchau and on toward Kobbel. A second line
branched off at the ferrying point near Tarc_rau and ran via. Ke.i e,: U
and south of Pfxahlwinke1, crossed t'-ae railroad line and turned
spa t
the northwest. Another.line ran from Kobbel along the Eirkshol :..
Tangerhuette -road, crossed the railroad line south of Tan6e huoi;te
and went toward the west. A bridge was built over the : :be River
between Parchau and Kehnert. Numerous tracks of motor veh:icles uh +.^',s
ran in all directions along the western bank of the raver indicc.tcd
that a bridge, head was formed on the western bank in the cou2:'50X1-HUM
attack which was directed westward across the Elbe. l
drove along, the Tanp-er,uette 'L:uxer: i_~;v rnar' bUA1-hUIVI
`mo fl t; :r7re cx r,,?t-11s.., ?..ci
or' stenda13; 10 trucks drove along the i o!,c! 50X1-HUM
from Tangerhuette toward Dolle. At abowt rany- eti c? jra ks
were seen in the woods southeast of Luederitz, on either _, .de o- -h,
Luederitz-Dolle road. About 30 camouflaged trucks were parked ill a;
woods west of Mahlpfuhl (west of Tanger^huette) . At about, 1500 ab;~ lF;
25 trucks and 4 Y-13 rocket 1-anny. rs 50X1-HUM
Passed r V h Luederit to=.t rat gun I -nuivi
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or Twenty other trucks and 1 ,%orr: -1 50X1-HUM
personnel carrier followed.
3. The following movements were noticed on October.
_A t 085-0: Mahiwinkel railroad station!
about 30 trucks cUng
troops with . ed..bordered
ac epaulets were entrained. Several guns
apparently red fm-
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entraining stood in a woods near the station, 3
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M-0-2-20-L' At Stendal railroad station: S medium AA guns and about
30 trucks were e
The train left toward the east at 1410. 5
At_? 0? At Stendal railroad station: a train passed through the
station toward Magdeburg via Demker ied 20 T-34/85s including
eight SU-1008,
5 trucks and 1 armored
scout car.
At l : Hahl i stpt. uns, presumably field hoi tsers,
and S trucks were entr?ain~ed. 50X1-HUM
gent r a trucks was parked in the ,roods near the station. 7
4. At 15 0 on 7 October about 20 SP guns 1 50X1-HUM
jeep and radio truck were detrained at Eurg railroad station.
Empty flatcars at the station indicated that other materiel had been 50X1-HUM
detrained earlier. 6 .
All" At Stendal railroad station: 6 light AAA guns and about
15 trucks were entrained. Daring the entraining, a jeep with portable
radio set was parked near the station. It seemed that the individual
units were directed from the assembly areas to the entraining station
by radio. 5
At l 0z At Tangerhuette railroad station: two trains with steaming
locomotives were sidetracked with their engines headed northward. The
carried total
At 1620 on 7 October, a column with 6 guns and about 30 trucks passed
through Genthin toward the south.
or engineer units assembled on the Elbe River, it is possible that more
river crossing facilities were established in addition to the.bridge
between Parchau and Kehnert.
Third Shock Arm~ were en ra ne .
Comment.
the 32d AM Div were either seen at Stendal railxroad o- ere seen
en route toward Berlin on 5 October. These 50X1-HUM
units are also believed to have participated in the maneuver of the
T1 rd Shock Army.
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the trains carried units of the 6th Arty Div.
Since major contingents
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Comment . return shipments
to Burg of units ~t 13 th (his IIv Tank SP Regt of the Third
Shock Army. on 7 October 0 a 50X1-HUM
train with units of the regiment ven.-'~ from Hillersleben toward
Magdeburg.
Comment. units of the
4th Gds Arty Brig/IX Mtz Rifle Corps or of the 304th Arty Brig/LXXI4-
L:t z Rifle Corps.
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