MILITARY ACTIVITY IN THE AREA OF THE EIGHTH GDS ARMY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005500940003-8
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 21, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 18, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLAS 1F? ATION 't' `
COUNTRY East Germany
TOPIC Hilitary Activity in the Area of tha Eighth Geis Army
DATE OF CO
DATE OBTAIN
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at the Hucertus Kaserne.
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C4 .,:b c y friers :trucks
7- were -observed at "the
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er flas
erne..The veidcj a were occupied "b -infantryman.
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3.
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H e t w j e n -and 25 October,-the Infanterie Kaserne ("$52l) Weis4onfels
was ocqup 1 b ; , aboutk?O0. ao1diers, -Routine d u t y ? w a s of rke"'a 'oh
21 and 25 Oc . ? . - _ , .. _
4.
Between 21 and 2 October no chance was observed in the occu
ation of the
p
Pigp4er, ). Nai it~narlee -work wis? dada' tnT a' T-34/85 tank and
about + ,.0 ,trucks.. Most- of. the Aoldie3&vore re'd-bordered black epaulets, 2
orbetha * Oki' Jk
25X1
5.
At 1210 on 24 October., a troop train of 35 boxcars with soldiers wearing
red-bordered black epaulets, 15 boxcars with billeting equipment and boxes
and 1 gondola car with barrels passed through the Korbetha railroad station
and proceeded toward Leipzig,
25X1
Mersebure
6.
Between 18 and 24 O,_ ctober, the Flak Kaserne (8321) in l4erseburg was occu
i
d
p
e
by about 2,000 soldiers wearing red-bordered black s paulets with artillery
insignia. On 17_ October, 12 prime movers
each towing a 100-mm AT
un
wer
,
g
,
e
l
ined up for inspection, On 22 October, truck entered the
kaserne. Except for athletics., no training activity was observed on
October. 2
CLASSIFICATION SECRETS
REPORT
DATE F# .EPA1ED 1g No_embe_r 1-954
1. On 22 asd.23tOcta , anla&tillery unit with eight.artille.ry.pieces enterer.;
tWe D+.{tII C E Kale er X385 Naumburif and elements ' of 'the- -dame-artillery
unit.1with?w? 44artillery,pjaees !occupied- the Fiubertus Kaserne (8382). Four SP
g.F*.Ar%Q ? and jeep 1.th engineer 25X1
soldiers wer
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Jena.
7. At 1645 on 20 October, 12 JS tankks
J were unloaded at the $na - Saale railroad station
At 1730
,
,
the tanks drove toward the Loobstadt Kaserne (8222) or Zwaetzen Kaserne
(8221), or to a newly fenced-in lot near the gas.works between the
railroad station and the LOebstedt Kaserne,, At 1800, 6 to 8 trucks with
equipment, 2 armored personnel carriers., and 2 armored scout cars passed
Uwougn Loebetedter Strasse and drove northward.)
8. At 1600 on ?_'1 October, 11 J3-2 or JS-3 tanks,
and 2 SP guns were unloaded at the railroad station. 1700, they passed
through Loebstedter Strasse and drove northward. At 1730, a troop train
of 8 boxcars with soldiers and an unx~etermlned number of flatcars With
8 to 10 trucks, was unloaded. The unit also passed
through Loebsted r Strasse and went northward,'
Plauen.
9. On 23 October, 300 officers and soldiers with practice targets, li ht
machine guns, rifles and light mortars entered the Hindenburg Kaserne
(8442) in Plauen,. They were followed by eight trucks occupied by 12 to
15 soldiers each, including three trucks with a 57-mm AT nun each
which went to the Koenig Georg Kaserne (8443) Truck was seen04
Iiein ingen.
10, On 2$ October, the occupation of the Barbara Kaserne (8301) ~n 1".einingen
could not be determined. any dependents were apparently quartered at the
installation, The Haupt Kaserne (8302) was occupied to capacity. The
kaserne was guarded by a sentry with black-bordered red epaulets.
Gera,
11. Between 20 and 31 October, the Reuss Kaserne (8141) in Gera was apparently
i
d
c
occup
e
to
apacity, Weapons observed included 6 x 100-mm AT nuns and
6 x 122-mm howitzers, Trucks
were used as driver school vehicles.
12. Between 20 and 31 October, the Tinz Kaserne (''142) was occupied by about
200 soldiers wearing red-bordered black epaulets with tank insignia
Two T-34/85 tanks have been repeatedly observed at driving practice.5
10 I Comment, The observations include the return of el
t
f
emen
s o
the
655th How Arty Regt of the 57th (ids Mtz Rifle Div after terminati
f th
on o
e
field exercises. It is noteworthy that elements of the regiment moved to
the Bismarck Kaserne which was previously believed to have been occupied
by the 498th AAA Regt only. Since AAA units occupied the Hindenburg
Kaserne on 17 October 1954, a change in occupation of the two barracks
installations is possible, The SP
guns observed at the Hubertus aserne belong to the 170th Gds Fitz Rifle
Regt, Elements of the regiment were previously stationed at this
kaserne. The vehicles observed at the Bluecher Kaserne belong to the
170th Gds Mtz Rifle Regt which returned to its previous quarters from
field exercises,
2, I_=ICom?ent. The observations indicate no essential change in the
occupation of the two barracks installations in Weissenfels and in the
-M -10n of the Flak Kaserne in Merseburg,
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[CMwato The observations indicate that elements of the 68th Gds
IN Tk SP Regt returned to their home station in Jena and probably to
their previous quarters at the Zwaetaen Kasern;. On 19 October 1954,
elements of_ the regiment were entrained at :;isenach.
Comm nt. It is believed that artillery nieces of the 112th Gds
a ? fle logt are parked with those of the 85th Gun Arty "egt at the
Koenig Georg Kaserne.
t. On 23 'ctober, 11954, the occupation of the Tins Kaserne
included about 500 soldiers who wore red-bordered black epaulets. F-
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