MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN THE INFANTRY DIVISION PRENZLAU AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005700490019-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 23, 2010
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: December 13, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SECRET
COUNTRY East Germany REPOR
Military Activities in the Infantry Division Prenzlau Area
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTEN
DATE OBTAINED LDATE PREPARED 13 December 1954
REFERENCES
5
PAGES ENCLOSURES (No. & TYPE)
REMARKS
1. On 4 November 1954, ration strength figures of units Of Ir. antry
Division Prenzlau were as indicated below:
a.
Headquarters units and independent battalions
Of
fic
ers
llCOs
ay:d
:Aivision_ieadquarters
Headquarters personnel company
,1iotor supply section
2 E:
(1
,'rotor maintenance section
Signal battalion, bakery
company, motor transport school,
has defense, flash- and sound-
ran inunit, reconnaissance
battalion
Hospital
Soviet advisers
44
~D o
55
b.
2d Inf Rest (Prenzlau):
ReHimental 1-ieadquarters
(i icludin 6 officers and
22NCOs and E- of the
artiller~* ordnance section
55
29
:Regimental school
159
motor transport company
O
6`)
Service platoon
-
55
Band
2
12
Gas defense section
-
4
Dispensary and detention room
2
26
1st Bn
42
5U7
2nd Bn
55
149
3d Bn
55
163
CLASSIFICATION
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deconnaissance unit 2 32
di, anal unit 7 42
engineer unit 3 40
AT unit 6 50
AAA unit 1 14
:,~ortar unit 4 52
OP unit 5 11'
197 1,106
hhese r tion strength figures still incuded 150 tier. ciio had been
discharged on 22 October 1974i but ,ere still kept on ration
roll until 15 November. On 4 =November, about 500 tier: oelonged
mainly to toe 2d and 3d Bias were absent for harvest.
. eassi?nments which followed the discharges wvere c.,nc..aded prior
to o November. ~'riree hundred soldiers reassigned from ',he Infantry
regiment .J ich was commanded by uuenter (fnu; went mainly to
Oranienburg and +olfsruh near Gransee. Person el reassigned to
the regiment included 30 NCOs and Ei,i wao came from the aor.,,endatura on
Alexanderdlatz in Berlin, and about 60 officers wo=o came from the
Oranienburg, Treptow and Erfurt officer schools. Only 20 officers
stayed with toe regiment, wiiile the other 40 officers were reassigned
to units which were stationed at Pinnow and Torgelow. 1 and 2
4. From 4 to 11 November, a training course for company leaders was
held in Torgelow under the direction of .,lajor Itzekiel (fnu) from
the division headquarters. 3
5. Regular service activity was not resumod after the discharges. The
new training year was scheduled to begin on 1 December 1554-
6. In late October, 15 men were dispatched to the Berlin area in an
effort to recruit volunteers for the KTP. Nationalized plants and
administrative agencies here mainly subjected to the recruiting
campaign, termination of which was scheduled for late November 1:;54. 4
training shown by the troops
in ri po itical and. a military
the general status of 50X1-HUM
~tio`i %"hardly satisfactory"
1.1 Comment. If the statements cover ail changes of personnel,
the number of inductees exceeds the number of disciiargees by about
50. Considering reassignments, the arithmetic result is coin,aited
at a reduction of the regimental strength by about 150 men. It is
believed that, in fact, the actual strength exceeds the ration strength
figures indicated in running; reports which are subject to short-tare
fluctuations.
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Co.ament. The lst Inf Regt is stationed at Pinncw and the
other units of the division are stationed at lorgelow-Droegeheide.
Lajor Itzekiel (fnu) has been mentioned in a previous resort 3c'
J,,ly 1954 as captain and officer on special assignment at the
headquarters of infantry Division Prenzlau.
Co.wient. Other units have also dispatched recruiting 50X1-HUM
detachments.
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