MILITARY ACTIVITY IN THE BERNAU BRANDENBURG DESSAU-ROSSLAU EBERSWALDE FUERSTENWELDE AND TEMPLIN AREA

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December 21, 2016
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Approved For Release 2008/04/08 :CIA-RDP80-00810A005700530004-0 W{/f~ 1 R ~ guns the ~'s en on a s:idin~;~ at~~~,,~a.eitl~l,'~~~ t~ ti, '~,,,~;`"'~ w~;~` ~. north of B~ 2 ~'-~ ~'' =-?~' ~`~ ~'A'il.C1.E3: 3 bocr:rs 2. At 084(~~~wriR'1,~~, ~!'~' card carzyir~. ~ - b~~;y " 3 At 130 'bn :T ,L +/7r,~ I!,-as'~`~ ~, lO~Jrmn: 1~~~ ~;:s !e uxrl.dadQd"~ ' ?. in Sern~.~.n. were shipped acv t ~''" - ~?~ .~?. ~... ~. 4. Durin;; ,;~~, ~ "`'t`roop ~ t irs wi th i~:?ucla ~,t-_c, guns rep ` e . came frogs the di~~ection cy#' ~oe:~renb@r~_ a~d..wez~..~ 5. n 2 Teo ~ ~ iis~?ix!^s~aIlation in Dessau-l'ioss~au vas.' occupied;t!'f ,000~~to 5,D 0 ~old'~~.~ A#~prdX;iul~t~3.~ ~,~`OfS ~o;~ikiers, ~- t `" ~ :~os ~.y TTCOs, with ba... ra~i~~ l~ t .cue ~7.D,N6~r~~bFr~ During the ?sga~M~ a~c~3~;tely ~ 000 spldier"s arx~ ~.Y~1 ..: The~:r included ~ ~(~ee~rrfl~3~TC0~; {2 ta?,2~ yeaie:~ gid,.~ncl 30 .-. to 35 percent' i~~crui~~~~;*!3r~cludi Some batti~vaen' 23 and Za yaz~r~ - ? of ale. - ~. ~~~ ., ~, ..:. ~ _ .. _ .... . 6. On 2~~, P~t~vem~"be ~ ~ t7ie i~?ao~.e`r ~~'scrfie'~~(45d2~) in 1~`~~erste~~;.a~~%:~ ,,, . as? occupied by s+n;u$oximately 800 soldiers ?,~e:~.rir. _c~a~=~~r* ~r :r.""~ u; acic epaulets rith tanic~ ar~illery~,, si~~:ial' and r~_. cox ~z?azis :;;r+; a~;~ i~-:ia ~~.... - .,, 7. On ?_~ i~ovembexa 'the lz.asarne on 13raunsdor:~e,r Strasse i~45C. j,, in -.,~-~. Fuersternralde ?as occupied by ap+ ro~i~ ,Q~ .8;~1,,, ~o~.d+ie~. ~'S~'re :riiz red-~~borderec. 'olack. ea leis with '~~~i?y' art:allery, ,z ~ _r,l and ;~:}tor transpc~*i~tSr~a::"Reot~Slts"Cbserved at tr~~ ~' ,,::rs~l:entral.de post a;~pearetl ~ td be, v~:ry youn_ S ~ - - . ~ ~~ ~ ,e M ~ t. ~~ ~~" ~ T~ _..'ju CLASSIFICATION. ?L~'~~ Eb a* ode, J~ratwlllRii~ ~n~2in Are 25X1 . _ -~ ~ 25X1 x" ? `~~ .alt w- ?'~ Approved For Release 2008/04/08 :CIA-RDP80-00810A005700530004-0 Approved For Release 2008/04/08 :CIA-RDP80-00810A005700530004-0 - 2 - $. Bete^=yen 1 anc: 18 ;+ovember,, the .r'lak 7~asernp (2U02~ ir_ 3rar_denbur~; ~N~.s occu_~isd almost to capacity. Th:o 57-rm 3T ;~,~ns previously observed there vrere na lon.,;er seen. On .and after 13 :`ovember, 2~ is Ga-rya ~.T ~uxrs vrere seen in front of the ;ara~es inhere the 5i-m::z gvr~s had previously been stored.. Un this day, the vans. iere- lined up in tvro -reYrs and crere being inspected. ~, tit J.3G0 on 2U '?ovember, 26 x 57-mm AT duns .from the r'lak `r'_aserne ti~rere entrained at the Brardenbur?-Altstadt railroad station by a Ioadi:i~- detail Nearing reci-iiorciered black epaL~lets with artillery insi~n_a. 'o Co~.rrent. A loading; of pontoons On full--tract vehicles has 25X1 been reported for the first time in the Soviet gone. the composition of the shii~raont -'tends to indica~`e that an assa~~.:lt en~irieer unit r-tas involved. S. ecial units o tais -type i.ave not 'peen o'oserved in tine area oP the L~ourth Gds ?ech ~ir~.nJr until the j~resent tirr:e. `.111ey 25X1 ~rrere o'asez ,red onl~~ Yrith. the en~,ir~eer red i I:Ient cf the u:.:~~G in 3ernbur;; and t'~e corm enLinoer units. or~.rzent. This ,nay be the sh~n~n} Yri11.Cr1 eras u:ilozded in Bornau at 1330 on 25 lover~ber. See Co?nrzent 3. 25X1 25X1 Co.~i.Ient . the materiel eras bound for the 71st . l;i~ht Arty Brig of the i~ourth Gds 25X1 i.:ech A.-nmy. a Colrrnent. 'i'he trains r?w~* have ruri in.coz_nection vrith trze. previously reported ecui~~~Ient exchan;;e pro{;?rar_I. ~ol:.rient. the varyir.;; inlo~mation on .tine ale of t'rze recz~zits cres,'ces the impression that Inerrl~ers of older classes, rrizo had been rejected previously, :rere also inducted. Tho percenta;,~~e of non com.^~issioned o~ficers,arnon~ the neYrly arrived personnel is unusually high, aossi?~ly bec~.use soldiers of ttisro classes ~rere discharged i.n the :~C'V1G',t pane during the fall.. Approved For Release 2008/04/08 :CIA-RDP80-00810A005700530004-0