MILITARY ACTIVITY IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CDR

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005700900008-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Sequence Number: 8
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC Military Activity in the Northern Portion of the GDR 25X1
EVALUATION ED
DATE OF CONTE
With 5 trucks, 3 repair shop trucks and 1 tank truck
DATE OBTAINED.]
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was loaded at the same railroad station and
and 7 field kitchens, 14 boxcars with billeting equipment, 14 flatcars
with timber f flatcars with 7 sedans, 25X1
deeps 9 trucks, 2 repair shop
trucks an motorcycles was loaded at the Potsdam-Wildpark railroad
station. The train went to Leipzig-Wiederitzsch. At 1345 on 27 November,25X1
a troop train of 11 boxcars with soldiers, 22 boxcars with billeting
equipment, 4 flatcars with timber and an undetermined number of flatcars
1. At 1430 on 25 November 1954, a-troop train of 12 boxcars with soldiers 25X1
lv A 1~./_-llliil a1elu guns Irom the direction of the Schwerin freight station
toward Goerries.3 25X1
25X1
Beginning at 1250 on 5 November. prime movers ;11('.11 icr cc0_11 +..__A
ield guns passed through the Nauen railroad station. The train came
from the east and proceeded toward Neustadt/Dosse.3
3. At 1915 on 24 November, a train of 36 flatcars carrying 36 x 122-mm
f
28 and 29 November. The three buildings which were previously occupied
by this unit were handed over to an air force advance detail. Lieutenant
Chapak (fnu), leader of the rear detail of the signal unit, promised
the delivery of important construction documents by 30 November.2
which was commanded by Colonel Krutvw (fnu) and included Lieutenant
Colonel Svetkov (fnu), was transferred to an undetermined post on
also dispatched to Leipzig-Wiederitzsch.l 25X1
2. On 28 November, the Wildpark-West kaserne (2293) in Potsdam was occupied
by a signal unit which was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Zevakin (fnu),
a.nnthwr a4 r i , 4+ ..f` .,Z..,...i on
carrying 18 x 122-mm field howitzers and 5 x 100-mm AT guns was unloaded
at the Dallgow-Doeberitz railroad station by soldiers who wore rr-d-bordered
black epaulets. The artillery pieces were picked up by trucks
At 1100 on 28 November, a train of an undetermined number of flatcars
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Comment. Ithe entrained units
belong to the Rear Services of the GSFG and possibly came from the
Adolf 'Iitler Kaserne (2287) in Potsdam. If the assumption that the
transfer of the unit mentioned in paragraph 2 is connected with the
entraining is correct, a signal unit of the GSFG possibly transferred
prom Potsdam to Leipzi-r-47iederitzsch.
Comment.
or information on the transfer of this un't, see
Comment 1. The kaserne was possibly vacated for reoccupdtjon by an air
force unit. Except for Lieutenant Colonel (?) Zevakin (fnu), all
officers mentioned are reported for the first time.
Comment. Previous reports indicate that the train is probably
identical with a train which carried artillery pieces from Potsdam to
Schwerin on 24 November 1954. The 34tt Arty Div possibly turned over
artillery pieces to the IX Mtz Rifle orps in Schwerin. On 18 November
1954, the division receiv '5 gun howitzers of 152 mm from the USSR.
The number of the prime mover possibly
oeiongs o e s r rig of the corps which was probably the
consignee. No definite c elusions can be drawn about how many artillery
pieces of various type and caliber arrived at the GDR from the USSR and
how many artillery units were newly equipped.
Comment.
The artillery pieces either were consigned to the 2d Light Arty Brig
1st Mecz Div. The shipments probably belong to the reequipment
ich is commented on in F]Comment 3.
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