MILITARY ACTIVITIES AT KUESTRIN AND POTSDAM

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Military Activities at Kuestrin and Potsdam
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE IN. SECTIONS 753
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DATE DISTR. 11. March 1955
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At -bout noon on 9 Janu.~rr 1955, 4 x 85-mm AA guns, 1 Puaso-3 25X1
fire control director, 8 trucks with approximately 50 soldiers and
billeting equipment arrived by road in the Arti'lerie Kaserne (4601)
in Kuestrin from the direction of Manschnow. The radar with parabolic
reflector and an escort detail of approximately 15 soldiers left
by rail.
mid-nilht.
2. On 10 Ja..uary, 16 x 85-mm AA guns, 4 Puaso-3 fire-control directors,
42 trucks, 3 van-like trucks, 1 sedan, 1 ambulance, approximately
350 soldiers and 4 boxcarloads of ammunition were loaded onto two
trains 1n '"uestrin. The trains left for Kroenel in at 1723 and about
3. After 11 January, the Artillerie Kaserne (4601) in Kuestrin was
occupied by approximate'y 750 soldiers equipped with 26 x 37-mm and
4 x 85-mm AA guns and 1 Puaso-3 fire control director.'
4. At 1300 on 15 January, approximately 8 x 37-mm AA guns and 8 armored
personnel carriers, 1 repair shop truck, 1 ambulance, and 26 trucks
were loaded onto a train including 12 boxcars at the Potsdam-'Wildpark
railroad station.2
Between 1_7 December 1954 and 10 January 1955, the Kriegsschule (^288;
in Potsdam was occupied as previously. Approximately 80 percent of the
windows of the installation were lit at dusk. Two 76-mm field guns,
122-mm field howitzers, 1 T-34 tank and trucks were seen in the
barracks area. boldiers observed wore red-border(d black epaulets
,77ith tank insignia.
Prior to 10 January, the Adolf Hitler Kaserne (2287) in Potsdam was
occupied as previously. Approximately 85 percent of the windows of
the installation were lit at dusk. Three tanks were continually seen
in the 'rest section of the installation. Two of the tanks were T-34s
the t'?ird tank was entirely covered by tarpa.u.lins. It was about the
same size as a T-34 tank. but its turret was lau"- d row. the
60M s-e0wered to t -as similar to a JS-3 tank but s 110704
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Enlargement of the barracks area along the Pappelallee (poplar alley)
had discontinued. The open shed which was under construction in this
aica was still without roof on 10 January.
Comment. A_ccordir_g to weapons, equipme.:t and composition
o. evt?,o shipments, the transfer to the ~'vustrow AAA firing ran~e
of tre b',~l', of the red_i_:r 'i AAA Regt of the 72d AAA Div stationed.
r. "L~stri? was obs(
indicates t'_nat AAA firing practices at
to 7 weeks earlier than in 1954.
The informat.on
the '~,Wustrow firing range started
2. ~~ Comment. An AAA firing detail of the 359th Gds AAA Regt of
the 10th Gds Tank Div stationed at the Kriegsschule (2288) in
Potsdam Presumably transferred to the Ju.eterbog training grounds.
It is Noted that the light AA guns were to he towed by armored
r.ersonnel carriers.
Comment. Heavy weapons observed in the Kriegaaehule in
Potsdam confirm there the }59th Ode AAA Regt, the 299th Gds Mort
,t of
Hegt the h 'i Arty Regt and elements of the 63d Gds Tank Rep
the 1Cth Gels Tank Div.
4. Co::nent. The bulk of the 63d Gds Tank Regt of the 10th Gds
Tank Div is qu^rtered in the Adolf Hitler Kaserne in Potsdam. The
canvas-covered tank s presumably a tank of the new type. This
is a first indication that all three tank regiments of the 10th Gds
Tank Div 1,ave been allotted individual tanks of this type. New-tyre
tanks have repeatedly been observed with elements of the division
stationed in the Kevallerie Schule (2161) in Krampnitz.
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