MILITARY ACTIVITY IN THE AREA OF THE THIRD SHOCK ARMY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006300600004-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 4, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY-
TOPIC__
CLASSIFICATION S RwT
Fast v -REPORTE
Military Aetivity in the Area of the Third :hock Arm
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED-
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PLACE OBTAINED
ATE PREPARED.
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1 o At 0600 on 18 F b 1955 a tely 100 trucks with 35 to 40 85 _mm AT guns 25X1
moved out of the Flak Kaserne [ LA Brandenburg and went, tcvar=1 the tows On 19
February, the installation was illuminated about 20 percent.! 25X1
2;, At 1220 on -2 Febrjja 1955 12 x 37-m AA guns and 32 trucks wiaro s ?traintod at the
Haldensleben railroad station for shipment toward Magdeburg. The units had arrived at
the station from a northerly direction at 06002 At 0700 on 13 Fobruary,r e< train
carrying AT guns, trucks and soldiers passed through Haldensleben railroad station
from the direction of Magdeburg and proceeded toward Oeb1sfolde,, At (730 another train
was seen on route in the same direction. It carried 12 IT guns3 presumably of 57-0m on
an undatermin-d number of flatcars and soldiers on 12 be&xc3rso
3. The following columns crossed 5trass.nbrueoke Nord (Wilbtalm Pisck Bridge) in Magdeburg
on 13 February: 25X1
At 0 17 trucks with soldiers and a gun, presumably a 122,-4m fia1cl howitzero~
At 16001 2 armored personnel carriers, 18 trucks, 2 x 57 -mm AT
mortars, 3 radio trucks, 1 ambulance and 1 field kitchen,
Both columns were on route westward .4
4o At 1730 on 15 F the following _oltmn which came from the direction ox' town
moved into the Flak Kaserne (5641) in Wismart
6 z 122-arm field howitzers, 4 x 57-.mm AT guns 29 trucks with approximately 420
soldiers, 2 radio trucks and 2 ambulaneeso
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went from Halberstadt to Gardelegen as was inferred from
official records, The trains may be identical with the shipments mentioned,
4o C these were, units of
the 19th CdeD"~ecz Div wh+.ch were probably transferred to Letzling Heath for
short-term firing practices.
~Comolat-_ These were units of the 20th Ari AT Arty Trig which 25X1'
presuaably left for*d'iring, at Al.teeaabowo
esi wire pos!- LA
RMI *W to 3d Me AAA Div or of 25X1;
the 19th Gds Meow w) returned to :'+hgdeburg from firing practices at
Letzling Heath.
C t During the same pert &, '? shiprents
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C to The weapots indicate that units of the 199th Gds Gun Arty 25X1
egt and oc the 28Pth Gds Mtz rifle ILegt of the 94th Gds Mtz Rifle Div were
observed0 hey are believod to have returned froze firing practices in
Letzling Heath where they had been transferred in two shipments on 6
Febru'rya
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