MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SOVIET ZONE OF GERMANY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006600570013-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Sequence Number: 13
• Content Type: REPORT

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the lo':.e';7e! in the rea~ 17 re'
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red >oorierad black el alet~3 xi ~h artillery insignia wd's
AT #runs approximatel;r 40 trucks" b - 63 I.
ar 2 ery -TWia gut re. did ed at
,d so'.di ers we .ri n- red-,bo#dere&b
M. 0900 or Liarch , Uj, at 1 oas-:t '25 trucks
A . ra::1ro4d-ma s'
Lee,.,ur.oaded at the G nthir rai.I
to l 30 an 1C ia^c.rci lr f.'o 1at1 irA9Seft It
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321 trues. The bull,' of tac ca_oxal
4 z d h&ut' cars, P'-34. ;au, l si, t eeY ss 7 Aec s, 6 25X1
T _e colam ,s i.(icluded a ' otal of 12 rociste1 unc2 ors, 12 media awA
sa AA i. x 574 s 14 1 d V`x ISO- rul k1131 ,
1-2 x 120-mu: id. 2 x + -rsll" 1 ca< i `3r
aride (, i helm P ecI 1 'ueckY?) -0 01-agcXebufg dhd pa'bcL red-eai i c?..
-_~,.~s xpahe At 2055 x 122--!in howitzers, 6 x 120-r-,m c 'i.. _.. ..
approximately 30' tru.ccs andi a nrn-A 15Q sol(iiers wearing rec.-L-...
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5.. JI.to'`t 12.Iaxe_ '3 rock
station between 13 a:al 17 ? Bch
lery inailgnia,
1 radio truck
and ?aced
4- Trio following shipmefts wex: absented at the Ira
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toward the ',iald Kasernen. 3
15 trucks with ammunition (prc jec::-bileS with. fin' s"7, an
passed through latheiow.. 'y he column came from the eas
soldiers wearinij red-bord red blr ,1
bordered black epaulets `~.th artillery
a caliber of .170 to 200 i _~, accora5anldrd
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black epaulets were loaded.
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roM Forst Zinn.
i);'23, 6 x 122-ran f el.d hogi+zero. 6 x 120..~:ortars, 44 trucks
At 0143, o' x 1292-mm field howitzers, approximately 30
some 150 soldiers were 1,94ded for Forst Zinna.
At 0252, 6 x 122-=- field howitzers and apjroxirzatoly
30 trucks ---I v d f
and some 150
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uletis arrzvea rrom Forst Zinna.4
0615 on 9 ldiarch. a shipment including 10 new tanks with crated
LS"'M passed through the Britz railroad station and proceeded toward
r: ap_5_:n. 5
t} %:i TCh9 a shipment of 20 flatcars e~'rrvi nc- 7/1 +,..,.i I
, it 1cous vehicles went from Frankfurt/Odor to Ebersaalde. 6
CcUMent.
5 shipments
" .. x j5. 1 artillery - " t the First Gds ecz Army on
n 8
f ~.. vua MLI=%; , ulv Vl1110n,
transferred. on 13 .arch, presumably, to.wln er exercises
division in the Le tzlin? Heath, returned to their installations.
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Con ent. T:''ie rocks: u iaun.hers of a new t
ype are quite definitely
"": i oerc to belong to the 25tx :'3s RL Brig which, along with other
u . i bs o ' the 6th Arty Div rio,,redi on 3 trains from Rathe zow to
Toeb,,r tz on 7 _,Aarch, pro-,ably to
_. L o ~' participate in winter exercises
mt Seca Div. The unit mentioned
'went re; or pres- nab_y returned to Rathenoci by road.
ocment. This transfer of artillery units of the 1st Mecz
I ,)rst Z:thne,, was conf":Lraed by railroad records.
Coop;i nt. This may h_.v been
v' ks (T-54?j, tyre ~t from Brest-Litovsk t
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eustrelitz.
yv' 1. ontioned :,hiprie it, however, included approximately 20
Co ;vent. ;with this ; 4z, pr er:t, the Fourth Gds ;e
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a total of abpro:::=_oatei.y 70 track-laying amphibious vehicles
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