EXERCISES BY THE 7TH GDS TANK DIV IN LETZLING HEATH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006800060011-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2008
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: April 14, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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Exercises by the 7th Gds Tank Div in Letzling Heath
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14 April 1955
1. The following material was detrained at the Haldensleben railroad station:
At 0630: a shipment of 30 to 40 motor vehicles with covered numbers from
the direction of Magdeburg.
At 1030: a shipment of 14 tanks and 2 T-34/85 tanks.
At 1635 on 26 March, a train with carried material including 2 SP guns
u4gWe from Hillersleben toward Magdeburg.
According to statemints by a railroadman from Haldensleben railroad station,
many shipments, consisting mostly of motor vehicles, were detrained and
entrained at the Haldensleben railroad station between 17 and 26 March.
He further said that exercises were held after 16 March in the area of 25X1
Zobbenitz-Haldensleben in the course of which tanks, AT guns, AA guns and
other guns were emplaced on the fields.
kitchen and 11 boxcars with soldiers went from Haldensleben to Zerbst
2. On 23 March, a shipment of 12 canvas-covered tanks, 17 trucks, 1 field
3. At 2400 on 22 March, a shipment of prime movers, motor vehicles and
soldiers was detrained at the freight station of Dessau.
4. At 1600 on 27 March, a train carrying 16 T-34/85s and 22 trucks was shunted
from the Meinsdorf railroad station to the kaserne in Rosslau (3401).
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Comment. The report indicates that the 7th Gds Tank Div held a winter 25X1
exercise in the southwestern sector of the Letzling Haeth from about
16/17 to 22/24 March 1955?
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