WINTER EXERCISES OF THE 19TH GDS MECZ DIV AND THE 18TH MECZ DIV

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006900200009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 27, 2008
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 19, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC Winter Exorcises of the 19th Oda Meoz Div and the 18th Mecz Div
EVALUATION,
,PLACE OBTAINED
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINEO
REFERENCES
PAGES 2 ENCLOSURES (NO?a )
REMARKS
PREPARED,
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19 April 1955
1. On 16 March 1955, the F1 1 in Halberstadt was
onl partially occupied.
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Soviet units moved to the wooded area east 25X1
of Tangerhue-te in the . a ssewarthe Forest during the night of 12/13
March. In the morning of 1 March, it was determined that the woods
east of Sophienhof were cordoned off by ,tries wearing red-bordered
black epaulets. A truck towing a 57-mm AT gun and several soldiers wearing 25X1
red-bordered black epaulets were seen there, Noises of tank engines were
heard from th* Woods. Jechel residents stated that field kitchens picked up
water on 13 Mast1. The vehicles had come from a southwesterly direction.
the Weissewarthe Forest was occupied by Soviet 25X1
troops with trucks and AT guns. The units reportedly left toward Tangerhuette
during the night of 15 March. Imprints of tracks of 8 to 10 tanks and a
approximately 30 make-shift bays for trucks which had been filled up with
earth, were seen in the woods. 25X1
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3. It was leaned that during the night of 18 March, all units from the
Artillerie Kaserne (5341) in Perleberg left for Camp Schweinrich at the
Wittstock training grounds. Elements with about 5 tanks were allegedly
entrained in Perleberg while the bulk of the units left by road. Between
0900 and 1400 on 24 March, 6 x 57-ma and 3 x 85-mm AT guns, 6 x 120-mm
mortars, 10 armored personnel carriers, 3 BA-64 armored scout cars and
approximately 40 trucks including some occupied by troops entered the
Artillerie Kaserne.
During the night of 23Z24 March, the tanks allegedly returned to
installation. Thennoise of tanks was heard from the direction of the
installation at 0330. In the afternoon of 24 March, the installation was
occupied to capacity.*
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4. During the night of 17 March, elements of the knits stationed in the
Fliegerhorst installation (5342) in Perleberg reportedly left by road.
They returned to the installation during the night of 23/24 March, one
troop train was seen entering the installation. In the afternoon of
24 March, the installation was again occupied to capacity.
~omment. The exercise involved units of the 19th Gds Mecz Div which ,
according to previous re orts conducted a winter exercise i the Letzling Heath
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un s from Halberstadt also per c e in e
exercise and this is confirmed by the present observations.
2. ~_]Comment. These observations tend to indicate that the winter exercise
of the 18th Mecz Div in the northern portion of the Wittstock training
grounds and northeastward lasted from 18 to 23 March.
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