MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE SOVIET ZONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007000030003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 6, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
COUNTRY,
EVALUATION__
REPORT
Ifilitary Activities in the Northwest Portion of the Soviet Zone
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DATE PREPARED,
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1. At 1300 can 10 old tractors from the Generalfeldzengmeister Kaserne
(20(>) were entrained at the
Brandenbur tstadt railroad station. The vehicles which arrived an 3 April had bees
errenaeensly reported as half-track trues. They were actually 25 new tractors with
T..34 chassis for .the artillery brigade in the Generalfeldzeugmeister Kaserneol
2. Betwe,n. 7. and 17 A=il the three Waldkasernt (5441/42/43) in Rathenow were, occupied
as pireviously. In all three installations, intensive preparations for departure to 25X1
a suamner camp were under nay. Trucks, including some carrying construction details,
went almost daily to Altengrabow.2
3. On 20.Am lp Waldlager I and III (Born), Waldlager II south of Huetten and the Wa14.
lager southeast of Jaevenitz were occupied only by guard details wearing red..
bordered black epaulets.
4. Until about 20 AmrU6 Camp Schweinrich at the Wittstock training grounds was
occupied by only a guard detail.
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East Germany
of about 85 new tractors with T-34 chassis until mid..April and turned in some 66 old
rime mav.rs. predeffiP antsy for other artillery units in the Zone. 25X1
LCcz ent. Including this shipment, the 124th Hv How Arty Brig received a tetal25X1
67AMMW camps at Altengrabow.
C After inspections of units of the 6th Arty Div had been held in
early April, it appears probable that the uuni prepared for t eir departure to
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