MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA OF THE SECOND GDS MECZ ARMY AND THIRD SHOCK ARMY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007000660001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 22, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 12, 1955
• Content Type: CABLE

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COUNTRY
CLASSIFICATION
East Germany NOFOBN
REPORT
Military Activities in the Area of the Second Gds Macs Army and Third Shock Army
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED-
REFERENCES
PL A1r f BTAINED
DATE PREPARED 12 May 1955
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PAGES 1 ENCLOSURES (No. & TYPE)
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L. Between 22 and 26 April-M5,_ elements of the artillery brigade with approximately
15 x 152-mm field howitzersb some 40 trucks and 2 field kitchens were ablent fr25X1
Olympisches Dorf (2067) in oeberitz and were apparently at Luckenwalde.
3. On 25 Anrj the Flak Kaserne (2002) in Brandenburg was occupied by 200 to 300
soldiers. The bulk of the units reportedly left on 24 4t. The dependents reportedly
were to follow.3 ILLEGIB
sin at the Grossomnensleben
~4. At 1100 on @6 Anril, ammuniti
railroad station southwest of 25X1
At noon, several small c T runs, 1 red ersonnel 25X1
aw-rier and some 31" trucks inc L J/~ I
passed through -densleben and proceeded north+Nardr At 14W,25X1
4 x 85-an AT guns., 5 armored personnel carriers, 30 trucks, 5 radio trucks, 3 tank
trucks and soldiers wearing black-bordered red epaulets with artillery insignia and
signal Andignia and, a few red bordered black epaulets, were unloaded at the Hal,dens-
l ben railroad station. 25X1
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1.
Ant The observation indicates that units of the 2d Light Arty Brig, rathe25X1
than artillery units of the lot Moos Div, as had previously been assumed, were trans.
ferred to Jueterbog for firing practice between 24 and 26 April.
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4.
C-ements two shipments of the 20th Armor AT Art:25X1
Brig went from R"nManl-mrr to aJasvWjto~ on 25X1
brigade apparently did not transfer 125X1
24 and 25 April. he
the Altengrabow.summer camp as in pareasdiug years but to the Waldlager southeast of
Jaevenits in the northern portion of Letaling Beath. 25X1
F--] Gm t, firs elements of 18th Moos Div arrtvec25X1
in the southern portion ? +,'6- via "aldenslabe a- t and Gross
Ammensleben after 23 Apri indicates I
that the arrival of units M L L E G I B
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