SHIPMENTS OF THE 34TH ARTY DIV FROM POTSDAM TO ALTENGRABOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007100220002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 18, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION sEcx 12
East Germany
COUNTRY REPORT
Shipments of the 34th Arty Div from Potsdam to Altengrabow
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONT
DATE OBTAINE
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PAGES 1 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKS
DATE PREPARED.
18 -,-ay 1955
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1. The following shipments were loaded at the Potsdam-'Hilapark railroad station: 25X1
May. At 1300. a shipment of 2 x 152-mm gun howitzers, 3 tractors, I trailer,
22 trucks 2 radio trucks, 1 field kitchen, 25X1
2 boxcarloads of ammunition, 16 boxcarloads o illeting equipment and, on 9
boxcars, approximately 250 soldiers, which left for Altengrabow at 2155.
At 2200. a shipment of 8 x_15.2-mm gun howitzers, 12 tractors, 2 trailers, 28
trucks, 2 tank trucks, 2 field kitchens, trucks with 25X1
billeting equipment, 7 boxcar loads of soldiers, q boxcarloads of ammunition and.,
on 3 flatcars with sideracks, fuel.
4 May. At 0330, a shipment of 8 x 152-mm gun howitzers, 1 x 76-mm field gun,
10 tractors, 30 trucks, tank trucks, field kitchens and soldiers, which left for
Altengrabow at 0900,
At 1600, preparations for additional loadings.
At noon on NSay,~ a :,hipment of 30 to 35 trucks was loaded at the Potsdam freight
station and a second shipment of trucks was loaded there at 0230 on 4 Ma-. On 3 and
4 May,3 troop trains were assembled at the Satzkorn railroad station.
2. At 1800 on 3 lu'IaZ, trucks with soldi rs and billeting equipment fyom the south
section of the Delius Kaserne((2289) and the Ludendorff Kaserne((2292) were
entrained at the Potsdam freight station. The loading was apparently ompleted at
1900. Fifteen try-cks and 3 field kitchens were seen on the train. A second train
carried 25 tru some with billeting equipment, 4 repair shop trucks
and ambulances Trucks with 25X1
baggage a rd equipment passed through Potsdam en roue o the refight station at
2200. The loading of a third train could not be observed. At 1830, 25 to 30 x
I52-mm gun howitzers and an equal number of Shts-Nati prime movers were entrained
at the Potsdam-Wilapark railroad station. The loading was completed at 2000. Some
4, trucks were loaded onto a second train. The loading was still under way at 2100.
At 2200, almost all windows of the north section of the Delius Kaserne and a few
windows of the south section of Delius Kaserne and Ludendorff 'aserne were lighted.
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~~Comment. The observation indicates that major elements probably of the 148th
Gun Arty Brig and the -,T/i Gun Arty Brig of the 34th Arty Div,, transferred to the
<engrabow summer camp on at least 8 trains. One brigade of the division probably
remained at the post until late summer as in preceding years. The remaining brigade
was the 30th Gds Gun Arty Brig.
PLACE OBTAINED,
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