WEEKLY OB SUMMARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007400470002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 29, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 13, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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The moveasnt of AAA units to and from the firing ranges was very heavy.
Intensive engineer training was conducted is the iosslaw4ksa
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out at the training grounds, Diernits eontisned to be reoSived br the
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a. 31st W Divisions On ships^ent returned from Jwterbog to
Velten on 27 Junoe
b. 2nd Light Artillery Drigodss Two shipmsats were dispatabod this
Doeberits to P Nmgdebsrg, presmisab17 Altengrabow, on 2647 June.
The reaainint sleslests of the division, were eagsg.d is careless
in the vicinity of their post*
e. 12th Guards Tank Divisions On. shipment went tram Justerbog to
Aeusugapis on 28 June. A shipmrst with engineer units was unloaded
in Dowrnppin on 3 July.
do lot Yeohanised Divisions On 19 June, a task firing detail returned
from Ieustrelits to Dooberits.
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headquarters were absent from Schwerin between 22 June and 1 July.
5. Eighth Guards Ate:
a. 1.3thAAA Divisionsblbst of the units were away from their posts in Weimar
on ;49 June. .,ne shipment returned to Weimar from Kroepelin on 4 July.
b. Engineer Units: Two shipments were dispatched from Dessau toward Bitterfeld
on 2 July. A bridge construction e3wroise took place near Bad Koesers/Saale
on 5 July.
c. 28th Guards Rifle Corps:
Headquarss At its Rudolstadt post on 30 June
308th Artillery Brigade: In Gera on 3 July
497th AAA Regiments The bulk of the regiment was away from Rudolstadt on
4 July.
39th Guards Rifle Divisions The 112th Guards Rifle Regiment was at its post
in Plauen between 29 June and 4 July; the
87th Gun Artillery Regiment was absent.
20th Guards Mechardsed Divisions The bulk of the mechanized regiment
stationed in Weimar was presumably stationed
in Ohrdruf between 29 June and 5 July.
d. 29th Guards Rifle Corps:
498th AAA Regiments Approximately 65 percent of the unit was absent from
its post in Naumburg on 3 July.
27th Guards Signal Battalion: In Naumburg on 3 July
Corps Engineer Battalion: In Naumburg on 17 June
57th Guards Rifle Division: The headquarters and signal battalion of the
division were absent from Naumburg on 3 July.
The rifle regiment stationed in Naumburg was
still at its post on that date. The bulk of
the 655th Howitzer Artillery Regiment was away
from its Naumburg post on 17 Jmns.
6. Fnnrth Art111al7 Cnrnw:
a. 2nd Guards AAA Divisions Two shipments were dispatched from Ruedersdorf
to Jueterbog on 1 July. One shipment went from Kroepelin to Zossen on 5
July*
b. 6th AAA Division: One shipment was sent from Kroepelin to Chemnits on
7 July.
o. 3rd Guards AT Brigades Three shipments were sent from Rostook/Gusstrows,
presumably for Altengrabowa between 28 and 30 June.
d. 124th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigades On 27 June, 7 x 203 man howitzers
and 14 prime movers of a new type were entrained in Brandenburg.
C. Transportation:
1. Tank Shipamentes The following tank shipments were made between 27 June and
6 Julys
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2. Third Guards Mechanized Army:
a. 7th Guards Tank Division: Between 24 June and 4 July, rear details in
Rosslau were training with individual T-54 tanks*
be 9th Mechanized Division: Two shipments were dispatched from Luokenwalde to
Cottbus on 7-8 July,
c. 62nd AAA Division: Prior to 4 July, troops of the division were bivouacked
in a tent camp near their post and engaged in training.
3. Fourth Guards Mechanized Armv:
a. 63rd AAA Division: Two shipments were dispatched from Puerstenwalde to Wustrow
on 30 June while another shipment went from Eberewalde to Jur+^rbog on
5 July.
be 71st Light Artillery Brigades The bulk of the division was at its post on 6
July*
co Special Amphibious Units On 30 June and 1 July, three or four shipments
with approximately 40 track-laying amphibian vehicles, including 22 half-track
vehicles, returned from Roeslau to the Sohuetsen Kaserne (4342) in Eberswalde.
Approximately 100 motor vehicles and armored personnel oars were entrained
by units stationed in the Sohuetsen Kaserne on 6 July.
d. 6th Guards Mechanized Division: Training conducted in the vicinity of the
Eberswalde Bernau and Bad Freienwalde posts increased during the second half
of June. The training included river crossing exercises by engineer units
of the army and the division. Tank elements of the 16th Guards Mechanized
Regiment were entrained in Bad Freienwalde on 2 and 3 July. The bulk of the
regiment moved by road toward Eberewalde on 4 July. Two shipments of the
120th AAA regiment went from Bernau to Altergrabow on 5-6 July.
e. 7th Guards Mechanized Division: Tank unite from Fueretenwalde and Berlin-
Karlshoret were at thi,Liebsrose training grounds between 16 and 29 June.
The camp was occupied on 30 June. Three shipments went from Frankfurt/Oder
to Altengrabow between 4 and 6 July.
f. 10th Guards Tank Divisions AAA units passed through Potsdam, going South,
on 5 July. Elements of the 63rd Tank Regiment have apparently left their
Potsdam post. Two trains were assembled at the Potsdam railroad station on
4 July. Training with T-54 and T-34/85 tanks took place in the vicinity of
the Krampnitz poet between 26 June and 5 July.
4. Third shook Army:
a. 304th Artillery Brigades Elements of the brigade rotated between Burg and
Jaevenitz in the period of 17 to 21 June.
be 20th Army AT Brigade: Only rear details were at the post between 2 and 6
Julye
o. Army Engineer Battalions One shipment arrived in Barby on 7 July, presumably
from the Bittkau training area.
d. 94th Guards Rifle Divisions Tank firing details were entrained in Schwerin,
presumably for Letzling Heath, on 28 June. Elements attached to the division
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2. Special Assembly of Railroad Carat R8a Halle was ordered to turn in 100 railroad
oars at Waggonfabrik Altenburg between 20 and 28 Jun.. The oars were to be
equipped with collapsible bunks and black-out shads and to be held available
at the factory. The personnel employed for the equipment of the oars were
ordered to maintain strict secrecy. After 25 Jun., the railroad oar factories
in Schwerin, Hagenov and Wittenberg were ordered to prepare 180 converted
boxcars. Between 4 and 6 July, two empty trains composed of eight converted
boxcars, 17 flatcars, one kitchen oar and 6 to 9 boxcars were sent from. Berlin
to Brest-Litovsk.
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1. On 22 June, the reconnaissance battalion of Division Prenslau and the reoonnais-
sance company of Rifle Regiment Prenslau were engaged in joint exercises in the
vicinity of their post.
2. One or two battalions of Mechanised Regiment Potsdam left their post on 28 June.
3.
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A shipment of 20 x 37 me AL guns arrived at the Kliets training grounds on
4 July. The move probably involved the transfer of the Potsdam ALA Regiment
from Altengrabow.
Approximately 550 recruits arrived at the KY? post in Altwarp during the second
half of June. The [1R' post in Prenslau received 200 recruits and the Sf3 units
in Berlin-Adlershof 350. The recruiting campaign is continuing. The next dis-
charge is scheduled to take place in the fall.
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