WEEKLY OB SUMMARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007500820003-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 27, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage La
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any WE, Title manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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Thefe was increased training in other than the usual training areas. Firing
at the training grounds continued day and night, Between 15 and 20 July,
about 70 additional tanks arrived from the USSR, UP
units also engaged in
increased training and firing with live
ammunition
o B. Dispositions,
le First Guards Mechanized A g
luards a an ze sing Prior to 19 July, there was intensive
g training wi tanks at ipzig, The Leipzigr?Schoenau and Heiter-
blick kasernes were about half occupiedo On 16 July, one shipment with
seven rocket launchers went from Jueterbeg to 0scbatzo
2. Second Guards Mechanized Army,
at me can zed v a eng etweem 13 and 20 July, four shipments with
tank-u-n-Itian five s portents with artillery units were sent to the
Witte took training grounds; on 20 July, the first shipment went lack
to Doeberitz, On 11 July, a light anti-aircraft unit went in one ship-
ment from'Altsngrabow to Doeberits, Between 12 and 15 J
units which had arrived in ope shipment were observed at Juete begoery
3e Third Guards Mechanized Arnyg
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isi o JU~70 three shipments went from Dessau to Wustrow,
i"Gua~rd. ank Diyonti On 25 June, tank units from the Gallin^Warten-
urg training area sou east of Wittenberg went by road to Jueterbol;
major elements remained at the Wittenberg post,
ftineer Cam Rosslau, On 9 July, the camp was evacuated due to floods;
about eng eer s?ldiers were
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northeast
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1, Fourth Guards Mechanized Ar"g
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from Bernau to Jueterbogo
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Lieberose Training Grounds, On 13 July, the camps at Lieberose and
choenhoehe were vacant; there were four to six-day firing practices
by tank and artillery units from Fuerstenwalde, FrankfurtOdor and
Cottbus. The units were presumably in bivouac,
5. Eighth Guards Arys
306th Artillery Brigades On 9 July, 14 x 122-mm field guns from Alten-
grabow were unloaded in Gera,
21st Guards Mechanized Divisions On 20 July, three shipments went from
ssa to Jueterbog; on 20 and 21 July, four unidentified shipments went
from Lossa to Eberswalde.
28th Guards Rifle Corpsss Prior to mid-July, there was unusually little
training at the Kindel training grounds.
6. Third Shock Armyss
Army_ Troops On n 5 and 9 July, army troops, including signal units, were
entrained at Magdeburg, presumably for exercises,
9th Rifle Cor ss From 3 to 9 July, elements of the 10th Guards Rocket-
her Regiment from Guestrow held firing exercises in the northern por-
tion of Letzling Heath,
14th Artillery Co ss On 20 and 21 July, the 13th Guards Gun Brigade from
the Delius Kaserne in Potsdam was observed at Altengrabow, while an uniden-
tified gun brigade from Altengrabow was seen in Potsdam,
C.
Arrival of Tanks from Brest-Litovsks
Date in Julys
Destinations
Number of Fla tcarss
15
Riesa
18
16
Oschatz
16
19
Glauchau
16
19
Schwepnitz
8
20
Riesa
16
All flatcars
D. KVPs
16 flatcars were shipped to Riesa on 19 July,
carried loads exceeding standard measurements,
1, Generals There was increased training and firing with live ammunition at
the train*ng grounds. At the posts, recruits were tm ined predominantly
at the squad and platoon level, while older personnel were trained at
company level,
2. Trains Grounds East of KlietZs Probably the bulk of the Potsdam re-
connaissance battalion was transferred on 11 July. Troops believed to
be elements of the Gloewen howitzer artillery regiment were observed on
14 July, On 15 July, many tanks arrived by rail.
3. Miscellaneouss Transferred elements of the Flak Schule Oranienburg have
apparently been back from firing practices near Wustrow since 15 July,
In the evening of 15 July, a troop train with four 85-mm and eight 37-mm
guns, possibly carrying elements of the Strausberg AAk regiment, was
sidetracked at the Oranienburg freight station. Since 20 June, a small
KVP unit has been stationed in the former Ulanen Kaserne in Demmin. The
GST has been reorganized, with Gruppen Abteilungen and Hundertschaften
taking the place of previous units.
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