WEEKLY OB SUMMARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A008100880001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 6, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CEMTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This esaterlal eetahse lnSaressUea ateettog the Rational Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18. U.S.C. Sees. 7911 mad 7f1t, Use I aaleslost or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person Is prohlbited by law.
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DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
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20 September
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a Large elements of the Third Shock Army,, with artillery
and engineer units of the GSFG, assembled between the
Elbe River and the Dessau-Berlin Autobahn for fall
maneuvers.
a Elements of the First and Third Guards Mechanised Armies
assembled in the Weisswasser area. Engineers from these
Amiss assembled in the Maehlberg area.
$ There were presumably divisional exercises by the 25th
Tank Division.. the Sixth and Seventh Tank Divisions and
the 20th Guards )bohani.zed Division.
Individual personnel shipments were observed crossing the
border in both directions.
a Empty personnel shuttle trains were available at several
posts. The KVP summer training program was near completion.
It appeared possible that there would be a major fall
exercise in Saxony which would include elements of the
three mechanized divisions and Soviet troops. A considerable
==bar of personnel in the area of the Korps Nord were
detached to aid in the harvesting of crops.
The KVP was presumably dissolved fran the PDI. The
reorganization of the MI was begun.
a Thirty motor vehicles were, observed leaving Jena on
S-"-RAT
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6 October 1955
REFERENCES
SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
The following is a stay of information on Soviet and East German military
19-29 September
After 19 September
1925 September
Early September
Late September
No date of info
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route toward Schwarza,
19 September : Two shipments, totaling 29 Tm34?s and three SU 100?s,
were entrained in Zeitz,
24 September s Two shipments., totaling 37 Tm34?s and three SU1009s.,
were detrained in Zeitz,
25 September : Eight rocket launchers, 12 x 57 mm anti-aircraft guns,
8 x 120 n? mortars and 40 trucks were returned to Zeits
from. the Zeitz Forest area,
24 September : Approximately 60 vehicles, eleven gu% and eight heavy
mortars were observed entering Weimar road installation
8502/03 from the west,
23-24 September s Several columns with approximately 100 vehicles, including
some with signal units and 10 JS-30a, were shipped to
Jena from the direction of Schwwarza. Because of
maneuvers., the crops in the area southwest of Jena were
allegedly harvested prior to 6 October; units from Zeits
participating were expected to return prior to 15
October,l
22 September : The Gera Artillery Brigade was at its post.
18 September s An engineer unit with 14 amphibious vehicles entered
Naumburg installation 8382.
20 September $ An advanced detail of the 57th Guards )btorised Rifle
DivisionQe Howitzer Artillery Regiment arrived in
Hamburg,,
20-26 September : There were no major exercises at the Kindel training
grounds; however., motor-vehicle numbers of the 57th
Guards 1-btorised Rifle Division were observed there.
Officers O families from Naumburg were occupying apart-
ments at the southern edge of the training grounds,
19 September
22-23 September
23 September
25 September
t An artillery unit was unloaded in Haldeneleben.
$ Three military shipments went from Eberawalde to
Altengrabw.
s An engineer unit with 120 motor vehicles including 60
T) pontoons., 12 DUKV (sic), eight motorboats, and heavy
military bridge equipment left Engineer Camp E in
Rosslau an route toward Streets north of Roselau.
s Two military shipments with anti-tank guns went from
Schwerin to Nedlitz.
After 29 September s The area south of Brandenburg was restricted because of
fall exercises.2
3. AMA IS-PAS A 4 0
14 September : Engineer units were in the Dessau -Akan training area.
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19 and 23 September: On both of these days, one military shipment went to
Rietschen via Koenigswuaterhausene
21-26 September : Two military shipments,, including 37 railroad cars with
tanks, went from Luebben to Hoyerswerda and Rietschen.
20 September : A military shipment with armored vehicles left Grimma
on route toward Koenigabruecko
22-27 September : The 7th Guards Tank Division left the Warder- krkendorf
camp en route toward Tiefenbrunn=Luedendorf via Jueter-
bog.
After 28 September : Billeting equipment and ammunition was loaded in the
Zinna Forest and shipped toward Wittenberg.
26 September : Two military shipments went from Wittenberg to Kusetrin.3
4. :
19 September
21-22 September
23 September
25 September
24,2E and 27
September
30 September
1 October
: Columns with tanks and trucks were shipped from the
direction of Prenalau toward Hammslspring.
$ Columns of the 25th Tank Division arrived at the Vogelsang
kaserne from the south.
: IL-281s were observed flying over Templin.
a One military shipment with 14 tanks arrived at Templin
from the direction of Eberswalde.
a On each of these days, one military shipment was unloaded
in Templin.4
: One shipment with 14 DUKV (sic) amphibious vehicles
arrived in Templin from the direction of Ebersralde.
: Tank columns with anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft guns
and mortars, which arrived at Eberswalde and ?reieawalde
from an undetermined direction, were loaded for shipment
to Templin.
5. Seennd Guards ~Le1,iw4 ~d Army
6.
24 September : The Neuruppin post was occupied to capacity.
Prior to.23
September : The Wittatock training grounds was unoccupied.
Fouri h A i 71.,?. Corner
19-20 September : Three military shipments, with vehicles and equipment,
went from Altengrabow to Wildpark.
29 September A mortar brigade arrived at Rathenow from Altengrabow
by road and rail.
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30 September : One ahipwnt,with elements of the 18th Light Howitzer
Brigade, went from Altengrabow to Rathenow.
C. Wiana:
13-14 September
15 September
21 September
23 September
25 September
D.
4 September
7 September
16 September
25 September
26 September
21-24 September
28 September
One shipment with 21 armored personnel carriers and one
shipment with 24 x 100 mm anti-tank guns were loaded in
Bernau.
: One shipment with 54 x 85 m anti-tank guns came from the
direction of Cottbus and was headed for the border.
: Ones shipment with 80 x 120 mm mortars went from Rathenow to
Frankfurt/Odor.
: One shipment with 128 mortars, allegedly of 160 me, and
light track-laying vehicles, cams from the direction of
Cottbus and was on route toward Frankfurt,/Oder.
: One shipment with nine tanks came from the direction of
Frankfurt/Oder and was on route toward Cottbus.
: Fifty boxcars with personnel went from Dresden to Brest-
Litovsk via Cottbus,
a Fifty boxcars with personnel went from Brest-Litovsk to
Frankfurt/Oder via luestrin.
i Forty-seven boxcars, with approximately 1500 men wearing red-
bordered black epaulets, departed from Dessau on route
toward Oranienbarm.
: Forty-eight boxcars with personnel went from Frankfurt/Oder
to Altengrabow.
: Fifty-five converted boxcars, one kitchen car, and one coal
wagon were shipped from Schwerin to Kuestrin.
: Forty-seven empty converted boxcars were assembled in Weimar.
: Four empty shuttle trains were assembled in Jueterbog; one
was assembled in Templ.in and two were assembled in Eberswalde.
Prior to 1 October : Two or three additional shuttle trains were assembled in
Eberswalds.
23.4 September : Final roll calls or demobilization ceremonies were held in
Altengrabow, Neuruppin;and Schoeneawalde.
E.
6 September : Elements of mechanized units from the Oranienburg
concentration camp were observed in the Gross Schoenbeck
and the Lehnitz Forest areas.
9 September : The Karpin Second Mechanized Regiment returned to its poet,
after a twelve-day exercise in the Ahlbeok Luck w-Rieth area.
13-17 September : Vehicles and umpire officers from all of the Karpin units
were detached for exercises in either the Dresden or the
Weisswwasser area.
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After 23 September : There were allegedly additional detachments of personnel
for large-scale exercises in Saxony.
21 September : The training activity of elements of the Prenzlau Metori~ed
Rifle Division continued in the area north of Pasewalk.
27 September : The Altwarp Anti-aircraft Regiment was expected to return
from Kuehlungaborn.
15 September : The 1955 GST summer training was completed. From a total of
18,600 participants approximately 5,800 were promoted to
the rank of Gruppenleiter in the GST0
1. During the period from 19 to 24 September, there were presumably exercises by the
20th Guards Mechanised Division between Ohrdruf and their posts. It is possible
that there were additional exercises.
2. The Third Shook Ariy was probably still assembling for fall exercises and was
not expected to cross the Elbe River before 1 October.
3. There were pr+esnmably joint exercises between elements of the First Guards
Meohanised Ai and the Ninth Mechanised Division in an area beginning at
Weiswrasser and extending toward Muhlberg. There was also an undetermined type
of exercise of elements of the Third Guards Mechanised Army in the area between
Baruth and Wittenberg.
4. These shipments were presumably for the 25th Tank Division's exercises.
5. These tank columns were presumably for the Sixth Guards Mechanised Division 's
exercises.
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