MILITARY ACTIVITIES AT DOEBERITZ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A008500310005-2
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 9, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 6, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage' Laws, Tit1,
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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COUNTRY East Germany REPORT
SUBJECT A'$litary Activities at Doeberits DATE DISTR.
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PLACE ACQUIRED
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6 December 1955
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Railway Warrants
1. On 30 September, an artillery major on the route from Lychen to Wildpark
produced a railwa
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2. In the future., trains that pass between Wustermark Ort and the Wustermark
freight marshalling yard on route to Doeberits must continue to go past the
Wustermark freight marshalling yard, Effective on 1 October., however., all
other military transport trains could by-pass this latter station because of
the completion of the new,railway routes in this area,
3. On 27 September at 0800 hours., two two-axged flatcars loaded with a total of
11 crated railway engines stood at the Wuatermark freight station sidings.
They were to be shipped to the Elegrund spur. There were two additional
boxes on each of these flatcars which were half as high as the crates, No
lettering appeared on any of the boxes. The larger boxes were,l.5 m,, square in
the cross section and the exact width of the flatcars in length.
4. On 30 September., at 1530 hours, a freight train came from Oranienburg towards
Kremmen drawing 10 two=axled flatcars. Each flatcar carried a ZISm151 box-
bodied vehicle of the mobile workshop type. The vehicles appeared to be brand-
new,
.5. On l October, at 1115 hours, a freight train left Berlin-Pankow going towards
the Weissensee. It consisted of 10 fourraxled flatcars carrying the following
military equipments
9 armored vehicles covered with tarpaulins, approximately 3 m. in height.
They carried runs which were 22 to 3 m. long with a leather cap over
the muscle braise.
Estimated calibers 100 man.
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1 T-34/85 tank,, uncovered in places,, On the hull to the rear of the
turret was an iron cylinder 30 cm, high and 40 cm. in diameter which
had apparently been welded on
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to be ~. ra?bber track
guard hung down from the front of each metal track ah.ield to within. about
50 cm. of the guard. The width of these rubber guards was the same as
the track. Each armored vehicle was guarded by two men wearing black-
red ahoulderboards and tank insignia,
2 freight cara,, each containing 30 men wearing black-red ahoulderboards
and tank insignia,
6. On 30 September at 1045 hours a military
through Wustermark-ort,en route towartstransport dam0 Ittconsisted ofsndal passed
20 six-arJed flatcars, 18 of.which carried a S-80 prime mover with a 152
mm,-medium howitzer model 38. The other two each carried a heavy
truck,
10 freight cars each containing 25 men wearing black-red shoulderboards
and artillery insignia.
The vehicles and men were very dirty,
7. On 6 October at 1345 hours, a freight train stood in the Dallgow railway station
ready to leave in the direction of the Wustermark freight station. It consisted
of 44 twooarled flatcars and one freight car carrying about 20 men wearing
black-red ahoulderboards and no insignia. The flatcars carried 57 ZIS-151
trucks and two ZISml51 box bodied trucka,apparent1 mobile work~s~h~oP~ , A railway
employee said that the train was going via Wi.Ldpark and Frankfurt/Oder to Brent.
At the same time the following vehicles were seen in the Daligow railway station
parking areas
2 brand-new saloon cars
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8. On 7 October at 0800 hours, 12 two-aaled flatcars and 14 freight care were seen
standing empty in the Elsgrund railway sidings.
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90 About 90 to 100 offieerse families occupy the premises in this area, The
officers wear SAP uniform,,
100 There are seven requisitioned houses altogether. Two of these are villas and
are occupied by majors and their wives and families? The other five houses are
blocks of flats for captains and lieutenants, In these, each room is occupied
by one family. This has resulted in continuous quarrels between offioerse wives
as to who should have use of the kitchen and when,
by an officersg shop and a tailor shop for the Soviethfamilis,houas is occupied
11. According to the officer,? wives, the local allowances have been out by about
30%. As a result some of.the German personnel serving in the officera? shop
have had to lend money to the Soviet women,
12. Ammunition depot as visited at 1130 hours on 6 October,
a railway tank car standing in front of the main entrance, and a tank trThere
uck was
parked between this car and the depot gate. A
shoulderboards and tank insignia were standing around. group group 0 non
Abouttenneg flthemrwe
loading fuel drums on to a second truck, nine of them were
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13, This complex-was visited at 1140 hours on 6 -October, a large pile 25X1
of barrack sections surrounded by several piles of faggots was observed,
The wood had not been obeerv+ed...in.this location previously,
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