CONCENTRATION OF SOVIET UNITS AND VOLKSPOLIZEI IN SAXONY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00926A007600220002-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 26, 2013
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 18, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPnwr
COUNTRY Germany (Soviet Zone)
SUBJECT Concentration of Soviet Units And Volkspolizei
in Saxony
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ITHIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHINTHEMEANING OF 7/TLE IS. SECTIONS 703
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE. AS AMENDED, ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE.
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS REPORT IS PROHIBITED.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
DATE DISTR. /8" Nov 1954
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1.
"In the region of Saxony, there are strong concentrations of troops,
Soviet units as well as Voikspolizei.
"As far as it is known o strong Soviet units are distributed in the area
between the Czechoslovak frontier and the railway line from. Dresden to
GorIitz.
3 . "VP formations are stationed in:
a. Lobau:
One infantry regiment (VPB-A Volkspolizeibereitschaft
Infanterie)
.)rie artillery regiment (VPB-B 112112.22211eibereitschaft
Auxiliary-units
b. Pirna:
A Volkspolizei engineering school
A V lkspolizei signal school
A Volkspolizei officers' school for air force instructors
DISTRIBUTION ?
c. Gorlitz:
DVPL Stores (Deutsche yaaaallEsi. Luft - air force)
d. Zittau:.
A Volkspolizei division
e. Kamenz:
Air force technical school (Fliegertechnische Schule)
f. Bautzen:
ThIrd air force regiment (Belonging to the first air force divis-
i Fliegerdivieion, with headquarters in Cottbus)."
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This report is for the use within the USA of the Intelligence components of the DeiSartments or
Agencies indicated above. It is not to be transmitted overseas without the concurrence of the
originating office through the Assistant Director of the Office of Collection and Dissemination, CIA.
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/26: CIA-RDP80-00926A007600220002-4
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/26: CIA-RDP80-00926A007600220002-4