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• Publication Date: October 10, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPORT INFORMATION INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains Information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
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.
S-EmC.R-E-T-
COUNTRY East Germany / c.1-
SUBJECT oii.tical and Economic
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE AC
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 10 OCT 25X1
NO. PAGES 1
REFERENCES RD
STATE XIARMY __ I #X. NAVY 4Lx AI R
FBI
AEC
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B. AM2d Fes
GDR
1? H er Eca aaiz t
In July/August 1958, the Administration for Coordination, headed
by Colonel Saerzebrecht, was located on Re .ttastrasse in Berlin-
d e Co ant. Three months ago, Administration 19 (military
intelligence service) had been renamed into Administration for
Coordination, simultaneously moving Prom Behrens- chnellerst sse
in Berlin--Nitta to Regattastrasse in Berlin..Grue ua The transfer
s,prently referred to this
a m p s ra onn Following rid en Li. e ?s retirement, Colonel
Saegebrecht had become head of the department about 1 year ago
or in late 1957/early 1958
2 ? tecuitin and FtgplaceweDt Aarninistti}
a,, It was learned that the four-week training courses with NIA
ground forces started for about 14,000 university and
acadwy students in early August. Participants had reportedly
fished their let or 2nd study year or were to start their
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last study year
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it can be
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assumed that the
abovementioned tuber includes all,
students
Gruenau
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who completed their first military training coarse in July
and August; they are believed to represent about half of the
university and academy students who had declared thei ?
readiness to narticirate in these courses by late av.J
bo It Is expected that, starting September, all sill-time
functionaries who have not yet participated in A training
courses will receive training with F;V units. The courses
are aiming at a qualification as NCO. Upon probatio ,
graduates from these courses may later become instructors
of student training ooursee,
g e? A training course foi party, state and
economic functionaries which had already been announced
last on 1 September to 15 October
ban in the meantime again been conf .rre a e
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information probably concerns the same training course
which will probably be held either at Prora uegen or at
:8randenhlurg/fiavel ?
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co GST instructors and untrained gibers scheduled to
become instructors have allegedly been inducted
for reservist training courses with NVA units in
several groups since July
C e e This nieasuzre would not only agree
the framework of military training of students
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da Reservists trained in Gera are later to be organized
into a Reserve Utz Rifle Refit
with the planned creation of a strong reserve and
improvement of pre nilita. training, within the GST
but would also comply with the tasks of GST within
The fact that retired NCO,; and E
are being employed as instructors for reservists
serving for the first time, and a first iiaaticn
of an unchanged composition of such reserve units
for subsequent reserve exercises tend to support
Gera is the post of the
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an d eri ,ed M`ts Rifle Regt/4th Mtz Rifle Div which is
known as (reservist and replacement) training units
but, according to available info ration, i.e not
identical with the abovementioned Reserve !`tz Rifle
Refit o
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Troia (EDR
During the period Viler x evi ' . , inten 1 e eo b naed arm tralwing
continued, ine eas. ig], r at t grounds; firing pro otices of arty
l caie~
wits and especially engr training are conducted on a
tr u fer s of AJU u-mits for trairAagr in firing have not been elhp-
see=gyred for several w s0
The following was obearTrod:
?~ r~tYaexaoa~..t~13,xer3e.de Aga
23 and 25 .Aug transfer In 2 shp is presumably of amw
troops/Twentieth Ar from. ue..?stea raldo
in the direction of Cottbus distr.
26 Aug, I shpt proeaawr b e y with elm/tat a ez Div
fron P riort to Magdeburg distr;
26 and 27 Aug, 2 shpants of tanks and arty pieces were
unloaded at Uchtspringe;
27 Aug. -i. col a, inoluding 12 by a .-id medium
mortars, from the. direction of Doohzrit'7i
in the direction of c how 5 arpsew;
27 AugA 100-120 vehicles In groups of about 8
vehicles were observed on the. ;a to rrkk
t-Ie2 tz road moving in western direction;
28 Aug, Lin the afternoon, 2 oolunns, including RL,s
and A s -moved from the direction of Na uea
i the - dire tioa of Doeberitz;
25 Aug 8ep.heavy traffic of cola ns g mostly groups of
7-10 vehicles, Including stank ~ amphibious
vehicles, engineer bridge building ?-sa
next, and APOs, in the Rat enaw area meu'lly
in east-western direction; allegedly bridge
cons t a tio:: near Hohennamen;
after 25 1mg, begin of naneuver allegedly announced T :
the emnits area.
28/2; Aug, 3 ehprats premmab with e /71st Arty
i `.%`Wen tieih r from gdebur g di:otr
-to Barnau;
28 Aug,
30/31 A
:30 kiU,9
entraining in Jaevenitz presumably of alms/
71st Arty Brig Twentietli
2 shpnte presi ,?bly with elnst/1et I.1m, Div
from lbgdeburg dietr to D.al_igo ;
tanks en4s. oe.: e n Yam xr u
oberit from the direction o c
station"
a pied to oapZ:c;ty
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Doeberitz area on 27 _Aug supp3emeat$ previous reporta on
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movements by road and rail of e /lst .lecz Div.
It can now be assumed
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mixed units of this division conducted ?xercises in the
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Rathenow Letzlinger ..aide (northern part) arm., pies bly
at reinforced regimental level, between 27 and 30 August,,
It is bblieved ? t, in spite of the early shipiat nts _ t.
the tng area (22/23 Aug), the 71st Arty Brig/Twentieth
Arrgr also participated in the exercise. The shipments from
Fuerstenwalde might indicate the participation of additional
ar t troops. The fact that the oolur proceeded in a great
nuvber of small details tends to indicate that the exercise
was hold tinder the assumption of intensive air activity by
the ener r.
2 Sep, movements of columns of sneoz and arty el
from Herrenkrug ibaserne (5283) in 1 lagdeburg
in the direction of Letzlingor Heide tug
grounds and vice versa are connected iriit a
training activities of elms/u/i l itz Rifle
Regt and u/i Arty Regt/19th Gds !lees Div
(Tank),
b,? Hoanigsbrueck Tn r Grotn?ads
27, 28, and detraining and entraining of i units,
29 Aug, mainly with tanks with maneuver izns~ gnia,
in Scluiepnitmand departure of detrUl n
units to Forst Hoyer swerda may have been
connected with the transfer of el=/Tank
fegts/llth Gds Tank Div to Koenigsbrueck
tng grounds on 25 Aug, and may indicate
major exercises of this division J
c d Ohrdruf Tngr Ground
19, 22, and the fact that 2 shprmts with tanks and APCs
30 Aug, went from Georgenthal to Zeitz on 19 Aug;
tanks and assault guns were entrained in
Jena and left in northern direction on 22
Aug; and 2 shpmts with tanks and SF guns
were detrained in Jena on 30 Aug,, 'tend to
indicate that additional elms/20th Gds Uecz
Div (Tank) have been rotated to Ohrdruf tr.:g
grounds.
Lieberose Tsar Grounds
22/23 .Aug, according to loadings of arty and AA gds,
presumably of 8th Gds Neez Div, in i is .g,
the observation of 2 shpmts, allegedly from
Grir=, which proceeded in southeastern
direction, and the entraining of elms/LItz
Rifle Regt of this division from Lei pzi.
Schoenau (8241), elms/8th Gds ilecz Div
pres?ably conducted exercises, possibly
at Lieberose tng grounds;
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ca Eh9r Regt Matz was to participate in a major mcorcis
Comm aent~, According to a deserter, e1 us/23rd Tank Ro;t
were to be stationed in a .her camp at this ground until
25 Aug.
Intensive rotation of units/ist I-1tz Rifle Div bettdeon the post
azd especially Kliotz and Lehi in trig Grounds for airing and
advanced eonbat practices of combined aria conti.nu . throughout
the period from 20 to .30 Aug
Comment, The sale impression is gained fr o u information
from other Div and tng areas, em & Gros schoenebeck loehten and
Zuellsdorfa It can* therefore be sd d that the character of
training activities of in`tz rifle, tank and arty rafts has not
changed so fare
According to neuspap r phot graph% a P -76/C a ahibioa tank with a
barrel with bore evacuator participated in a parade in Tod on 22
July 1953.
School in Poznan in June 39580
(Polish Press, Zl! Au /58)
Coznenta So far. 2 amphibious tank have been observed ,:r rtka
the 3ti E~agz? 3n Cressen/O in I ?ch i958, and !, with the Tan:, Officer
.at the Greif $walder .Sodden after p r-tinont preparation
in the area nort rest Greif swald from late Auist until
late September > On 27 Aug. u/i sm,11 colu~ma
passed through r :ien . ii the direction of Greif stra d
caanr ent. Training activity presumably of hki units
an or staff and signal e1-r. In the Stral ddAnk s Der n
area between 6 and 8 Aug may have been connected with the
above mentioned exercise.
do Between 12 a--id 16 Aug, units of various branches of service
returned to Pro;- uegen from ur notra tng areas and e3,i /
23th :,tz Rifle Refit returned from ,3ittstock and, buebtheen
tng grounds to' Rostock while ad tional tank units returned
to Prora between 22 and 27 Augq
a 14-day rotation pro ;ran tor the Utz
Rifle Div and the lot i?Itz Rifle Div respectively. The alternate
transfer of entire units and eiernonts to suer oanps and/or
for exercises and firing practices is presw ably due not only
to technical but also to security reasons.
eo On 13/14 and on 27/28 Aug, tank unite left Wittstock
grounds
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D. Air Forca
I USSR
1. Cparmand and Training of T,
On I and 2 September 1958, there was conspicuously little
air activity by the Twenty-Fourth Air Aram for unknown
reason; subsequently air activity increased and was very
intensive by the and of the first week in Septembers No
indications for the beginning of or nrenarations for fall
exercises have been observed so far
Between 0900 and about 1300 on 4 September 1955, an
exercise took place in the GDR which involved .laments of
the Werneuchen, Briesen and Finow bomber regiments and
elerents of alrost all fighter regiments of the Twenty-
Fourth Air Arroyo Bombers flying individually and raking
detours rgached Gadow-Rossow training ground; then were
attacked by 4-fighter formations on their way
C me t. An air defense exercise within the frame-
work of the Twenty-Fourth Air Army with the purpose of
testing air reconnaissance and fighter control in case
a rajor number of individual airborne targets on changing
course appeared.
2. Lo&istiel
a. Yggd2h= Sued Airfield
Between 20 July and 24 August 1958, Fagdeburg. ued
airfield was occupied by 12 g1 .ders, 3 Yak-18a and
1 AN-2 of the Association for Sport and Technique
(GST); the aircraft conducted air activity duri
favorable weather. 3 yak-18s performed training
flights on 2 to 4 days and nights per weeks There
were about 40 flying students as course participants.
The recruitment of flyin students for power planes
was without much success No parachute training
was observed
b. A. f q1d Area Ar d Sc --d rf
On 15 August 1955, the airfield area still had a
solid grass cover and at that time was used as
pasture. The surrounding plain corn fields were
harvested. There were no indications that the
airfield was to be used shortly
c. P~- ed Aux3l fay F irnwway son the Bejja-Nuernbor
man
On 28 July 1955, two kiloweters of the grass strip of
the Weissenfels-Naumburg/Osterfeld autobahn (510 081 N/
110 581 E) had a concrete cover
gggMe
r,t. Length and location of the presumed
auxiliary runway have not yet been confirmed
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11.. Pow
Locatioop
Prior to late July 1958, Prusses (54 15 N / 18 40 E)
airfield was occupied by the 25th Polish Fighter Regiment
which was subordinate to the 10th Fighter
Division at , toip-Rests (54 29 N / 17 06 E), the 11th P0L9
and the let Dydizjon Zabezpiecsenia, the latter
with 30 men, There was intensive day and night,air activity,
formation flying every day, and firing practice at ground
targets once or twice a week. The young pilots who came
from the pilot school were assigned to the 3rd Squadron
and, after one year's service, were transferred to the
2nd Squadron. After another year, sometimes only after two
years, they were transferred to the let Squadron. Air
activity and instruction were conducted in all detail
acco which-came from Warsaw every
year
C e to The subordination of Pruszcz Fighter
Regiment to Stolp-Reitz Fighter Division has been confirmed
The second fighter regiment in Pruszcz reported recently.
was probably stationed there for a short perm o
IlL Czechogl_flvak a
Location of Zr2mpe
a o PpaguKbely Airfield
When passing Prague-Kbely (50 07 N/ 14 33 E) airfield
prior to June 1958, twin-jet aircraft of MiG-17 type
were observed in front of a hangar and at the south-
western and of the runway
LgpMLejd. One air transport regiment of the Czech
Air Force is carried at Prague.Kbely airfield. The
assign rent of the MiGs has not.ye+ been determined ?
b0 Plzen Airfield
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In mid-July 1958, about 12 I1-12s were observed in front
of the open hangars. Seven to eight soldiers parachuted
from three other I1-12s circling over the airfield.
Subsequently,, the aircraft landed at the airfield
entb Can tactical re
connaissance regiment
equipped with Il-lOs of the Czech Air Force is assumed
to be stationed at Plzen airfield, The' transport aircraft
probably belong to Prague-Kbely airfield a
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In June 1958, on occasion of the "Tag der .iegerss
(Pilot Day) q about. ?0 jet aircraft were ebs wed
taking off . o-er Dobrany (49 40 N/13 16 E) airfield
It was learned fro n a conversation with an air
force officer .etat_ion at the airfield that, a ?
late June 1958, new jet aircraft had arrived at the
airfield
One fighter division headquarters
an t tree fighter regiments are carried at Dobrany
airfield,
2 o Lcg i ics
as Since 19569 an airfield has been under construction
in the area west of Sedinice (49 40 N/18 05 E) and
southeast of Bilovec (49 46 N18 02 E) < it is
scheduled to be completed in 1962. The construction
site was off u nits and guarded by sentries F--~
It remains to be seen whether the
project under construction is actually an airfield
or another rilita:'y installation.
bd A 300-meter wide and 2- long. neadow which extended
from 300 meters. northeast of Breznice (49 33 N /13 58 E)
railroad station in southwest/northeast direction was
converted into an emergency airfield.by an air force
construction unit equipped with 6 tippers 9 3 tract; re 9
2 levelling caterpillars. and, 3 bent shovels In Y;ay
1958; this airfield had not vet been c p1et by
~~ev The construction of this emergency
airfield is reported for the first time.
Irv, RIWMnj~a
OOrdu-pt-kina
In the spring of 1958, air activity at Sibiu-Tugnisor
(45 47 N / 24 05 E) airfield discontinued c p1etelyl~
the air force unit stationed there transferred to an
unknown destination
0ei a It is assumed that the ft Tian Ground
Attack Regiment f s Sibiu-Tvrnisor Is `being re-equipp
from I1-108 to I:iG45e at another airfield
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P,amt~~~nd l'atr~ ite. Okkall t nj
G
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H hnrdpr unit: practiced attacks with armor
ed support
The 1958 training concentrates on infantry training. While
training, at squad level ter'inated in April, training at
platoon level started in Vay; training at c .ny level i.f4
scheduled. to be held at the and of the training year. It
is planned to detach for this purpose entire c nies which
are to be temporarily 'replaced at the border by corn ales
activated fry Border I3ereitschaf t reeerves
C ento; This info: rations agrees with other reports
and indicates that 1958-combat training is afting at
readyness for employment at company level,
2 Alert Po ice (B
a. Between 20 and 31 August, elements of the 3acond '8ere1t _
echaft returned to 8asdorf` frozo Lanke steer camp-
practices held there included night rarchas up to 60
kilometers, construction of trenches and alerts with
subsequent, exercises under war like condition;
h0 The 3rd Battalion/3rd 8ereitschaft f?? Cottbus has
been stationed at Lieheroee surer camp since early
Aug-List 1958 and was to participate in joint nraotices
with Soviet units until 20 September 1958
en t, '.arching and chat practices have
reportedly also been held by other BP units station
at sa ner camps until September
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