SOVIET ARMY EXERCISE IN THE WITTSTOCK AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00280R001300100076-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2011
• Sequence Number: 76
• Publication Date: October 29, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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29 October 1956
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1. On the evening of 24 August, a convoy of tanks, armored cars, AT guns, rocket
launchers and trucks came from the direction of Rossow through Chrietdorf an
route toward Wittatock. Some of the trucks contained troops and others were
loaded with baggage. V.
2. At 1830 hours the following groups had taken up position:
u. In the roods on the northern side of the path from Christdorf to the
Wittatocker Chausee:
(i) Approzistely 100 T34/85 tanks;
(11) 30 2- and 3-axled armored cars;
(iii) About 50 trucks including 15-20 rocket launchers.
In the woods immediately to the mat of the Wittatocker Chauaue and
4 - 500 a north of MR 328 839:
3 rove of 2- and 3-ezled armored can. Each row was about 000 a in
length and all 3 were parallel to one another and to the Wittatocker
Chausee. No count of the vehicles could be made owing to tbair being
partially obscured by trees.
3. None of the vehicles mentioned above were dug in but out of they were
lightly camouflaged with twigs and branches. In general, they were drawn
up at only 10-15 a intervals from one another but the drivers were obviously
using the trees as natural camouflage.
4. During the day of 24 August, jet fighter aircraft made repeated flights at
a height of about 2000 a over the area Rossow-Hersaprung-Christdcrf-wittatoce
Cadow, while at noon a formation of 12 Jet fighters flew over then same area.
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At 1800 hour., a jet fighter side a mock attack on the arsored care to the
met of the Wittetocker Chausee boa a Might of about 800 a.
6. The above positions occupied by Soviet troops on 24 August were unoccupied early
on 25_August.