RUSSIAN OB NOTES IN THE EASTERN ZONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000300010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 11, 2012
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: November 3, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/11 :CIA-RDP82-004578001000300010-n
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T,s ebur, ~ Y~-b4) s the tseY~an arras ~ver,~ th~.nly gr~rs:~ Boned in. m~.c~.??Au.~ust o The
troops nornza~.ly st.~tionad here ~,rere in su?ntner carp a~i the I.Etelingar Heide
h~.th 3~^d .~rl~r Iieadquax~tQrs in the 1'oz~o~c .T~.gdsc~ilass. 'i'tia~~r ~rez~ expected
tss retcarn to PTegdeburg in late ~.st or 8ep~bers
. Nau~ur? (J-~9} s T'he 5'~th ~~ir~is ~i~.s3.4n ~. re~~orted to re returnix~ tc
PJaur.~uxp at the e~ Af ~ugu.st 4
~: ~J~~b} s Tn the area. went of T',xttiirt thgx?e were stron~* concentrations of
troope- ~.n .fiut 1g~7, ~rticu~rly arau>ad C)'tirdrut', Tn the ~lla~oa of
Grawi~el, T~u~.;3erithal, aa~d ~Tolfis #,here k>erc t,aa mQCh~,na~ed ~.i~ s3ona~ .
the tr~?p~s c~Y ~,rhich were ;Ar~:~.~:wdi.sciplined, r~ourag, and ~,rithou4;. decorat3oa~s?
Tr~mbachsw~zld (~'...~,} ~ `There Yrmx~ massed e~x:arzpnzsr~tl~ a~ tank ~~>a*a?ps ire the
~ar~bachsw~,7ld strate~:i~ frcam Tr~Ibachlshc~f throurb v~xp~sre~eld its far as Place
in 11~~xst 19~7~ ~h?x~a were also encax~~nts in Timrtii ahd Hainber~;saralda
~a tata.7, o? tanks ~.Yeere was estirnZted at 50n media aaxt ~~ her~ey tanlc'x
urith 12th ax~ored Bares ~h? a~~x?c~oars are fou.~?w~ae~veci, l.ght~,y
axmorc-~, w3~.th turrets ~c~iritir~~ a~~ i?Tr az~i, a ~,~r~- gzzn.
Ohrc3ruf (J= 1~} t Qr- tho T~bar~;,, no~c?th a.~ 01..x, ai~ht~- ~~z gums i-sere
ab cs ~~?. "These ~Jdre~ r~nunt+~rl can two ~~liee~.s w3.tk: ~.~ #arrel i.~~~th o.T thxed
r~etQZ~s artci anti. approxi.rnata cal.i't~:r o9.' ~.2~ma,: '.ti'h?~ fan 3..ootrec~. si~lr{x 4,o the
t~rpe moltnted in thc~ Josaf utalin 3a
r 13e~~- (Y~]} s TTiere was a new traar~.rtg a~:a ~=stab~.ish~I or~~ sn abarzc3.areed
~.rfiold rat TierTsa 3n ;u~list ~.9~.7. ~'i~teera T'-~3+~.'s ec;iaa-pped ~.~ith i"~auee
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