MISCELLANEOUS OB NOTES ON THE RUSSIAN ZONE

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2011
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• Publication Date: November 17, 1947
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-1 INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY Gernei (Russ1 n Zone)
SU'0111 l4iecellsnsoun OB Notes on the
Russian Zone
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The former artillery barracks at Halberstadt are occ'ipied by
the Soviets as a transit camp. During the first week of Aug-
ust trucks left the barracks daily carrying troops to the
Ohrdruf training area,, The barracks are at present empty ex-
wept for a permanent staff of about 190 men, some of whom have
been heard to state that a big influx of troops is expected in
sarly September. Installations on the Halberstadt airfield
lave been blown up, The remaining living quarters on the field
re at present c:nptyb
X3n1gsbr1Ack (7 August 1947)
Four regiments are believed to have been transferred to 3nigs-
britek in the middle of July o
Riesa
!milarge munitions depot is situated on the railroad line Rie:a-
Berlin about 23- miles from Riesao It stretches for approximate-
ly one mile and is situated among pine trees. It is fenced off
by barbed wire and closely guarded. dhell cases of non-German
type of about six inches in caliber were seen'thereo
Bautzen
s the beginning of July about two-thirds of the ~dVIJ in Bautr~
--n, Including at least eight officers, left the to ma by road foi'j
Frankfurt/Uder, proceeding from there by train to an unknovnn
destination. These officers included the P:IVD chief Capt.,
Pachamov, who took his orders from Dresden, and ttoAnanzoV, :rho
head quartermaster of the b .utzen area, The rank of Romai1zo :
is be:lleved to be rnao although he did not wear a Jrniform 50X1-HUM
as he had been a F'6*
b, At the beginning of august these men were replaced by
others coming from 1weisswasser and by new arrivals from the
USSR. It Is not known whether the previous strength has aga,nt
been attained.
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ca, On 8 July the Soviets ordered the evacuation of 61".IrstMsSe
44 id pi of edaz;sirasse foa:? the ostensible purpose of hour ,rag
fighting troops At the beginning of August orders were given
to evacuate the Curoistrasse, J gerstrasseII faulisurasse,
Georgstrasse and Hindenburgatre.sse in order to enable all Soviet
families to.be gathered together in one areas
axied.$ in poor condition some of them were -merican mAade0
rails at iurzen station, near Leipzig. They were all three
a,, On 8 August forty to fifty trucks were standing rear the 50X1-HUM
b? On 8 August : Soviet officer was seen waiting fo: the mtnde train in ti.e Leipzig station a He wore a cap w:._th a
band and red pi-'Ang, his epaulettes were gold with rd piping
with two small ,i tars and a crossed artillery (7) ern, o;ar above
them. On his l* f t arm he wore at elbow height a 1 oz ara;,,e-sh4a,.pod
black badge wi.ta red piping and the same crossed enb em on It...
Schwerin (Augivit 1947)
a,, The plenit;otentiary ? o.t the Reparations Departmcn'~ of the .
soviet Minis try of Economics at Schwerin is Colonel, ill.:,sc : n,.
b, (20 Augilst 1947) The Commandant at oh.werin has o_:jedered,
that the following; streets should not be occupied by t'ne SoviE ts.
t.rat that thry should be left as approach routes:
bIlsr.-tarische Strssse and its continuation
Ftostocker Strasse
Spi~'it.ordarnm
Landis i.terstrasse and its cont1nuationo
c, A further 15,000 Soviet troops are expected to j: it the G f,(-'100
a 't present in Ludwi ;slus t,
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