RUSSIAN OB IN THURINGIA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001500780005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 28, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY , Gerv .ny (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Russian C8 in Thuringia
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Large numbers of troops arrived at Chrdruf (J-15 during the latter
half of March 1948. On 16 maroh, two armored regiments returned to
Ohrdruf from Eisenach. They had previously been stationed at
Ohrdruf as late as 28 February 1948. The two regiments consisted of
a total of 1,048 officers and men, seventy T-34 tanks, and forty-nine
trucks.
and men arrived at the Ohrdruf training area from the direction of
Halle. All the barracks in Chrdruf, Jeoha, Sondershausen, Arnstsdt,
and other towns in the are* were filled with Russian infantrymen
during March. Schools, halls, and hospitals were also being
requisitioned as billets.
3. It is estimated that 500 hoavy gums and 300 light guns, including
150 mm. AA ems, are based on the Ohrdruf training area. The employ-
ment offices of various Thuringian towns, including Arnatadt (J-25),
are conscripting men and vi non for trench dir*,ging in the moods.
4. Toward the and of March 1948, large numbers of troops arrived at
Jena (J-66). The LBbstedt barracks were occupied by a unit equipped
with thirty to forty Josef Stalin S's and seventy to eighty T-34
tanks. Asiatic troops are quartered in villages around Jena. It is
estimated that 16,000 Mongolian troops have arrived in that city.
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On 22 March 1948, forty T-34 tanks, forty-nine trucks,
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