SOVIET TRAINING IN THE CRAWINKEL-OHRDRUF AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003500650006-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: November 10, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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he tra re n#x tai' t rman police by Save o f:.s:er about 2.50
:ar= .icem n were rs,n ? i ed., ranging in rank from Po izeimeist? r up: `itze
oiow ri a veraerits were seen..
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$_ _ Aunu ylJ 1`ive ` ?-;, 4 /85 and three armored reconnaissance care: the
tnraa 67 AT guns ;W3' 25X1
e ? bar Towards O,hrdruf n .neteen- Studobakeare and one, leer) L q
, P , . . : 4 6 et riee - , nine heavy 120
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Tflortftrc ( 36 truck- drawrn:, and
(i ncldiere, INterir g the Craw,v inkel area 200 min.; siu 122 rya
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September Bridging equ.ptnent, 01 luding five pontoons, was un,:.load-
-a; iii- ' u3rawrLnke1 Bahnhor', One car bore a ticket reading TMr'rom Ore ,dears
Tar sde-r_i..ehatadt i1afon A raillroad. worker is-Ad that.
~.- Mier engineer materis i been ua; traded recent1v,
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sitE!ed the 'Wtua~$t^,b'11 e area whi h 1 1TI
r i ire ss3....C11O i'3 :3 1W InY, Q. "'p)-*enf"^"~ 9n R (1 A.1 , q!4 have receTTIi.~,lr
b f,en Doet.ed reading, IfNa 1rrelratu", (sic) pointin to a heavily tr?wel_ecl
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Archivist of the rat intelligence to the
united states,
Next Review Date. 2008
Director of Cent er 1978 from the
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T`?'=rest road runninr? south to the nmej1, stream caf'.ed Littsche., 't'hree
moored half tracks and two lithtt, reconnaissance cars left a roods
camp located 000 meters northeast of. 1.agscheide -M-tile a "motorized
pontoon" arrived from the direction of Oberhof. 'Mis latter vehicle,
holds at least forty persons- a r'rtr screw provides
Zvi- op sL on in water ; when seen on land. it was pat
3;??--40 kiloriaters Per hour. proceeding
Anproxiraate 800 tr s Wing around 1 o; scheide,: This
unit` previously hack been seen at 25X1
Cra+ri but after traininv wont to Ohrdruf:, kmong weapons were
r;valve 76.2 ma AT guns (62) and eight 82 no mortars (U%1), the latter
hauled on trucks, The column contained six light reconnaissance cars
.end eight armored half tracks, the latter each mounting two )Gs.
Support included older model. SIS trucks and six field kitchens.
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