SOVIET TROOPS IN THE NAUMBURG AREA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003600170006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 10, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

.1.. v ::tk .? u st 1949
CLASSIFICATIONt`_ :` - L0
COUNTRY ~3021 Pt o `e of "~?rr~~n
~r, n g i n ;h `,",U-' ,_GTe a
TOPIC, Gov eJ -
EVALUATION ; Qe bel.oc' PLACE OBTAINED
DATE OF CONTENT See bel my
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES-
PAGES
REMARKS -
SOURCE
e 2001/03023 : CIA-RDP82-0045b6
I`hfe -document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accord-tnce with the
_l ior.."af..-M- Oef r '?t` 7a--from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Arcthlviat of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
Exercises of engineer troops no constructed a bridge across
t ',aele 'diver `' ere observed at ..~1~31.:B1Ji G (V 5wf""4,. 89). In
addition to the bridge-building ecn.innen:t, ton assault boats
.;o or vehicle vas
-sere seen with these troops,,
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93 G The ,i,~U~ B[T.IG kasernes -ere occupied as folio'?1s on 3.0 jai mist
illerie 1aserne: An engineer unit, Trucks
.'?ere seen.
'7nit of about
ary )3irmarc:k f-.:aserne on ' eissenfelserrn=
00 t Tt} O 1) IalL7~3 t 1E" LITI~ i ?.'d} ii ^t'1TT1 F11 J and '.no tor'
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truck
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the k zserne -ere sae d. to be in a !-':Toed.--cemn in t
b0 -eue ?rtillerie haserne on hoe>aburg-;erstra.sse; Tank
and. er y e tsi E- carr,y n ni~'n l h anti air craft
gun. - mm antiaircraft pans, arid tracks 4?ti.th numbers of
the eries .sere
observed on the railroad line near _ I io train
o11ooeeded via the . Ufl3LP:,C railroad station tdo~iards
{;`r, 52/3 (a19).
Inf enter. ie y:.a: r,z ne? on25Xi tX=} .erlin sho1..z"; .,:n infantry guard
+ cF TTho troops
detaila s tas seen. from
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2C, t. !'ust 11,J49
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observations -ere r;'ade ill -4 T,, -,31
-ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
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b, 1:1 ndenbur :. -asorne on - choenbur erstrasse : Lightly
oc cu l by ttroops -'S,tt reci~bc~ c1 ed b :c4;: epaulets and black-
bordered red e.puulots.
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"aserne north of 'l iingar-,cg: :ear detail. Truck
.' s -ceene :antiaircraft u.ni the strength of one
l lon s, ? ?ith four 8 -mu cuitia ircraft runs and six
'L"17-i:sa ,.tir-4rcrc.ft runs, ,..ere observed in this kaserno In early
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do Blueoher aee ?ne south of .::'leri ;;e1-e Infantry unit of
about t3 men. Truck ,,tas seen. Extensive repair
,~.-ork as done in the ':uisorne.
a, Barbara 'i.aserno on ',reitschoidstrasse: Unite of various
brosic ao o sorv~ee~," "o 5--.i ; via un ?e to three hundred troops:
: epoi.r v'ork T?as done in the kasernem
f. ':':aschinenj ehr aserne on j~ior dstr : o troops o One
Ica s erric bu iTc3i n; . b e ~i re ~~ r
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ruck passen,.e er car
ruck (arty) Y truck ( arty )
eep Y truck
ruck 'i"' truck
ruck truck
ruck truck
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I Late Jul 1949
4o The foll.ovring information on officers of the r.ailitary
. siost 1 sas secured:
;o].. OiIKOFF 11-olitical off ieer, allegedly transferred
toC~ :Gast Prussia,
Lt. Col, OJ.PRULTI:OFI' i'olitical officer, promoted to the rank of
colonel and transferred to "Zi7"P"T*Y (T`1 54/
-ail I13.iC(I' t .?Iccompanied his family to the '3oviet ~:+nion.
Capt. 'rI ~Oi ajV
. orked at the division bunk, transferred
to ::o NCO'' on 24 July 1c,149.
Co~it. 1 x; I`:: Physician in the :ubertus i'rs_ernes ,as been in c:sr:3p 7 C ' `.. ,-TI. Ca:i (L 51/h
76) since July 1949
d .to 3.' f Transferred as athletic officer to 'Transferred
about trio months ago; previously athletic
officer at the 1- "? U! G corps headquarters
a nd t 7oreafter aeolgxned as athletic of-
' icer to te (L 51/3 57) army head-
ciuarters for about one year,
:rotor vehicles identified In the ii'i131T:~G streets:
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a, the re ort rel;"-Vdin(r the occupation of .-11t":3rr`:G up to
late a.. ;u: t 1949 indicates that the' _r;G units of the 57th
Gds _-tz ::U'1o iv, and riresur zbly also had uartors units of
the ':gas =.tz Z.Af le Corps, had not fro ; returned from summer
maneuvers, for r'hich they had left the cctot in early -ay 1949,
according to wevioua -F nforrnationo
b. The assumption that the mentioned units --ere holdi.nr their
n2?aneuver: in the JY A3:;v area (. _ndel troo:> trainlnr r~round8)
Vass corroborated the statcrient that Capt', 1' I. ', phy-
sician from the -- :..s:':: :( ubertus :aserne, , as t cri in Carap
3 I l .TACa`. Sixxee~
dm 'iQhc iriforncition source (B) supplied on ^.r :I G cif leers
in late uly 196: is r .ven eredenceo
Lt, Co1D O`IPR'O1J OI'F ? a olitica3. Officer at a
division 'headfVuar.ters (57th Gda I"tz :rifle -)iv'..;) accordiu(.- to
ini"or..u tion su plied b.- another source in _.pril 1949 0
f he er Off is ers (except 0-W ;OTJr OFF),-, ere identified f car
the first time. '
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