1. TROOP MOVEMENTS THROUGH STENDAL 2. MANEUVERS IN JERICHOW AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003900620001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 23, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

26 September 1949
l0 A south--bound train, carryin;; 30 to 35 tanks,mostly T34,
several trucks, one field kitchen and troops, passed
through STENDAL (..i 53/Y 35) 0 One truck, was 25X1
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TOPiC Troop, i ovements throu:-~h ; i'vND
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EVALUATION LACE OBTAINED
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DATE OBTA1t4E] DATE PREPARED____ ~3 IJovemb: r 194.9
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PJAGC:S 2 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKS
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3 and 4 October 1,49
20 a0 Tank unity with 70 4o~80 T34 tanks and about 150 motor
vehicles, mostly trucks, passed through 6T""NJ.4L during; the
night of 3 October 1949 . and proceeded south0 most of the
trucks were loaded withgas~i.ine drums0
;b0 Heavy artillery fire was heard south of ~,Ta:,NDAL in the
afternoon of 4 October 19490
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Comment:
ao large-c,eale maneuvers were
o C a eas a e e :aver nart~z of the LU3G-ALT~.N-
1~r ~`~" BELZIG line from 1 to 12 y (?) October 1949 0 The
followin; movements observed since late September 1949 may
have been connected iitia these maneuvers;
(1) Component units of the 94th Gds iutz Rifle Div le,ft the
vl",iI. E?~:TI~-./ISfii~B area by rail and road, heading; south0
(2) South.-bound troop trains and motor vehicle columns
passed through JITT$'TOCrs. and STl Iuj)AL at an inc2eaaed rate0
I This docur,sflt is he;e;;;, regraded to
CON"FIOE TIAL ii a,:co:dance with the
letter of 13 Oc;oL,-. 1078 from the
Director cf ~Cer)trai tntetfigence to the
Arch!vf&, cf the U~~ited States.
Next Revtc, yj ed tr Relea 20
1 October 1949
Large-scale maneuvers of troops of various branches of
service were started in the J