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

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CIA-RDP82-00457R003900620001-4
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 20, 2016
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January 24, 2006
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1
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Publication Date: 
November 23, 1949
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REPORT
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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 identifiedr CLASSiFiCATiON .~.~~% -~v~ __tv;,/ J.:+' I - ~~.; COUNTRY Soyie gone of Germany REPORT NO... , ___._ __ L TOPiC Troop, i ovements throu:-~h ; i'vND ii E: u O u {_ vHU r ~Z e 25X1 EVALUATION LACE OBTAINED 25X1 DATE OF CO"'TENT LV/\ 1 DATE OBTA1t4E] DATE PREPARED____ ~3 IJovemb: r 194.9 REFERENCES .- __.. PJAGC:S 2 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) REMARKS 25X1 25X1 RETURN TO CiA L(B~A~Y 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 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 30 Approved For Release 2006/02/02 ;~Gi~4~ ;~0457R003900620001-4 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