"RUSSIAN UNITS IN COTTBUS, SPREMBERG, CARDELEGEN AND STENDAL"

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004300170012-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2006
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: February 14, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

CLASSIFICATION
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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
CONFIDENT 1/1L
SUBJECT Russian Units in Cottbus, Spremberg,
Gardelegen and Stendal
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1, COTTEUS (A5?) v 21-22 November 1949
a., Sachsendorf`Kaserne. :,-stimated strrngth>, 5?000 men, severity percent
of 3w om ,tee yawn nd' some of whom wear armored or artillery insignia,
sheds (outside observation rani,,e) held over 100
81: u only four JS l.; Both armored and artillery troops
were drilling in the yard, where signal personnel were unrolling and r
pairing telephone cables.
b-. Hermann Ldns Kaserne, estimated strength,, 1,500 armored troops,; Many
cab! rs running to this installation a d heavy traffic between it, other
COTTBUS barracks and SP1 ilB1}itG, suggest that it is a main headquarters.,
Co Disrenchen Kaserne. About 1?200 armored and artillery troops all
very your ;:; ants ivero seen;.. There as no vehicle traffic,,
V. Si'RH2,ir23MG (A60) v 22.23 November 1943
a, A former German barracks on the Forster Landstrasse consists of one
building for officers and four for . ,. These are 7& 8C percent occupied,,
strength being about 1?100 men? Some older men wore armored insignia,
but the majority of youngsters wore bla