SOVIET ARTILLERY AND AAA UNITS IN RATHENOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004400530004-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2004
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 8, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE OF CONTENT ~~ Nnsromhr 4 11
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The following observations were made in RATFii.PNO?W'd (N 53/Z 15):
l0 Kaserne near the North railroad station on Neusteed terstrasse ; *
Occupied by a unit wearing red epaulets.
2~' iserne bordering on the mentioned kaserne in the direction
of NEUSTADT (N 53/Z 18) o **
Occupied to capacity by an artillery unit?
3. Kaserne bordering on the mentioned kaserne also in the direction
of N,USTADT: ***
a, Occupied to capacity by an AAA unit.
A hundred to a hundred and twenty AA guns were stored in three,
about 330-foot long sheds. Thirty heavy AA guns of about 120 mm
caliber with about 16.5-foot long gun barrels were seen.
25X1 b? 'Lurks and tank truck were
parked in the kaserne area.
25X1 c. A heavily guarded,, large awnunition bunker' with spur track
and surrounded by three watchtowers with spotlights was oppo-
site the kaserne 9 about 1 a 600 feet west of the road to USTADT,
25X1 Trucki was seen heading for the bunker.
d, About 20 soldiers were constructing 1A gun emi)lacements a
interconnected by communication trenches in the area between the
bunker and Neustaedterstrasse.
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The three mentioned kasernes belong to a large block of kasernesp
designated P?t.ald Kasernen", on Breitscheidstrasse (formerly
Schlieffenstrasse) near the North railroad statione RATHENOW"eft,
The block of V.ald Kasernes is composed of the following kasernes:
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This document is hereby rk: S& iI ION
CONFIDLN I]AL in accordance w. ih the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intellgence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008 1 t';lot
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Former .rf-anterie K.ase?rne
** Former Pionier Keserne
Former KTaftfahrer Kaserne0
All three casernes are occu;,jed by co;' poriert units of the
6th Arty Div s with the former Kroftfohrer Kuserne being
occupied by ALA units (of the 2d Gds .?s Div'?) also.
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