SOVIET TROOPS IN PRENZLAU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004500570002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 1, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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a? The former Artillerie Kasorne on the western side of high-
way Noy, 109x, i,renziau (N 54/Q 04), was occupied to ce aci ty
by troops with tank insignia on 9 November 1949:, About
150 unarmed soldiers carrying light baggage left the lecaserne
in small groups and went to the railroad station on 9 and
10 TNNovetiber 1949, The troops boarded trains leaving toward
Berlin.
b:, The former Art_i llarie Kaserne on the eastern side of y)Oighcr
way l09 was occupied to oW acity on 9 November 1949.,
to 3,000 troops fell in for a review on that day, Groups
of 30 to 35 soldiers were seen at basic infantry training in
the immediate vicinity of the kaserne
Soldiers wearing tank insignia and some soldiers wearing
artillery insignia were observed:;
2? The kaserne on the western side of Highway l09 was occupied
by about 2,500 troops on 15 November 1949;. Troops underwent
basic trainin both with and without rifles in the kasorne
ya.rdo About 900 troops were drilled outside the kaserne area,
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The kaserne on the eastern side of Ei ;hway 109 was not
fully occupied on 15 November 1949
No drill activities were observed in the. kaserne on the
western side of Highway 109 on 12 December 191.9? About
0 recruits were shoveling coal,, No drill activities
were observed in the kaserne on the eastern side of the
highwway4
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a., The units stationed in the lrenzlau kasernes include
component units of the 25th Tank Div (Cadre),, of which
the 111th Tank Refit (Cadre) was definitely confirmed
to 30 October 1949 by a
may 1.so be Ice ated in Prenzlau,,
b,, Tf e troops who %,,,ent to the irenzlau railroad sta-
tion on 9 and 10 November 1949 may have gone on furlough
or may have been rej;striated for demobilization"
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fourth Gds ;:e cz `1rmy (Cadre) or an army training center
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