MILITARY INFORMATION FROM MAGDEBURG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004600290001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 24, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 9, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. a4 Cam Pole was vacated between 30 i*over~b+ r and 3 December
1949.
ba The joviet quarters of Klosterbereergraben on Sohoene-
beakeretrasse were vacated in late i.ovember 1949.
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d. Apartments on Freiherr von Steinstrasse and ITerderstrasse
which had' been occupied by kornmandatura personnel, were va.-
oated in late Deoernber 1949. Dependents were entrained at the
Ji'ri edriohstadt railroad 'tati on, a lleeed ly for lire st Lito:trek
The vacated apartments were placed at the disposal of the
Cerra n authorities. (3)
ed The .-T o- 1A gun emplacements at the "trombruecke near
the Citadel were abandoned. ltubble and debris were dumped
at the former Cun emplacements in early .anuary 19500
f. Col Korobenikov was identified as chief of the Control
Commission, replacin : the previous UiIx officer. (4)
g. 3hiprments with Soviet dependents caith lurf'age and furni-
ture were continually observed to leave the Friedrichstadt
c. Officers with luggage were driven from the restricted area
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i.ailroad citation for the aoviet Union. ., transit carp for
dependents to be repatriated was located in the restricted
area of 1"saelber>+sald,
2. a. The former iflak i aserne, I?rester, was occupied by
about 500 troops on 19 January 1950. Thirty troops, led
by an officer, marched frorl the f orrer engineer training
field to the kaserne.. The officer wore artillery insignia
the . ..i red-bordered black epaulets.
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b. Lasernes on '2urm trasse; Occupied by about 400 troops,
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c. , ooviet hospital was in the Anger iiserne on the southern
side of :.udolf Lreitseheidstrasse,
d. The iierrenkrug Kasorne on the northern side of 1Ludolf
- a r e was ocouiied to oanacity.F
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(1) .reported to sty .ll be occuried by a unit with black- 25X1
bordered ruby-colored epaulets on 10 a.,ecember 1949 0
(2) The restricted area on ,.e;tendstrasse T?:as occupied by
a guards signal unit of about 100 men, probably a component
unit of the 105th :g izegt/:Third hock i.rr.y, in cur-ust 1949.
"laments of the Hq Third 6hock ,.rrny are stationed in the
nuke s:aserne. ?
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(3) The vacating of apartments was presumably connected
with the reorr-anization of 61 ,!, offices into ;HOC offices
(reduction or dissolution of offices?)
(4) Col Korobenikov is not known.
(5) ..hereas 1,000 to 1,500 troops were reported to be in
the kas?:rne in 1~.urust 1949 (C), only 500 troops were ob-
served to return to the kaserne from maneuvers in early
6eptember 1949 (B). It is.- still unknown whether Read-
quarter units (sir:, units?) of the Third :ihock army or
component units of the 207th .11t7 zifle Div are stationed
in the kaserne.
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