MILITARY INFORMATION FROM PASEWALK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005000260003-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 3, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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to ao a or"ter Luerasss.ier aa.serne
Occupied to capacity by about 2,000 troops woarinf.r? red-bordered
black epaulets on C -'arch 19.",-0. ,tT guns of about 50 nri caliber
were observed in a garage in the eastern barracks area. rl truck
convoy was seen enterin, the barracks ?.rea, .each truck was oecuplea
by 10 to 15 soldiers lore red-bordered black epaulets and
who towed an tl' gun of about 50 = caliber with 2.5 to 3._moterd
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.Vivo armored trucks with twin wheels, aach armed with twc
20-rn~1 guns and occupied byy 10 soldiers rearing red-borders"-.,d
:lack epaulets, were parked in front of the barracks.
The guard at the fuel clump between the barraks and the
traininr? Field woro red-bordered black epauletso
bm The reluisitioned house at tie ..mkianerstrasse railroad
overpass was occupied by 50 to 60 troops wearinP red-bordered
pr-,en epaulets.
` No railroad cars standinC. on a spur track near the house ere
also occupied by these troon,o
i:Ll tart tan,.: or one o"f3 car and 15 . < ,about 120 other
off icars, i .oludinr- a colonel and 6 lieutenant colonels and
?ia;ors, an=l, COO to 900 _' ~,aer soon on 23 ebruar r 1950 as thn;T
arched .froi the forrier IKU.ara:oiar xtis.sarrxe to the oviot rionu-
aent for soldiers killed in action.
To units ,ljorw observed leaving the barracks on 25 ., a G 950, ""~
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Cn1t the rear el('; zonts of the first unit leavinj? the
Larlmckz, in a southern direction at about noon verc ob-
serve((10 trucks occu-,i~)d onl ? by the drivers . . one of
trucks
aa ~iotorcycla were also seen,
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cOZirt un esti;-2a.te at 15 officers and 30C.
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a:Auinned mith 75 trucks, t,' Dasson(:?er cars, 5 iotorcycle s,
3 fiei kitchens, artiller~- pieces y
radio trucks, one
a'ibulance c.,r 4d 10 or-iored raconnaissance cars, left the
barrack,z 1 and 2 n, M. ""ha- trop s carried "Cio1;
a j.uin.zent, inclu{lint," rueis.`.i.c.cs0 truce!:; Jim' 'iountarl vLa
fliieh4
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ufS, 5 trucks Vie-
e louued, s'+it'fi #~~`riunition Y:Cxez
an hour on
`.either unit had returned to the ;;arracks 'r.y,carly/27 ...:arch
1950..
5 The vvindoti?,s .f the mess building , of the building where the
cuarc is located, and of the former head....urirters buil.~_.iinp ?,ero
lighted at 9 jp,m, on 25 .:arch 1950. In the z min 1:uil:'in only
sore windows in the riiI.+k -ainr' 1,-)ere li ?hted.
traffic r.,iaas observed in the barracks area on 96 .nrch
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intensive tra n n ? :pct v t T
c,as ob rvod
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Aho rp:neral impression of the units at trainin'- Z,as si,~.t1.-~r
to that on previous, clays.
'..'tie 77rd tic? .:t2 hifl':; .tart of the 9th . c 'l'''ank Lit is
wit-'3.tionU i ~ e -,uera -'Sion i, 3 :, s.~ ''n1k a ' r tc ~` aa
t':.ls report .??'t" `,revious iJsf Si;I'IJ . ~ L
f ?r'; tion
The units ?.?;:ich laft the _.u :,'rte: i.t3serne on ~., 2 .; arc: 1D50,
~-? aE..Iits C3.x that
:~j?{-'?i.'.1u3it
'Ma 1, ..e units *~re '.x l 1.,~~ left i or a r'ract cc
.ic 'l or 1 o r a 1. .arc i s o n 1 seve
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