HILLERSLEBEN ARTILLERY RANGE AND LETZLING HEATH CAMP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005000470003-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 10, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

It`__ Approved For Release 1999/09/09 CIA-q12E$2-M57 W=
CLASSIFICATION
6ovie one of Germany
.OUNTPY
iiillersleben Artillery Mange_ and,, Letzline, 1 c ath Camp
TOPIC_.., d-r s-- ----
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EVALUATION -_ ----_.PLACE OBTAINED
DATE OF CONTENT . 29 and 30 ==arch 1950
DATE OBTAINED 25X1A6a DATE PREPARED 10 `"gay 1950 ____
REFERENCES___ - 25X1A2g
i.. hilie rsieben (1{, 53/Y 51 )
ao The barracks were still occupied by about 500 troops
wearing Completely black epaulets, some with engineer
insi ;nia, The unit was e a engineer battalion by
local residents;, Truck was identified, 25XIBOa
bo The buildings on Sie ;er,platz were vacant and no
changes were observed at the Isom endatura
c, Captain Yemchenevski was still supply officer of t130
barracks of the Iiillersleben artillery range0 1.'e freq(,,.ently
went to Stendal (Li 53?fY 85) on official trips.
2 Camp in the woods at the Lotzling heath:
a,, Occupied by strong advance parties with red-bordered
black epaulets and artillery and tank insigniaA No troop
units were observed to be detrained,
25X1 BOa
25X1 BOa b0 Truck towing a heavy mortar of about 120 mm
=1 were seen enroute to the camp
caliber? and truck
in the wo od s
C,1 Twenty shelters, presumably tank shelters, embedded in
the ground up.to half their .height, were being constructed
along the southern side of the camp (along Planken road from the
forester?.s house almost to ti7 ro taco road branches off-to
iEa~.densleben)a
25XIBOa d,,. Trucks - R
at the camp,
were identified
They left the camp with a load of i ogso and
returned from the Iialdensieben sawmill with a load of boards,
CLASSIFICATION
This document Is hereby regrade
letter of S octobe from the
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