MILITARY INFORMATION FROM NEUSTRELITZ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005100070008-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 2003
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: May 10, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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INTELLIPAY
CLASSIFICATION
COUNTIZT -ovi 4, one of lcrfalay_
REPORT NO.
InforLtion OLIEeu3trelitz I
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EVALUATM kLACE OBTAINED_-4
DATE OF CONTENT 14.yebn.12EL.L911.2reh 1.150
DATE 0BTAINED.:1
REFERENCES
PAGES 6
REMARKS
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5/4 on 14 k'obru:,r7 1950: ,
a. Barraca in the northrn part or ?the town, on the
enstern side of the road to i'enzlinl
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in Uoustrelitz
(1) -11 five !Itt.,1s, 1,7,re ,u,-.rded by troops we'2.rins
red-bordered bl-ck; eeLulcts, -oat of tht. oficers
ore ti: insi,nia, solie r,rtillery insi7nia, :our
41,-?raGes were occupied by t-Inks. Cne t,ak vith a tur-
ret shaped like the b-;ek of a turtle
.bout 10 AT it;uns vere stored in a
cura,;e 'nd trucks were in two other c.races, .bout
320 unr,rned troops drilled in the l'estern barracks
section, ::otor vehicle drill (mountingp dismounting and
changing of tires) vets observed ne-r the c-pruges
in the eas'vezm barracks section,
(4) bout Gc troops tit L carbines fld submachine unz
drilled tth trainlaJ1 field oproAte the bttrrecks.
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intell:gence to the
Archivist of the United StaIes.CLAScIcteATION
CONFIDENTIAL
.3oett n 0
Next Review Dale: 2008
04o c
Class.
Auth.:
Date:
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(5) Troops at platoon level were practicing with
blank cartridges at the training field north of the
barracks (1).
b. .3.te Kaserne:
Occupied to capacity by troops wearing red-bordered
black epaulets with artillery insignia. ',bout 30 ,
trucks were observed in the storage sheds of the bar-
racks. Trucics1
were identified in barracks
traffic (2).
C, Restricted area n..iouth'Pr with 30 houses and 3 can-
tonment buildings on 5trelitzerstrasse:
Lightly occupied by .Aviet dependents. -,rtillery and
tank officers were observed entering end leaving. The
cantonment buildings were guarded by a soldier wearing
red-bordered black epaulets. The former manor house
JE of the restricted area was surrounded by a barbed-
wire fence. signboard with the :Russian inscription
rvno smoking rv was seen at the house. Guards wore red
bordered black epaulets (4).
d. ,iestricted area o...ast", NE of Glambeck Lake:
(1) Aesidentirl area with about Sc large end medium
villas. Jain Late on Hohenzierlitzerstrasse was guarded
by a double sentry we-ring black-bordered red epaulets.
:Tny officers, priNarily . field officers, belonging to
the followina: branches of service were observed:
(2) uost of the officers belonged to .artillery and talk
units, some to infantry, signal, technical and medical
units. Motor vehicles were
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in the restricted area:
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(3)
k service station with a repair shop was SE of the
main gate. The pump was guarded by a soldier wearing
red-bordered black epaulets.
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Passenger car and truck
parked in :front of two requisitioned houses south of
restricted area 'East? (3),
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e, aestricted area with 8 to 10 houses le/ of 'Whenziorlitzorstrasse: Occupied by a unit, estimated et
1 company, with block-bordered black epaulets. many
telephone lines lead from that area to restricted
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building) on
f. Hospital forfiv-r secondery school
Luisenstrasse:
(1) There was little podestrian traffic of officers end
jjj be1erign6 to various
branches of service.
(2) Passene:er cars
and ambulance
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perkine; lots of the hospitel.
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Destly medicel officers end soue officers weering red-
bordered bhck epaulets were observed in the restricted
street section behind the hospital. Guards posted there
wore rod-bordered black epaulets (5).
G. The requisitioned secbion of the power plant on
Luisenstrasse was guarded by seldiers wearing red-bordered
black epaulets.
11 Kommondatura in 4 hounes on the junction of Llisalith-
strasse and Thaelmannstraese:
Infantry personnel were observed le one house gad sol-
diers wearing green-bordered red elaulets in another
house, -in front of which truck vas parked.
I. Fuel dump with railroad spur on'ronzlinerstrasse:
Guards wore red-bordered black epaulets. There were ap-
parently underground containers as fou e feed hoses were
recognized.
j. 2ue1 dump west of the ponzlin road, north of the di
mantled railroad line to ;;eren:
lards wore red-bordered black epeulots, fuel barrels
were observed. There may be else undergxound containers
as hosepiees were observed.
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mated ceeacity of .5,COL liters each, rld truckl I
loaded with barrels, all driven by soldier; wearing red-
bordered black epaulets, were identifLed eworing Neu-
strelitz from the direction of e'uerstenberg.
(2) Three trucks,
towing canvas-covered guns and occupied by 10 to 1,5 men
each, crossed the market square from the south'ene turned
into Penzlinerstrasse.
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2. Barr
eke on Lierkerstrasse:
Trucks
were identified there (1).
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traininc field about 500 meters west of the Infanterie
haserne on 23 2ebruary 1950 (2Y.
4. a. Barracks on Lderkerstrasse:
(1) Occupied to capacity on 9 Elarch 1950 by troops
wearing red-bordered bleck ereaUlets. Two 4.T guns of
medium to heavy caliber were towed out of a gersge in
the eastern barracks section. .About 500 troops held
infantry drill in the barracks yard. -
b. Ute Laserne lir of the mein
(1) Cit 9 Larch 1950
wearing red-bordered
artillery insignia.
barracks yard.
(2)
True kr
railroad station:
occupied to capacity by troops
black epaulets. Officers wore
sixty soldiers drilled in the
was parked in the barrodcs area (2).
c. liestricted area "outho on Jtrelitzerstrasse:
(1) A section of the restricted area was occupied by
troops on 9 Narch 1950. About 100 unarmed troops
held drill exercises. Guards wore red-bordered black
epaulets.
(2) Two of three cantonment buildings on the eastern
perimeter of the settlement were used es garages for
trucks (4).
d. estricted area "East", NE of Glambeck Lake:
(1) Headquarters where many officers, mostly field
officers with tank end artillery insignia and some
Infantry and nedical officers were seen on 9 1.iarch 1950.
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e. Restricted houses on Fritz Reuterstrasse:
occupied on 9 Mroh 1950 by about 100 troops wearing
black-bordered black epaulets. Officers with signal
insignia were seen. Officers voer observed going
between these houses and the hsadquarters in restricted
area 'East *t (3).
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Comment;
(1) and (2) Component units of the 9th Gds Tank Div
are stationed in the barracks on the road to Penzlin
(Douaumont Kaserne) and in the old barracks (Jte Grl-
nadior Kaserne), according to periodic informtion by
other sources The two barracks were still occupiQd
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to capacity on 9 ;larch 1950 (F). wailatib inforMa-
tion indicates that the restricted areas mentioned may
be occupied as follows:
(3) Restricted area. foll;ast" (including Hohenzieritzer-
strasse, Luisenstrasse and 2ritz :iouterstrasse): ,
Hq 9th Gds Tank Div. Idements of the headquarters, pos-
sibly the headquarters guard detachment, are in the re.
Stricted area NW of the Hohenzieritzerstrasse and on
Fritz aeuterstrasse.
(4) :aestricted area ifhouth? (settlement on ,Arelitzer-
strasse); Billets for married officers and Nces
their dependents. hccordinj,; to the report also.occu-
pied by a unit of about company strength.
(5) The hospitd on Luisenstrasse undoubtedly is the
fleustrelitz military post hospital.
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