MILITARY INFORMATION FROM BAD FREINWALDE

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CIA-RDP82-00457R005200120011-3
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RIPPUB
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S
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6
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December 20, 2016
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December 23, 2005
Sequence Number: 
11
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Publication Date: 
May 9, 1950
Content Type: 
REPORT
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approved For Relea t~exsaant* COUNTR'#__ ernne of TOPIC CONFIDENTIAL REPORT NO ? i l 1 tnrv Tnforma.tio.1 f r cm Bad Freien .aide EVALUATION DATE OF CONTENT DATE OBTAINED REFERENCES PAGES ..?.ENCLOSURES (Ne, & TYPE) REMARKS-- 1, About 450 officers and WR ,ve;aring red--bor. Bred black epaulets with tank insi 71ia marched from the barracks toward the ktussian cemetery about 11 a?m, on 23 Fe3 luawy 19509 the i3ixtbday of the Red A-,emy. A oolumu of 530 officers and ! M wearing r. ed.-borc?e^red black epaulet p with artillery insignia marched toward the cemetery about 1 p.m.. 25X1 2~ '1`, armored reconnaissance cars, left the barracks daily be ,;een ' 23 February 19500 helve sidecar motorcycles, each occupied by three soldiers wearing red bordered black epaulets without r branch-of-service i.nsi:;nia, entered the barracks area on 22 February 19500 3. Nif,ht exercises, starting beta: .en 10 and 11 p.m. and endint-; between 1 and 2 a.m., were conducted in the woods near the barracks from f~ 0 1`vro ~3k tanks , on /February 15-5-6. Four 9 50: ' 13 to 3 February 1950...- 25X1 25X1 'LACE OBTAINED, LIE PREPARED 9 May 1950 insi,rd.a squa,ted on cac as they were d von vCj tsrires were used for drivers? s1o?;.1y Pnd awkwaruyo t to six soldiers ea,rirj; recd-horde ed black epaaa.el.~~a? 25X1 h one tone 5. '::hree trucks occupied by 38 soldiers armed with carbineand cooperative submachine guns and carrying full ecui:ment left a store on 1 garch 1950.. A Soviet major standing at the stor ~ent- ys f is snowut ed toward the cor?voy and said,. "The Gers::ans will lralwathere to the tour eking camp the Soviet soldiers Flo b and ice and will live inn t }nts8for four weeks." The trucks a].leged- ', ,,ly moved to =euplin t 5 6.. Fight trucks left the barracks going w~~nu~kin erg (N 5 1950.. They departed at 3 to on 3 LI.areh 2 74) were occupied by soldiers wearin,; red-bordered black epaulets with- out branch-of-service irasignia.. F ur trucks towed AT gun of CONFIDENTIAA .. . >?hnl All Bacu ~Be~di coo _ IkeItagq In Mass. ^ (-f Dc Iassified Approved For Release 2006/01/10 : CIA-RDP82-004576 R1 7R005200120011-3 ' a Io1LL i -'J Y CLASSIFICATION- ;.C ., I 1J J D By F, J J ,200610 X10:CI~4~iRDP82-00 578005200120011-325X1 App 7. Nine trucks, each toi.in, t. ;:un and oc,.cu,Ued by troops, were se>.en 25X1 co;rin from tiie direction of ia.. kenber . on 5 :arch 15u. Truck I I'ias identified, 8. An armored cross-boubtry motor ehic-Le left t,rie barracks ;:oinL; towards aialicenber,; on :'arch 1;5U. 'Eric .middle section of t'le vehicle was covered ,itii a tarpaulin settinG or!! time contours of a tvi~i-barx sled :::s:cr>~.ne -,,u.i. The ve..icle was occupied oy two officers and nine .L1' with firin.; equipment. It returned to the barracks about, 5:15 p .la, The T34 tanks were seen cnteriri the barracks X.-ea on 9 -'arch 1950, about 75 mm caliber. Trucks . ajor Lubanov was identified as Inc S-3 of the i3ad r'?.r?eicn,,alde AT artillery battalion, 11. Three X34 tan:~.s, followed by a truck occupied by 14 soldiers, entered the barracks area on 13 ...arcri 1950. 12, One ar;nured reconnaissance car and two armored _;ersonncl carriers, ea.cii inountiriL. tv:o heavy rnaciiine guns or 2U-,%-i duns ;.,ointin6 forward Fwd occupied by six to eight soldiers, left to barracks about 4 p.n:: on 14 .arch 1950, One arnoref p ersoriricl carrier, two armorer reco_rnaissance ears and an open track-lnyinL a:rliaunition carrier moved into Lite barracks area about 2 p.:ri. Tiree ,31.E tanks, with three to five men standing on each tan=:, entered the barracks about 4 p 13. Taco 75-mm X f duns were Loved into the barracks by 12 soldiers each, rilo wore red-bordered black coaulets vi!Ln;:ut br3ncii-of-service insignia, on 15 a?:.rch A cantonment bu ldin4 with barred .ir.- do,r.s, surrounded by, ft P..,moter..high wire fence, was recente. ly COnstructt:d in TrOn'i. 01' the kitchen of We ba:'racas.. 'ir'a enui"":n.ent was seen at the cantonment buildi:ig wriich was per anently guarded by a sentry althou,_h it i close to L=uardrzouse iro 14. 'i:v:o 120-i:un .rortars were toyed to L, -atzf elde by troo,pc or: 16 ..arch 1950. i elve-iuan crc;'is we 'e seen r?a'. ticing Vitt! ;.,:'o 75'-:Wm AT guns near the Ber3iner C. see. T v aid at all pass motor veilic. es. The -un cr?e:?:s sceiied to consist u: ex.criericed soldiers as they could adjust tbo gtma qu-1, 1.5. otor vehicios 2fiebruazy true;:, leaving the barrac~.s, driver veer`;:. red-bordered black epaulets, CONFIDE;};A C,O,~,fiitii/US i1e'r'ICI1::.5 U