MILITARY INFORMATION FROM BAD FREINWALDE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005200120011-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 2005
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: May 9, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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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...-
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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
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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
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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,
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