MILITARY INFORMATION AND SOVIET DOCUMENTS FROM RATHENOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005200340009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 8, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

COUNTRY ._."oviea_ "one of Germany
'I- TOPIC ;' Lary la or .~ . Lion and
EVALUATIOI1
CLASS IF I CATrON1 E IRET A .r
REPORT NO.L
?;,ovio, t 3ocu,aent3 from . athenov%:
LACE OBTAINED-,--]
DATE OF CONTENT 21 uaarch to 19 ~,nril 1950
DATE OBTAINED)
REFERENCES
.DATE PREPARED.
PAGES ' ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)-.
REMIARKS
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Im ;.",otor vehicles from the Y,rafteahrzeu; k aserne and
Pionier kaserne, jZ thenow (N 53/Z 15) , left for an
unidentified destination durin~,.; the ni;_;ht of 21 :.larch
1950. ooviet soldiers said the units vent to _*blten-
C-.-rabow (M 53/G CO).
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2. A employed in the barracks stated that the
ar ery units in the Infanterie Laserne vere slated
to leave for ,ltengrabov in early : ay 1950.
3. oocuments boarin- sere
found in the .raft' zeuC -Laserne and documents bear
inc, and a copy-book were found in the
Infanterie aserne and Pioni?;r Kaserne on 21 Llarch
1950+
4e Trucks
at the Kraftfahrzeug serne:
a Doctwronts I I . .
vtere foun , nes x c-ne q.r-
r c e at the northern iaiiroad station on 12 April 1950
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to lwTi 0L/U 02:4 ICl'.L3 OITLY
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6. I asse Eger oars trucks
and eater"
pillar tractors Cowing
three guns of about.120 ran caliber) were seen at
the barracks0
7 0 Fifty-two guns were soon in three storage sheds
of the barracks on the road to Semlin0 The guns
were of about 80 to 120 mm caliber,
0 1`c?o ,tens, allegedly 76020rmn field guns,
were loaded on each of six flatcars; truckss including
Ion eight flatcarssand about
80 soldiers wearing red-bordered b1 .ok epaulets
with artillery insignia on four boxcars at the
b3athenowwNYord railroad station between 9 a.m. and
1 p 0mg on 19 %paa it 1950. The train was still
seen at the railroad station at 7 p0m0 It was to
go to Brandenbuar g,
100 Identification of documents
a 6 0 ocuments found as described in para. 34
Fragment of a letter addressed to a sol-
dier dates. 13 Vebrua
1950 9 examined Fy Censors p Office
Fragment of a letter addressed to a soldier
dated 26 September 1949 8
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Copybook with iniriaterial ballistic
notes and an unnaalled letter dated 1 March 195o,
in which the writer states that troops are
not granted towtin leave and that he does not
examined by Censorship Office
expect to go on furlough before 1955
nvelo.e addressed to a soldier of
postmarked 28 L,'ebruar 1950,
exam reed by censorship Office
Fragment of a letter addressed to a
soldier dated 3 Vanua
1'950v examine by Censorship Office
Fre.gment of a postcard bearing notes on
artillery pieces (recoil brake, e to a ).
Documents found as described in para.5:1
j'r+veio +e addressed to a soldier
postmarked 2 Liar ch 1950
o;.pe addressed to a soldier'
postmarked 26 February 195? .
Comment 0 In 1949 also the artillery
compon-F s o, the IV Arty Corps held their record
firing in :' ltengrabow. The information on the
ktathenow units goin to ^ lten g rabow is theref
given credence. 25X1
were previously reported from Rathenow and belon to
artillery units of the 1p Arty CorpsA 25X1
was also repeatedly reported from fathenow but is
probably assigned to a signal unit
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