MILITARY INFORMATION FROM KOETHEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005200460006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: June 5, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC 1,11litc.ry information from :oothen
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EVALUATION L-PLACE OBTAINED)
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DATE OF CONTENT 20 ~ 'ebruar,y to 4 .~pr it 1950
1950
DATE OBTAINED DATE PREPARED Jung
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REMARKS
ENCLOSURES (Noe & TYPE)
to ,?mbout lp0 to 120 soldiers wearing; red-bordered
black epaulets marched in tyro Groups from the
railroad . station to the school buildin?: on Xasta-
nienallee on 20 ,,7ebru,-,.ry 1950. .`.bout: as, many sol-
diers were seen the follo~? in day. The troops
carried baG age and canvas-covered n chine Guns
with there ",bout 16 officers and 450 : i fell in
in the school yard. on 23 February 1950 (1) (2).
2. a. Four officeroe eleven NCOs and eighty 17 to
l9-year-old j ,i wearin red' bordered black epau-
lets s undoubtedly recruits a marched from the
railroad station to the airfield on 23 February
1950 (1) (3).
b. The followin data were secured from records
of the 1 oethen dairy on 4 Aril 1950: (5)
(1) mentioned in connection with the
words Otanko and wPavlenkoO; relation of Pavienko
to the unit was unlcnow~rn.
(3)
(5)
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3a No che.n es were observed in the county koxaa
mandetura on 26 ::arch 1950 o Captain : 'azerenkov
(phonetic spelling) dealt with Ger:;,an firms work-
inj; for the occupation pov)er, The ':'VD office
was still at 4G 1;, astanienstrasse (4).
(?) OCom lent: .resumably replacements for the
when units of the 7th Gds Tank Diva
(2)
(3)
pa on off' h school building in hastanienalleea
It r:? y beacollecting point for arriving replace-
ments.
Co.riznento First infort;a ..tion on the occua
Comment: Component units of the 7th Gds
an. Div. ncluding elements of the 23rd Gds
:,,'tz Aiflo Aegt, are, from previous reports, be-
lieved to be stationed nt the airfield
(4)' The inforr,aation on the county kornuriandatura and
the office agrees with previous reports.
Captain Yazerenik:ov was previously reported to
be paymaster.
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1950
yy von irryr;s the looothen 23rd Gds I";tz
.1 e e6;t of the with acts Tank uiv lly'J, to 4 bpril
,~/ssi~Sr,ed to the I.oethen :& technical
battalion which is subor inate to c GA re6;ir:aent
stationed there. i'he battalion was previously
in rGrossenhain$
ss jl n d to the Lelto w Headquarters
of the r'r zde ',d.i.:iinistr.5tion of the soviet Gccu-
pr:.tion .Forces which has branch offices in toy ns
over all the .;ovi.e.t one of Gurrrmny, including
Aoethena
r f~bl& t':aCI L a CF'i'ICI a'j ai y
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