MILITARY INFORMATION FROM BURG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005300030006-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: June 15, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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2. After the departure of the units from the Alte Kaserne, 100
to 200 troops with ten trucks and one tank truck were still
observed in the barracks 'rank tracks led
from the rear gate of the barracks to tie railroad station
and to the road to Magdeburg.
0 only those shipments had been dispatched w6lch were
previously reported, it appears that a lar.e percentage
of the troops left by road. *i*
Two truck convoys moved through Burg, th 53/Y 61)
and headed toward Magdeburg (2 53/Y 60)
the kommandatura was located in
Zerbsterstrasse, about 800 meters north of the issue Kaserne.
The gate guards at the Panzer Kaserne on August Bebels'trasse
wore red-bordered black epaulets with tank insignia. There
was little motor vehicle traffic and no trainin~7 activity
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the Neue Kaserne gave the same impression
of being empty as did the Alte hascrne
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The Eeue Kaserne was estimated to be occur>ied by about 300
to 400 men and at least twenty motor vehicles. **
The previous kornrs.ndatura buildin-:. was being vacated and the
temporary garage was torn down, A -wall poster stated that
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Fresh tank tracks led from the rear gate of the barracks
to the freight station. About 35 armored vehicles had
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6. Gate guards at' the barn icks on 4 erbsterchausseyyore red--
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l2-man groups were seen drilling, in the barracks yard
25X1 Troops' engaged in artl.lleryy, drill and
instruction on new guns of about 100 mm caliber, were seen
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to,ard Altengrabow,
site the barracks.
carrying:. potcatoeu from a ;;tack oppo-
7. The komaaandatum was moved from the town center to a
building at C-9 :erbsterchaus see., which was previously
occupied by Soviet of fivers.
25X1 I :ic3 first truck convoy belonged to a cau-
pon.exat unit of the l th Gds "ec ; Div, pr Su.-,ably movinG to
time L,etzling Heath together with the other elements of the
division. The numbers of the second convoy were reported
from the Soviet hone of Gemaiky for the first time.
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0aadaent. The 136th Gds fly Tank 51' Re ;t of the ` ird
arocl~ Army and artillery units, including. headquarters units
of the Third Shock "Army , left toward ?~.iagdebur
l:xe units vent to the L.et.zling Heath.
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