MILITARY INFORMATION FROM CHEMNITZ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005600180012-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2003
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: July 24, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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to An :11VD unit of about 500 anon a most of whom were young
soldiers with cro,jfed hair, was still located, in the
western billeting area on Leninstrassefl Chemnitz0
Several trucks , each carry ing 20 to 25 soldiers', left
the billets on
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trucks returned with the troops An inn- 25X1
keeper said that the unit was a x ary l:ol ca battalion
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used for nzining; police duty Daily shiptttent of. guard
,personnel were made by truck to unspecified localities in
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2., The eastern billeting area on Leninstrasse was occupied
to capacity by troops wearing red-bordered black epaulets
with artillery insignia on 27 May 1950, No movements were
observed by residents living nearby. All windows in the
billeting area were lighted during the evening. A military
band ,practiced in one building. Troops were cleaning three
A7-mm AA &tins. A colonel was seen at the billeting area.
3. Only guard details were stationed at the Artillerie Kaserne
and Nach r lcht en Kaserno s Chernnitz -Ebersdor f ,, on 30 ;lam' 1950,:
(craftsmen were working in the two installations. Nearby
houses with the exception of two had been vacated by Soviet
dependents and have been reoccupied by Germans. No motor
traffic was observed>,
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Flak Kaserne
hauling empty ammunition boxes, was seen moving to the
tion was stored in the billeting area, Truck
The buildings of the Flak Kaserne,, Chermitz Ebersdorf , were
still in ruins. A sentry guarding two garages wore red-
bordered black ekaulets0 Local residents said that annimunl>=
CO FI DENTIAL
CLASSIFICATION
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This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL In accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from The
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Arc Trpp of FF~ 12~ 1P2003/08j
/'~ prove
Next Review Date: 2008
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nento the inforr ation agrees with revi.ous
ep or s .
Comment,, TI ,e installation houses
tin ent f ad 6th Cds?) AA Div:
The troops were still ?at. their
post in late May 1950
Corarzente The units of the 8th Us Mecz Div from
the fr-t llerie K?eserne and the Nachrichten Xaserne left
for a troop training grounds, resu=6bl Koeni sbrueck
1950,
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