SOVIET TROOPS IN KOENIGSBRUECK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005600300001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 12, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 25, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. The Neues Lager was occupied to capacity on 18 June 1950,
All windows were illuminated in the evening,, The - troops
at the installation wore t red-bordered black epaulets,
some without insignia and others with tank, radio or motor
transport insignia; black epaulets; blue-bordered 'black
epaulets; red. bordered green epaulets; and black-bordered
red epaulets.
2fl Artillery and small-arms firing was heard daily from the
direction of the troop training grounds,
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carried about 20 soldiers wearing red-bor a ac c epaulotso a
towed an AA, gun resembling the German 88.mm gun.
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CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the Unite tats,
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5. The Altes Lager housed 400 to 700 troops,, Troops were
daily engaged in the maintenance of motor vehicles rather
than in systematic training activity. Soldiers rearing
red-bordered black epaulets, some without insignia and others
with tank, artillery, radio and motor transport ins gnim
and black-bordered black epaulets without branch-of-service
insignia, were seen passing through the gate.
The former Nachrichten: chule has been heavily occupied
by 1,200 to 19400 troops since mid-May 1950 Soldiers
wore red-bordered black epaulets, some with artillery
insignia and others with radio and motor transport irbnia,
A few officers rearing red-bordered green epaulets were
seen, About 60 percent of the' were 17 to 19 years of
age and about 40 percent 24 to 28 years of age,
a, Groups of soldiers were frequently seen leaving the
Nachrichtenschule for combat training and firing with
live aco 7unition in the Pulsnitz Valley. The training in
May and Jima 1950 emphasized the attack on enemy lines,
with the troops stopping a short distance from the line
before penetrating it m Other troops practiced with three
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171eez Army as being in field training in the Koonlgsbrueck
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