MILITARY INFORMATION FROM ALTENGRABOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005700140015-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 30, 2012
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: August 9, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
COUNTRY Soviet cone of German - REPORT
TOPI~.;_Military Information from Alten above -_
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONT
DATE OBTAIN
REFERENCES
PAGES 2 -ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
oviet artillery units with prime movers
left Camp Tilton ;rabow L: 531X 00) on 20 and 21 June l95O (1).
On 27 June 1950 twelve captive balloons were observed on the ground about
500 maters west of the Dornitz t:iai eburgerforth road, about 3 1c north
of Doernitz. The balloons .sere from 10 to 12 meters in diameter a ':ad
a basket accomodating two men, Sentries wearing blue epaulets guarded the
balloons and 20 to 25 trucks parked nearby. A patch of woods in that
area, about 6 acres in size, was cut. (2)
r ' cles
wore observed at the main entrance of the troop camp between
22 to 27 June 1950 (3).
toviing a 37-mm, AA gun, four artillery prix : movers,
located in the wooded area (2).
Trucks each carrying about 20 soldiers
~u13 is drilling with 76.2! artillery
-pieces, and practicing ramie finding and the construction of telephony
lines, were seen in U ."O woodd between L a gdeburgerforth and itltengrabow
on 27 June 1950, Six captive balloons and AT artillery units were
were seen nrocoodin from Altongrabow to the maneuver area,
each towed an AT gun (3).
Lotor vehicles observed in camp traffic on 27 June 1953
(3) and (4).
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(1) ',jois y art:. ery u-nitc which returned to heir ho;: stations from
J1.1tcn,-rabow, Al rooort on t'. he arrival of a heavy artillery unit :'ras
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(2) The captive balloons observed in the e ?en'a boor area 2resum l'ly be-
longed to as artillery reconnaissance battalion of the 6th Arty Div.
The division ~rith numerous co,aoonent artillery units hold field
training at the iilten,rrabow range,
(3) The motor vehicles belonged to the foll.o ing -units, and thus indicate
their location in Altez: aborr up to the end of June 1750:
The unidentified Gun i rty Trig, possibly the 10th, of the
6th Arty Div, or the 1 'th how r .rty Pori ry, also of the 6th
Arty Div. It is not knorm which of these series belong to
those two units.
The unidentified Light Arty Brig, po:vibly the 65th, of
the 6th Arty Div,
The unidentified RL Brig, mocibly the 2Sth, of the IV
Arty Corps.
The unidentified Gun n.rty frig-, possibly the LiItth, of the
Third Shook A rnrr.
The unidentified AT Arty Prig, -possibly the 3rd, of the
LXXIX Litz Rifle Corps,
Unid.ontifiod AT Arty Brig, possibly the 4th., of the IV
Arty Corps.
Unidentified AAA Div, possibly the 32nd, of the G0 't'x, 50X1-HUM
elements of which are permanently stationed in Alten-
grabow. 5
2nd )ds AAA Div, elements of :rhich all.c,?rodly `'tent to
Alton,'ralmr in late Larch an' early pri1.
They rurc prol~alAy only si nll elements or inr vi ua mo r
vehicles because co:: onent units of the ;I.ivision tiero ob-
served on n July on the ::ustrow :'onirt?ula, -rhich can be
nn:lsidrrnr3 th nin trni.-limy are=_n of tVw di Vi si m _ F_
(4) The report is a further confirmation and sup.)lonent to a arevious re-)ort
on artillery units in the Alten?rahorr training area,
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