MILITARY INFORMATION FROM FRANKFURT/ODER

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005900520003-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 12, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 13, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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l.:ilitax;r Information From Frantkfurt/Oder
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21 July to 10, " ugus t 1950
DATE OBTAINS .~.~_DATE PREPARED 13 3eDteeber 1950
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1. Eetieen 21 and 31 July 1950 the 1lrtillerie Kaserne on August rebel-Strasse, Frank-
.furt/Oder (0 53/V 62), was occupied by about 1,000 troops who wore red-bordered.
black epaulets with artillery insignia. L:any of the troops that were stationed 25X1
there were apparently still out on field exercises. On 27 July 1950 artillery
drill was held in the barracks rd with six 76.2-m runs. About 100 trop s held
2a The Euelotir Kaserne on Fuerstenwalder Poststrasse housed a rear detail of about 50 25X1
soldiers rearinr red-bordered black er)aulets between 21 and 30 July-1950,
34 About 120 recruits moved in the L1.chhorn Kaserne on Muellroser Landstrasse on 8 July
1950. Some windows of the barracks buildings were open but no activity was seen.
--] Lost of the annex build_~ ng-s were used 1 y the Kech.
4. x etzween 21 and 31 July 1950 the southt7estern section of the iichhorn Kaserne was
occupied by about 600 troops, mostly 13 to 2C-.year-old recruits,, wearing black-
bordered crimson epaulets. About 200 troops were drilling there on 23 July other da, routine tr,^.ining in small rob s was observed. 25X1
Sn The Hindenburg Kaserne on August "ebelstrasse housed a small rear detail '.vtr :en
21 and 31 July 1950. A building next to the billeting area in the direction, ?>f the
bread factor;, housed the guard r)orsonnel on duty in the ration supply depot. Reliev-
ing guards, 35 to 40 soldiers wearing black bordered crimson epaulets, were repeated-
ly observed leaving their billets. ((2)
6. From 21 to 31 July 19.50 the Iloft'auer Kaserne on Birnbaurmtuehlstrasse was occupied
only by a guard detail of about 15 men who wore red-bordered black epaulets. Some
of the annex buildir~!:s were used by the Kech as storerrorvs for furniture. (2)
7a The Porn Kaserne on Freidrich lbertstra se housed a rear detail of not more thm
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8. The Ziethen Kaserne on Kopernikusstrasse, between 21 and 31'tuly 1950, was occupied
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9. The koramandatura in the Yellow Press building on Puschkinstrasse had a per- 25X1
sonnel of about 100 soldiers who wore black-bordered crimson epaulets and
were billeted in the former labor office building. They worked in offices anartment build ` across the sstreetb
10. The installation on Birnbaummueizlenstrasse was lidhtly occupied on 26 July 1950.
It apparently housed a signal twilt tihich, according to local residents, belonged
to the artillery regiment stationed in Frankfurt/Odor. (3) The installation 25X1
11. On 26 July 1950 the barracks on Fuerstenwalder Poststrasse were occupied b a 25X1
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12. The billeting area on August wcbolstrasse seemed to be occupied t capacity 25X1
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13o The installation on Nfuhnerstrasse was only lightly occupied by soldiers wearing
tar traffic. red-bordered fic. (2) black epaulets. Two soldiers wore tank insignia. There was no mmo-
lis.. The barracks installation on Kopernikusstrasse housed a guard detail. wearing red
bordered blackk epaulets on 27 July 1950. Repair work was being done at the bar-
racks. (2)
15. A board fence divided the billeting area on Highway flo 87 into two sections of
unequal size. On 27 July 1950 the larger section was occupied by troops wearing
red epaulets, They left for field training in small groups. The smaller section
of the area housed troops who wore red-bordered black epaulets and also had
sstorer qs fcr furniture of the Kech The embined troops in both secti-ong ware
estimated at 300 to 400.
16. Vost of the units from Frankfurt uder r, re ' r he maneuver area at bieberosse
in late July 1950, An artillery regiment was be- 25X1
l3 erved to be stationed in F r er,
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18, On 3 August 1950 Gorrsan laborers at the uiethen Kaserne said that a mixed unit
equipped with artillery pieces, AT guns and mortars had been stationed in the
installation prior to thout 1 July 1950, when it wont to the training grounds
near "uellrose. I
19. There was a villa next to the AArtillerie Kaserne from which field 1vrire,3 led to
the adjacent billeting area and to the Gorman postal lines. The rooms of the
villa were furuishs-i with office equipment and had map lined walls. A sentr
rearing red bordered black epaulets stood in front of the house. There was con-
tinuous traffic between the house and the rrtillorie Kaserne. Officers who were
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20. Colonel Balant ' (fnu) _ was the commanding officer of the units stationed in
the Artillerie Kaserne. according to a lies v
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0 611,150 Chukov (fnu) as the eomandjn officer of a unit subordinate itoethe,acolsain
onel.
21. The civilian houses opposite the '-rtillerie Kaserne on Aut ust Bebel--Strasse
were.used as transient billets for high-ran!; soviet officers. They were
being reconditioned on 3 August 1950. Eight field officers, including a
general staff major, gearing red epaulets with golden braids, were billeted
on the upper floors according to a German laborer. Telephone lines had re-
cently been constructed between the transient officers' billets and the Artil-
aerie Kaserne.
221. On 3 and 10 August 1950 it was learned that courses. for,3oviet officers to
complete their high school education were conducted in the former Lehrerbiil-
dung:,sz talc (teachers' college), Frankfurt/Oiler. The courses were attended
by officers from posts over the entire Soviet "one of Germany. The school
was directed by Altynov (fnu), a civilians who was in the U.S.S.R. as the
courses had been discontinued until the end of September 1950 because the
Soviet units were on maneuvers. Only an English language course attended by
1t2 officers was being given. (3)
Comments.
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(1) Since ie : ns a1iation was d 1 OG tree dur the winter of 25X1
1949/1950 it can be assumed that about
a third of the troops, component units of the unidentified MA Div of the
Fourth Gds L.eez sera still at the 'i ustxow AAA range ; t the end of July
19'50? he stn a on. was occupied to
capacity,
(2) The infornea on does not n ca a any c ge in a occupation since reports
of early July 1950. It can be assured that the component units
of the 7th Te JJIV rrinn were
inl, area,
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() No previous orris ion on t e Io suer erno on BirnbauM=ehlenweg has indi-
cated that a signal unit eras stationed there. 25X1
(14) The artillery regiment was probably confused With the component units of the un-
() idontifisd AAA Div stationed in the Artillerie Ifaserne 1
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(7) e villa o erine on the barracks installation is believed to house the head-i
quarters of the unidentified AAA Div. Colonel Balant (fu) may be commanding
officer of the AAA Div.
(8) This is the first information on the Soviets using the former Lehrerbildungs-
anstal.t, the location of which is not- knnown.
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