MILITARY INFORMATION FROM HALLE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006100550011-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2003
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 2, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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soviet Zone of Oernany
REPORT NO.
Military Inf ormation _f roiii Halle
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DATE OF CONTEN
DATE OBTAINED
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10 About 500 troopsg including about 300 recruits., wearing red-bordered black
epaulets without b;-anch-of-s rv'iee: insigggnia$ yr re quartered in the Lu tnach-
richtensehule and the Flieger?horst I~ascrne, Haile W 52/D 92) 9 bet peen
2B August and 7 September 19500 ":`ost of the soldiers were billeted in the
building; of the Luftnachrichtenschule .which was north o." the main gate 0
gnzt l groups of recruits were also soon in the ` .iegerhorst Iaaserne b, here
they probably went for training. About 25 percent of the trained personnel
wore red-bordered black epaulets s+ t?iout insignias, 25 percent vi tbs. tarok
insigriie,, 25 percent with artillery insignia and 25 percent . ith r otod
transport insd.gnia0 The ratio between officers and r!"1'. was normal and did 25X1A
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or motor vehicles was being constructed behind the garage at the fuel dump.
20 The Flak Kaserne, ?,oemmlitz.9 quartered 100 to 200 troops -ho wore red bordered
black opaulots about a third of them without insignia., a third with artillery
incirnia and a third with tank insignia. Relatively few officers 'wore scen0
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40 T:'e Roil Kaserne was occupied by about 400 troops wearing red-bordered green
epaulets. The presence of m officers was indicative of a headquarters.
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5, The Kluever Kaserne was occupied by about 200 troops., including about 80
recruits swearing black bordered black epaulets and a small unit r:ith blue-
bordered black epaulets. There were very f ewdw officers o AU motor vehicles
seen in the billeting area
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The import door, not indicate any essential changes since
ugus when the same source reported. The report
indicates that the units from Halle, primarily elements of the 21st Gds
M,ecz Div according, to F- I ware still in the Ohrdruf
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Oomment, the 68th Gds rgecz Regt of the 21st Gds
ec2 ivv in Halle prior to 19 August 1950.
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