MILITARY INFORMATION FROM PRENZLAU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006800310001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 28, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASS~FICA1'ION
C?UNTRY Cerr,~r~nv f:~bviet ~nne~
TOPIC I:il~,tary 1:ifort~.t~_on from Prenzlau
EVALUAT{GN
aaTE aF ca~TE
MATE CBTAI ~ ED
REPERENGES
PAGES.~...~.y
REPAARKS
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.ENGL4SURES ENa? & TYPE) ~.~,
~. T 3t~ turret nounting a~gun ~. ~ o e on a rove nf~
stand in the north~7ostern. barracTs sect~.on, It ,r,z:; ~ro~.?aT,I,T used for
a~.z~inu practice, The t.ro garages rrhic'x foY^~ a rocta;3~,1e in thQ
astern corner of the billeti:~~ area sh
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z.rt fata.o a daty, ~o~e o~ficors o17soI?vod Trore ta.:ik i~xlsi~iao the
six gars?;es facin; the road a_zcl the lonJ ~;araT,o at the nortizeastern
edge ref .the I~illetang area Trere almost enpty, c3KCf3pt for 3i~i sr.~a11.
ve?zicles, apparently arzaorad, reconnaiosa:~co c~.rs, tT7e ferrets of
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On lE~ Tdove:mber 1950, the t~vo buildings of the ~.rtillerie F.aserne~ 25X1
~x;;nzlau i;IJ ~~./~ 1la.), lrhich fronted on the northsaeot side of the
road to merlin, tiverc: virtually unoccupied. 1'he t;~o other barracT~u
buildings and the hoadquartars building se?i~ed to be occu7ied.
~}-out 2;0 troops ~.zo wore red-bordered blae:c e?aul~:ts mere engaa~ed 25X1
e e i en x ~.e in rrac is ra ~c. ?i'ficers zTith suitcases arrived
at t!`io installation in a taxica'e~o ~
i'he southern : ection of tha ~?.rtillerio Kasernc on the soutT~oast side
off' ttia road to ~crlin a~opeared to be vacanto the ~~ara~es mire gore
e~pty4 'jhe northc;rn section of the ~.aa^racks i.nstall:~tion tras occu;~ied.
ho heatin systc~ra eras in operation. t#n estiiaated 5~J0 trOO?JS tirorc3
seen enbagc~d in various duties in the j>illetinn aria, rrtiile a';out 250
troops ~+rore silnu].taneously abs~:rved outside ttie 1 ~illetinr; area or
marching late the installation. x?~ost of the troops Trore red-bordered
black epaulets and only a fotir b1acT; bordered b1acl~ oy~a,.il.uts o ;,rtillery
in~igni.a. c~ ~ :prevalent, tivhily si~,~aal and rioter transport insignia Sara
soon only snoractically. Ta_~{ of~icc~rs raoro seen t~ettree:x t?ze tt~o barracks
installations, ::but #i0 percent a.f' the .,;ii zzere ~taunU. Thc~ traci closely
cropped hair and seed to bo rQCruitso 1>,~:~ut ~.0 groups, cacti of about
10 soldiers, raceived basic drill in the ~~axracks yardv A,>out 50 young
soldiers practiced the construction of field fort3~icati ens in tTxe
area adjoining t??ie in.3tallation to the sauthd A:?out 3J trained so7~.iors
wvrtced on ten ~T ;loss [e-mail] in front of t?1Q ~"ara^e in the canter of
the installation o 1`ho :iT guns were o~: a .1oav,,* caliber, ~; rortar of
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This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENT}AL In accordance with the
letter of 16 October i9'l8 #rom the
flirector of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
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