MILITARY INFORMATION FROM STENDAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006900020002-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 11, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC Milit ry Inf rmat1onfrn Stendal
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25 November 1950
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1. Between 20 and 25 N vember 1950, a large-seale turn-over of enlisted
persennel was eff cted in the Stendal (H 53/Y 85) military post,
The troops arrived or left board regular trains in groups of 20 to
50, either coming from the direction of Magdeburg or le vi g toward
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than 2,000 Alen. e
2. About 6o to 70 percent f the troops stationed in the Tauentsien
Kaserne on Osterburgerstrasse were affected by the turn-over. The
new troops were recruits from the U.S.S.R., 13 or 19 ye rs oldo *
The recruits were not yet used for guard duty. The number of o
troops in the Tauentaian Kaser e was estimated at 1,000 to 1,200.
No heavy weapons were observed. most of the new troops wore
black-bordered crimson epaulets and only a small percentage wore
red-bordered black epaulets. The training activity ot the new
arrivals corresponded to that r arly undergone byeerman recruits during
the .first weeks of military service. Only drill without weapons was
observed. At about 2 p.m. on 25 November, about 400 troops wer
drilling in the barracks yard, wher s on the previous five d ys
not more than 100 troops had been seen at drill. On 25 November,
formation dril; was practiced for the first time the troops still
being unarmed./
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3, The Hindenburg Kasern on the Stendal-Wittenb rge highway w s occu-
pied by about 2,000 trc.ops. The turn-over in this installation
affected about 2,000 m no * No inform tion w s obtained on military
activities in the billeting area0 At about 4 p.m. on 24 November,
a unit of about 150 soldiers we ring red-bordered bl ek epaulets
marched into the Int11tIori9 coming from th direction of Unglingen.
A local resident said that the unit had held combat practice vith
blank cartridges in a patch of woods about l km west of the b rracks
installation. At about 5 p.m0 on the same day, about 50 soldier
wearing black-border d crimson epaulets and divided into six groups
trained with heavy machine guns in the are between the installation
and the railroad embankment. Aft r short time tht unit returned
to the barracks installation, carrying =assembled heavy machine
guns.
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 13 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
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4. The Albrecht der Baer Kaserne on Scharnhorststrasse quartered about
2000 troops wearing black-bordered crims n epaulets and red-bordered
black epaulets, About 30 percent of the troops in this installation
had been replaced. * The activities of the troops in the billeting_
area could not be determined, Every morning about 150 soldiers left
the installation for the officers mess and the hospital on Royer-
str sse9 where they functioned as orderlies during 1;4 daytime. They
woind rntprn at about 11 p.m./
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sipmman:_t_.0 ranorted a turn-over of troops
btendal in the spring of 1950, This process un-
doubtedly was the replacement of soldiers due for discharge by re-
cruits. The personnel Were probably processed through a discharge
center and a recruit depot of the Third Shock Army in IT.agdebUrg.
Howevero there have been no indications that such establishments
were loo ted in Hagdeburg.
Qo Qnt. The number of troops in the individual barracks
insta lations correspond approximately to that reported
in September and October 19500 I
present report indicates that the traiftlng ox recrults was
cipal training feature at the end of November.
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