MILITARY INFORMATION FROM POTSDAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006900560008-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2003
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 17, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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? 752-T the trained 'oorsoyylei ankvehllo
arti:aory toiecos. From 1 to 3 pom, th.3 reuruits:.vceeivoti
f'ti7.3ftr-7 drill-f 1.L LC and
? 5 1,17L real time, and from !-5 to a 1asE1.1:vf2 held
? o.11 Ma sane dally ZO1Lt.1Ef3 J2E bsorve:'3. :rrom
L.9;41,i a,17 4.)n 5 DecEmbe, nLne ofticers and 40
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renlaced. (5)
\eight li-J2-mm runs left the installation
aed eight no,,, tuns returned during the niobt of 5 December.
The follov7ing morning' paokinr nateriol at the
not there the nreceeine pvneinr?,
had been
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5, On 8 jece!tber, a total of about 40 se:eior licyetenants and cap-
tains -lore observed in front of the 1-riegssehule, eith their
25X1 becemce. the officers allacedly ?
reterned to the 7.'3,3.2., having served as instructors at
25X1 the :riegsschule, I the officer candidate
schools erould be reduced in size in tile sprinc of 1951 and that
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feture, (4)
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On 12 Jece7iber, it ems learned that the Carde aa Corps raserne
-'as used erimarily for storina motor vehicles, chiefl,r passenger
cars. The enrages -?ere not occupied to caracity, hae,aver. The
drivers reore accomodated in the main building of the installation
on 3talinellee, -hich had a capacity of about 150 ren. .bout
half of the eeindos of the buildinie,eeee lighted at duSk. Gate
guards 'ears l'edebordereA, blcTh epqelf,tq /
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( ) ormer Tinteroffizierschule on the east side of 7aegera11ee,
celled Gardejaecer-Eattaillon 7,:aserne prior to 1918 and subpe-
quently also Irfanterie 1:aserne, vas renortedl Ito
have been occupied b- not less than one compak! on 1 ovember
25X1 anq to have he ocoveied b- about 500 troops
25X1 on i ectober 19b0.
The nictt course for
officers in t'eie, irtr;eellemn,, --ported for the first time.
25X1 loffieer train5ear courses iqere
25X1 IQ eao - tier .Kasern and in t!-Te fornee :riogsschule.
Th information on officer
training coarses in the Adolf Fitler 1:aserne nrd th., gsschule
ryas substantiated'
The prd? ileeieeeo tnat tne pazicepants in
the nirht courses at the -ntnroffizierschule e7ere possibly from
Joeberit.,
25X1 (2) the installation tcll t1,e 3d Gardeiaseree n erev ous r,eports. Other
25X1 only a.Carde-Tianen i.aserre. There are
earae-eianon aaseenes in rotsdan, namely the installation of
the foreer r'-erman let 0-arde-71anen ...agin2ent on the south side of
1:appe;Lallee, east of auinenberg, and therefore also called 7!Uinen-
berg :leaserne; and the installation of the forlee, (7-amen 3d garde-
Tjlanen cleeaent on the south side of Xae7eeallea, -,hich is also
referred to as the rolizei :.aserne. 7;Ince ths te,o installations
are usually called only earde-'.11anen :7:aserne by local residents
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inszellation referred to in ee-orts.
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:e.inenberg -Taserne orme l e; ?areee- 7:aserne)
No other
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(3) The information agrees with nrevious renorts on thA Dolue
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CO The information confirms the officer training courses in
the Kriegsschule. The statement that the officer candidate
schools in Germany were to be reduced in size and that
officer candidates would be trained in the USSR requires 25X1
clarification and confirmation.
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The information confirms a report of 16 September
For a sketch of the Grade
au vorpx Aaserne, see Annex.
I Annex: Sketch on ditto
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