MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE ZOSSEN-WUENSDORF AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007000450010-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 20, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 31, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. On 2C flecaeber 1950, little activity wee cbserved at the Lutz
Kasen?, euensdorf (N 53/Z 91). late ;uards wore red-bordered Week
epaulets. A unit of one officer and 24 1!:7.: with rad-bordered blach
epaulets left the inetallatiop at 11 a.m., enrchieg to the aindenburg
Haserre. Trucks' 'more seen shuttling
between the Lutz and the nindenburg Kasernes.
2. ?;ostrncteen wor!: on the aindenburg Kaaerne Deemed to have been COD?
plota6., bui.e the barracks beeldirge mere still vacant, late guards wore
red epaulets. They seemed to have l_eon detached for geard duty by the
kommardatura. -2,eter vehicles' 'were identified
at the installation.
3. Sentrles at the 0aubrai Kaserne wore red-bordered black epaulets. Source
was unable to determine whether treepswere quartered there, .Only four
officers wearing tank insignia were seen malkine from the installation
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from the railroad station to the Gambrel. Kaserne.
L A railroad :man or -euensderr stated on 20 December that no troops had been
''eloaded or unloaded for the past ten days.
25X1 5. No treop shipments were seen en the Jueterboiieredo.X 25X1
SpererbergeRehegen-Zessen line on zeceuber.
6. The barracks installations near theoosen--duensdorg road are located on
the ecet side of the road and extend from .hlenedorf to a point about
2.5 kn south of Zoesen. Construction work was performed in the installa-
tions. A Gereen laborer employed there stated that no troops mere quartered
in the barracks. Ile added that the barracks buildings were being renovated,
allegedly to quarter German Volkspolizeio and expected the renovation to be
ccupleted ',13. April 1951. The informant no stated that the barracks
installatiens in Sperenberg and Klausdorf would be reconditioned. *
7. Three trnk trucks were fined with fuel from a railroad tank car at the
25X1 freigLt station of euensdorf. Truck' lwas pared beside the tank
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8. On 29 DeceMbar, the barracks installatiers on the east side of
the Zossen?uederf.reed seemed to be vacant._ Lnly one of the
barracks gates was open, throlkt which truck /
ward ,17:ensdarf. Trucks
seen tz'ave.U.w,, frctl 6uenseorr to Zessen. Truck
designted as a dxivers school vehicle, was observeo at the
railrocd satien. T:!uck was seen moving from the
directfon of '4cepchta towarc Zossen, and truck nas loaded
Teth uindc fames at the loading ramp of the freight sation. **
* I IOc.,2an''6, On 22 Lccember
troops vemld
iYDVO Ant,o net)merici7e azistauations in eueriscorl at the beginning
of Feimuarv. 1951: and that ten *Soviet'zenerals would be billeted
ii pr!vt There have been no indications
tr) substantiato he statement that the barracks -::onld be occupied by
Volkspelize,
;offpaz.e infor]ation of late December 1950
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