MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE US-SOVIET ZONAL BORDER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007100180009-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2001
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: February 7, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

- 1a It eras learned 'hettiveen 1 and 5 January 19>1 that Soviet troops in i:attal~.osi
str~;n;;tls alloaed~.y arrived in ~3onnc~Iacr ; in Qarl;~ 3~anuarya The troo,~s
25X1A ~~re to loo quarLeracl alon 1,he aonal taorr~or in I:rc;iu Sonna~b~t?~? Vsrious
houses ~-zere Qvacuated in biehtenl~in, al~.e!;edly to quarter a company.
'~ ;;aviet dotac'.~ment of one ofi`icer acu3 nine ;dli had Uoen quartered at the
ILa~.te t~ueche ln;~, ~~rhich is in Speclztsbrunn, Thtrx?in^;ia, in the area of
Tvttau, .U~per Franconian This dota.cl-uaent left on 3 Januar~?, Thera ~rere
no c,Izan~;as in t:~o dotac?uuont of ~0 to 74 : ovi~ts statior~csd at Spuchtsbrunn~
From ~4 to 140 ~~oviets arrived at Lflhcaten, ':'hay gore quartered in three
houses vacated '~-y civilians,
2~ Ott 4 and 3 Janu~4r,~, a Volks ~olizei Kor.~;r?o of about 30 rraQn zras trariuferrod
from kIasenthal, ihurin,^;i.a, alle ?d1,y to Lichtentann near ~;aalteld. .~.?~aut
sawn Soviots rac;re su??sequontly stationed in I~sent}a~-Io Al:~otit ~a? ^~r::~.en
police mere said to bo billeted in private quarters an lichtentanna Haar
I~obstzal~.a, Thuringian
3. On 2 Jararary, a?~~out five Soviet a1fieerS and 74 ?~d ?orc~ quartered at the
Frey inn i.n Jabdshof, 6 lrn east of 5annetxJr~;a On 3 Jarnxary, the Soviet
cor:~~ndant of Kaeppelsdarf ~,~aau re placed by an officer vrliose name and. rang
e~resr~ Hat identified. ~~n the ,aria day, about ~0 Gcr~a,n ~~olice here quartered
at .t,Irv Kreuter ~'actary in tinterlindo The castle was evacuated for the
quartering of Sov~.ot soldiers. T~.ro privat4 houses in JudenY;ach i~a.c3 to be
vacated on short notice for the quart~:rin~ of :~aviet soldiers, I:~ut no
soldiers hacl arrived by 3 Ja.~tuary. ~t hausa in rdalshausc~n, ;oroviousl;~ occu-
_~icd by` soviet soldiers, ~e~as vacated q Volks*yolizei Meru aI. legoc:l;~ to be
quar~terecl therQo aoviet gold,iars and Vol~,s;~a7.~.zei of undeten:u.ned :trc~n~,th
niovc:d. into quarters in Stroudorf on !t Ja?~uaxyto :~is:ty ~olico arrived in
ii?lzhausen Hoar IIeldbur? on 3 January. Sixty police arr.?:ivc~d at ~?_sl~~usen
25X1 A on 34 i3eceribar 19>Jo
- ~a Considorab].e chan;;QS in the Soviet occupation of the zonal borc?or have beam
effc~ctad since the beginr~ing of 191. Insides local changes, roinforccru~nts
of border i;raops have bean ok;servod, the regrouping Baas riot corxploted ter
],~ January. The Tollorrin detailed abscrvatio~..s ~rcrra r`~.de4
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a~ `t'he bcrrrci~~? korrnandattlra at ':orbis (;~ r'2~C ~1) tirras moved to
meistun;ene From h0 to ~i0 Soviets i~rern stationed at Teistunene
ba The ~mrdar ko~~nanrlcitura at ~llrich ~~as transferrod to aaz ~u?rlmoirn
oast,
ca tlt t~o~rrbc:r~~, ~vh:~ch hacS not boon oecu~ied U: tl~c~ acrvietas tlired
hoixs@s ~re1r~~ xetluifiitionQrl as bi_I.lets fora ;soviet t)orclcr ?t3ard
c~etachrzent,
c3 ~ 0. 1~7arc3or ward deta~.3 of ono ofii?icer anr3 2U ?",: rra.: quart:sred at
~aen~erod+~~ ~~hi.cl) had nat been occu~_aieci. spy the a:~viwts fora 1.on~
brae d
e? The ~)or~ler ~,~vaxrZ clctae'_~ent oi' one oxficer and `~ ~;~.: statianecl at
CTlasehauuan ~rss inCrcasad to 2S r~ena
f~ At :~ckl~.n?~ro~eg 3~ ~ east of .7uclerstadt, which had wo fiar t:oen
accuvied by a cSatail oi' al:ou.t e3.~ht iar~n, quarters :;'are rQquisitianed
.for another 20 to 2~, Soviotso
t>~ ~. t~r~tail off' 35 Soviots ~~ra,~ quartored at utiv3;r~;o, fo.r:;xex~l4r occu~~ic3d by
25X1 A l~ 5ovi~:;t ~oldiars ~ t-nothor 14~ s olc3i@rs ~t'Q exoectcsd to arrivo
^ ~o i1~ to 1C Jarruary`9 no observations of niZitar?y intorest had b4@rt made in
Land l~ecklankzar~ in i:he t~tzc~bur~~choenbex~; area au far as Lake ;~atze-
burF; c, iE
25X1A ~~~~~nunor~tu Contrary to conditiUns along tha Iiritisla-Sovi::t zarral. tx)rder,
.r "v~xxion constant for, a ton; ti. e, csaan~os in tho clis~ositior~ of
~_~ov~.et ~'4rmy ureit,~ ?.;x~1oy@d for border. ~ duties ana of the ,^.,erraan ~'ept~~
~:~~liza~. $or?aandos Slave be~.n under way along the tTS-~Sov3.et zonal. bordor
since late I7ocer:~ber l~>Jo 25X1A
I?l; i s not fret c1Qar arhether onl; j~ a re~~roU)Zn of units i:~ canc@rrzod or
rrhethar rr,i1~rforcerwnta are Falco boin~ sent to tho ?c~orricr~ :'Szere is a
~ossi'.~iti~.:"~y tIaa.t t,iit~ obsc~,rv~oti.ons r~~ortecl arc coxutected tara.th a ti~~tena.n
of srscurJ.ty ra3ssure5 talon? tS~e }~orc?er in thcs .;i~;hth t'~Is A~'r:'+y are8o The
hc:ar3yuar. Hers that has arrived in CY~rhof tray be in char~c of all. thesrs
rteseuro.,U
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