MILITARY INFORMATION FROM ZEITZ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007300660006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 15, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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9 Februaxv 1951
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On 8 and 9 February 1951, the Artillerie Kaserne in Zeitz
(Id 52/K 08) -vas occupied to capacity by 1,000 to 1,200 troops,
but not overcro'ided0 Local residents said that, previously,
troops had been accommodated in the hallways of the installatior.
for lack of living quarters. The majority of officers and :T seen
in the billeting area wore tank insignia. Tanks and &A guns were
standing in the barracks yard,, Local residents alleged that there
were 50 tanks and 8 AA ,un.so lonly four T-31
tanks and four 85-mm, AA guns/
2 The Tnfanterie Kaserne quartered about 1,000 troops, most of whom -:?rore
roc:-bordrered black epaulets with artillery in,-,i_-pia and so?ae with tank
insi nia , The installati-)n was not occupied beyond capacity. ~ource
thought that fewer tanix and motor vehicles were in the Inh"an'Brie
aserne than ir. the Artillorie Kaserneo Local residents claimed that,
a.n ar dition to a tank unit the install:,tiort quartered an infantry unit
a an '. artiIle unit,
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3. The buildings on Friedrich Engels Platz gore still used as officersa
billets a Fuel was still stockpiled and issued at the former German
Armed Forces Yarehouse0
4a The AA gun eapplace eats south of the Artil.lerie Kas,-,rne were not
occupied on 9 February, No A gun emplacements were seen in the
vicinity of Zeitz Q *
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Com ente Acccx ding to the report it it believed that the 67th
cz eg of the 20th ads Meez Div and an AAA unit of undetermined
subordination are stationed in Zeitz.
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