MILITARY INFORMATION FROM WEISSENFELS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007400640006-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 29, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 22, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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.`oPIC LTil.itarv Information frori iPissenielsY
ri oo 'bI 1s~niriry to l February 1951, the infanterie Kaserne on
,he north side of $elauerstrasse, '%eissenfols (t. 52/J 99)
quartered an infantry uni of about 2,000 men and a tank unit
of about 150 men The troops were commanded by Colonel Fiji -,
( fnu), According to a sergeant with whom source is acquainted.
the dE ;uty commanders were .Li eutcn ar. ; f olonels Kalinin (fnu)
and Shirshov (f.'nu), who rode in passenger cars
Troops observed in the billeting area wore red-borderer
black epaulets,, some with tank insignia. T-34 tangos,, 0-rnn i.T guns
and sthort-ba.,roied artillery pieces were in the garages 'f the :in-
stallation
2~ T-i4 tanks No 725, 735, 73Cy 742 and 761 were seen leasing ?,er
Panzer Kaserne on the .south side of Selauerste _.::rt: f'vr i,he training
area on 13 February, A fellow worker of source said that four T?-3L
tanks from the install lion had recently been placed at the disposal
of the German Volkspolizei,a An up-mailed letter removed from I3::O
25X1 B quarters in the inn- ,;, .ration. was written by a soldier of Unit _ 25X1 B
in Germany to a irl in the U.;.SJR, and dated 20 December .'
C-2 3. On 7 February, the Infanterie Kasorne quartered 500 to 600 troops
aho -tore blac't-bordored red ooaulets.
Tank. trucks vith trailers were parked
a,, the fuel dar rj south of the Pionier Kaserne on Selauerstrar-
The All guns previously observed between the fuel dump and the
4ja ,"ac,_
installation had been withdrawn. In their place, source observed the
muzzles of two 37 ram AA guns, with tirhich about 50 soldiers. -wearing;
Cornent. The barracks installations on Selauerstrasse are 25X1B
lei ve ed o quarter the 174th Gds ;,1(,z stifle Re 't,, co::sanded
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Class. Ctaaned T,,%: TS S
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by Colonel rilippor (fnu), the 17th sea's Tank SP I egt; and the
unidentified reconnaissance battalion, all of the 57th. -Id; 'tz
:Ii le D v. The exact disposition of the units in the two in-
stallzations cannot be determined on the basis of periodic report s
because the number of troops in the Infanterie Xasr::rne es t imated
by the first source is usually ;much _,reatexr than the estimate by
the second source,.
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