SOVIET TROOPS IN ROTHENOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007800420001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 9, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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LDATE PREPARED 9 T---z1:7 1951
ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
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Between. 12 and 16 Larch 1751, .7ald 1:aserne I, which is also called
Infanterie Kaserno, in :Zathenew 53/Z, 15) quartered about 2,000
troops and was luarded by sentries with red-bordered black epaulets.
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?stallation. on 16 1:arch, each carr,.-ing 2r, soldiers field equio-
morit. :Lotor vehicles
were seen in the "Meting are.a.
Telephone and radio troops were seen leaving 7:ald Kaserne 11 also
called Pionier Kaserne, daily at about 1.0 n.ri?_ for field trainin:--;.
The tr000s carried radio sets on their backs. -oter vehicles
were identified.
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Crews of 8 to 10 soldiers practiced with eight artillery pieces of
about 1a0-ram at the drill field opposite ".7ald Kaserne III, also called 50X1-HUM
Kraftfahrer Kaserne4 At the end of the gun drill, the artillery pieces
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Four light artillery pieces were emplaced at the
drill field, their crews were quartered in a wooden shed near the en- 50X1-HUM
11nnement, Le) motor vehicles were observed there.
The :loth= Kaserne was guarded by soldiers who wore red-bonlered black
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wore identified in the billeting
6. A motion picture theater for Soviet personnel has been established in
the former riflemen's clubhouse on Schuetzenstrasse. The building was
unguarded.
7. the Ziethen Kaserne was heavily
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,marded. Dahnhofstrasse was blocked to civilian traffic from Roonstrasse
as far as Friedrich Lonstra sso a high4.eche1on
unit headquarters was located in the barracks installation. Field grade
and general officers were observed. The only stationed in the in
were sone AT guns which apparently belonged to a small AT ar?
tillery unit.
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8. The hutment on Schuetzenstrasse quartered a construction unit of the Koch.
9. The former riflemen's clubhouse and its garden have been used by the Soviets
since 1945. The installation contains an officers' club, a notion picture
theater, and lecture rooms.
10. On 15 Larch, a major and a senior lieutenant with tank insignia inspected all
bridges and the new lock in iathenon as to their width, load capacity and
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