MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE BITTKAU TRAINING AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900330005-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 25, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1 Approved For Release 2001/03/17 :CIA-182-00457R007~OOQ
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EVALUATION
a fatal. of a out 100 soldiers and tow ing ~~ mm A?', vns, moved
along, the ~iobYc~el-Ringfurth road toward Ringfurth, #~
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SO!lRCE
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":iliuZr;~ lri'orrat~.on .fro^: tine Bitt~~au Tr~ini~7
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On 24 Appril 1~~1, it ~^~as learned that 200 to ?_~C en~3.n~er
troops had moved into the 4roap cam~ ~.n the ~~~.ttk~u ~+'orest,
a'~out three. ~tw west of I3ittkau (~; 53/Y 83> , several days
before. tde_zrby residP~~ts believed that the unit had coMe From
Taner~~uende. :ITotor veY~jicles seen driving to the camr~ near _,.
Source also observed
on t~pr tY}at or~1y a ;war detail vJas ostec3 at the
Tar,.g4rr~uende q~zarters of the engineer uni~. ~
T`c~o sentries. t^ith black epaulets ;warded pontoons bo