MILITARY INFORMATION FROM POTSDAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008000480011-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 15, 2003
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: June 14, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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14 June 1951
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2, On 11 F;aay, the Delius Kaserne was occupied to capacity by an
artillery unit Troops received close-order drill in. the billeting
area,-L2-11
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Only a few soldiers .,,ere seen In the billeting area of the
Itiavallerie Schule in itraralanitz on 11 Lay. The main gate was
locked. 115 officers
and 60 men remained in the installation.
4. The fleeresbeschlagschule (Ger.ran Army horses,hoers'school)
behind t -i~ vallerie vchule quartered from 200 to 300 25X1
trop s
the tank unit from the Ile;er sbeschi. asohul had s
trainin -rounds.
On 10 F,say, about 200 troops wearing motor tray:sport insignia
on their epaulets assembled in the Garde du Corps f'.aserne on
Berlinerstrasse. A convoy of 15 empty trucks each occupied
by 2 soldiers. left the installation The
The
section or a ns a a .fan w z c 1 ouse - Ye Jarman city
police headquarters was separated from the Loviet-occupied
quarters by a wooden fencceo
7. A unit marching out of the Delius Kaserne on 9 r":ay consisted
of a military band, 24 of :f icers, 2'+u men wearing red -bot derc:u
black epaulets, and 60 men wearing black-bonlered red epaulets
All the Ell were unarmed and had closely cropped hair?
Activity of the troops in the ielius iia serve between 10 and
16 May was described as follows
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10 flay Individual rifle and
submachine ;un drill
from 9:15 a.m.to 12:
30 P.M. Instruction
from lto 3p.m..
11 May Record practice at
the Kath:arinenholz
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Laintenc3,nce work in Political
the gara;es and gun indoctrination
sheds.Vehicles and from 5 to
:awns received a new 7 p ji.
coat of olive drab
paint. Engines of
trucks and cater-
pillar tractors
were checked
Same as on 10 May
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lc rN 'E ay individual rifle and Same as on IC Fray
submachine gun drill
from 9:20 a.m.to 12.:30
P.m. Policing of
quarters and bathing
after 1 p.rr;.
1, flay Instruction on 4 ca- Same as on 10 flay Political in-
terpillar tractors doctrination
from 9:15 a.m.to 12:30 from 5 to
p.m. Classroom 7 p.m.
instruction from 1
to 3 p.m.
16 flay Departure toward Same-as on 10 May
Krampnitz on 5 trucks
and 4 caterpillar
tractors ,allegedly
for a road march to
Doeberitz,as stated,by a
sergeant.
On 11 1iay elements of the engineer unit. with 32 trucks, each
carrying two pontoon sections and beams were in front of the
Delius 17-aserne.
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, ddrivin -,-school, vehic Ilwreroys
ildparl.- ,~es t is?rt used by a
the ruc s na come rrom "me ~.w
On 16 flay, the barracks installation in 1';ildparls- Nast wwwras only
partially occupied. There was no vehicular traffic. The eastern
border of the billeting area was coved farther to the vest and
the border now crosses the Grosser lnyonfaengerberg (hill).
Twelve wooden sheds 9 surrounded by a wire fence, were observed
in the area of the " 'Ui1dvvaerter (gamevrarden' s) house. In about
the middle tprii9 boxes with ammunition were unloaded +h.hore.
J fuel dump was located in,t e southeastern corner of the .
billeting area of iiildpark-}'lest. Unoceup ..ed low wooden barracks
were situated just tw west of the dump. Light .--ooden bunker; ith
observation slits opening to the east were located west of the
Dayi Isches Haas (Bavarian louse) , and miniature villages were
built between those bun' ers arcs tine "ayrisches Haas, apparently
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t'-to 1V?.joodc at
au:~ difl,._~~
near t:M or moused Lerman forestry employees and another build-
inm a Soviet telephone exchawze
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tile, in.s a a on Vas Baca e? , lie eastern section still
quartered a guard det!:ic:h,;sent "And. a driving school.
1G to 12 trucks v The o.nits from the installation al.: e et J y
moved to Uten ;rabow (i: 00), "ay e, eb r ("' 53/Y u }
and Templin (I 54/Ti CI.). (4)
L-Mmiants.
(2) The informat7'.:n in psi a raphs 2 an and 'a con irm , Z~rtt s, ae
eier.=ents of the 30th tads Gun Irty Brig were still In their
a Garters on 11 Pay i-;51.
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once to vh.s..on was s r.,
on he ..rimean. eni.r l a prior to the ,wjar, it is conceivable
that the division r'h~Wxned to the Crimean Yen.tnsula after
the war
(4) The departure of t' units fr m the Kavallerie Schule, is thus
wiiLs' departure to i agde.hur , pro.Z-)ably to Letzl in Heath,
and to Templin, al stated in paragraph 11 of the present
report, is known Irors previous reports on rail mover!ents..
However, a r ovem-o,!.t of units from the installation to
Psltengrabow has got been rorortod.
(~) The convoy belonj;rcl to the unidentified engineer regir?ent of
the GCi^G in Fotsdr.o0 It is doubted that the true'? s
carne from since the quarters-there were
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the General Vtoever ..aserne in Golrn quartered only a guard
detail of artille~? ~r~en~ On the basis of the 25X1
reference and the resent reT,or t it is believed that the
unidentified artillery brigade. s ationed in the barracks
installations in W.tdparrc- est and Goim is at i0tengrabo i for
summer training. 'hr-7nskcetch of the barrnc-."s installation in
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