MILITARY INFORMATION FROM RATHENOW AND PREMNITZ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008000500007-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 27, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: June 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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units from all three barracks installations included:
were present, Documents found on 8 May at the trash dux which is used by
was held in the yard of the Kraftfahrer Kaserne
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Tn total of 50 to 60 offiders and 800 to 900 E V,
including pors onnal from the P&onier Kaserne and the' Infaxtrrie Kasorne_
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a, An envelope addressed to a soldier of Unit
postmarked 21 April 1951, examined by Censorship Office and
mailed from the Khabarovsk Kraig 25X1C 25X1C
br, A fragment of an envelope addressed to a soldier of Unit
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c? A letter addressed to a soldier of Unit dated 20 April 1951,
25X1C examined by Censorship Office -o and mailed from the Zaporozhe
? Oblast,
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An envelope addressed to a soldier of Uni examined by Censor-
ship Office and mailed fro,-,- the Leningrad Oblast,,
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2 On 9 May,, a column of 1 Jeep; 4 tractors each tows. rw. a 12?.-mm runs and
carrying; 6 to 8 soldiers; and trucks
carrying troops and baggage, left the Kraftfahrer Kaserne0 There were three
German women with the troops who had.been employed in the Kraftfahrer Ka-
serve and had stated several days before that they would move to Altenn
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3a On it May, the Infanterie Kaserne quartered from O to 200 tree Gate
guards wore red .bordered black epauleey o Trucks vier e
identified at the installation,,
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The Pion?er? Kass-ne was occupied by only a guard detail. Sentries at the
gate yore red-bordered black e a ets Trucks, which seemed to haul sup.,lied
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Only a fey-; roldir rs were seen in the Kraftfahrer I;aserne between 10 and
"aY4 The Cun sheds were empty and, the doors wore open. There was no
vehicular traffic0 Gate ppnards .core red-bordered hlac3< epaulets', 25X1 C
6., The ZiethenKaserne sued to house a supply Insta1lation, 3s* The subsidiary
buildings, mostly stables, built prior .to '; vrld 'w';ar I., .,;ere individually
puarded0 Sentries at the barracks pate wore rod bordered black epaulets, No
trnininr peti_vlty unn shim nn i-i l-,il1.retiru' rrtn.. t'rur:lca
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at the installation betwe to 10 and 14 fgay4 *-1? _
On 3 r"ay,, Carrp Y'rertrtitz (P" 53/Z oh) was occupied by only a rear unit of
about 75 noldiers, There was no vehicular traffic
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Corwento - belongs to the addressees of several letters found
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Conronta Probably a supply unit of the IV Arty Corps.
otsmen k The observation by the two sources of only few troops In
the arras ?s nstallattons generally agrees with the last report from Rathe-
now and confirms reports by several of components
of the 6th Arty Div to Altengrabow,
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