MILITARY INFORMATION FROM WEISSWASSER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008800140012-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 15, 2003
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: September 6, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

' ~ ~prC SSIFICATI
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ATE PREPARED -6 aoptenber 1951
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In late July and early . u4ust 1951, most of the troops at the :';eisswa.sser (0 52/
r!:) troop training /??roundu wore red-bordered black epaulets and only a very
#evro black borderod crimson epaulets. About 30 percent of the troops :ore
golden or silver artillery insi Cnia, 5 percent ~olLen motor transport insignia,
5 percent .s -cg,nal insignia while 140 percent wore: no branch--of-service :.s t;nia
at ,ill. In ~rlnt ;xf, the 1-ome stations of the snits were Cottbus, Luebbon an.a
Vot chau,
v The foi1ot,;jn observations wore made at the ;wei.ssvwasser railroad stations
2 J Two b-3 tan s r:nd I JJ tank were unloaded.
27 July
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~_ .. cxF t> va.[su ar -.Lvua aaoaxa a re`u1ar? train frov. Cottbus.
28 Jul A. freight train which left the station toward Koeni,swuster?heusen
.u-de truo o?~ ~'ola oars. eacY car4~yixar I truck and 1 sedan with I officer
and 10 1,1,
30 J1 . Three T-34 tanks Were un1oac,ed and left toward the troop cam-;o
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Vehicles obscrvec in tile trai.n:inr, area on 27 and 23 Jul," included truc??s
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soldier
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each T o icers; and seda4
fl plc. t;y recruits - earinc red-bordort:d black epaulets dotraincd from 3 railroad
ariro at .foe eisswasser #re!-E,ht yard on 11, l~.u ust tailroac~:jen stated that
s}ii i :;eats of troops frequently arrived ht they never observed heavy areapons G
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class. Gha igstl To.- TS 3
Auth,i HN 70-2
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,'he ti-:e ::eiss assor r?ai? roac: station Ydaa particularly good as
t a so?-cal :l.ed "Youth Station" 9 which is operated exclusively by FDJ
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ei :maser to : ini ? E;rouncis, The home sI ations sr. cried 25X1 A
n f fir., sent report ,4xeze. -t~:tec correctly, tut failed to i'cli:do S rem-
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'lzo red invent is s tat3oneo. in a ene ie s 1i4 ent
. serve i e.>.zovc ~, to have been a component of the re iment which was going
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o -ire-es' LE~rz.?
It has hec.n_ repeatedl
observed h +
.. sor O of the recruit-s
~o a e r~ri~y of f:o11_many have been receiving basic trainitu at the
i c .r posts of their respective units. The s .ip.LLent of recruits ;:lentianec3
r_..: pr?;;:,ent report probably can, arof:_ one of the pasts of the 9th L ecz Div.
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