MILITARY INFORMATION FROM EBERSWALDE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008800420019-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: September 14, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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EVALUATION
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DATE OF CONTE fr_
DATE OBTAIN
REFERENCES
PACES 3 ENCLOSURES
REMARKS
close-order drill and physical training.
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billeting area0 .About 300 troops were observed receiving basic trainin? g including
bordered black epaulets, Increased. activity of patrols was noticed in the
(115317 08), quartered about 1,500 troopsl, mostly recruit x, who wore rec.
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1a On 22 August 1951, the Schuetze.n Kasorne on ternauer ::eer4 trasse, Eberswalde
preparatory to the scheduled novemen o tries headquarters rom
the &rdelt plant. The lavatories in the barracks buildings were to be convert- 50X1-HUM
ed in offices. lowever, the remodeling v;ork was recently discontinued
allegedly because of a lack of funds
by a board fence. Three for:mr headquarters buildings and 1 barracks build-,
in1 s of the ichuetzen i' anerne were scheduled to hr)n o. the hoadqu.artrrs from
O rcic' '- plant, the billeting area of the Schuetzen Kaserne had been divided
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20 On 23 August, the pastern section of the administration building of the
Ardelt plant was not occupied to capacity. The building on Bold E3traasse
apre-;,red to be very quiet. Sentries yore redo ordored black epaulets and 50X1-HUM
examined the passes of all personne]. entering and leaving: the nisaa t nrer.Ases
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groups o g, up to 12 men vrre? aeon receive training Trucks
partially occupied by troops who wore red bordered black epaulote~.. 5,.,
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On 22 August, the Ar. tilleric Kaserne on Frrelenwalder ,trasse was only
were identified at the ins a a. o
insi niaa, and rod-bordered black epaulets. Twelve truck
On 1.14 Augusta the hutment on 33reitscheid Strasse vans not occupied to
The ' troops there wore black bordered black epaae.alets with motor trans
on 30 Aurrust; consisteyd of rocteet launcher,
A unit of about 35O officers and men weari.nl~Y red borderc d black coJ4uuleta
and e ui ed with 2 rocket l?aiuichaers
3 field kite ions
an 10 trucks
a entrained, at the i berswcal
do railroad a 1, t on on lagu i i
The unit had cone from the Schuotzen Ka. Erne and departed northward. A motor
column seen driving totiward the Schuetzan Kasernc from a vresterl.? direction
~ were e:~ra yard , -M
and > tx racks
-~ a ;re as pa s a
ich er t the Schuetzen Kas srne toward Finow on, 4 September consisted ea
8 rocket launchers and a i:rucks
occupied by--about-120 soldiers
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orrponen o he unidentified AAA division and hendquarters units of the
Fourth Gds Ttecz Arm from the 8chuetz r e were reported to have left
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for field training The present report indicates
that the. recruits in the installati on received instruction in driving and
special training which can be conducted at troop training grounds c.: L with
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Fourth Gds Mecz Army would move from the Ardelt plant to re-tr~ictec? area
north of the ! 1 friedhof cezr~ete~ in the fall of 1)51
It is possible that elements of the he^dquarters :"a"y have
move o e U cauctzen Kaserne and the Artillerie Kaserne b The vohic:le
mentioned in the present report are primarily assigned to the i i-
identified AAA division and headquarters units of the Fourth Gds ?`ecz Axiaya
the 312th C s lie t of ti.e Fo rth, Gds "Sect A ? in
. twalds until 25 JLly 121"1
(3} Elements of the fl C Fourth. Gds i'ecz Army are belie,,-red to be in the Templin.
(1~) The information fine"a cater that the component, of the 6th Gels "?ecz Div
vihich are carried in the Artillerie Kaserne were still at the Templ_in troop
training grounds by 22 August 19S1,a p'ost of the
vehicle mart- one in the presen report ce one o , is division.
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Arts ab 1' of c7 sicnal unit in cz,rly lluMV'i;?, >r~ 20
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trucks there at
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the hu1,4-erit wa Decn )C~(I ~,pr n"-"
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indicates that the troops ?nsere . wore ::no .cr inr5 i t~,nia v an-3 since other reports
mentioned a re1ativoly large natmber of rotor vehicles, it is possible that
the hutment quarters a motor transport ern} t of the Fourth Gds ? ":''ecz Ar,V,
The motor vehicle reported are believed to belong Lo this a.rrt~r~
the weapons reported, it is believed that 50X1-HUM
ree batteries ot. the 312th Gds R:L Regt of the Fourth (mod ,`ecz Arr~y were
entrained on 26 Augusta They may have gone to the Tempii.n troop training
grounda0 The motor columns observed on 30 August and It September 1951 probably
belonged to the same regiment,
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