MILITARY INFORMATION FROM DESSAU AND WITTENBERG.

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CIA-RDP82-00457R009000080002-9
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 22, 2016
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September 14, 2012
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2
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Publication Date: 
October 1, 1951
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REPORT
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f) r? 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved forRelease2012/09/14 : CIA-RDP82-00457R009000080002-9 T.ILASSIFICATION ;A-ZOLA/US r1GIALS or - (Soviet Zone -112IFORL. TUN EPORT NO. Miter,/ Information from nennae nod -atteriberr. - OATE. 1:?7 COMTENT.. DAVE OEITAIN.ED PE ;ER EKES - PLACE OBTAINED 2. ?ENCLOSURES aiN=37-.FiCat..S.1.1109ft .10/...912409. 1.-DATE PREPARED.- I October 19q1 ??????????????????? (NO. &TIPE)..... 50X1-HUM 50X1-HUM 1. A train observed between Bernburg CU 52/D 76) and Koethen (1.7 52/D 95), en route toward Koethens in the afternoon of 17 September 1951. carried Soviet troens in 15 levee:me nnd 4/85 tanks and 12 trucks 50X1-HUM on an undetermined number or Ilatcars. 50X1-HUM rioter vehicles 2. (1.1 52/ were noticed in the Pionier Schule in Dessau-Rosslau E 17) on 17 and 18 Seetember. Troops and motor vehicles observed in the individual barracks installations in "attenheru (r 52/5 37) on 17 and lL SeeteMber included erwineer trnons 50X1-HUM vehicles in the Tauentzien Kaserne- tank trnonc with motor hin thc nnnplar Kaserne artillery troons with motor in thP reek easerne ane meter vehicles in the Brueekenkopf Raserne. * Batmen 12 and 21 September, engineer troops were seen bivouacking along the '::itGenberg-Schlangenerube road and in the woods south of Veinsdorf. Forty assault boats. 1C nmnhihinrea cars and motor vehicles were seen with the troops., cd number of T-34 and JS-3 tanks mounting 25-mm and 72-mm AA tivelye, and motor vehicles mounting searchlights, were noticed between Thiessen-Buncieluft and in the woods nnrth r4.4narlrenf 50X1-HUM 50X1-HUM An undetermin- alas respcc- 50X1-HUM in the cam Tanks, and motor vehicles were noticed in the Brambach-Kuehnau area. ** 50X1-HUM Comment, the train carrik5OX1-HUM motor vehicles o/ tne inn Cos eecz Div, and headquarters units of the Third Shock Army. The motor vehicles observed in Rosslau belong to the 38th Engr En of the XXVIII Gds ntz Rifle Corps, to the Third Shock Army, to the 36th Pon Dridge Rout of the COFG and to a unit from Naumburg, possibly to a signal unit0 rotor vehicles observed in the Tauentzien Kaserne in attenbere belonL to headquarters units of the Third Gds Levi.. Army and to the 6th Gds Tank Div; those observed ? the f3cse1er Kaserne to the 14th Gds Lecz Div. CLASS1RCATION3EC ET-CMTROL/tS OiFICIALS 01:IX v-1 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/09/14: CIA-RDP82-00457R009000080002-9 Declassified in Part-Sanitized Copy Approved forRelease2012/09/14 : CIA-RDP82-00457R009000080002-9 01:2ROLAJS OFFICIALS OUT 2 SLOITAT.Tet ZTYYMIATION 50X1-HUM acid to the 6th Gds Tank Div; those observed in the Flak Kaserne to the unidentified artillery division in Fotsdam or to the 2d Gds A!A Div, to the air force and to the GOFO; and those observed in the rtrliPlArPnlrelnr Kaserne to the air force and to the 19th Oda :Itcz Div. I orraent. 50X1-HUM enFineer troops bivouacked in the .Thicssen-Kundoluft area and in the areas of Seelanc-en- erube, 4 km east of hosslau, and Brambach-Gtautz between 11 and 16 September 1951. Lotor vehicles of the 6th Gds Tank Div were seen with the engineer teoops in the Thieesen-Hundeluft area. The present report, coverine the entire bivouacking area, mentions motor vehicles of 50X1-HUM no 36th Pon Bridge Regt2 of the 7th Ods Liocz Div, the 7th Gds Tank Div, tie unidentified IL! division of the Third Ode Vecz Argy, including those of other headquarters units, and the llth Gds recz Div. It is possible that a concentration of numerous units there is a measure preparatory to a lareo-scale fall maneuver in this area. Whether units of the Liehth Ocis ilcirly4, which were observed in the ritterfeld-Delitzsch area in mid-September 1951, are amens those units concentrating in the area mentioned above or well earticieate later in the maneuver is still to be determined. 50X1-HUM 50X1-HUM iiiirmiOW-OOTITROVUS OFFICIALS OlaY L Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/09/14: CIA-RDP82-00457R009000080002-9