MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE SOVIET ZONE OF GERMANY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009300090003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 23, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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)? TE C3TAINI
1e On 15 September 1951, a troop train, ,includin, 15, boxcarloacis of ?.rc)o))s
" s 6 half-track vehic"los and 16 trucks
,''na a soconc! Lroor)
train gyo., ca.1'1oa.3th
y
tl 2 arphibious cabs , 11 t S~~}.,.V7
were loaded at Liebc;rose i:,- 52/1, IV)
ra?.::.road
/
Station. I3Ot,l s ip 3ents loft in the direction of Frank urt (0der, (i) On
16 epteriber., a A `"} z acs of troops,, 20 :IT uiis
and 35 trucks 7~wa s 1oaded and left toward 50X1-HUM
Cottb).zs, (2) 2 .x?(a ' . Sop zr i er,, t' t?ce troop trair2;,; -ullich heed, arrivo:
from the direction of Frankfurt/Oiler, wore u:n3.oaded,, 'o`ne trains in,: the troo e3 ithich had been entrained in Lieber ose on 1.''7 and l~) ` (1pto ib ', ?,
On 2" sSeptembrr, a troop train with 20 ? iCcar s i n. !10 +
and 8 rocket '..aunchers f 50X1-HUM
was ? oade(1 aa:)c? left torr~r an,,: r 'er , , 3 On. !6 5 _) Uember, th-,
RuL~B T,-Or f:n : nn Camp Licberese ' ore issued uni o"m3., n 2j' r;e t?T' ib?Z', a
train coning Y.']COI7 Jhe direction of C
2., On lei' September, a convoy of 60 trucks loaded .,Ti h po s ?:L"3t,', j .1.7 :"' }T, ar Zoro
recorlnaissan:o cars, 12 armored person o], ca.I riers, 2 aripiiihioas cars and
sevcra.l jeeps was observed roceedirlr.. h
.tier w
The .field cxc `cisos the Lei
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1 e i .s wore soon Clurix the :'ergo(. rori :?,r to j ^tCT:bcrOn 2+4 Se-~tenber, two trains loaded T it'tl F c:n pan3Ir1O;
~i.lzrouc 1,itterfeld to rart_'', Leip ;jr' 3 le t, iiii'7C5~ 2 Got 50X1 -HUM
area of ...e IJn.~l=el hill ,,.-as cordoned off
: , had.cle'_ en to point 209 an ratted by tr .c', s of t a r .r at `11 ,
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i7'.'s'er 11Y__4 o f r.-c?re in aAend,al? (i.r.'}V
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On U October, three troop trains wore loac c( .rl Docborit!? (1, f ; 6 . 50X1-HUM
''oventeen r ?J an ''oventeen truGl`.:i 50X1-HUM
aE re ,)bserver h
bra-ins 4Z;Cx' C. ]. Jr rr
i sp. Witched to .U( F IC,
On the s,u=o (sy, 122' T-3rd ta.` ks
rails.' station., t; ie tank: art:?r al1e 'ec41y bo 150X1-HUM
for '.,rocs uC cl:e near Eathenow, On 9
so iC T-3J tanT:s nro seen nroc c -
(1)
(3)
(3)
i:aserne..
rabo~?~ o
Octocer, :~I' t!_~:s, ?~ JO-3 tanI:s an d
on she railroad Station to the 171 n!'
sl.i nont i ac: es:=.::c? frog: Ai.1' er_ 50X1-HUM
Content.
The first troop trays.' carried
an rxrtz'lf:rr,' L o t?.F 7t.:i C' D
tas Div,
r.a23t the second tr?'.]I: was loaded with unit O';r: is c Uisi_. on t. a
. r..; t' a._
''.lead.. eartcrs unit of te Fourth'i Cc's : ecz Ari.:~r'0
This troop train is hich carried , . unit o' LI.te 7th Cdds . rcn ; -tip is -:urobably
co necte(.' c:J_th the r,.0 ve_-.ent of units of this ul v n to ' 1 .
;~'itterfeld area as observed durinc? this pcrioc: 50X1-HUM
The troops observed beinf unloaded on 2S and 2G 5c oe:~ 191 can only have
bona those that were carried in the trains dispatched towar'c . "rank urt,/Oder
but not the shipment dispatched toward Cottbus on 16 Sep;: o3^isera
These loadinr?. operations were probably carried out by a unit of the 312th
t_sds EL r o,Ot of the Fourth Gds ICecz rny, The shipment Sian probably cdis-
7)a.-Gchot: tt_ i,`berswalde since the of 'a , refI"1e31t 7.a,
observed. there on 29 September. 50X1-HUM
This troo':i trains which probably carried, a. uni : o the 235thh Gds AL', Regt
of the. 7th Gds M,ecz Div, ' ossibly came from and is possibly
identicr:1 -?ritli the ?, shipment of the sane c;:;-vision observed on 31. Auk ust
19s11 in L.ieberose. It is believed' that `'~- r.n
this ua.:;_c. ILzc< been transferred 50X1-HUM
It WC -S p oesibly a CC)L 3:',an '._'.oct exer cise,v which
l:C ; t;l in 3; i(.P-3eptenber th (letaGhec? units o Z all. armies stationed the :Soviet Zone o_` err?Llt. j AccoY C ? to I:.G ")rosen t ?'epOrr, motor
vehicles observed. on 2)! 3,te:._aber 9 9t'l ' 'ego" t:ti to
' ea, `': ua_r't_'rs 1. i.S 1310
army troops, the 199th 7 ig,ht ftrt~,~ Pra -- s :.'.3^i iar, ~t'on :; fiec P ". div 4 oi the
7 hth Gds _, eC D-* v and the 6th (Ids Tan S~ n 1 1 4 ' r-p 7
J. a k_ i, 2y . t: c1 ~ onL;lr_, "o t,--i T1. are
0ds I'.~ecz _-my' an to aZ'm troops of fi'''`r' Fourth ~-'t. ,.o
uI 1 ac
The area, bett-,een 3tossfurt rYxr? a.i't.trstt.4dt? The 50X1-HUM
un-?.ts tr? 3 L21i3?r' in t, 'e .eessau -ittori eld area. fran
c t +i he one o
ept f3', ber 19 i t wore nossibly quartered t1,101.1 r,. Ally : nssu st .'i_o 4 is cup 7ort~'d
by t_.e reported direction from lrhi $,'Ihe 1,roop" observed ^i uroacli c? and
motor vehicle 50X1-HUM
i our?tha C :'..a
arrival of troops
1 Lit-~~' coupon GEr of an&?ad` uar' ers ' i the Fol. th (-Ws _ :ec Army in
l,]f'T s'c:`a C en it, is nr)5 1
, 50X1 -HUM
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field exercises vll c eld in this area in the seconc: ha f of October.
c ''he 1oadin .. Q t `?nrve(? L ,
a. T~rat,.r_Qt: il.;;., r'~ on 2~ ~C? 7-tt?I"-be?r s,(',... was probably Cc1.I'Y`iCtt.
tip
e
{ic3)I . ,,.,,. ,.... ~4, 50X1-HUM
1 'cn on ~. ''..t J
a cr
.-Cu Div, is r`iS 4r;f?C to loc. 132 ,i~.C?tlf:Y]--
cor ::asorre f t
~? ? .t~.0,.1,;.'.Lau.q araC. v"v'a21.C 1 :v%a:~ C7:,r:~C?r'4F-:u
lin ?r,?e-,,,, 50X1-HUM
;.riser in to
on 2u Oct Ober u . S 0 fJa1C; C, t
u Gus . nn -i: 1l G C t c sane n
sy.
r,~17 tr1_;ao return to their r:_ilita'4; roots,. 50X1-HUM
t~
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Paz , a u.. o,~ a.ne; T ^~~ t Q.' ;:.loo t
-14d r 7. E'Cc Div
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(..L) ' nos W o'' Cl.,., troops rho C etrainccJ L'dere headquarters wit', : Of t '.C
"'our tit
C c_3 t.-Cc,(iu (rt:i Zb lt].,(i Li cane !,1 oI^. t he s.?ta:i.i .lurYiial 1. (;.rstaCCt? .ire r1 ..
2 w :1 .'u S rvec. .i.Ca.vlnL uran_cnbu.Ny c Uc1
one c gin
m Ldent:i.fiod `.' ., reCi1:ient of the 3cconC Oc.s ::ecz ar:L' the
`;ilhs ':-elon- to an unidcnti.fieC, ,^T artillery bri^ade or. sa
(> 3) _' le bivouac area, is near !,ak .oi ?lit'e ,y -' OCC C`. u'i. by
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