MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE TANGERHUETTE AREA.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009400480004-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 13, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 31, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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lU On 6.October 1951 the cater in tl,o woods south o;' oltc, in the and orhuette
(I' ~a3/y 73) training area was occupied,. to capacity by troos who wore
epatclets and red-bordered black epaulets. 25X1 C
were seen ontcrint, the carp. Vehicles observed between "'an .
6chceren. drivinr in W. 3cheeron, 25X1 C
About .120 t rue we
25X1 C were seers on ? tho roadows
orderinC; the Elbe River near Polte. Ten low wooden barracks buildin. 4 ach
25X1 X a urin.^ 5 x 5 x 2..,-1 meters, vie -re boint. erected on the rr eadmus.; They :_iweru 'E
25X1 X ap,parenLly to quarter troops.
2. tcct' or , about 12 rioters hi -h,. was observed near the so-'c,%Slecl track r eadosrs -
on the 101c River south wst of Jerichow. Local residents said that $oviot
troop canpac there J.r. Lent:s witil 2'? September.
3. A Soviet ofll'icer said Vint r.,c,st of t. o troops stayirk: in the -'olto area Would
ra ?aa n there throu, :ho'ut October, and s one o Z than
would a71Q ec'ly stay in
the camps ,:Iso throu, hout the winter,, Local residents said that the troops
in t ha carip i'lcludoc: some from . oriobcrc and Darby, They were alle edly ex-.
char-ad on 20 and 21 September.
i.. About 3~ soldiers rrcr,.. seen working on logs in the troop quarters in "anger-
mm cnco {I:` 53/Y 31;) on 0 October. 3wreral stacks of pneumatic rafts, and
trenchiri.L? tools and 5 ?rontoon mere seen in the yard. Five more pontoons,
rrF.nrhren+ nr,7 tt?......v.. .._.' '
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