MILITARY INFORMATION FROM LUCKENWALDE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010400270001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 16, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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~Ea On 21 Decerither, Italag II, on the Lucicer,vi,.ilde-. ranken 'oerde :road, was occupied
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'ilitary Information 1ror:, Luckenwalde
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^ 1, On 20 December 1951s source learned that Soviet troops had completely vacated
the officers' billets on Karl Liebknech.t `,trassse, the :tech premises and the
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on Inch, striestras e, the officerse billets on An. Schieferling, the cooperative
bakery, and the piano factor] wore out 00 percent vacated. Ooviet troops
started vacating the restricted area on Orabenstrasse.
2 o Lcquaintances of source said that the arnar headquarters and troop units
from Luckenwalde had started movin0 to r,uensdorf (fl 531Z 91) in the middle
of December 1951. It was rumored that new troops ;could be stationed in
Luckenwalde. Mere was much resentment among the local population because
the Soviets had completely stripped the officers' billets and the officers'
mess in Cafe 11ennig.
3Q On 21 Decenher, only a rear detail was observed located in "tala} I, south
of the road fork forned by the roads from Luc!,ern-ralde to _,ranlenfelde and
Franken_foerde. Only a few windows of the four low -wooden barracks buildings
in the camp vre,re lighted during the evening. .even 57--sari guns were -nulled
out of the artillery stora ;e sheds in the uninhabited western section of
the Stalag on 20 December, The runs were not soon there main. Trucks
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billeting o uipr7e nt and four so c ie~rs ,:i.._~ x?ec~~ ar erec~ , aek epaulets,
left the 5talag. Two officers viearin; artillery insi lni.a were observed - ith
the trucks 0
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6m Troops, W'o wore red? bordered black epaulets and were .supervised by a rmaj or,
were observed loading. billeting equipment of all kinds from t e buildings
at the intersection of Icirchhofswe.p, and i eue I3aruther 5 rasse on trucks
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70 "ilitary telephone Tines ti%hich remained includes : t% lose from the restricted
area on either side of Luckkauarstrasso to the Volkspolizei. Preis headquarters
on 3olitzer Etracze via Oaruther Strasser to the soviet .;:o endatara on former
,chuetzenstrt.sse; and to the re tricteed ;area on Crabenstrasse via Cruenstrasse
and Dahnrestrasse,
81, The Koerner r'.chule in Zinn.astrasse was unlighted cn, the evenings of 20 and
21 Dnceriber?ido troops were observed in or at' the school on these two days
9. On 21 December, the emplacement of four well camouflaged 76-- n AA guns were
observed on Gottowe:rstrasse. Crews of from 6 to 1 r tY'aC2ps
C~n 27 Decerhor, h: v ,nvi t main carA:~i5 ary on ''{.r:et1:e A all itz U~-?rasse
pi:,artly cleared of stocks. A German err:plo lee stated that this anc' the other
affiliated cot-vissaries were to be completely cleared during thou tours- e
Januar , 1952 and moved to ?uen:;dorf o The German I e 3f, in tine ccm.^aissary were
to follow the carrmissary to 'uenadorx .
22, The of f icersr billets on Ereitestrasse,, the ech office on ?'auerstrasse and
tie former agricultural bank on Am ".'"arkt were completely emptied by the
h.oviets prior to 21 December. 'M ~ off icerar res ; ;as returned tc its Gez?r an
owner g after truck had hauled away the ror.aining furniture on 21
December.
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