SOVIET TROOPS IN FRANKFURT/ODER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010600200010-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 10, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 25, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFQRt RT
TOPIC Sov?(t l'roons in Frankfurt/Oder
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1, Cry 29 December 1951, the Arti .lerie Kaserne on liug is t Bebel .ltrasso, Frankfurt/Oder
(0 53,"V 63). quartered about 80.) troops who wore rod-bordered black epaulets ;iith
artil:.ery insignia n The day before $ 20) troops vre:re seen clrilli.n with small arras;
at squad level, while 20 soldiers were engaged in. artillery drill,, and 12 soldiers
enga { d in driver training on trucks On 29 December, Lto
soldiers carrying rifles and practice tar2'ets were seen marching to the instal:?_ation,
while about l50 rien drilled with small arms at squad level and 2.) soldiers practiced
with -.-wo artillery pieces in the barracks yard,
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2. On 29 December, the iuelow Kaserne at the intersection of Fueratenwalderstrasce and
Posts ;ra::se quartered about 60) troops who wore red,,--bordered black epaulets, mostly
with artillery and tank insignia,, "bout 20 AT guns and '250 soldiers enga:,ed in
rifT drill were noticed in the barracks yard on 27 December, About iDJ soldiers
oarryirrn; rifles and practice targets left the installation toward Rosengarten on
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3c On 29 December, only a few unarmed soldiers wearing black--bordered red epaulets were
rxotic ad in the northeastern section of the Eichhorn Kaserne on Liuelirosor Land-
strassea The buildings of the installation appeared to be vacant. Sentries also wore
black-'bordered red epaulets,, The southwestern section of the Eichhorn Kaserne
quartered, about ) 03 troops who wore black-bordered red epaulets? About 50 unarmed
coldi::rs assembling in the barracks yard, 20 soldiers drilling with rifles, and 25
so-1 di. ers receiving close--combat rai nin were observed on 27 De cemther 0 About 150
soldi ars were soon falling in at the bar_ rack. s 1rnr?d 0 while about 60 non rcaco-i va;
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and numerous soldiers we
ra noticed nu ? the . ,- r thn 20
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before, 'yanks were identified in the billeti.n~: area. Tai-,dc
50.) tr?oo;as wh w re rer_I-Yaord.erec' black epaulets, mostly with tank insi ;rda
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On 29 December,, the 'Hindenburg, Kaserne on August "bbol Strasso was occuoicd by about
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Letv;oen 20 and 31 Deconiber, the Hofba',aer Kaserne on ir111aualrrivehl~=n~?+ ;;
Eervcd as transient, billets for officers of ~-;l:i branches of service"
T uzsmle)-o11., officers with various branch-of-service s `' . were S_ !I goln"
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on several days,, ho trucks observed dlxri'1`y t':ie
a o7`P.'?i'fle: tiD 1E'CJ peri'.x of time -nero always t ac! sane r, ". repai ' shop Ir'.it Of
t. .3 r:)I-7-!cr. i with red-borderect black C?yJr^?1'Fets ?:ere-,, e"1; a_;oC i:?
vahi(i1o -aotors ,at the motor vehicle roricir stop in the bi lctin4; ar:'.o
i t 2`) Joce'mi;er., the Horn "asorl.-io on 1'Tuhner Cl'.aaiussee ou;artexct r~ - a occu )_Loc
b:r ai:out 1;3.). troops who ivoro roc'-borc'orec). 1)1~l^1c o2a._r1ot,-,, iac,udiY3^or:y
w:_tla 4rti?'_ory, mad hc,d an avorar-a a"e o1 2 ;-..arcs, ia:rro riere only a ;.'c;:7
o:'f icons and 2ICOs on the train,,
26, :'; train, which loft Vic l'ra_xl. .rt/Ode: main r?ai_lroad station to,:ard
J3,3rli. i at I) -).n on 3 Ju_re 12 2, carr i.ec' about 3O.) tro,';r: _i t r?r .-=hors
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