SOVIET OB SUMMARY 18 MARCH 1952

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011100110002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2002
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 18, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone) ?O NOT C! 7sr1% `-_'JLATEDATE DISTR. 18 March 1952
SUBJECT ,So-~iet OB St& nary 18 March 1952
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2. Components of unidentified AAA divisions of the 3rd Guards Mechanized Army
entrained at Wuensdorf from 9 to 13 March. This operation is continuing.
A. troop train from Kummersdorf was dispatched at Wuste_r a,rk for Neu uckow
on 12 March. Elements of the 2nd Guards AAA Division entrained at :Potsdam:
on 13 Marche
Only 200 men of the 9th Mechanized Division occupied Camp Nochten on the
Weisswasser troop training grounds on 9 March. The cooperative bakery was
ordered to be ready for orders by 15 March.)HEIE
.Comment: These are probably elements of the headquarters of the Fourth
25X1 A Artillery Corps who are participating in the command post exercise in the
Naumburg area. Components of all six armies and of the artillery corps are
believed to be involved. in this exercise.
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Comment: There are indications that elements from the Wuensdorf -
rsdorff area are definitely moving to the firing range at Wustrow, while
elements from Potsdam may also have moved there. It is believed that the
summer firing practice is about to begin there.
Comment: 15 March is the possible arrival date of major contingents
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