MILITARY INFORMATION FROM ANNABERG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011200400003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: February 29, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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1"ili1,ary Ila-rormation from Aranabartt
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1. Prior to 5 'February 1952, the barracks installation in Annaberg rohnau (l. 51/
K 73) quartered about r00 troops who vtcse b."_.ack=-bordered red epaulets and were
armed with submachine guns, rifles and lint machine guns. The unit included
about 90 officers, 2 of :w, were colonels. The unit maintained about 200
dogs arrd possessed about 15 trucks
2 Prior to 5 February,, the ''ehnor ; Laserne quartered about 1,000 troops who
wore 31ac:1c bordered crimson epaulets and were equipped with :rifles and submachir.:e
gunsr. The unit had 'about 50 oa:fieers,, including; 1 colonel; about 10 dogs; and
about t. trucks. Security measures were . intensified in early January, and seven
additional sentries were posted at stationary pests inside the fence ,,
3, Prior to 5 February, the former boys'i school was occupied by about 19000 troops
who -core red-bordered black epaulets and about r-)0 troops &o wore black- -border-
ed red epaulets. About 50 of the troops wore tank insignia and about 150,
arti.ller,v insignia, About 30 officers were observed with the troops, and the
ranking officer was a major.. Approximately 25 dogs were kenneled in the
ineta3.lai;ion,, The unit had about four trucks o
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Prior to 5 February, the barracks installation on Leninstrasse quartered about
G00 troops who wore blackbordered crimson epaulets and were armed with rifles
and submachine guns. The unit had about CO officers, including 2 or 3 majors
and I lieutenant colonel. It had 80 to 100 dots and about five trucks.
5~, Prior to 5 February, the military billeting; area at the intersection of :Ial-
denstras ;e and Schumannstrasse was occupied by , 0 officers and about 200 troops
who wore black bordered crimson epaulets and were arr.ed with rifles. In addition,
about 40 Scviet officer families ?rith children were billeted there. About 15
officers wearing gold epaulets, including some with a blue cap band, and about
20 soldiers wearing 'clue bordered black epaulets arrived in the billeting area
after early January,'About 500 female officers weartn silver epaulets with
green and red stripes arrived there between 1 and 5 February. These women
officers were also soon walking to the Yeheert Kaserrie 0 - *
Cor,rnent Previous reprrts by indicate that
Tic a r:ic cy xnstallati on in F rohnau houses the Ibeadquartors of an i:0i3
regi Trent ; and that the other three billeting areas house not more than one
KGB battalion each. The considerably higher rsonnel strengths mentioned in
the .:reshot re port require confirmation. Soldiers 25X1
of acvieil Army units,, who were also observed in the other pars o>_ the
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CONFID,ENTIAy
ura:?i1u : minim p area probably 1.:belc;ng to ;rotor transport un -t. s
If the im numbers of rotor velilele5
of he present resort are true, the Soviet hrr_y personnel in AnnaberC: are
nor: likely to belong to penal units than to rotor transport c nits.
Comment. The military bil=oting area is mentioned for the first
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