SOVIET TROOPS IN WITTENBERG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011200420007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: March 3, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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to On 31 Jaruary 1952, the i .ak Kasorne in :iit tenberg (,i 52/i; 37)-.Tr a juhn was occza-
pied ao capacity by about 1,000 troops. Cate guards more red-bordered black
epaulets, About 90 percent of the windows of the installation ;,ere lighted durio,
the e'reningd Betwwrccii 29 ae.d 31 January, unarmed recruits received drill and
about 35C troops received small arms training at squad level in the billeting
area and at the nearby drill ground: Driving--schnol f.r?; fucks F_ I 25X1
from, and o, the installation,
::ere identified driving
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3. On 20 January, troops were seen drilling pith tvo C^ Iiirn artillery a
TLuen'l-,Gif'n Kasorne on B erli.nc:rstras,;
post, where sixiC,l motor sod riff- re?ix~c'nt is tationec;. ii llcvte, th tt the
personnel of the motorized rifle regiment of a tank division riust also wear
redbordered, black epaulets, whereas the personnel of the motorized. rifle
be carried there, A comparison with the sit~:;atio7 at the14Pa~e,r~11 1~
1na1v dual a.rs The location of the regiments of tbe 6th Cds Tank Div in tie
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reg,inent, of a motorized rifle division dear black--borrdcred xr;.d epaulet:.
The a pearance, of the J; tt k'e in the Flak i:ascrne indict tos that componr nt: 5X1
of the 73th Gds l v Tank SI' ReC?t riay be ioc;jted there Other coriponerit , of
.e re~,iment are carrier": in tha Lawlor K;,serne?
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Corxiont,., The iiq 6th Gds Tank Div is locatee in U1101
aye e Imo' correctly identified, the 76 ter: nrtiilery p ..-c s constitute
a vakcue indication that Vie, divvisio ==s motorized rifle r(,C.JM :nL : ay La
stat?.oned in the Taue:ntzien Kaserne,
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