GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012400010001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 22, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 19, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE OBTAINED lATF Pm--PAP 9n 19 l'av' 1952
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REMARKS 9U Mar', r of par. a frra .~h:3l, 3 and 5 cabled on 5 !'ay 1952 ;,
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On 1 and 2 ':ay, the `;.ak Kaserne in ''erseburg ()' 52/b 91) was occuz4 i e?d by
about 120 t.root s o "ovor vo.icles were not seen. (3)
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... u , Burin,, the period fror, 21 to 2S
%I I Aril, the in5t;alla
a.'ion,was neednled ?E? fj i to 3510 soldiers we:ari.nf, red-bordered 61ack epaulets,,
3 JS tanks,
III- T-11; tnrl,~.q f r~ tllnnyimi-llp Pinnir,r
rre toward :'Pitz ~' 52 09).1 r (4),
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2, Durinz the r.eri oca frci 25 to 30 April, the Hindenburg KaUar?r:c on Danziger-
.".'3trasFe, Leipzig Tl 52/D 21) wan still c n' b ^ir force un: is ,
The Flak Kasera=
ne in .,eipz f?_'Teiterl.ylick, was occuni.ed by about 300 soldiers wearing red.
bordered black epaulets, incl-uc]inf sc-~e with tan:: i.nsi ;nia, duri.In;, the sa :e
period a The installation waact a11e, edly vacant prior to 25 .A. u1; Only
personnel wearin r(od--bordered .:lack epaulets was seen receiyin drivinr
r,t abt-3t 10 p.r on 19 ..pril 1952, flatcars ~vith siderac,,s and 1 coach
were loaded with 16 1iF-ht ar..ored scnut c .rrs and 5 off icers and 00 to 70
sr..ld ier: rec.'-hcrdere4' black e1:a u1.Qts at the Oberor '-al he in C.ri:ina
(:: 52/r I~0) s Is. ae tra n ue:'arted at ^idnirht toward Doebel z (?; ~2/?; 79) 4
burin Vh night of 2) r., oil, the troops stationed at tt',e 1ssror -'as',ne
on .'rant ~'ehrin- `'trasse and the trCOUs stationed at the tan?- firinx- range
Otterwisct?, sot'thwde,t of Grin-.:a left toi,ar(%, "a(' Lausislc, Smith of ?"ir r:a
The troops a rcr! Otte :inch were e quir.red with 2 f'X--1OO SP .~:uns, 3 T`.-3)i tanks
and 3 caterpillar tractors, each toirinfr an iniaratr - ; uno On 3O ! s i1, the .
`,trassburg Kaserne on Lei zif-erstras.;e was occupied by a rear Cetai:i of
about 30 soldiers wearbw redi-bordered black epaulets, and the i:1:ane Kaserrie
Was occupied by a rear detail of 30 r.en who wore red-bordered blank e,.aulet~:,
Only one sentry was seen at the :Ja;'or..a on Franc "ohril,,. trasse? The AT
run Pr-,lace rent was vacant, Er.:ployees at the supply depot stated that the
j irst elegyrents of the troo:.s stationed in Grir,-,-,r.a had arrived in :chviepnitz
north of T:oeniFs:arueck (TI 52/A 31) on 1 I'ay o (1)
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a lc;- ,3 re ovt. head tele ~?.o(Ie. line a 3lCnf- the .:e1.r1a3r--Erfurt a?ato'oahn on
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of f}tt hr t^r tt ^r: n 4 11 t.thni in Cr ...r'a alas con'tc nee: in ri r (,Cent 1'A.. E7rt,See
tho 21st -6s, '?ecz
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a , ^ soldiers i r;'. acc ~' ;n t,
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3 - _P.r. at the ; ac!.. a la t,ion until 2:E". ixvp nil? possibly
elontf; to the unidentified reconnaissance battalion which still believed J
stationed tY,ereQ
(5) >xcent for a vehicle of the air force and the G0%'Giy all 9Ieh C 1e observed
in the Yircdel area bele:e to V o 57t1'. Cds t;z : i~'1e Div,
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s i'''+"r enL c. t''.is divisi.on to Vie (Thx cri.af area dut.x in,- tr:c '-'oriod "rc:' 11 to
elr?t ants of the nth C',?;, "ec^ riv,
to i'.oonigsbrueck as early, as IL,, 11 and l_i! :1"hill
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