MILITARY INFORMATION FROM FUERSTENWALDE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012800110004-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 16, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 19, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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L_C,F?7-PREPARED 19 June 1952
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1. On 11 May 1952, 10 new, {,rucks and 2 x 76.2-.>rn fi- id guns were un-
loaded fr.)m flatcars, and nutneroa, boxes ?rom six boxcars a s the Fuerstentiwalde
(I? 53/V 33) railroad station. T~ ::Lire more near tr ac e and numerous 25X1
boxes fro!,, four boxcars ,were unl .-:lead on 15 May. All ~rehicl.3s, carrying the
boxes, drove toward Ketschendorf
2. On 18 "lay, the Fliegerhorst Kasers4 a at :;aldfriederi qu, i tiered about 500 troops,
most ca" w om wore red-bordered b:i_r- .??: epaulets with artillery insignia and motor
transport insignia and some blac's.1-7ordered black apauJ,ats. '.,ra lning activity
was obner'red only at the new Ali .-,: i eraclacernent a? the lanai+:a< }'field where 0
to 50 soldiers daily practiced wi A four 3 --rar1 AA gun-? 25X1
prier to 'l May 19 72, about 25X1
50 o 1: xce:^s and 2 operated the s `-cal depot, the grinding hop and the 9lass25X1
blowing sanction and about 80 off i r?.-;rs and TIT t' ,,c :radic cquipzsent depot and
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On 18 Lay, the Pionier Kaserne on :h:artenstrasse was occupied by 500 to 600 25X1
troops who wore red-bordered blac', epaulets with 'i.ank 'insignia and black-bordered
crimson epaulets. I I 'awo T-34 J85 in, the vicinity. ,of the 25X1
garages s~:veral days before. T-3,"./(P_1" tank zwras seen on the nearby train-
ing grounds, engaE-ed in machine 1 f I ring at practice targets -:laced at distance
of about i3^0 Meters. Four T-3E~ tt:" !?;s, drove tot e
13euend orf train' n
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It. During the 7eriod from 9 to 18 Mai' ;1952, the Barr cks installation on the road
to Rauen quartered 600 to 700 tro ,-is who wore red--b orc : red black epaulets, in--
cludir sore with blac',,-borderedd :?~':.r.7son epaulets:. Th re ~ as r uch activity in
the bille--in area; however, no t: ning was noticed. (3)
>. A train o:' Co to 100 axles, 1'ic`-z stood at the Fuersten.waldc :railroad station
at 7 p.m. on 13 May 1952, was head.-id toward ' erli::z and carri rd numerous 76.2-r, a
field guns, field howitzers, fig -: AA guns and AT guns. the 25X1
guns to have been factory new.
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