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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012800340006-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 16, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: June 17, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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:luring the period from I to 12 isVr 1952.% ',N-, as ithe rn soc tiC7) Of t ' : d ?e'ticy s
Kaserne on t?edl tzer Strasse, r'ct .-.an (i? %3 was occupied a n t to
of rl 1. had
capacity~ On. 1 : Iaf, 50 to 70 of fic -s and 700 to HOC) i;:. , D'I
2-:arched fr the southern :,wc~pion of the &n t ,ll.ation to its portion,
assembled for a I Nay Day ce1eLrction,. xJhile ; e cel w'brationl w'-F's h# 'r"?; about
OO :lore troops were obsc r-Tefd in the billar-t, of the southern ;. Qrtio'z of the
installation am throughout the billeting ax :s _ . After the celebrat:i. )ri, 2 TUCOs
,and 46 m: T,, weari:n rod by ?derad block epa alc:ts, sorue of them ?;...th mo r, or? trans-
: ort, insignia, iiu:re d to ',.e.-; fuel dump on L;ornstedter Feld. On 7 abo' 5X1
20 men crer e Observed doing .f'a igue duties it , : r s cache: n pc 4.ion t
cars'-,cks i nstal1,> Lion. About :30 t2iucks,, I ambu:.an e and :t. c a ;er pi.:_.L r tractor
were observed in the billeting area. Pow, prilE 'mD1re s,
Orri ; ]52_ !m i Fl ..YC:'fi zero' ig left. tb `.'lstcal,Lati_or "Ji:iwar :7 n,-
:, ect er ei.d, About 12 --J.' icers and 250 ;:ion, inzt li ing '5O
agaaiprIent, all tearing red-ia__.?cered black e a let:: ,ri t-h art-'m'!r; n aa,
accompanied the howitzers, I 25X1
In the aftexno.'tn -J9 instr u ':,ion given
at the quarters and i'3Z7s_ aj.O r,ie 1 wox e sec 1? '::'+r 17,e duties. ts.'ucks,,
-ie ?:.' tae.a"Q
.i caterpillar tractor ar , trai.ie'r were par'ked i' f ^ont of
The emplacing of 3 x 1.22..,.rra f'-,.c1.d r'ams' tc iad by 3 c.,.terpi.lla? tract:u:u?s and 25X1
cross-courktry driving '. tJi .hese mrig ^~ 0Ornst(idte ,''0d o" `o-
:3ite the barracks instal.'( tion.
t -U-k morning of 12 there was 1:i.tt e au.:;, `+r y
in the quarters. oL' hO oven were obser'ie ',. doing tvtigue du`~,ies., men
carrying instruction. d math_:x;F_al were seen r. r thing to was Cara; < s, in. ront of
which 20 trucks and fi trailer.,a were par1e,-A. At least eight 2.2-2-m. :. 1d guns
were observed in one she,...,
2a Ch t and r Lia.tl, the nort-.;e:;
some sentries were se n4
portion of the te'? ius Kaserre we unocciupieda Only
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I aserne on T;edlit ;er" occUP-1. xd. On 1 i.Iay, 70C to '80C Plaeno
about 300 of whorl haci ccstte 'roast the Lsadeadjrff aserr ea, +.)d a :.r4
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tazy band had f Alen in in the Ioorrac V ,,card for a ~Ns I ~'he =;~s muriz~.:.c t depot in 7icho as .::Stec. by
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14. ktq 5 may., the TIM school at 23 Jaeger 'J.lee quartered a. rear
epaulets i- th sip lEj ins i an?..cs.. an di an agency of the to .t km1n-
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Chi K ul-"r the Polizei t'ase:rne at 10/12 Jaeger ."all.ee was o0c3
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wore black--borderE,-. cries on p papa 3 t< , (About 200 men eve P. o F .'0
doing close-order .. 1 ix-a;k-y the 8u 'x4 r risior_ Of of'f- sd,rs
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had moved to this arRia. On F :'a. r, convoy or -aU c r r orc `f ar onn.
c=arriers with ob;;ervccti ?O , :1 ;' i aand
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preparation dep`xtr e it in ii,hV, res 1:r: i tt:-fi area near ^x 7 e :? ii I '.
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courzterint.el3.y;,c . e lepaw ter o.:: tcci on Kl_lzi cr1, ;: ra
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ferencei in the e - 7 .^r r( Y' 1,,'."1#'C: "k;ne < Lieutenant io.Lo:' a:L
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a parabolic reflector were oF,; ved at t AAA ap: cearae.dt at
pergstueckexr s~~t'tl e a_:crt, 2urt-r the m=orning hours from
14 L y, ;per-r'sce of the piece drill and alerts were practt.ced in c
junction with opera ;.?i.on of hr. radar On ]1 tka: rn 30 men. r
fallen in a th eat tl,.:t:e 2e. _t, ubsoc t: iat *, 12 r?f' t hem rroce e.c ed to
L6a During the period from 6 to It, "V, our.' 37.-aim AA guns F.~r: re scur_r:, at
the emplacement in athletic. fiek o.n Franz S ohhrirz S4;,rassa:: >.
Training on the 7232':1: and h'rs:L aa1 traie. i ? ' I nap ondueted,,
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.15 ';.ay, the AM t$; ~lac~:sra:r .t the 43 ei to ckex set,ti neat
roc atapi e?Z by. six i F at t,t;ms? 3 and a scuts ?.a r?x-~'t w .a ,1 tS
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training including 1:,hyol.eal. t':-a: ning :t as obser-,zxd, ( )
ID. Dwwing the ;rind fas3m 6 tt: ro uw h 12 . G - the ilohe tl ohe ? ; ex on
fedl itzer Strasse clt :.ar'tered a;,#:)ut 200 On 6 May a, ,ecic ?_ VebiCle25X1
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mounng a genora ? r .an : 63ci roof of the truck a fa ar ~2 sorb
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which rotated around i v?sr?t `.f:: al axl.c was cabs c in r .
yard. O 7 :i? r th'i.o vehicle vias no lori-ox seen
40 R The driver annd assistant dr ?ers fr these
trtea s who wore red-.icr?dere:'. bl cl. black-borders black nd black bordered
crimson epaulets, ei"_he od. ilk ':,t C?7?1 L~ ':.?_:IY' Kaeerne
22 On 7 ,.fir, `~ about. CJ u -x. a " een
Ioe~s ~trc a .,ice , .,;crcl?~rcal black op t:rtet urur. s
doing service Of the niece dr with f IJirr 122-. m fiel g ;r2:3 c') :..Drn-
stedtcr Feld west of the .srsl ., .:a Kaserr.o on T'edlitz,,ar >tr: ,;sea Prel.oooph.orie
operations and th e .ra_np:ing of rtvc, '}" _ ; tel ephcrra lines -,ere observed?
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was seen in the sout:'xwcster:e cr~s:?r r ,~ .he "ici ~ (.)
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