MILITARY INFORMATION FROM NAUMBURG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R015500050011-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2011
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: November 21, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
3AGES.~.u~ ., .~?ENCLOSURES (NO, & TYPE)
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On 377 October 1952k the foilowir troop: ;reel cm~ter1ei were unloaded at. the
Dnhfhof in ? euibtwg (d.a 52/J 9): 5 lsr'gs ph3.bious oars
trucks each towing a 122 mm field
aterec1 f he u ertu, aserne, cossrin from the direction of Freiburg
z', ter
aecupied by troops, 4 trucks .:arrying rcigc 150X1 -HUM
3quipb ent? truck w orboat; and 4 other
trucks 'Rhe unit subsequently
15ft for Yid? a emus ba,sern$ northweste of efT,rhrgur '.egg 18 October sedan
1 small amphibious c4 r 3 tx uck
On l3 October, a troy train ?earr in * li AT runs of
300 mote vehicle
east of F1etamikstger
and truc3
aucrxp a by a military hind, amd 4 SIJ~-l.a r;un motor car ?iages 4';as un- oa e Ct
the main atation. The unit subsequently left for the 3lucch, r. Kaserne south'
3~ An AAA emplaconuent pitta 2 x 76 mnii A/ Stunts and 2 ramie finders eras observed in 50X1-HUM
she area o ,Y ort're of ''.eissenfel: er Str. rise, on l$ 0ctoher?
Two trucks entered the insta? is t1on. ;4 50X1-HUM
\n infantry writ with trucks
was detrained at the Os ba ho: on 1 c ohs The unit subsequently 50X1-HUM
left for the Hinclenburg Kaserns on Schoenburger o tra i. ea 3
5Trucks carrying billeting equip nt, were seen
at the or aserne on ordstrasse)
were seen nearbya 1I the ;ii.ndows of the Kaserne were 50X1-HUM
lighted after night fal L4
On 13 October, 0 troops wearing red. bordored black epenets engaged in drill to
he barracks yard of the Bismarck Kaserne on ' eigsenfe1eer StrasseG Trucks
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On 14 October, the liiluocher Aasera was occupied by an infantry urait.
"entries observed wore black-bordered crimson epaulets? Only part of
the bui.ldinss were li!=,hteci after dusk otor vehicles
were seen. it about 8 pm. on l7 October, a troop train
ca:r?ry1X ' x 122-mm f eje~ howitzers 1, x 160-ma riortart~ and about 30
trucks wag unloaded at the Ustbahn-
hof a The unit subsequently e or trio, uecher flasorne.2
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Flemming- er .:eg was lighted after rii htfalL: 5erntrie> observed ,fore red-
bordered black epaulets with artillery insignia. Truck vans
seen in the barrr:cks area. At 1:30 pact on 17 October, a troop train
carryirC 10 officers and 120 NOOs and wearing red -bordered black
epaulets, including, soar 1:i.th i i ni?a. 6 x 122-ram howitzers,
1 .iecu. 2 sedans and 30 truck
was unloaded at the O tbahnhoft. The unit subsequently left
for the lubert.us haserneQ2
9a At 7 p.m. on 16 October, a troop train carrying 20 officers and 200 'U-1
wearing, red?-bordered black epaulets, including sow. with motor transpcart
insignia, black-'bordered black epaulets, including some rith signal
insignia, and black-bordered crimson epaulets; 50 trucks
and 10 sidecar motorcycles, was ur oade a the s a o
Officers and troops wearing red-bordered black and black-bordered crimson
epaulets subsequently left for the ?linclernbur?g 1aserne, on $choenburger?
Strasse,3 while officers and troops wearing black-bordered black epaulets
left for the Barbara Kaserne on Hallesche Strasse and lord Kaserne on
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Nordstratse4 a troop train carrying troops and50X1-HUM
materiel including 6 x 122-run howit.ce. a was unloaded in the night- of 16
October _________the the unit ]left: in the direction of Flesatr er ':eg.2 50X1-HUM
Troops and rrka et el unloaded from a train at the ! stbahnhof at 7:30 aamn
on 17 October included: 15 officers and 200 i t wearing black-bordered
black and red-bordered black opatiL t s, including s i with engineer or
motor transport. insignia; 9 large and 8 small amphibious cars 50X1-HUM
1 ambulance numbered and about 50 trucks, including 40 carry g
t. rn--4er-tion wooden uontoons. and 10 loaded with timnber, and 1 motorboat,
I C3orrn nt ,
4c'ame train w 12c a no r u ar. ',(Ql tZ W4
the 67th :ngr d3r of the 57th ('.cis Litz Rifle Ii v stationed at the Huber--
tus Kaserne north o leer ,finger .ego This and all other trains r entionod
i n the present report belong to the 22 trains 50X1-HUM
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corps troops of the XXIX Ods Mt.z trifle Corps f om ,;z .senbt ? -, to the military
period from 16 to 13 Octok er4
'xhe obscrvations
paraO rap , indicate t a his Sri ge column is esquipp t?a moor a ,
g to 12 small lad 9 large: amphibious vehicles, 1~0 half pontoons and about
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durin ; the
Period from 6 to 1" October, 4 to 5 batteries equipped with . 2 ?,:+u~ field
howitzers and 1 x l60-?M mortar probably returned to the installations on
Flermminger , ,eg including the Hubertus siaserne north of Flermninger "'eg which
quartered the bulk of the 655th How ,rt Re ?t of the 57th Gds P tz itifle Diva
The trains came from -.:iesenburg. See Gor nt 1. One. of these trains 5(
tr:as at the Liedowitz railroad station Just south
_iAoAnhtirg nn 16 Vctober~
3 5 x 22-rirn . i . mown.- zer s,
16 x 76.2-mm field guns, 8 x 57-rim 1,T guns , knd 24 x 16r=.rim mortars returned
with the troops until 4 October,, -Lt is believed, however, that the inforrsmation
an the vnrious t .e o runs includes a numbeir of errors concerning calibers,!
Coi neat ,, The 170th %1 s .'?:tz Rifle Hogt of the 57th Oda wt/, b 3 fle Div is
in the uecher Ka,serr and the Hubertus t{aserne on Fla.ei .nger ,,,eg
with its bulk had
', on cto ern
additional infantry units returned to the flluecher asorrin an en urlg
.aserne on 114, rl"d 18, October. The Hindenburg Kra erne is carried quartering
the 64th AT Brs of the 57th (kls ;tz stifle Div
As the 16 AT guns which were ur 1oaded on 18 October entered
t Blue d r asorne on Flemminger '. eg and included SU-76 runs, there is reason
to believe that these AT guns belonged to the 170th G Us Mtz Rifle Regt, Hcvr-
ever, infantry elements, must be carried apart from this as stationed at the
Hindenburg Kaserne if the infantry units i-hich entered this instillation do
not belon . to the division headquarters,
Cor~;ncnta The 498th _U Regt F1 of the XXIX C is f:7 Rifle rps and
F
other units are believed stationed e Bismarck XaserrLe , Anot er report 5
indicated that 12 x 85-1,3m Air gut's and
motor vehicles entered the installation.
The present information contains no indication or a return of the unidentified
engineer battalion of the .XIX Gds ':tz iLifle corps which depar~Jted in ]s_,te
_3eptember . 50X1
Gomarment,; Unidentified infantry units are carried stationed in the Uord
K aserrse i',$'li~cm was unoccupi xi ,during the period from May to early Fepte.mber,
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~!n whether these figures check rith the T/'& of a bridge
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