MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN THE GROSS SCHOENEBECK AREA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00418R005300200001-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 25, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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Military Activities in the Gross DATE >NSTR. July 2 5. 1956
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report on the Gross
scale armored exercises by Soviet and NVA personnel, (2) Train movements
at the Gross Schoerieheek railroad station, a:o. (3) An inspection of the
overland telephone system between Gross Does! l.n airfield and. Finowfurtho
Schoene?beok s ea which gives information on the .following-, (1) Small
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IMIIIITARY AIR
Iiiscellaneous Military Activity in GR.SCHONEBECK
Area as at 3 June 56
Since 25 May 56, there have been extensive small scale armoured
exercises in the immediate vicinity of GR. SCIIUNEBECK. Both Russian and
KVP units appear to be intermingled, though the KVP units appear to pre-
dominate. A local former. V'ehrrnacht tank officer i general conversation
in the local inn, stated that in his own opinion, there was just about an
entire division taking pare in the exercises.
1. GENERAL
2. TRAIN MOVEMENTS AT OR. SCHONEBECK. RAILWAY STATION
a) 29 May 56,1745 hrs
A special goods train, consisting of 5 flats plus
1 M-wagon arrived. in GR. SCIJbNEBECK station from HOPPENVALDE. Each of the
flats held a tingle T34/85, partially covered by a tarpaulin. A party of
approx. 25 KVP accompanied the train.
b) 31 May 56, 0047 hrs
3 flats, each holding a single T34/85, arrived in GR. SCH5NEBECK
station attached to the local scheduled passenger train. The flats had
been attached to the train at'EBERSWALDE, and a party of approx. 15-20
Russian ORs de-trained and took over the o:UNCODED), of the AFVs at the
station.
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c) 3 June 56, 0600 hrs
A special goods train, consisting of approx. 25X1
15 flats, departed from GR. SCHbNEBECK for TORGELOW. Each of the flats
held a single T34/85 and a small detachment of approx. 100 Russian ORs,
wearing black/red sbds travelled in accompanying M-wagons.
No other military train movements have taken place during the
period. The majority of the AFVs employed in these exercises appears to have
moved into the area by road.
A KVi' officer engaged in the exercises, when contacting his depot,
asked the local exchange for PINNOW 39. Shortly afterwards, another KVP
Lieutenant called his unit on PRENZLAU 2024.
3. DEVELOPMENT OF GROSS SCHoNEBECK RAILWAY STATION
~,' EC R ET As yet there are no signs of any development of this railway
e~ station, nor of the projected (and partially marked out) rail track leading
ough to GROSS DOELLN airfield.
INSPECTION OF OVERLAND TELEPHONE SYSTEM BETWEEN OR. DOELLN A F
Since 25 May 56, a small party of Russian Army Signals personnel
wearing plain black sbds have been closely inspecting the entire telephone
system extending between OR. DOELLN airfield and the main road, adjoining
FINOW airfield. This system at present comprises 6 pairs of wires, mounted
on permanent wooden telegraph poles, the majority of which have been sunken
into concrete bases.
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Part of the inspection carried out by this signals team
consisted of making a close scrutiny of the ground within a radius
of 1-'-metres of the base of the mast, and intensive prodding and
disturbing of the top surface has tak^n place.
A series of wooden watch towers have been set up along this
entire telephone route, being located approx. 2 km. apart.
As previously reported, his system does not follow a direct
route across country, but has be.n erected in such a way that the masts
are always within 1,000 metres of some form of electrical power supply.
As a consequence, the route is somewhat erratic,
At present, the system terminates at kilometre stone 17.1 on
the FINOWPtJRTH road, where it connects an existing system of 16 pairs
which links EBERS"TALDE and FINO'V airfield.
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