MILITARY INFORMATION FROM LEIPZIG

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000800050001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 9, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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I. On 5 February, the barracks installation on the aoutheast side of Torg uer
Strasse in Leipzig-Heiterblic:Y.: quartered about 1200, troope. Sentriee evre red
bordered black epaulets. Almost all ?porters were lighted at nightfall. On 28
Jenuaty, about 200 soldiere practiced with small erne at group level in the
installation. At about 9 am ,about 70 soldier? wearing red-bordered black
epaulets? some with tank insignia, and carrying small arms, epodes and gas maske
moved from the barrel:eke installation toward the troop training grounds. A 25X1A
T-34/85 tank practiced driving at the training grounds. On 3 Fobruaryo three 25X1C
T-34/35 tanks practiced driving while about 150 to 200 received field traininga
on tha training grounds. A convey of 15 trucks some of them occupied by 4 to 6
mon, returned to the barracks installation from the direction of Taucha,
2. On 5 2ebruarya the Flak Kaaerne on Highway No 87a 1 km southeast of,Schoename 25X1 C
qpartered 4700 to 2e000 troope. Sentriee wore red-bordered black epaulets. AU
quartars were lighted. at dusk. Officers with tank insignia were frequently noticed
Drain 28 January to 5 February. 0212) Jannarya about 150 to 200 troops engaged in
field training on thetroop treiming grounds east of the installation. On .4
Febrearyv about 200 to 250 soldiers were at group training in the barracks ? .
installation, while peveral groups of other '4101d/era, equipped with pikes and
spades a engaged in entrenching work and 16 soldiers practiced gun drill with
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On 17 January, the barracks installation in Leipzig-Heiterblick wee occupied by
800 te 4000 troops who wore red-bordered black epaulets including some with tox45xic
and meter transport insignia* On 20 Januaey, the quarters were 80 percent lighted%
About 60. to 50 men with 10 trucks practiced driving which included training tripe
to_Taacha, on 279 29- and 30 January.
4. On 30 January e the Flak Kaoerne in Leipzig-Schoenau was occupied to eapacity by
1,000 to 1,200 troops who wore red-bordered black epaulets with artillery insignia.
02-2 12 January, 50 soldiers practiced firing with blank cartridges in the barracks
yards while about SO soldiers practiced attacking and aiming with rifles and light
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soldiers wore seen behind the second entrance. On 21 January, about 20
eoldiers left the barracks installation for firing practice, while about
3"5 :soldiers engaged in field trainiee in the vicinity of the installation.
At about 6:15 p.m. on 23 January, a truck towing an AA gun drove along the
road toward Leipzig and, on 28 January, Ioccupied by 15 25X1C
roldiers and towiag a 85-mm AT gun drove toward the barracks installation. 25X1C
4 local resident told source that &ring the night of 26 January, 10 rocket
launcners including 8 m 132 caliber were unloaded and subseeuentle marched
to
to the barracks instaelation.
5.. On 29 January, the Hindoeburg Kaserre on the north side of Danziger Sttasse
and west of Franz Mehrieg Strasse wee occupied by 600 to 700 troops who eore
tlaoketordered-blue.epaulets? red-beedered-black epaulets or black-bordered
crimson epaulets. Almost all quarter: eiere lighted at nightfall. Between
e and 6 p.m. on 9 and 15 -Januaey? singing, and the shouting of orders was
heard from the barradko yard. On 28 January, 15 soldiers engaged in
callisthenics. No other .raining activity was noticed.
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6. Cn 4 7ebreary, the Flak Kaserne in Laipzig-Heiterblick quartered about 600 ?
troope Who wore redeberdered black eeaulets, including about 50 percent with.
tank insignia. Jai quarters were liceited at nightfall. Two tanks were seen
In the terrain on 22 Janaaey, and 1 3A-64 armored scout ear and 3 personnel -
-carriers occupied by 10 men each leaving the installation on 23 'Tannery. At
about 12:30 p.re on 22 January, five motorcycles with sidecars entered the
installation and parked near one of the garages. Twenty soldiers engaged in
field training at the asst side of the installation on 16 January, while 20
soldiers drilled in the barracks yard and 40 other soldiers with rifles.
and light baggage entered the installation, coming from the terrain, on 19
January. About 125 soldiers marched ,7rom the installation toward town
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. On 3 February, the Hindenburg Kaserne was occupied by about le0 soldiers
who wore black-bordered blue epauleta And some uniformed women who wore .
black-bordered blue epaulets. The installation was about 30 percent lighted
in the evening. About 100 soldiers ware seen through the windows of the
mess hall on the ground floor of the southern administrative building on
26 January. The artillery piece that moved out of the installation on
2, December 1952 was a 3Ue76 gun.
. On 3 Yebruaey?.the Treithsche Kaseree ea the east side of Olbricht Strasse?
south of Danziger Straese and west of Viteleben-Strasse, quartered a unit
whose personnel wore black-bordered ,3rimson epaulets and included uniformed
women who also wore black-bordered crimson epaulets-. The southern section of the.
installation housed troops that maintained a dog kennel. On 2 February, about
40 soldiers with fixed bayonets, carrying two machine guns and targets
aarched into the installation. Source believed that they came from firing
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practice at Rosental. About 20 soldiers, whom source believed were
recruits, with two machine guns and targets, left the iritiJ
toward Fritz-Reuter Strasne and Wiedoritzscher Strasse.
9. On 26 January, a sentry wearing red-bordered black epaulets was noticed in
the Train Kaserne on the west side of Olbricht Stresses south of the
ration supply depot. Troops fell in In the barracks yard on 30 Januar7b2
It is possible that alements of the 94th RL Regt (8) of
the XXIX Gds Mtz Rifle Corps conducted short-term firing practice at
combat level on the Ohrdruf or Lossa troop training grounds and returned to,
their posts on 28 January.
2. Ignmumtx Compared with the last report by the same sources, the
present observations indicate no ohslwes in thn occupatJ, the military,
quarters in Leipzig.
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