MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE LETZLING HEATH TRAINING AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004000630004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 29, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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EVALUATION
litar I nxrna iori fin the Letzlin' Heath fra l ning? Area
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DATE OBTAINED
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Troop trains observed at the I'aldensleben railroad stati~xais viiee.` 2t~ ~ebrtz~. , 'da
6 March 1954 included:
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2O-Febru-''.r At 9 p.m., several BA-64 armored scout several cars, AT guns 25X1
an trucks ijhtch arw ivec.
from the_ direction ogde vrg, were unloadip-d and left'. tQwa the
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a total of 4 trains were 1a de raur ng UO e night of 2C/21.
A'etirusry, leaving toward the camp.,
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Hill ersleben st 8 a.m. d and -numerous flatcars ca r r~~ lU ar Ci`Es7 "c c4
l.e.aviiig toward I4a debux
p4m~ a s pmert o 5 :TB.~~ ank char ;is, sever BA -64 br
scout cars M- armored rsonnel carrriers az othe d eC
ea L to 3.r eave ;fawe d T"a ~l bur
85 tanks
which arrived from hiller sleben .m t
runaerous mo . r vehicle~
tAM6xd ag a urges
6 j rcho At 9 a.m. V a train carrying 1 JS-3 tank, 2 JS -1 or J&-;e,, t,ankks, 3 3f' guns.
occ " e, troops leavl ng toward Hi 2lersls n r tf 10 a,,xn
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units of the 7th Gds Tank Div were
detrainedQ The otjher 4 sh3.tam n-ts probably also involved units of the d-.1-vision., which
returned from advanced combat practice firing in Letzling Heath from 1 to 6 Ils:rch,,
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Shiprients from three posts of the division had gone to Letzlint Beath on 9 and 15
Febru= rye . .
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and many trucks occupied by troop ready to leave