GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE THIRD SHOCK ARMY AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001700620008-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2009
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECUf'ITY INF0R.1..
COUNTRY East German ~.. m,.~~ .~ ... a -REPORT
General Mme:- tart' Information from the Third Shock Army Areq
EVALUATION
DATE OF CO
DATE OBTAINED.
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PAGES... A.- ENCLOSURES (rio. & TYPE)
REMARKS
...DATE PREPARED?
1. Prior to 23 May 1953, the Flak Kaserne, Wismar, was about 50 percent lighted
at dugs.. Sentries observed wore red-bordered black epaulets. From 1.7 to 23
May, only little training activity mostly rhysical traina ng, was obsw ved
2. From. 1 to 16 May, the Ar?tilierie Kaserne and the ?liegerhorst installation
at Perleberg were occupied only by guard details.
3. From 28 April to 6 Mays, the Artiller.ie Kase Perl ber was occur~l.ed
nn1v by a em and datAil of Sn to IM trnnn+2
ding the same period, the Perleberg airfield i4as
also occupied o a card detal N t m re than 15 soldiers were
observed. Truck and sedan were seen leaving the
installationv a restricted area northeast of Perleberg,
was guarded b red-bordered black epaulets with
artillery insignia0 the restricted area
included an ammunition depot.
4. Between 7 and 16 Yay, rather little activity was observed in the Tauentzion
Kaserne in Stendal,~ About 30 to 35 percent of the windows of the barracks
buildings were lighted at dusk, On 7 nay, 20 soldiers wearing black-bordered
black epaulets end; ed in than construction of lines to rte S nal
truck nnngtrnictinn was seen with thern. Trucks
service of the p
AAA emr1acement
Jwere in the barracks yard on 12 May. On 15 Flay,
drill ua n nprf nrrnd on four of the six guns of the
5.. Except for the fenced-in koinendatura and the headquarters building, the
Albrecht--der-Baer Kaserne was almost dark after nightfall between 7 and
15 May.
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14 On 20 Yay,, the Rerrenkrug Kaserne was
rather vacant,, No inforration could be obtained on the Anger Kaserne0
16 G on 18 May, the. Seeckt itaserne and the Naciarichten Kaeerne a eared to
rather vacan o 4
17 0 At 11-030 a 0m, on 18 1` .y, four neditur AA guns presus ably 76,2 guns,
On 18 May,,
Kaserne was occupied to capacity',, a`uch noise was heard from this section
of the installation, while on: a few soldiers were observed in the other
sections of the insta7lationm
only the southeast section of "the P
lak
covered by apron, were on the Diesdorf athletic field. Two of the,
four temporary one-story buildings located there were occupied by
- vi.l.ians, two other barracks were fenced-in and arded by a sentry
who ware red-bordered black epaulets o Truck loaded with cable
reels was on the road in front of the installation e One officer and about
30 fM wearing black-bordered black epaulets engaged in line construction,,
adding tun .store wires to the already existing telephone line. .
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In mid-May, was occupbd by a guard detail, the 288th Gds. r'tz Rifle Regt
of the 94th Gds Ftz Rifle Div was employed in lorder guard duty and the
199th Gds Gun Arty Refit was also believed stationed at the zonal. border
or engaged in exercises.,
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the two instaalla bons has been krwn previously.
The restricted area northeast of Perleberg is believed to include an
artr"urtitton depot of the division.
Li The bulk of the writs of the 207th i?tz Rifle Div stationed
3a Cop
The .A. er:placesaent ray be occupied by .the AAA unit of the air force
stationed in the parachutist "ip north of the installation as The AAJt
ernplacement, possibly is, however, AAA protection for the headquarters
of the aboverrentioned corps which, then, is probably furnished by the
unidentified AAA regiment of the corps. The. truck observed in ,connection
with the line construction at the Albr eoht-der-.Baer? i' serne belongs to
the 1313 h Gds Sig Regt of the Third Gds ??ecz.Aacrny,,
in the installations mentioned are belie artp
southeast of Jaevenitz since late Argil. The
elements which partially occupied- the Tauen z en raserne are accounted
1G,17 IT the 977th Indep Sig Bn of the LXXIX 2? tz Rifle Corps carried thhere,
o rent 4 `. he i.nf orrriation in .icaters no a ssenti.al changes in the
occupation of tha installations
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possibly that the new arrivals observed at the Herrenkrug Winger I aser?ne
were rec:?uits frond the USSR, who were transported in shall groups which
could not be discerned o
It is
Comenta The AAA enuplacer:pnt was previously reported
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as located southwest of the Encke K.aser?nc aid probably ;serves
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to protect the headquarte ?e of the Third Shock Ar yo
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