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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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East Germany
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24 August 1954
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The following is a summary of Soviet and KVP military activities observed prior
to 19 August 19541 25X1
A. Soviet Troop Movements and Exercises
1. 3rim$!t?o ze :A:3
a, Sth Guards Mechanized Divisions Elements of the 21st Guards Mechanized
Regiment were shipped from Grirnma to Weisawasaer on 6 August and from
there, on 12 August, to Koenigsbrueck. Elements of the 50th Howitzer
Regiment were at the Wet seer training grounds between 6 and 11
August. On 10 August, units of the 19th Guards Meohuntzed Regiment were
entrained at Makranstadt for an unknown destination.
be 9th Tank Divisions A tank unit from Zeithain was located In the South
Sector of Letzling Heath until 29 July. Intensive troop exchange move-
ments between the posts of the division and Camp Zeithain continued
until 16 August.
2, Seco Curds Neeh~an_i, s
a. 2nd Light Artillery Brigades About 50 percent of the brigade left
Doeberitz on 15 and 16 Auguste On 20 August, a column composed of 80
to 100 trucks and 12 x 100 m AT guns passed through Neuengruenfeld en-
route toward Neuruppin.
be 1st Mechanized Division: Exercises at reinforced regimental level were
conducted at the Doeberitz troop training grounds between 9 and 11 August.
Tank units were shipped from Doeberitz to Neustrelltz on 15, 16 and 18
August. The first elements returned on 19 August.
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c. 9th Tank Division: Artillery and tank units conducted small-scale
exercises near their posts between 6 and 14 August.
d. 12th Guards Tank Division: Major elements of the division left
Neuruppin for the East and Southeast Sectors of the Wittstock troop-
training grounds on 10 August.
3, Third Guards Mechanizes Ai :
a. Army Units-, The 35th Engineer Regiment was still at the Schumke Lake
on 15 August. One unit with "amphibious tanks" was located 25X1
on Hege Lake. A unit with 3-,axle amphibious vehicles left_Hege Lake
on the evenings of 14 and 15 August. The 91st Guards RL Regiment
was still training near its post in Luckenwalde prior to 15 August.
b. 6th Guards Tank Division.- The bulk of the division was in Camp Werder-
Markendorf on 10 August. Only rear details were stationed in Wittenberg.
a. 7th Guards Tank Divisions Major elements of the division were in the
South Sector of Letzling Heath prior to 11 August.
4. Fourth Guards Mechanized Armv
a. 71st Light Artillery Brigades Troops returned in one shipment from
Forst Zinna to Templin on 15 August.
be 6th Guards Mechanized Divisions Almost all of the units of the division
were located in Bernau prior to 17 August. Training was conducted in
the Schoenow area. On 18 August, major elements of the 68th Guards Tank
Regiment went in three shipments fran Berlin..Kaulsdorf to Biesentkal.
as 7th Guards Mechanized Divisions One unit went from Frankfurt/Odor to
Lieberose in one shipment on 10 August. On 13 Auguste the bulk of the
24th Guards Mechanized Regiment went in three or four shipments from
Berlin'Sohoeneweide to Lieberose. The first elements returned In one
shipment on 19 August*
d. 10th Guards Tank Divisions Elements of the division engaged in an exercise
in the area south and west of Rathenow on 12 August, The troops had pre
suraably ruched the training area by road; the returned by rail to Satz-
kern frog= Grosewudicke on 14 and 15 August.
e. 25th Tank Divisions The exercises of the division in the area south of
Templin were still continuing on 16 August.
5. Ibiza Luk &=?
at Engineer Troops hold a bridge-building exercise in the Tangerhuette-
Dittkau area on 12 Auguste The equipment observed included eight DCKW'.
353po amphibious vehicles, 14 pontoons, 22 tanks, AA guns,and eight
armored personnel carriers with AA guns and AT guns,
be IX Rif',e Oorpes Elements of the 10th Guards RL Regiment went in two ship.
ments from Guostrow to Altengrabow on 5 August. Two shipments with units
of the 4th Guards Artillery Brigade were sent from Schwerin to Altengratow
on 7 Auguste
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c. 19th Mechanized Divisions Waldiager III of the Born troop-training
grounds was occupied. to capacity by elements of the division. Waldlager
I was occupied by army units.
d. 207th Rifle Divisions Only rear details remained in the camp southeast
of Jaevenitz on 10 Augusts the division apparently having left for exer-
cises.
6. Eighth Guards Armis
a. Army Troopss The 19th Guards Engineer Battalion returned to Weimar from
Aken in two shipments on 28 July. It is believed that all engineer units
of the army were withdrawn from the Aken area in late July. The tank
training unit of the army returned to Gera from the South Sector of
Letzling Heath on 31 July, Two shipments with elements of the 13th
AAA division returned to Weimar from Wustrow on 7 August,
be XXIX Guards Rifle Corpse Major elements of 76th Artillery Brigade, which
had been in Altengrabow until 28 July, returned to Merseburg in three
shipments.
o. XXVIII Guards Rifle Corpse The bulk of the AAA Regiment of the Corps was
located in Wustrow after 18 July. Some elements of the regiment were,
however, still in Rudolstadt on 12 August.
7. IV Artillery Co aj Elements of the 25th RL Brigade, which were absent from
Altengrabow between 25 July and 2 August, were presumably conducting exercises
at Altengrabow. Elements of the 32nd AAA Division returned in one shipment
to Kuestrin from Altengrabow on 13 August. Two shipanonto with medium units
of the division returned from Wustrow on 18 August. Elements of the 2nd
Guards AAA Division returned to Rehagen from Wustrow on 10 Augustg other
units of the division moved. from Wuenedorf to Wustrow on 14 August.
8. Armmv 5 a a The bulk of the 36th Bridge-Building Regiment was
still s a ioned in Magdeburg prior to 13 August.
Be KVP? Developments
1. Whim An exercise hold by a reinforced regiment of the E gamin Mechanised
Pion in the 1Jeokermu.ende-Eggesin area was terminated on August. The
2nd Mechanised Regiment of the Division was scheduled to hold a similar exer-
cise after 15 August, Elements of the AAA Regiment of the Division were
stationed at Zinget. The engineer battalion of Corps North loft for exercises
in the Oderbruoh area near Bad Preicnwalds, 'The bulk of the 2nd Mechanised
Regiment and the motorcycle battalion of the Potsdam Mechanised Division
moved to the training grounds east of Kliets between 8 and 10 August. The
3rd Mechanised Regiment departed from this training area on 10 and 11 August*
Elements of the medium tank regiment were entrained in Oranienburg on 19
August.
2. A commission of the Interior Ministry and high-anking Soviet
officers hold an ordnance inspection of the Mechanised Division Eggesin after
2 Augusta Premier Otto Grotcwohl was seen enroute to the Noohten training
area, on 6 August.
e It appears that in mid-August Soviet training was shifted to
special areas for large-scale exercises above regimental level. The KVP con-
centrated on exorcises at a reinforced battalion and regimental level, Both
the Soviets and the KVP continued firing practice,
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