MILITARY INFORMATION FROM HAUMBURG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900650006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: May 31, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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., lame nercolta-c of tha Soviet troops in Uau bur (L: 12/J 2
9) departed
bet:fee 13 nc !1.3"1.1 hoops .-ith artillery p oces, tcni,s,
anc. m ?tor vehicles were loaded 4ail;r at the main railroad station and
the eastern railroad station between 15 and 22 April. In addition,
troop trains from the direction of .eissenfes passed through :,auabur0
and proceeded toward ;acs Koesen. T ho order of a laundry in :aumburg
corfirrmed tlat about 2,000 troops with CO T-314 tanks and an undetermined
number of artiilorf ,:feces of -various calibers were loaded on 19 and 21
April. According to his estimate, only about 7,1400 troops were still In
F:aumburC on 23 April..
2. Between 13 and 23 Ppril, the Hubertus Kaserne on the north side -if
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FlemmifCerr:eu quartered troops, most of whom were recruits, Who wore rod-
borderod black epaulets. Officers observed wore artillery insiCnia.
Despite the departure of troops, all windows of the quarters were lighted
in the even?.n`s, however, there was no regular training activity. Troop units
'o3Y depax?tod from the installation by rail toward Bad Koesen were
as follows: on 17 April, about 300 pen, includiz about 20 officers, with
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On nine, days durinC the period from 13 to 23 April, no traininL. activity
was observed in the barracks installation or. the south side of rlcr. inCer-
woC where troops who wore black-bordered crimson epaulets were quartered.
X13 Apr?Ll, about 800 troops, including: 14.0 to ~0 officers of all ranks,
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About 1,000 troops from the Hindenburg Kaserne with 15 motor veh
towing one artillery piece each, 20 tanks, and
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orc:ored cri. son cpaalets fro:L the I:indenbur ; Y.sserne lei ~, the eastern
railroyd station cn 2.5 April. The r. ateri,ei of these troops included
lu motor vchivlcs artillery- ; tc.cr: ;, 1"; '.Er aij :.nci truc:-s
Uri n ? no c: i s Burin ;? the pcrioc iror 13 to 2;; t ho
Ifir nhur~. I:aserne ciuar for od troo ru ; ho iloro LIacl;borderoci airiL.son
epaulet,;. Until 26 .Lprii, all r'itic:ows of the cluartors rcro 1i,&hted in
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otill quartet -I troops r.~Yho wore blue-borderer' Mack ep&}u? ct~, L'ou t, 50
percent of t.:e ~r~i ido s of the. nstallat{ or. ore 1i., litc ost.
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E a C:n nine c~ ays dL 5 u the period front 13 to 2: April the "nr,-~zr^ n~ae~
ai) i.etin , are,,.
borc'ered ?:ls.c:: opau:~ats who. were believed to have come., moron ~theiian:rarck
lacer .f^o n 2) A1rilq 50 officers cm. 3o?,1'. ii. v: t red box'Cicrt3Cl t.lack
en U? C ~.?. 7r:L tank ins `.;nic, JT'~ra latio : : 1:C. " en L y roil t~!! ."zrri
aL'~. ;:3C'I c1s o 3lnT C large perceTita a of i he troops loac.oc. at ,:x:
ceeutorn_ ra,l roar: wtati -r, on 25 !April wore red bordered. black epaulets
and ;ore black -loordered blaclh epaulets, so.:r co believed thoz:, to X1 B
cone fro::: the ;: smirch- i.aserne,
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bl ^ch o; culets Mid so!:Ie blach-bordered I;lacl: elpaulets. f,-,-7 so:diers
Yrit': taz_': cnt' ar Vi?...or -=- n ere x'en. All :?rr.co ?:-~? o~:a .'~ ti
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ins tal-
]ntior t!crc li; liter: in uiiC e''c,n`ilU? 't~I.orc wri;; no tratnu. ? ;,ctivit,,
Anon ; the troops loacieC at ~itc _.t;zin rai. ro ac:. otation..on 19 ?'prig there
nerc i n ,' j vidual soldiers with red -bordered blacl, eaaulets and h' nC1r-
The Fisz arek Ka"rnc ciuarterec' troops, nowt oL ~ti:or worn red-bordered
the barrac%s install iti
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