ARRIVAL AT THE DESSAU TRAINING AREA OF ENGINEER UNITS OF THE GOFG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004300460004-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 8, 2005
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 20, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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1m Between 19 April and 7 May 1954: shipments arriving in the Rossiau area and definitely
or presumably bound for the engineer training site on the northern. bank of the Elbe
Rivers southeast of Rosslau9 includedx
12.A A train carrying 25 trucks,. 4 amphibious vehicles and 2 field kitchens,.. and
coming from the direction of Dessauv
&Q_&LJJz A train carrying about 26 trucks and 4 amphibbus vehicles? and coming from
Dessau.
aa. . A column of motor vehicles
went to the training area from Rosa m
r-balldine u e t non n motorboats,
4 Major colum na of motor vehicles carrying trop s 0 truckloads of heavy
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A column of 8 to 10 trucks c crying troops and equipment
coming from the direction of Zerbet and proceeding
to the training area southeast of Rosslauo
A train carrying 9 to 10 boxcarloads of troops and an undetermined number of motor
vehicles including 2 with motorboats. The shipment was observed in Dessau.
2a On 8 May,, the engineer training area southeast of Rcsslau was occupied by about 29000
troops who bivouacked in 180 to 200 tents o Low wooden buildings were elug erected. Two
units, each of battalion strength, practiced the construction of landing stages with
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emergency construction material near river kilometarmarks 255 and 256, Bridge--building
equipment for about 5 bridges was stored near river kilometermark 255,1
on 8 May., the engineer training area south of Brumbach on the southern bank of the Elbe
River was occupied apparent) y not to capacitt by 600 to 800 troops.
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One-story temporary buildings were being erectedp2
the cantonment at Gross Kuehnau was being dismantled
w4-Vi the sections of the buildings being shipped to the water training sites southeast off`
?iosslau and south of Brambach and to the barracks installations in 'Roseleu.., 25X1
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T ~raor TO I VTAT.7~ ;Iwru ron e g or from Magdablulrg
~.raaas acre the training area southeast of Roaslau, where it c:3nducted summer
training also in preceding years a The departure from Magdeburg of this regiment had. been
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2Q I LQ. In Preceding yeti s, the trainin;c ar.? ;a south of fix 3:z