MILITARY INFORMATION FROM FRANKFURT/ODER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014100370010-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 29, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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14 O n 2 August 1952, 16 x 85 AA ?,uns, 5 one-axle trailers
mounted searchlights and 26 trucks
and a repair shop truck ;mere unloaded on Fuersten.-
alder Strasse0 Goldiers wearing -Bordered black epaulets with
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85 and 37-rormn AA guns left the Artillerie Itaserne daily for the training
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area 2 km west of irseng&rten. F
I On 15 Augus t, the
barracks installation was occupied to capacity. 1
On 5 August, l]42 soldiers departed from the Liehhorn Kaserne. -uring the
period from. 5 to 15 August, h25 officers arrived at the Ifofbauer Kaserno,
and 300 officers departed, rotor vehicles
were seen transporting these officers. (2) The Hindenburg Kaserne,
Horn Kaserne, Buelow Kaserno and. Ziet en Kaserne were occupied by only small
seen passing trough fran_kftn't/Cder and proceeding in the direction of
Eberswalde, (3) A train carrying 25 to 30 T-34 tanks and 2 trains,one
carrying about 30 JS-2 tanks and one carrying about 28 x 152--mm model 37
howitzers were seen'cor.-ing from the east and proceeding to Lard Fuerstenwalde
via irankfurt/Elder on 12 and. 16 August respectively. The tanks were
unc overed $
details prior to 15 August.
On 9 August, 2 trains each transporting about 300 Volkspolizoi personnel
and on 10 August, 1 train carrying about 44.00 Volkspolizei personnel were
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The Fosengarten area is known as a training area for units stationed in
Frank uar t/Oder.,
(2) The Eichhor. n Kaserns and the Ilofbauer Kaserrie are utilized as transit quarters
for personnel on leave and sorietiraes also quer n.'' recruits and discharged
personnels
(1) This unit of the 32d &AA Div (US) returned from Jueterbog t,
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(3) 'rains carrying `w`ol'.spolizci personnel froci southern .regional
railroad headquarters in T s tarn - ?r:my have also ::peen seen at
rV'he .uster nrk railroad station sine 22 July.
The trains were unloaded in r}innow, -'tral ,und, ~'ronzlau
and Pase Talk , .our other trains fro l the re'ijonal railroad
headquarters in t;ottbus, iiaile and. ;.Dresden were seen at, the
cell-
rose railroad station proceeding in the direction of ..erbig during
the period. #rorl 12 to 1t August 1!52.
(t) On ? Augusta a smiler train carr rin; a out
puns from the east and Drocer::iin~= to li`taorsternalde via'rankf lar t~
card It it undet-ermined whether the
ship ents viere destined for the Soviets or the Volkspolizei,
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