MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE AREA OF LEIPZIG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014600190009-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 3, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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1, On 13 iuj ust 19 2 t'. o ' T1 "1'; a scrno on the north side o '. ax Lieber''! ann
Strasser Leipzig; (~1 52/1 21), was occupied by about 71' soldiers of as air force
unit. 1'rho headquartors building was a) )arontly vacant. On 22 J7.11-,r
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~ozf ice e ui merit and similar itons were transfer red. to a bui ldim, at 5
ktichter trasse, Tsai. p)zi -3oh1is o 'ruck b7as parked in front of tr.i
building on 6 A.u aut, Vhe main buildira;: at 8 sic{tor L>trasse was about 60 :)ercont
lighted on 11 - i,, t0 A soldier :-!as in the guard room0 An el.:' t;n board with the
'!Orman and tiussian inscription "Leipzig Soviet .iilitary Korn ndatura" was on a
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~'.., Prior to 13 IAu;;ust, the eastern section of the X iak ,'iaserne in Schoenau was still
occupied by a rear detail of a rocket launcher unit in the strength of about a'
soldiers.. The western section quarter:?ci an AAT, unit of about 111-10 soldiers wearing
red-bordered Clack epaulets ;=pith art iJ_ier" insi-nia (2)
3Prior to 13 r.ur,ust, t',ho -'~iak Kaserne in iteiterbli_ci,. --as still occirr;_cd by a rear
detail of about 303 soldiers wcarin.; rod-bordered black. e,)a:ilets )artly with
tank iasi:-,nia and nartl.y with motor trans ~:)rt iasinia. of .a car vehicles
~aelon'?G'c~. to the -'oitorblic'~ :Fasorr?e wore
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the town ery__% "god in driver.' tra1nin-. T'ie'.' i`1C' 'IC't?f '. 171:x17` t ry1y r] nr;
LLq Prior to 11 i"u''_nistg the i`asgr,io in ?i'~itorb _i..ek occu)iod by abut 200
sclEiicr:;,, hi 23 Jul' 2 tan":s fired: at ractice tar -o- ,at a distance of
ah S'?t 153 ".2at^Y ~ at G'1C tr 7721n ; c rya s ti-xo t (3i' t'.'1? 7.1t :~i1' -it13n~ Snc,
3 T-31,1885 tanks practiced cdrivin^r: On 11 u' ss t!, a abort 10' a'
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into ;rl7li?: o.: to 20 mac ea c'
were an., c ed in field trainin" with small arms,
nd driver trainin"- trucks lore seen
driving, to the installation,, (3)
On 31 Ju1.,;=j, the j"la{ Kaserne in bc1ioorlau was occupicc' by about 103. soldiers
wearing rod-bordered black 8,.)aulQtr inril,,d;nr voge with artillery insignia,
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6 On 2 Au=;ust, only individual soldiers vesrinr, red bordered i;1ack epaulets
were seen in the Ilindcnhurg Kaserne0 Air force officers vore also secs.
F_ I the -stallation quartered between 300 and 1130
soldiers. Truck I Iwith a 3river wearing red bordered black
epaulets was seen driving to the -! ntalla tion, (1)
On 3 August' a tent camp consisting of between 2 and 30 tents housing about
500 or 603 soldiers wearing red: bordered black epaulets including sots with
tank insilaia was seen in the Cberholz woods, about 10 :1 southeast of
Arrxicy- in the railroad line to had taaasicka A total of 3.8 tanks$
vanks,a was noticed Trucl
each occupied by about 2", soldiers wearing red-bordered black
epaulets were identified. (4)
On 15 August,, about 120 soldiers wamrin red-bordered black epaulets who
cam from . LeipzI were seen in the south section of the Pomssen troop
training grounds sou.ttheast, of Lei_pzig0 About 500 Voflcspolizcsi from Leipzig
were in a tent ca,-era in the south section of the training rirounxdsa ,they_
allegedly had Soviet instructors. (!)
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(1) air .force co:a t.ruction unit lic stationed at the IL.ndenburg
Ka serve w The transfer of the koi end a' ura is reported for the :first t ire s
(2) The information on the t'lak Kasernc in is chocnau confirms the absence of the
troops0 It is believed that the units are located as follows;
The 19th lads L ecz logt of the 8th Gdo I-eez Div in Koenigshrueck
where it was confirmed until ` Au casts
The 91Rth RL Re t tw) or . e XXIX Ods Mtz Rifle corps in Kindel
and, with components., temporarily in. !Lltrengrabow
-"here it Yra: confirmed until 2 July,
(4)
A reregiment of the 13th AAA Div components of which were se on in
r. 'dr?uf and sNstrow during the. preceding months,
The 21st uds '_ ecz Regt of the 8th Gds ocz Di_v stationed at the Flak K.aserne
in Xleiterbljck was also confirmed in. Koenig;sbrueck until 1.~ -August. The unit
which remained at the iristalla tion possibly is the tank battalion of this
regiment or a trainLrxg unit, As a repair shop is also presumed stationed at
tlae installation the =act occupation cannot, bo determines from; the
estimated strem..?th ~~ PTho
drivers, training trucks mentiorxed paragraph L. also belon,
to this army and sores of them were previou3 .y reported, Ahe other "numbers
mentioned in paragraph It cannot be accounted for.
The training at the Otterwisch--Pom;ssen troop,-) training grounds which -mmav
continuously reported naral raph 8 and was reported for the
first, time F_ I Dara' ranh 7 is natantly changing re
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