MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE COTTBUS-KOENIGSBRUECK AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002100840003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2002
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 27, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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~iilit~ry ig~~orr~.tiors fx?om the Crattbus--~oen~.gsbaueck .Area
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to ;_'~ Juxie ~ about 30 T~-34 tan~ts arx?ived in ~otttuc~ . Dur3.ng tL~e .~zight Qn 2C? Juc~~~ ,
1.L ~;mn~s pa.sset~ through Cottbus by .road, coming frog, the r~ir e~tinr~ a~" Lie'~erosc~ arad
~roceedi ng touaa?d SeaaftenbRrg. Fie~L`~aean ~ a.~n, and ? a.ru. on ?:~ :Tune, .a ca~.umra off'
~~~ ~?a, rvtarc~cl~: riglemen. ai~@ trucks ~r~.th guns ax?~?ived by :road i'~?cse the di. ec?~,i4~~
~a.~ ~ei.-t; and ~sr?csceeding to~,~.rd Sprc~nberg. C7n 2Z June, nu~nero~xa truckt~, iracludin~;
~~~?uc~W tr+taing gtxt2s, ~rere seem can the autob~~n ?n route towar~~ east. Daring the nig~e``..
ova ~~. J~?x~e, nine T-n3??-~., tanks mere entrained in ~ot'cL~~.s a~x3. 1e~?t toy-f?arr~ ~-'~.ie. Dn the
evexaing on 2~ June, tzaa tanks arrives :~xor~, the direction of 1~'x?axllc%~3?~:,,~t~d~Y? and want
,to tine ,~=ichsencfiari'f i~asern.a, i f7n 21~ June; a train, incl.~:ad$n~; 1 bo~cax? occu~?ied
oy troops azac~ car.~yirg 35 aa.nvas-covered tz~uc3rs, pe.ssed thxoP.zgh ue~ttbus, cama.ng f'.ro~;_.
tie ~3ircc;tion os I~raa:~3rfurt/Ckier and proceeding tot?~as?d Ftzlken~erg. Cart 2S June, a
v:~?~zis~, :Y1C1ud$~!~ a. cc~a,r:h sncl 1 ~a~car and carrying ~~ earavas~-covered trueks, ~Tas se
:n raaxte in the same di~?ectiun.. Between 1 Pnd 5 3u1:7, nusneg a?~s trn?~ trai~as i~rhi~:h
^,a.zr?e fyz~n Le:#sn3g, CYae~szit ., Dresden, t~autzen, I,e~.pziT;, CriFi~are. s.x:d o~,her sta~rac~~a.~
:,rent to the l~aerai gsbxzaecis ~c-rea. The trains aJ 1?gecll;~ aar. x?ied the uni?~;s, wi2l,t~h heal.
~Oecra employed a.t tt~e varipus pZaaes rluo: ing 'che arebeilion anti had ~;o~~e there by pcaad
25X1:,4 Cc~zsrner~?~. Thr~se obse~?vai;ions, ~ some eaten:;, cax~fi_rm i?uortl.on by anothe~?
sourr;e, accs~rd? ng tea -~hich, on l~s a~ad ~ 9 June., the barra;:kg _ir~sta].Iat~.ons ~ Cczti:,b~~
~~ere partiall.v occupied. ~t t3~e 4~arr:e ~.'~mp; ~.l~.e 3.r.~'caY~r!R~;i.o~ i ~~ th-~ s x?f-~;n~?t, .~a 'a
~?aarxe ca~?sf~.r~~.ft.i_ora #'or the s`~tent bq~ another sc~uF?ce that ?~,roons fr:~csm Ca'rt,'~us J.e"?.
t~:ze toufn tca~JZ;.t:? the: ease i -~ is nc~ied '~ha.t the caans, a.t thy: l~o:~st Tauer trai.-raing area
~.pp~.~ c~n?L~.~r I~~d not been vacat~:d ran 1'~ :end 1S .lone, as had been believeea., b~xt t`hd't~
ele~en'~.;~ rf the r3~a~z N~ec~ Div arrived i:~ the tororra #'ram the di~?eeti,an of the tx?aira;.n?:~
area in ?~he n:o:e'Yaing an 21 Ju~ae. It a.x~ c~.ars t?obable that the.,: eiezr:e~:rc~s .dtex'~~r?racee~.
~r~ti?7,~.s?~a Craerf.~.ta.. via..~x~a?eznbe:~ ~. 25X1 A
25X1A=?. ~?C'?~c~~t, Same c~uree ~aeviously saabm~.icted c~eta.i?_ed 3_n.fax~r~ataon ran troop
~~oves~ents by A ail ?~n : the eta?nigsbruec~~t troop traani ng grounc s from t;he ,ax?riao~i,~
=c.e~at~.oned betwe~.n 1. arsd 4 ~~~~a1.,~.
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