MILITARY INFORMATION FROM PLAUEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005100680001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 24, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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a. Mill 50 pere?nt occupied by about 3 co artillery
,I-T0oop Q TJ uoo truck ; towing :.'11 Kunz moved to the
d r i ~;rc~un on 3 ?pr it 195:: a They v7u- re followed,.,
about an hour later, by t1u eo more trucks tocsin,
75-.mot .;,T" Sunao Ten soldiers under oinG radio
training were soon throuGh an open window in the
barracks bui.l.din,,4 :she soldiers wore aQadp one
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ether soldi xs received instruction on an
circle i the adjacent root
b,, six soldiazz romoved a telephone in the liar-
racks area on 11 .pr .l 1050
truck
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paseengor car
jeep
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passenger ear, driven by a soldier
with red-bordered black epaulets
and cad cupied by a general ~,rith .
white epaulets, apparently in ad-
r. 7ainistrative service.
seen in Plauen for about two weeks
repeatedly observed in Plauens mostly
in front of the !omen ix'a
building
Two 1C)5-mm ho ltzers were standing in front of the
armory
2 4 Hindenburg 1taserneao:
an occupied by an infantry unit of about 800 m e7,
about 3() -troops wearing red-bordered black epaup-
lets e.nd rotor vehicles from the HIindenburg Kaserne
were entrained on two boxcars and tree gondola cars
at the freight station near the upper railroad sta-
tion on 8 ."April 1950 . The five railroad cars were
coupled to the freight train that lee ft toward
Dresden The cars were rerouted in w:lehlteuera
b. tour ; roups of soldiers held close-coi bat
training with wooden rifles on 12 It'pril 1950
jcctions of 4 or 5 men practice aiming in the
barracks yard with four heavy mortars of 100 to
120 inn caliber on 13 %pril 1950
a n Trucks Mach towing a
light AT gun aria carrying a ou ) Soldiers wearing
black-bordered crimson epaulets, were en route to
the drill grounds on 17 ~pril 19504 They were 25X10
followed by trucks each
towing a field kitchen. l was the irapre'.sion that
the trucks brought up the rear of a departing unit.
No activities were observed in the barracks yard ift
the morning.
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trucks
tank truck
truck
jeep
truck
truck
jeep
jeep
trud-C
truck
truck
jeep
truck
truck
truck
jeep
ambulance
truck
truck with mounted machine gun
on tripod
jeep
truck.
25X1C e n Truck ii ich 13 not stationed in the
barracks, was observed in front of the armory on
several days.
3. Former :brtillerie 1 ricrac
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a,n company of soldiers wearinc red-bordered black
epaulets, corgi e with signal insi nia, moved into the
previously vacant barracks a The
troops had beds, lookers and mattresses w,. th them.
b. "ignal equipment (rs:.dio sets and field tole-
phone: reseablin~ those of German origin) were
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unloaded in the barracks area on 8 :kpril 1950. The
radio sets had rod antennas. Troops at aiming
and loading practice with three howitzers and three
or four groups of soldiers being instructed on a
battery commanders telescope were observed on
16 ,pril 1950..
c. Three telephone sections practiced fastening
wires to low poles on 17 ;pril 19 ~ Four trucks
towing howitzers left the barracks area while
truck towing a limber with howitzer
entered t e area.
d. Troops with two howitzers practiced chang-
ing posi1%ions a '??ruck was used for
towing the howitzers, Troops with three 75-ir_ri
guns with muzzle brakes did service of the piece
drill in the nearby area. The guns were later.
towed to the garage on the :air edge of the barracII
area,
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truck, towing an AT ;un
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jeep
trucks
trucks, towing a limber with
howitzers
truck
tzuck
trucks
truck, towing a field kitchen
Jeep
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Fourteen trucks
moved Into the barracks area.
4. Komenaature
The rear detail of the komendatura was billeted
in the to in hail.
5. office
a. The f, D office personnel was recently con-
siderably reinforced. Boxes, tables,, chairs and
beds were unloaded from severr.1 t ru sks on 15 April
1950. The additional personnel woari.n? green
service color, arrived by motor vehicle.
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truck truck
Jeep jeep
truck truck
truck truck
a. The 112th Gds 1.,tz Rifle Regt of the 39th Ode
Itz riffle Div and, probably, the 87th. Gun # rty
Rogt of the same division are stationed in.
Plauen according to periodical reports. The re i-
r2ents were still at the military post of 17 April
1950.
b. The new unit, probably a signal unit, viich
roved into the i.rtillerie liaserne is believed to
have been n andaunit rc Einii: of thn 1jrRt c
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