(SANITIZED)VEHICLES, WEAPONS, AND PERSONNEL IN THE FURSTENWALDE AREA(SANITIZED)

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CREST [1]

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General CIA Records [2]

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CIA-RDP80T00246A046900270001-2

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RIPPUB

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December 22, 2016

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July 30, 2010

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Publication Date:

February 13, 1959

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REPORT

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/30: CIA-RDP80T00246AO46900270001-2 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. COUNTRY SUBJECT INFO. PLACE & 1. Twenty-five new trucks and four 152-mm. howitzers delivered to the former ASUKO fn-ow the spare parts depot for vehicles 7. Di a arance of cannons with long barrels from the territory of 50X1-HUM Identification of other military weapons. Arrival of 25 new tractors. at the Mars La,Tour ;Kaserne; arrival of50X1-H U M five new mobile workshops at the Pionierplatz (engineer'training ground) on Langewahlerstrasse, and the arrival of 21 new tank trucks at the former ASUKO. AEC LI East Germany/USSR Vehicles, Weapons,) and Personnel in the Furstenwalde Area DATE DISTR. 13 FES 1959 NO. PAGES 1 SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF reports which give information on the following: 2. Border controls at Erkner. Arrival of a small unit from the dir IARMY X NAVY X AIR X IFBI (Note: Washington distribution indicated by "X"; Field distribution by "#".) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/30: CIA-RDP80T00246AO46900270001-2 - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/30: CIA-RDP80T00246AO46900270001-2 SE~RTT on 25 September 1958 a transport arrived in Fuerste wwalde-Soth (probably from the Soviet Union). Included in ------the transport-were-25-new trucks-wh were--taken-to-the-Soviet-unit-; ~_is_ , o_four_pieces-of- -ar-tillery-whichwere-taken-to- --- Langewahier Strasse Fuerstenwalde. pc~tures of Soviet equipment howitzer5M 1937 (MI-20). -des=tination is-not-known. Cp ~ Soviet_military_equipment. 107- mm.recoilless anti-tank guns R - approximately 6 pieces (Gartenstrasse) 85-mm,auuiliary powered anti-tank guns (APAT-85) - approximately 9 pieces --- --(-Gartenstrasse) 85-mm antiaircraft gun M 1939 - approximately 6 pieces (Braunsdorferstrasse) 100 mm anti-aircraft gun M 1949 - approximately 20 pieces (Braunsdorferstrasse) armored personnel carrier BTR-152 - number not known (Gartenstrasse) amphibious jeeps - number not known (Pioneer Park full tracked an ious cargo vehicles - A prime mover M=2 - approximately 20 pieces (Gartenstrasse) ----tracked-prime-mover-M-1954---approximate]y 30-pieces-(Braunsdorferstrasae) SECRET 50X1-HUM identified the artillery as 1,52-mm - the kanons with the very long barrels A n 'k- / were moved-the middle of-September but their Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/30: CIA-RDP80T00246AO46900270001-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/30: CIA-RDP80T00246AO46900270001-2 border controls had been normal at ERKNER and identification documents had been checked. no troop transports had left FUERSTENWALDE and no significant incoming troop transports were observed. On 9 December 1958, a small unit arrived from the direction of LANGEWAHL at the BRAUNSDORFER Strasse barracks. A total of 19 vehicles were involved: 3 trucks loaded with personnel (coxered); ~1~ mad 2 Radar trucks) adio trucks; 2 trucks with range-finder trailers; 2 workshop trucks; 1 field kitchen; and 7 .trucks. On 9 December 1958, three heavy guns (152mm gun N1935-BR-2) arrived at the unit occupying the KABELIE-IRK cn LANGWAHLERSTRASSE Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/30: CIA-RDP80T00246AO46900270001-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/30: CIA-RDP80T00246A046900270001-2 \50X1-HUM 'Observations of troop transports from Fuersterwalde. New troops eviden$I.y did not arrive except for the expected arrival from Frankfurt/Oder on early 24 November- these men were recruits. The recruits wore new uniforms with black 50X1-HUM collar tabs and s?houlderboards. `Furthermore, heve arrived ~`ff 50X1-HUM at the [Mars-la Tour-Kasernef' 25 new tractors on 17 Aovember 1958. On 19 November five new workshop$waegwna (Werkstattwagen) arrived at the "Pionierplatz" on Lange- h wahlerstrasse from Frarkfurt/Oder. On 21 November there came from the directio4t of Frankfurt/Oder qot Langewahlerstrasse kre Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/30: CIA-RDP80T00246AO46900270001-2 58-of the personnel train. There were about 25 soldiers and one officer.