SOVIET TROOPS AND DIVISION HEADQUARTERS IN HALLE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004200550001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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REMARKS-_
25X1X
- ,1id.-Hovember 1949
25X1X ;i , The foilowin units .-.ere quartered in t he former Luftnach.-
richatensehule and the adjacent 'li.e erlaorst Ks serne, HA.L1 E
(I1 52/D 92)c,
a. A division headcju.3rters with a personnel of about 200,
in. the northern kaserne buildings,
The division con.:nander, a 0neral. was billeted in a duplex
25X16 on Saarbrueckener Strasse 0
on 28 October 194 25X1 B
b,, Division si,rna3 unit of about 150 troops. Several radio
stations including the following installations were south
of the Luftna-cfrichtenschul e a
(1) Three 35-foot masts, interconnected by antennas
25X1B (2) Three radio towers not connected by antc-ri,nas0
25X1 B
c,, Mortar unit of about 400 troops a
and ten
120-mm mortars were observed lai the unit.
O AT battalion of about 400 troops 0
and about
t,;aenty--five 760 2-rn. AT cans were seen in the ?.caserne area.*
ank and SP artillery units of GOO to 700 troops.
Ten Shoha:tia -tanks, 40 T34/43 tanks, 30 to 40 OU100 62 guns and
ei ht to ten SU152 3P ;Tuns were oeene
Sentries of the t ,nr_ unit wore the uards bade;e and carried
Appro
CLASSIFICATION
CONFIDF7"i "iAL in accordance with the
letter of ',;3 Oc:at. ~~Git,y C,_2'C
?iat~?ra-
n COVLt col 'Ad, -t5 a ionaa of icerfi .vas ae:,~,t piayi.ici.an
of ti'e .,o: pita1 in tie f~~v. er Diaiconi;ssen,3nutalt (aeaconesjes'
.io:apitai) on ,.iuehloieC, c.'1.*rier of Advokotonwe i'iic i.o: pital
i2ic1i-?.'Ied a laboratory j u,, p iariaacyn
oi4t1Gr'it
(1) `. he report confirms t E. extrao 2:?d1 narUy occt
potion a3 ~.!r L6 by soviet tr.oo.pa. Li co;xoariocn witti previous
i.nfor.:iation jiiows ti.at to HALL troop,, l; oot, e-,^ lu:iveiy
belon to the 21st Gds i, ec.' Jiv ana rwta-rrLe to their previous
u"aarter:r in Uet ober 19 49 a
(2) I'ihe roiiort confirms t.A.~ : 21st f ;s -'.ecz A v to be in
Ile tV 'L1cr .L71e u,. to 1;Ii.C.--i:ovc k1ier 1949.
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