SOVIET TROOPS IN THE AREA OF EAST BERLIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002300370003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 2010
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 5, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
COUNTRY
East Germa.nv G"RITY LTCT bTI(
_REPORT
TOPIC Soviet Troops in the frea of Es at gPerl.:in
VALUATION
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DATE OF CONT
5 August 1953
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On 21 and 22 July 1953, about SO to 100 trucks, about 30 JS
tanks, and 45-J.-:.CO guns in the park ir,.mediatelyy southeast of the south rail-
road station in Biesdory0 Several tent camps were geenu
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On 22 July r a or Soviet tank elements in the Karlshorst...Fiesdorxf
Wuhlheide area, troops wore new uniforms and 'ooked clean
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On. 21 July, the Piesdorf Stadtpark was off limits for civilians and was occupied
by a Soviet unit, which was q'imrtered. in nurierous small tents. About 35 to 40
SP guns, about 20 armored recut cars, and about 40 trucks
were seen with the troops. Truck left the park?
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On 21 July, a Soviet unit had bivouacked in the " u hlheide .
and had left a few days ag:4. Fresh imprints of tracks of 20 tanks and places where
. tents had been pitched were observed,
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Between 22 and 24 July, 15 SP guns, which were SU ;x.00 guns; about
10 tanks;; about 15 trucks mounting AA nachine guns;. another 40 to '{3O motor ve--
hic?.es and 10 to 12 house tents., as well as troops wearing red-bordered black spau=K
lets,, including sore with tank insignias and black-bordered crimson epaulets
wei?e east of. the Piesdorf Stadt rk,
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11 . . On 24 July,, a troop camp was observed in the woods east of the Biesdorf rail
road stationu It included about O rau s each of tents about 100 ts?ucks
with covered numbers, including some loaded
with pontoons; and about 20 JS-3 tanks. Sentries observed wore red-bordered
black epaulets? 2
station in Wuhlheide and bordered to the south by the An de t'uhlheide highR-
way. Double sentries wearing recd-bordered black epaulets with tank insignia
patrolled the area o. Noises of tank engines were continually heard from the
woods, About :C trucks and 2 house tents were observedw Truck
loaded with laundry and occupied by eight soldiers wearing red-bordered 25X1
black epa.ul~ts was seen on route toward the woods, coring from the direction
of Karlshorst Q1
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7, Between 20 and 24 July, Soviet troops, vehicles, tent camps and. temporary
one-story buildings were seen in the perk southeast of the Eiesdorf rail-
road station< On 20 July, about 600 to 700 troops wearing red-bordered
black epaulets, including some with tank insignia; and black-hordered
crimson epaulets, watched a hne of soccer on the athletic field beside
8 ,On 22 and 23 July, about 120 troops wearing _1ac&-bordered crimson epau-
lets received infantry field training, and another 60 troops engaged in
close-combat practice in the Wuhlheidea The troops were quartered in
tents. No heavy weaons were observed
Heavy vehicular traffic
was observed in the Karlshorst restricted area,
l0,; Fetween 19 and 23 July, the area of the troop camp in Wuh3~heide had been
reduced to the area west of the road from Koepenick to the south railroad
station in Wuh3heide and east of the road from Ostend to the south rail-
road station in Wuhlhoidee trucks, loaded with sections
of prefabricated one-story buildings and timber, arrived therea rotor
vehicles seen en route to this area
l2, On 23 July, source observed Soviet" troops in the Piesdorf Stadtparko The
0lobsower Strasse and Waldbacher Wag along the embankment were blocked. 2
At least 100 two and three-r GIs trucks were at the rest and north edge of
the Stadtpark, and 12 T>_34 tanks were seen in the parka Sentries observed
wore red-bordered black epaulets with tank Insignia a Trucks
were seen on route to
this quartering area.'
l3a A rai3roadznan stated that, on 15 July, 10 shipments of heavy tanks, trucks
and billeting equipment were unloaded in Biesdorfo The troops allegedly
left by road toward ia,rzahn0
l On 23 July, Soviet troops were in the wooded area,, about 1.5 km southeast
of the Karlshorst railroad station, 1 kin southwest of the south railroad
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15Q On 23 July, sedans
sled at Alexanderplatz
10 On 22 July, a troop
Hoppegarten racecour
the Frankfurter Ghau see.
Truck
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bordered clack epaulets, entered the cemp?i
Comment? The information confirms units of the 6th Gds beez Div
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e observation of low wooden buildings in Wuhlheide and y according to th25X1
last reports, in the Diesdorf area, tends to indicate
that e troops will stay for a rather long period of time. The infor ..
tion on the reducing of the. bivouacking area accounts for the data con- 25X1
to fined in paragraph 5 The large number of 52 guns and JS tanks in the
iiesdorf area tends to indicate that the 82d Gds liv Tank SP Pegt of We
6th Gds Mecz Div was also stationed there, although pertinent information
on shipments from Eberswa:lde to Eerlin has not been obtained so far,,
The pontoons possibly belong to the AN Gds Engr En of the division which.
on 1 July, transferred from. Eernau to Jerichow and, upon conpietion of 25X1
the exercises, presumably transferred to Perlin, .
2 ~Cc~cmnet Available information indicates that the shlrments to the
T'. .esdor! area started only on 16 July?
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