SOVIET TROOPS IN THE LIEBEROSE TRAINING AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008000660001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 3, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 15, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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OF CONTE-.NT- 22 April to 20 r', v 1451
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it was said that only a tank school of about 200 men under the command of
Major Stralhhov (fnu) had remained in the Ptonier Xaserne, Fuerstarn .de a
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Parking Lot 2. The lot was enlarged to etend from the Jar; .3 tz taakow road
a > `a ~ c i raaraee it was occupied by the unit of Colonel 1:aksimoir (fray)
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Between 22 April and 20 spay 1951, Cap Lieberose (N 52/A h9) VMS about 75
percent occupiedo The following observations wore made in various camp sec
from the Reiter Kaserne,, Pi uersten ialde, which had about 20 J5 tanks a 20 T- .
34/e 5 tanks., 20 x 57-ate AT guns, and 60 truck,
.Parkin Lot 13. Occupied by units with a total of about, 200 tanks and SP
,f 3 s n_6_ O trucks on, block :3.
Paz, ki..n , Lot 23,, Occupied by 2 rail type rocket 1? unchers 1,0 AT and . guns
Ca 2 Occupied by about 60 of'. i.cer: and 600121 of a tank unit commanded
a,oz? Dobx ovsk3.. (fnu), a motorcycle un-E.t cor iancled by Captain Bacherok
(frig), and a signal unit, t7hose connander could not be identified,
arkit Lot 26. Occupied by tanks and motor vehicle; of the units in Camp
- ra ~ con the radio station of the signal unit.,
A -c a between Parking Lot 23 and Cap 24, New low wooden barracks buildings
Area south of, Nation Su pl.,$, Shed ",,, A new earth bunker, about 30 x 20 meters,
r;d, ca ? r a 'W c era i er i t~ :' drums.
2 a Daring one or two weeks prior to 20 am sun'i.tion arrived from Fueretenwalde
at an average rate of four boxcarloads per day,, No such quantities of
:-ii nition had been observed during preceding years. The troops were engaged
in training at platoon level,, There were no large ?scai.s field exercisms U
Tanks moved singly to the training area, A ban on alcoholic beverages, includ-
ing beer, has been it posod on the troops since the end of April.
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Comnsnt0 The numerical camp sections mentioned in the report are
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25X1 report confirms the presence of the 7th Gdo LSecz Div at the Lieberoee
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lxl i i grounds. Colonel `aksirnov (f'nu) was last identified 25X1
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vralde, in mid-January 1951, Major Dchrovski (fm) was identified as the
co . and.ir officer of a unit with sidecar motorcycles in the Pionier
25X1 A Kasernea I9'u.orstenwaldea Captain Dacherok, (Thu),
? au identified as belonging to the H 7tYa Gds ,o?ecz Div at the end of
25X1 A January 191? o Major Dobrovaki and Captain Bacherok
are probably now the commanding officers of the tr;o units mentioned in the
presv:nt rec,rta It can therefore be inferred that the home station of the'
5? Gds ! trcl Bn of the 7th Gds 4ecz Div is Fuerstcnvzaldoo Major Strskhov 25X1A
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the Fionler Ko ;erne, Fuerstenwaldo, in mid December l95G
The present report indicates that he is in command of the division's tank
training battalion in Fuerstenvalde., reporting from 25X1
military posts and troop training grounds in the So?-riet Zone of Germany
a tt1t d that, a ban on alcoholic beverages has been J. ad on Soviet troops
s.? nee the end of 1April 1910
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