SOVIET TROOPS IN BRANDENBURG
Document Type:
CREST [1]
Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP82-00457R009800350009-1
Release Decision:
RIPPUB
Original Classification:
S
Document Page Count:
2
Document Creation Date:
December 19, 2016
Document Release Date:
February 15, 2006
Sequence Number:
9
Case Number:
Publication Date:
December 4, 1951
Content Type:
REPORT
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CLASS EICATIO _iEipNi'rRm i4 fIFT+'Tf*T dT_S t1NT.1
COh NTRY Germany (Soviet Zone)
TOPIC Soviet Troops in Brandenburg
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT
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DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
PAGES-
Xi
REMARKS
ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
PATE PREPARED December 1951 25X1A 25X1
COOFIiDEAT-
and going -toward the Soviet memorial on 7 November 1951.
(N ;3 23)
,
The troops consisted of: a 214-piece band; 23 officers, including 1 oolone] X1C
20 women in uniform; and 20 units, each with 6 officers and about 100 EMo
Sentries at the 4 mat-Al I AM on A d h artille
insignia.
(1) A propaganda pamp e
identified there
.
entitled "Notes for the Soviet Army AgitatodI and con- 25X1
tained articles by Colonels Ya. Baldin, M. Malkov, Major V. Ryabov, and
Lieutenant Colonel V. Burlakov.1i4
2. Troops, who were seen marching out from the Flak Kaserne on Magdeburger Strasse
on 7 November, included: 22 officers, including 1 colonel; a 10-piece band;
20 women in uniform and 14 units, each consisting of 4 officers and about 100 EM.
The gate guardb at the installation wore red-bordered black epaulets with artille-
ry insignia. The barracks building on Vereinsatrasse has been completed and was
being equipped with furniture.
identified at the installation. (?) 25X1C 25X1
3. About 50 recruits were seen drilling with 2 mortars and 2 x 37 AA guns in the
e Kaserne on Magdeburger Strasse on 9 November.
I --A n? thm
the vehicles had to crpss the billeting area of the a Kaserne to reach. e
lnfanterie Kaserne. (Y) 25X1
14. About 100 airmen and dbout 200 tank troopers from the Yionier Kaserne on Fin-
steinstras4?`attended the military ceremonies at the Soviet war memor on
7 November. The Pionier Kaserne was guarded by airmen and soldiers we ring
red-bordered black epaulets with tank insignia. The tanks of the unit there were
sheltered in the hangars of Arado airfield. ()
[IIII] nt. 25X1A
(1) According to previous information, the units in the Generalfeldzeugmeister
Kash-o 1 f al bd6~/b31Y3 u p brp&~%n Since
T/0 prescribes from 1,200 to 1, 00 troops or e r a e, s 1 other compo-
nents of the 6th Arty Div my~Orred in the barracks install~jtion. The
SW_T = NO.__.
PIS BTAINED,
25X1 C
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