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Office of the AC of S , G- 2 AFO 742 U. 3. FORCES

G -~ DIVIStGN , ~"R['!N COmJAliD INTELLICl~ICE &'1jLU:~.ARY

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NOFORlI EXCEP'!' UK. BV AU'i-H OF: ' ~ • oJ r . ';1 ' ' .' ", LO~I.s ; . \;APLE , V<Ol

a . Some ulc!I"!lOnts of the loth lhlards Tank Division hay\;) returned to their home station in KraillI-ni tz . r'che rl-st of this division still !leld to be south of iJerlin .

b . 19th Motorized Rifle Division is nO\V held to be at home station and trn.ining locally . Elemcnts that Vierc deployed north of Berlin nre beliE:vcd to havn returned on 21 September .

c . I\~a.jOl· elemonts of 34t~ Artillery Division are at hOi!le station wi.th rellaininu" ;lel'len~8 cor.ducting training in training ueas .

d . EleT;)t'nts of 6th Guards I\~otorized Rifle Division are at home st.atiol1s .

e . no furthcr information ha3 been 1"'eccived concerning status of CSFC Headquartcro ·,vl·dch recently moved from home sts.tion .

f . Unidentif'ied Soviet tank unit r~vviously located in Installation 4231 departed the area on night of 20 September . Aerial photos had di8c10:'led a total of 41 T- 54 tanks in this installation .

2 . ( S) EAS'f GER'IAN ARlftY RlRCES,

a . East Gerl"lo.n Army Forces that came into Ea3t Berlin or.. 13 .I\'lr-"unt :,ave departed tho area . The follo wing withdral"lal3 took rlacc d.lrl.l1i' tl'p reporting period

(1) El"meH ts of 29th Motorized Rifle Regiment, 8th Motoriz({l Rifle Division eVflcua'l.ed Installation 4083 afternoon end evening of 20 Sep.

(2) Elements of 28th Uotorized tl.iflc Regiment, 8th Motorized Hifle Division eV~,3.cu::a.ted Installation 4225 night of 20 SeJ,:-tember .

(3) 8th TaJ:,k Hcgiment Ill'ld 8th Division Engineel' Batt1:!.lion evacuated InstL..ll::·,tion 4121 during 'the period 20 - 22 September .

b . Prcser:.t location of withdrawing u."1its is unknown , but it is believed tl-.a.t the:l have _'et·clrned to hODe stations .

c . :~e nr,iicntificd EGA tank regiment and Motorized Rifle regiment bivo'liaccd vicinity ~;(:Y; Zitta.n vaca.ted the area ~~iC'hL of 21 September . PxC'srmt location of thc!se units io Ul".$:n071l1 . ( AG Be LOG HR

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SECRET d . 1st Motorized Rifle Reginent, 1st Motoriz,ed Rifle "Divi.sion ,

is believed to bave 30me elements deplo:red SOiltheast of Berlin VIi th rcmainiTl{;' e1 flments at hom€! station in Oranienburg . 2d Motorized Rifle Regiment is at home station in Stahllsdorf . 3d Motorized Rifle Regiment and the tank r:;;girnont are still unlocated but may be the tank and motorized rifle l'cgiments tbutJeparted Neu Zittau (par 2c, a.bove) on night of 21 September .

c . A large number of troops wearing EGA uniforms arrived on the soctor/sector border bGtwcen Sonnen Al106 and Grenz Allee Damm ni,Jht of 25 Septel!ib03r . First reports indicated this labor force to be Ea:3t GermOJl Army . Some of the vehicles that transpor ted this force , houcv£r, had bu.:-aper t:aJ:kinzs of V over P 0 0 18xx . hSGP have bee!l knovm to hay€; vchiclC:d with tLese markings . SGP 0.180 ?lear EGA Lmiformo with v;::ry minor differences in insignia and c~ be easily confused with EGA ovt:n from short distances . Efforts are in progress to fix tto idcnti ty of this force .

G- 2 :BERLIN CQF;!!,:J.Nt COMr.!ENT : Thus far, neither of the SGP regiments stationed in E:2st Berlin have been involved in the Berlin situation. 'l'hc reason for their not being u8ed ill presently unk...l'l.ovm . They are CO!'l::.d.del'ed more reliA.ble , bdt,~r t:.:! ... incd and eCiuipped than BSP, Sl,P or VGFO .

11 . Sector/sonal llOrder continues to be manned rrimarily by ESP Vii th some assistnnc<, frol!". VC'PO ' s .

b . F:eginnin{'" ::::..bout 1200 li e 24 September , per::30rmel in :SSP uniform bGga.."'l e.proaring along the US - Sovlet Sector ~)ordE'r from UlJ.S97183-UU961149 . l'hF1sc lJSP p'3l.·sonne 1 tlere mixed wi th VOFO ' s. tl'he sec tori sector border from UU 952135 sonti': to the s!"!ctor/zona1 border is at 11 ffi3,unod ontir(;l;y by JJ~)P. West- Berlin C'ustoms ·Poli.ce reported nSF were \iorking or. f'("~rlcin-s opposi te French Sector in the Lubars ar· a .

G-2 BERLIN CmIiU.t..ND COJ,ThlE.'iT: It is bnli(;ved that Vf..ry soon the cntiro s-.;ctorlscc1tor border will come under control of ESP .

(1) DurIng this reportinG period , no attempts were made by the East Germa.ns to interfere "\"lith railway operations .

(2) Reference ~SC 37 , rc..ilroad srur fr·m S;!.T"ZKORl~ (UU5215) on crr-tsh basiJ . Heavy concontration along entire: routu .

USMLl-iI reported that luying of now to WUSTERJ,LIRK (UU6024) continuing of machines and equipment observed

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:~E~ CO:·:l{ENTI Be-port furt't~;-11lustrc.t_8 struss pIeced on

crnah compl\..'tlon of dOl.hL. - tr~ck Bt.'rlir. T".11ror.d by-pcss .

d . AutobnnnJ Two AID,"ric1.n soldi ... rs on th .. lr .:!.,f to Helm.teet on 22 Scpt\,;mb r 'IV. !'" he.ltl.;d, t'"!k ... n from their vt:hiclc, c~rr1ud to Potsd:-m rlnd b ld foX' six hO'lrs. Th()y "t.r~ fiu. Ill' rcle .... s3d on order. fron !! "':ovLt offlot.r .

G-2 B:RLBf COWl1t.~ CO:Dalr:, eIC dcbrid'lnt)' .rod Intl:rrog:-:.t1on indio.tod th~t EU conforc,d to Codu of Conduct -nd did not diVUlge ~ny d, ( ... nac infor;;n".t1on during th:lr det.:mtion .

c . no c.tt{..mpts 'ir tr"f!lc

Air Corri dors , During this re:portine purled , by th E::!st GLrm"!.ns to interfortJ "1 th 01 vll i Ln ill thv corridors to Berlhl .

thlr(. "",ro and militrry

J. Er at !h.rl1nl During this rcportinb' pLrlod, th r;;.; .: S ont,! ir.cident of U3 Uilit~ry v .... h!ch h ine d..:trined ir. E"st Berlin . On IB S pt ... lllb .... r, ( lkrlin Commrnd St .ff Offic(.r Visit v hiolL ,,':8 dut"inGd by VOPOIS "lpproxilll".toly 5 blocks nortb of the. Fricdrichst1'ns8(.; Ch<eck Fair.t. The r .... ' 80n for d0t!";r.Uun w~s g1vt,;n ~s ~'n f'llq;Lo tr. ffi~ viOlr t1on. Th.,; nttitudc of th..; VOPQ l s wca •. .xtrc~uly diercsp..:ctful,

rod th .... ;; 'lient out of tht.,lr wry to disrupt r;-dlo- tlrb . .;p'Jonc CO:ru::unic'ltions. Wr.Jn :;. Sovi"t Officer ·.rriv.,d.. h-> r ... fust.d to ept.:.f'k to th..: 1.0 ric' n 0lfic!";r on the;; €r~unds th,t bl.) "",8 drur:k: ,~nd .king too OUch noisc. The Sov1(,.t O.ffioc.r left, r<..turn d 20 o.lnutur l,t r ".nd rc...lc~_e .. d the vehicle . The tot(·} tic ... of ttl ttntion w s rpprIJxIm·.t .. l;r 2 hours .

e. C·'n.:llS1 .Dt rinr, -+..his r"portinb y:riod thcro "Qr~ no ch-:ngos in c[411.1 tr:..f!'io or ... tt~.·. ts by E~st G\.l'J! l • .... tt.oritJ",s to int£:rfcr .. with cnnel tr ffic .

to Tulc.co&lcunic tLmsl Omitt d

g . ~-B hns. '~ - .B~hn!! BorUn COIlU.'l'lnd ero nd ·:.nd c ... rin! rccor._ nniss~nc" .r ports 'cti\·ity oto· rv d on S- &.hn lints outSide thu Sectorf :on".l bardLl' . It 'TiP re th"t mar r-:il lines ~r ... b~ille removed.

5 . (0) aO~'.i'ILL RECO~;NArZ .... A~CEt Hostile r .... conn.'l1ss.:.nCt pr.trols continuo.. to ::n..".ir.t In Burv~'i.l""'.Jlc ... of lnst"ll-:tions in J'oet !I\;rlin ~t ".n npproxl!l~tc ·.v ... r.g ... of <- 30vlvt rueonnr.lss· net.; Vy'hicl ... s pur d-:.y .

6. (C) REFUGEE3. During thia reporting p~riod ~n r.pproxlr~t~ evar go of 45 rcful! LS per d'lY were prOCOS8Ld ~t tho lL.-rlt111fc.ldc Rcfugt.c Cantl::r.

7 . (C) POPULATION A~TlZUDEJI This r portIng p~riad ~itnt3sod th r movr:.l ot El"!st B rltn rt38idal1te Hving on the. 8, ctor/a ctor border troQ th~ir homu8 . Koving nctivity ~a ohs~rv d from 11 3 W.at Berlin 8 ctora. The Er.at Germ n ne~lpcpor N~u 8 Deutschlcnd proclaim~d tho so P ople w r b ... ing moy J to prot~ct tE m from th~ disturb nc s b~lng c u.ed i.n thea ar 8. ..

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Smml 9 . (C) OBSTACLES ill B.:..RiUARS& Duriug this r.:portillJ !Jeriod, tnc

East Germnr .. c hnvc. begun dllIgill€ !l lars,:; ditch 11. front oJf the barriors ond fences on tho scotcr/ilcctor 1.lld scotor/zf):::. ... l bordurs. This ditcr., "hila r:.ot yot oomplctcii , is prcOUJ:1D.hly to discourage bUrier orashe:rs .

10 . (e) nEW u.:.Tm,. IDiCIFICi.TIOtJ5. No nEl" matoriel idontific!:!.­hona "'cr~ :-.a.dc darinc tlils repcrtin!! r ... ried .

11 . (c) NEW UNIT IDENTIFICkT10NS . Nc :l(:l'l Wlits ho.vc becn identifiod during this rcportine rcriod .

12. (e) ~IR LCTIVITYt During this rcp0rting period no overt ~light' nr penetr lti.)I:a flc.r·~ Ob8t>I'Vcd; hCltrl.:var, Sovi£;t holicJpt 'rs oont1nu~ t(, L "'l~lt!l.i!1 !\ clo.,a - in o.crlal r'::CC;lnrl.iSGMCe on the southern EJector/ zongJ border .

13. (C) S=.:.Tl:TIG~·.L 3miJlLRY OF nITELLIGENCE OrERfTTON~: Duri:lg this rClortlng leriod , th~r! wcr~ 16 ~ound rcconn~isoanco p~trols J.ispntch(>d to _,I).st '!!crlin; 56 sh,ff tours wer m~d(. in F..Il.st Berl in; 16 helicopter flishtD w~t'r. '1.do over the 8cotor/sector Ill'ld sflctor/:wr'll bcrdllrs; onL C- 47 fli ~ht ',,~3 nl,.:jl;' around the Bl·rIin Rine: 30 B'l"{'Iuni r con."lais::l'mco p'ltl'olr. VI ;rc :"""de of th(; s3ctor/Sf'ctnr ,order frC'lm P'e .... r.:.oricall Didel l"{ ~'2l.d r ... ern:r.'liDS"l1ICO ratr01s "'ere; n!1~~ alonr the sc-etor/zor."l border; nnd r~"e(,IlJI'l1sr.!LJ1r.6 "'1~rcls were m"lde e>f the S-P1.l11. stations xoJ li"'tes on 1.he. s.,ctorls~otor "'nd 9£ct~r!l('I III tordors .

8. . .133ion6 t('l outain U. S . military ecrloyment by hostile intelligence I!l.:-,Io:r.ta itHlic:1.tc inttlrest in obtaining SOl.:rCEH,l with even fcripheral ~cc~s.. ~ho ~~jority of scents wbe reccivc~ this wission would hdVC b( 1. elieibl~ u:/ onC.& ;ro\.4nd to L em}-lo:rco. in only routine work suoh as clc:".<Il, Ilrivers, laborers, kitchen ncl"ers, t:!to. lL.ilu aome m~ be evoI4tuoll.{ exrectcd to obtl.in jobs of grc~ter intvllig nee value, most coUld 8.HarClltli satlPf,y hootilc in~elligcnce requirements in low-level I sitions .

Of 127 ho~tile intelli~ence agents who· were neutralized, fourteen (14) baa the 1:d38ion to obtain wor~ in Labor Service u."Ii b , four (4) were to r~port on the hirine procodures in local civilian orsonnel offioe8, while nine (9) known missions were to obtain work as ids for U. S. ~litnry rersonnel . Essential Eleccnts of Information

aB igned to a nts in the c gf!lloral categoriel would pl'Obnbly hflve led t .potting anJ. as 0 cin requirements. It is also interesting to note tbat a nt working in U. S . military offioes and/or ~uart rs have b en fro u r.tl in8truot~d to obtain CLASSn'IED DOCmrENTS (nls , :nils, oto . ) . This r fl Ot8 ~ e pos3ib lity that in some past lnstanoes th ~ bas been a 1 0 of ti t din of document seourity proced res i.~~ that soma hostile a ents h ~ •• r viously obtained information of a ~~a881fi.d nature . Th artm.t otthc Arcy and CI CtSAREUR have expr [\Ged oC'noem reg • 1 proper r port ng of a.curi t7 violation. . The JII'iMr7 06118 lou to lm,v4 tor ~111ibel

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This laxity in the administrative processing of known vi01 ations could s (~rion!'ll:' endanger national security .

'l'hera wore nimltc(:n (19) known missions to "est.aoli ah contactll with U. S , pcrsOl'mel , these may be considered to be designed in many instances to advance spottin and assessing assignments . However, the missions included bore v.'(;re phaseu. in onl- gr-!neral teI'""1s. Many 'I'/er9 given to &g~nts who licrtJ directeu to establIsh rE.sidence in areas where U. S. Forcos ~e concGntr~ted .

Hostile requir0ffi8l'lts to bring U. S. personnel to East G(2.rmany or EnGt .Borlin p08C 0. p~rticula.r threat. Severa.l of the:..se missions wero wcll - plmlled [!l1d involvod clc:.bora.te preparations . In onE! C"I.80, pH'Bonnel in WE;S'r BERi.IN who h:'ld 1'reviollsly been offered bc.rgains in antiquGs were to be told that even bett0r purchases could be cade in EAST BERLH! . In other reports, oortain EAST EERLII~ b=.rs ... erc to be dc..scribod as tho best IJlo.ccs to continue 0. night of drinking. From C:)'Si33 of U. S. rorsorLTlel who were detained in EAST BERLIN and did no t voluntr.l.rily report their detentions, it must h e assumed that some persol1!lcl may ho.vc b(;en con to.ctl)d in EAST GERMANY and EAST BERLIN without nctifying their iJupcriors .

b . Pending re-publication of BO Circular 380- 5, the following item is published for infome,tion: USE OF EFTO I Paragraph 9b, USAREUR Circulc.r )90 .. 40, prcccribes th:'1t clectric:l,ll~r-tro,nsmittcd military information y:Lich io considered to be UNCLASSIFIED in peace time but which would b<1COr!l8 ch,ssificd in tin:£: of wax "'ill bo encryptcu. and transmitt8d durine pcac-.:til:l€ usin,: the Encrypted for Tro.nsnission Only (EF'l'O) proceduro . Ber] in COllll'mnd h'"!.s ':ulcq,ur:Ltc si6l1.:J.l division aVllil3.blo to 11,-::.n(11 e unlh,i ted EifTO tr3.ffic . The EFTO procedure a.pplies to ell informfJ.tion designed "FOR QPFICIA L USE OI>TLY" ",hich is to b~ tr3.nsmittcd electrically .

15 . (C) i·:TSCELLANEQUS: Onitted .

16 . (C) Si "'1LA'iY OF SIGNIFICANT DFVELOP!!ENTS,

11, On 20;:,:!iop'tollber the East German VolkBkammer passed !l

1::1:,"1 on the d')fellse or th<.. UJ .. n.i. . 'l'hfJ effect of this law give3 U11richt powers to rroclai:!, 0. state of !1ntional ernercre, cy . While in a ",tate of national :::mcrgtlncy, he hnE; !l. free hand wi th the population ~d thGir poss~ssions .

b . On 21 deptembor Gcnerci Clny landed by helicopter' • . in thu Wast B"rl in ,.::cl'v-.;. of ::;.t,;instucc;:cn. htol s-l'.mt nce.rly ,;.n ooJ;.r

viOting \': ith the jl.;;st :3crlin<JrD Ilvin;;"t h.:: l'o . This :iil tlu,"first" tim\;: u ho Ucopu. r .. h.ls b L ... n U8,i...:i tt-. m.- outside thu s8ctor/zon!l1 "border of ';lcst DLrlin .

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S~CREJ c . On 22 Scpt0rr..bcr, .?t 1640 hours , c. helicopter l.~nd(jd

in StcinstuGckcn ,:mc. dcposit ... d 3 -:rc(:d US soldiors end c:;quipmcnt . The soldiers rE.;;a~.:.incd the-rc, until 25 S(;pt~r.lb{;r, a.t which time thuy were rc-li(;vec. by 3 morc us soldi{;;rs .

d . The. Provost Mc.rsh:'.l P: troIs ~long the Autob~n were incr~o..scd to 6 "dny . B0gilUling 26 Scpt;.;mbcr , they -.'lill be:: docr.::ssi:ld to

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DISTRIBUTION: 1 - CG, Be 1 - IO/USCOE 1 - G (Int) British 1 - USillJ.i 1 - ASB G- 2 1 - 2d BG, 6th Inf 1 - 3d BG , 6th Inf 1 - Sp Trps , U3.P.G .. R 1 - 1st BG , 18th Inf 1 - Co F, 40t!1 .t..rmor

1 - la, BC 1 - G- l, BC 1 - G- 3, BC 1 - G- 4, BC 4 - G- 2, BC

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