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nr'" _ .. ,. , '. , t. HEADQt!ARTERS BERLIN BRIGADE Office of the AC of 5, G2 APO 742 US Forces G2 DIVISIOll I BERLIN BRIGADE INTELLIGENCE SUMMAR Y Period Ending - 102400 Jan 6! ( ISffi& #}) (U) 1. (S) SOVIET FORCES I s. At Krsmpn i tz (UU 660156) and Da11gow - Doberitz (UU 665 - 215) training areas, unit training has been observed to include gas mask training, hand grenade training OQd tank firing . Cmtt-.{ENT I This indioates local unit training or possibly basic training for regular or reserve pereonnel . b. Artillery and rocket launcher elements, 19th Rifle Division, 6th Guards Motorized Rifle Division and the 34th Artillery Division moved to the Juterbog (UT 82050) and Letzlinger Heide (PD 700150) training areas for field exercises . Major elements 359th Regiment and the antiaircraft battery of the 62nd Guards Tank Regiment, 10th Guards Tank Division departed home stations for training . COM1mXTI The 20th Guards Army which has remained close to home stations since August 61 is now very active, which shows a marked increase in GSFG training. c. A parked convoy of an estimated 40 vehicles (in six (6) columns) including tracked prime movers, l22mm Howitzers, 76mm antitank ffuns and 57mm antitank BUns was observed in a field south of Rudolstadt (PE 643209) on 2 J .'1ru arj. COMMENT. Possibly.1 fl'O.O t:"e Regiment , '9th Guards Motorized tivision currp.nt!: Installation 8441. d. Indications are that the 52nd Rocket Launcher is possibly equipped with the 200mm rocket launcher and the Gun Battery, 930th Artillery Regiment with B5mm antitank guns . COMllENT . Both are units of the 6th Guards lAoto r ized Rifle Division . Artillery elements observed in the Berlin area 21 - 22 August 61 and 23 October 61 were probably from thio Division. DOWNGRADED AT 12 YEM( LCTERVALS NOT AUTOMATICALLY DOD DIR 5200 . 10 SPECIt.L lL.NDLWG REQUIRED . HOT RELEJ.S.l.BLE ___ TO FOREIGU EXCEPT UK & FR (){ . ""'Cours A. V,'J,.?LI1, GS G2 , Berlin Brigade Page 1 of..1!l... Copy 7Z. of .1.!L BBA 117 - 62 pages . copies .

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HEADQt!ARTERS BERLIN BRIGADE

Office of the AC of 5, G2 APO 742 US Forces

G2 DIVISIOll I BERLIN BRIGADE INTELLIGENCE SUMMAR Y

Period Ending - 102400 Jan 6! ( ISffi& #}) (U)

1. (S) SOVIET FORCES I

s. At Krsmpn i tz (UU 660156) and Da11gow - Doberitz (UU 665-215) training areas, unit training has been observed to include gas mask training, hand grenade training OQd tank firing .

Cmtt-.{ENT I This indioates local unit training or possibly basic training for regular or reserve pereonnel .

b . Artillery and rocket launcher elements, 19th Uotor~.ze1 Rifle Division, 6th Guards Motorized Rifle Division and the 34th Artillery Division moved to the Juterbog (UT 82050) and Letzlinger Heide (PD 700150) training areas for field exercises . Major elements 359th AA~ Regiment and the antiaircraft battery of the 62nd Guards Tank Regiment, 10th Guards Tank Division departed home stations for training .

COM1mXTI The 20th Guards Army which has remained close to home stations since l~ August 61 is now very active, which shows a marked increase in GSFG training.

c . A parked convoy of an estimated 40 vehicles (in six (6) columns) including tracked prime movers, l22mm Howitzers, 76mm antitank ffuns and 57mm antitank BUns was observed in a field south of Rudolstadt (PE 643209) on 2 J .'1ruarj.

COMMENT. Possibly.1 bs~~,,'ion fl'O.O t:"e B7~h Arti~JeJ'y Regiment , '9th Guards Motorized Rifl~ tivision currp.nt!: hel~

Installation 8441.

d . Indications are that the 52nd Rocket Launcher Batt~lio~ is possibly equipped with the 200mm rocket launcher and the Gun Battery, 930th Artillery Regiment with B5mm antitank guns .

COMllENT . Both are units of the 6th Guards lAotor ized Rifle Division . Artillery elements observed in the Berlin area 21 - 22 August 61 and 23 October 61 were probably from thio Division.

DOWNGRADED AT 12 YEM( LCTERVALS NOT AUTOMATICALLY DECL~SSIFIED

DOD DIR 5200 . 10 SPECIt.L lL.NDLWG REQUIRED . HOT RELEJ.S.l.BLE 29.,~ ___ TO FOREIGU !l;~TION1.LS, EXCEPT UK & FR

)l},1'·U;~"t~~ J,l~' (){ . ""'Cours A. V,'J,.?LI1, L\~"61. GS

G2 , Berlin Brigade SEC~H

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G2 DIVISION! BERLIN BRIGAD1! ErST> STJM #3, Period Endi!l.R 182AQQ __ ..L~n __ i'2

Para 1 (5) (Cont)

e. Sources indicate that Soviet soldiers are manning 6

permanent observation post on top of the Brandenburg Ga+e.

COMMENT: This has been apparent for quite some time .

f. On 18 January 62 , an Aerial Photograph Reconnaissance mission was flown over selected military installations in East Berlin without incident. Results showed that the tank battalion which has be e n at J.ugust Babel Platz since 26 October 61 had departed and motor marched to Installation 4102 (Bieedorf) , home of the 68th Guards Tank Regiment. Photograph 015a10n also revealed that the tank con­centration still remains in Knrlshorst .

COMMENT: The tanks departed Bebels Platz bet'\"1e~. 180100 and 180300 January 62. This in all p::-ohabil i t y ~] Y :! '1 t .... 1

tank battalion as beirg subordinate to the 68 th Guarrl s T..",,: ~ ~c€ri'Jen t. In view of the concentration of equipment at K8.rlshorst .:'.n~ Dj 9Sc.orf, this definitely establishes the fact that additional Sov:Let ta c: ticHl units have been moved into East Berlin .

g. tlDer Tagesspiegel", V;cst Berlin newspaper, quoted an official spokesman of the Soviet Kommandantura a3 stating tha.t Colonel Solovyev ha d announced the t "the tanks had been ,11 thdrawn from Berlin" .

COM:lE~iTI If official announcement actually made, So"Jiet Coml1lc ndar. t is n o t a...-are of effectiveness of 2 - 0 - 2 patrols and reconn ~ issanc e flig hts.

~\ defe ctor from the 8th Engineer Battal ion, 8t '1 t,..o .. !' i zed II.if:!.c Division has confirmed the location of s e ve ral un~ts 0:.. 'the di'lision during the period 13 l.ugust to 20 September 1961. 'It- e 8th Tank Regiment, 8th Engineer, 8th Signal and the 8th Reconnaissanc e Battalions were located in In5tal1atlon 4121, Berlin/Friedrlchsfe1dc, He also states that the ECii. Tank and Motorized Rifle concentration ncar Neu Zittau (VU 1505) was a training camp for 8th Motorized Rifle Division units from 28 August to 20 Septe mber 61 .

COM).lElrr, Thia information clarifies the identity of the EGA units at Neu Zittau. The type of training conducted at the Neu Zittau camp is unknown . However , it was probably a continuation of normal unit training, interrupted by the unit's move to Berlin.

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02 DIVISION. BERLIN BRIGADE. DITEL SUM #3. Period EndinG 182 400 Jan 62

,. (C) GARRISON SECURITY FORCES.

8. Sources report that a new 4th Company, 6th ShP Battalion wos t ormed of BSP personnel from the tormer 12th BSP Rceimont.

CO~lT I Report 1e. probably factual. The 12th nsp Regiment at Blumberg is known to have boen deactivated.

b. Reports have confi rmed the subordination of the Border Security Police (BS~ in East Germany to the ~inlstry of Defense and the change of name to Border Command (BC). Tho BC 18 now accepted 8S 8 aeparate military force under the Ministry of Defense on the same command l evel 88 the East German ~r~, Navy and Air Force . RoweYer, the V BSP Brigade a round Berlin Was dropped from the ~,rdpr Command and became subordinate to the Security Alert Po11c~ (~_' JO The brigade is now the II border Guard Brigade with hoa1!quart1l'! a t Gro •• Gli.nick. (UU 7215).

COMMENT . The r eorganiza tion into a Border Comm~nd may result in formation of light motorized rifl e divisions. In each border battulion the reorgAn iZation is crea ting rifle companiea organized in a manner nearly identical to EGh rifle companie s; a Beavy Company simil ar to an EG~~ motorized rifle ba ttalion support battery is being added . In add ition a brigade headquar ters, probably the VIII Brigadc , formerly l ocated at Chcmnitz is now loca ted 1n Mo iningen ( PB 9003) and another ie r eportedly located i n Ca lha (PD 62/3) . One sC">:I"C"ce stlltes thct the l a tter brigade controls the 2nd and 4th Rt!e:imcn t 3 formerl.)' subordina te t o III Brigade, Erfurt (PB 42"'9) and the 9th Regiment formerly subordinate to IV Brigade, Rucolstadt (PB 6521) .

c. There have been several r eports tha t a new Be Rogimen t is loca t ed in Bl ankenburg (PC 3540) . Whil e nei ther t his rCLt,,~t nor the n CTI brigade at Calbe is confirmed, both are considereci. possible in view of tho current r eor ga niza tion and r esubordination of units.

d. It hae also been r e ported that each BC r ogiment uill r eceiye 8 platoon ot T·'4 tanks in the near future . If regiments do reoe ive t ants, the "platoons" may eventually be expanded to cOllpany size .

COWtENTI i. t this time it cannot be determined ho.' mnny brigadr. s or divisions will be sta tioned on the East · Wcst German border when the r eorganization 1s complete . It ia posaible that six (6) divi.lona with thrce (,) regiment. eaoh is tho eysntual goal. One source indica t es that the Czech border will be guarded by one independent regiment with headquarter. at Prehno (US 0946), present loca ti on of t he 19th Be Regiment.

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G2 DIVISION, BERLIN BRIGLDE, INTEL SU:'! #3 , Period End1nv...1B2400 Jan 62

4. (cl ACCESS SITUi.TIOlI.

a . RailwaYs I There we ro no recognized attempts by the Soviet£, or

East Germane to interfere with railway operations.

b. Autobahn. On 11 January 62, it W88 observed that the East Gcri'lone

had further strengthened the first VoPo barri e r from thv BeTJi~ side of the Borlin-Uclmstodt f.utobllhn at the Babelsburg Checkpoint.,

CO~iT: The spiked beams wbich were lying on ths ground for the past two months hn.vQ .finally been aet up and arc c?vieusly re ~dy for use, Two of them nro fixed to the ground alon~ the fGnes barrier a nd ore blocking the outside Inncs . The otl-tcr ~.:o "ccr!.J ar..: located next to the VoPo guard shack en1 a r e pr SC-.', ~y itl ',.1

upl'ight position. They ~re pivoted on bolts at grOi.atd .l'~V~·: . T"vI'o hand operated levers are loca ted a few foet froo the elevnted beams. Undoubtedly, upon release of these lovers, the spiked beams drop to t:lo.; ground and black tho twa inside open Innes of the Autabahn . Th~! four beams (twa on the ground and two elevated) are wrapped in blflck canvas .

c • .!!..r C '>.or...!..! t!~~. There "'e=,~ no. a t~em'Pt$

mili t'1ry or commercial a11' tr.~ff-i.c th~ Burlin Ring.

oade to. interfere with Allied in the air corridors or wi thin

d . East Berlinl NO" us IUlrtary vehicles operating in I::lst Bcrli:l were

hnr r as sad or t ailed during the p~riod.

C. .£!n.ili' There were no. changes in CBnal traffic procedures , or

atte!llpts by Enst German :)uthoriticB to. 1ntcrtBre with canal traff i c .

f. Telecommunicntions. Ha interference with narmal oporn tian!.

g. U-Bahn" S-Bahnsl No. significant change! occurred.

5. (cl HOSTILE RECOiINAISS"I'CE • . ;""

Bostilo reconnaissance patrels continue to. maintain sur­veillance of Installations in the U5 Sector of West Barlin. The nverngo 18 approximately 5 SaTict Teh1cle. per day, which ie • slight increase since the last reporting period .

SECRET

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G2 DIVISIml , B1:RLIN BRIG1..DE . I!iTEL SUM #3 . Period Ending 182400 Jqn 62

6 . (c) REFUGEES,

An average of 17 refugees per day were registered at the Marienfolde Re f ugee Center . This is a decrease of one ppr day since the last reporting period .

7. (c) POPULJ,TION ATTITUD~S ,

1. public rally commomoratine the death of Roaa L1,;~~enbllrG' and Karl Liebknecht conduoted in East Berlin on 14 January was ob­scrved by US Military Personnel. Following comments are made as a rosult of this observation by the personnel oresent.

a. There 'i.'cre approx i mately 170 , 000 people pnrtlcipat:l,ng . One did not get the i.:lpression that these people were hcrd~d in'~o the rally , but rather it was a large assembly motivated by the 'herd instinct" of peopla hnving a common misery or politic.~\l tie .

b . ~ilitary and s~curity personncl were among the marchers. Some appeared to bo accompanying the i r fe~ilics or close friends. They could have been mixed Among the cro~d as stabilizing factors or DS a simple public r~lntions means on tbe part of the cilitary nnd security forces.

c . Cordon was formed on each side of the street consisti ng of East Germnn f~ny, S~curity Guards Police and Security ~le rt Police. Some EGJ. or possibly SCP were observed in combat ge3r on side streets a block or so away from the r~lly . Most of !he membprs of the cordon were unarmed but somo, mainly officers , were observed carrying pistols .

d . There were severo.l organized anti-Hmoricun demonstrations such fiS groups singing I1Lmi , Co .::lomeli, some individuals yelling directly at the US personnel , cnd an org3nized chant in defianco of their presence by one unit of the K~.mpfgruppon . This Vias definitely not spontaneous but requirod deliber'lt(> prior plnnninE," .

o. t.. US soldier cameraman h,d fl. tr'lsh bucket jerkctt frorr. under his feet by a rabble - rouser . ~r.o latter aDparentlv fe.t ~o be in a secure atmosphere in order to ~'ave at'ef'!l.:?'.;ed !"h:,.

f. There ViDS a conspicuous :J.bsence of "Jest Ber'!'in Xrei.9 slogan bearers. It is possible th,lt son.te could have been in tha parnde, but they were not observed - certainly , not to anything like the extent witnessed last year.

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02 DIVISION , BERLIN BRIOJ1DE , IN,!EL Srtt .t3. Pe-riod Ending 182400 Jan 62

Pa ra 7 ( C) (cont)

g. There was some indic~tion that the parade was handled less efficiently than a year ago, as th~rc were considerable delays in movement of the parade units. Friendly vehicles were not bothered in ony m~nner; no attempts were m~de to write slogans on them or ll~.'· other 1"'1.l.ch f',ctlons . There were no restrictions on photo coverage . J .. e a rna t te- of f'l c t, 1 t a PpCEl red the t slogan bearer s ~ ... oro marc!11ng cL"E'o to the cott:.:ra to be sure their slogans would be picked up .

:l The propog~nda theme appeared to be "Froedom versus Militarism nnd Rcv,.nchism", and Mlilny signs bore the word "Coexistence . " "Gcrrn'ln D.:mocratic Republic", Communism , und the USSR "ore repeatodly emph~1izod. ?ortroit~ of Soviet leaders were only very infrequently !': n.

iv- There were some remarks of friendliness on the part of tho marchers and onlookers, but for tho most part, tho people appeared froe unfriendly to apathetic.

j . across the expression

k. broken down not to h.:l.VC

unarr.led .

1. parade. If It appeared

The attitude of the cordon appeared to be one board" . ..lmost wi thout exception they did not a t the presence of the US Atill tory personnel.

of I1business change

The party observed apprOXimately 8 , 000 Kampfgruppen into about 76 comp~nies. They seemed to march too well h~d rccent mili tory training . ..11 were uniformed but

No Soviets Vlero observed along the streets or in the there were Soviets present, they were in civilian clothes. to hnve been on entirely East Dorlin show.

COt4MEUT I TI .. e Wall hna servod to not only isolate East Berlin and West Berlin physically but is serving to isolate the minda of the people as well . East Berliners appe~r to be associating themselves more llnd more with the East German regime, nnd West Berlin is becoming more and llorv a"place Bcross the border." It oppe'lra that the people arc binding themselves together even thouRh tr .. y M3Y not have sound rODson or purpos~ except that they are all 01 a common lot, and people tend to do just that under such circumstances. It may be that these people Ere begimUmg to feel sorry for themselves nnd are becoming Gubconsciously jea l ous of the better life i n West Berlin . For this reason they :rc bcrinning to hate the West because the better life is not being shared with them. It appears to be a case of frustration turned to hate . One thing is certain -- the attitude of the East Berliner toward the J.r.lCrict:l.ns is not as good os it was a year ago; anti - l ... merican sentiment wus definitely more pro ­nounced, and activist behf:1viol' s(;emcd bolder , less inhibited . This time it \ias felt that only a thin Clargin of East German reserve prevented the party from being molested.

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• G2 D.IVISION. BERLIlI BBIG~D.E . I :iTEL sm.: #3 I Period Ending 182400 J a n 62

8 , (u) PllOPLGAND.L .

o . In an Article titled "Licbknccht and Luxemburg Honored in West Berlin" , Neues Deutschland on Jlonday 15 January 62 snid; "Though police interfe red, more th~n 200 West Berlin " Junge Pio­neers" nnd FDJ members honored the momory of Liebknecht lind Luxemburg, who.were cowardly DSSQASinoted by reactionaries. The youngsters gl1~~hc rp.d spt)"ltl,ncQusly a t B dlffcrQnt place since a l egally announced n:oc",;ina in neinicl(ondorf thoater lIl,strd' had been prohibi ted ut t he V19't minute by tJinister ..... lbcrt~ .

\"lhile police gather e d 1n front o f the theatre, armed policeL'len , comnllndca by shouting police officers, kept back visitors fron entt'!'ing the mectinc. place. Some kilometers fnrther on, girls and boy~ tn ~~ite and blue 110u~e~ of their organiz~tiona sang songs of HI'lbcr '1o ..... o~cnt". Gcrh"lrd Stolle, secretary of Wes t Berlin FDJ, decl ur.:!d "'ho police decree cCtn Iceop us back fro:1I honoring Liebknecht p.nd Luxemburg who .err; the best friends of Germlln youth".

b. In u speech g iven Friday 12 January over the East Berlin Broadcustlng Compa ny, "Deu tochli.ndsonder", .A.1n1ster of Defense GcncrRl Kurt Hoffmann accused chtGfly Strauss and the Bundeswehr. He stated the DDR~8 People's :lrmy is ~he one nnd only legal German army since , contrary to the Bund ::L3' ... ·ehr, it will never attack . He said 11e h~8 cut tho strength of "[cPo to 90,000 , a.nd though hundreds of let"ers ha vo been addross(;d to him wnntin~ compulsory military s (! rvic(: he 90 far do09 not intend to comply to tho so de/lands.

COi-fiftENTI Streuss W~3 the 'U'l in subject of att~ck in his spei:ch . One could very wll:ll ~.ma'r.ine, on the oth .. , l' hur:d, that the meaning of the speech won to r:'dparc the popult.l tion of DD:' for a law on compulsory mili t e ry ~ervice to ceme in the near future. •

9. (C) OBSTJ CLES f.ND B:.RRIEl!?'

tho

Source report~ that members of East German CUI tomB Police are constructing ~1 double barbed wire fence .croes the railroad tracks at S-Bahn station STi.J.KE.;·/ undernea th the bridge . The horbed wiro fonco 1s located 5 ceters away from tho border on East Gernan terrain. It is probable that a gate ~ill bo constructed over the r a ilr06d tr~cks which could be opened for trains.

On ~ - · .... "a .. ~· 6::2 , four (4) kDo:ncters west of BrETZ (un 65(550) I\t an ~G .. S.,..: 81 "~ J n :;:p:>-:-f!. r ~ st (mounted on Z-151 truck) an ... S'~CI 3 10.-'lrd wac. (I~")E"r: "" :ed . V!,;I--.iclls in the area ware of Sovie t m:l.I<O but had no Sovier. ,::lHrk i:1gs on them.

COhfl.!E:tTl The 91 te n ··p(;s rs to be s6ci-permanent in nsture '.:'ith a fence erected around the site and jacks set beneath the vana. A cable runs southep.st from the ~i to to coordinHtes UU 654542 Bnd

G--2.. t,..~ age -'- 0 ..l.O... pagos. then~an undeterwined location. P 7 f

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G2 DIVISION , BERLIN BRIG1,DE . INTEL SUl.lIt ~, Pe r iod Ending 1e 2400 J an 62

u. (C) II;:" U:IIT IDENTIFIC;,TIO~S ,

( See para #'8 , band c above . )

12 . (C) AIR nCTIVITY,

I n the 5 January i ssue of "Red Star" , the official newspaper of the Soviet Ministry of Defense, •• ir 1..arshall Varshinin points up the improved capab i lities of manned aircraft with the introduction of new militory equipment . Noting that air - launched missiles have a far greater range and accuracy than conventional guns , he states that rocket - carrying planes are the foundation of Sov iet •• ir Forces . Heavy bombers armed wi th cruise - type missiles , he o.sserta, can de ­liver devastntine blows at ground And soa targets , and air-to-air :rockets are "capable of dostroying any oir target" . Verehinin f'.1rther remnrks thrlt , at var ious military exercises , Soviet air units in co - operation with antiairc r aft and missile forcee have dcconstrutcd their co~bat readiness for r epu l s i ng Budden nucl e~r attock and for strikinG timely crushing blo ... s at the enoti1Y .

COW~~TI Vershinin ' s article r eflects the views of the Soviet high cotn.Cland , though they arc contrary to remarks by Soviet poli ticrl1 l()nders dO\fngrading the icportanco of manned ai r craft us cajor p .. r t of the •. rued ForCf:S joint ~rI::ts te~m .

1 3 . (C) ST,.TISTIC. L S.s:~.ilUNTELLIGENCE OPER .. TION~ I

During this period, th~re were 23 ground reconnaissance patrols dispatched to EAst Berlin; 49 St--:.ff Tours >.ere made in East B~rlin ; 7 helicopter flights were ~ade alone the soctor/sector and sector/zonal borders; 1 helicopter photo reconnaissance flight over installations in Last Berlin; 29 ground reconnoissance petrols were cade of tho sector/sector border from the US Sector ; end 14 ground reconnaissance patrols were made [liang the sector/zonal border frorn th~ US Sector.

14 . (C) SECURITY i.IID COU,I~EPr;'TE~LIGE, CE o

Lt 0022 hours on 18 Jrnuary, the Labor Service guard on duty at Ros~ Rnnge was assaulted by person(s) unknown and his M- 14 rifle was taken from him. Investigution hos revealed that the guard had been enticed nway from his guard shack by an unknown Gercan female and attacked from behind . The guard cluimed that ether had been used on him by his assailants . Investigation located n can lid in the near vicinity "lhich snelled of ether. Tho guard W3R !lop.Jite.l­:'~ed for tre3i.nent of hend injuries suffered 1n the flc'HI.\.1.lt . An other items of the guflrj l s cquiprwnt were taken by the 38s'1ilnl.t.s .

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• • SFCRET

G2 DIVISIO.I, BERLIN BHG .. DE, INTEL SUI! #)' Period Ending 182400 Jon 62

Para 14 (C) (cont)

including his new ~cb equlp~cnt .

arc investigating the ca8e due to pionage effort indicuted.

Counterintelligence personnel the probability of hostile es -

CO~~NTI This is the first case in this command where loss of a now weapon or item of equlp~cnt due to hos til e intelligence activity has occurred. Lotters on this subject were distributed in this command on 4 Decomber 1961 and 9 January 1962 alerting all ~illtary personnel to tho threat of theft of new weapons a nd equip­~ent by hostile intelligence agencies .

15. (C) MISCELLi.J,EOUS,

a . In East B~rlin, Berlin r egional Railroad District (RBD) had four (4) days locomotive coal reserve as of 9 January . COllI reserves of other liBDs ,'l ro uhkno v,;n .

COMMENTs This is a onc (1) day increase since 4 January. Tho current levol i~ insufficient, however, for sus­tained r.lDximum cnpncity r uil oporations in RBD, Berlin .

16 . (s) SUOIMI.n" OF SIG'iIFICi.lIT DEVEkO'lIElfTS ,

On basis of devclop~cnts b~ low, it hns been concluded that Soviets have ~~do no firo decisions on their next move. nnd desire eufficient tir.,e to explore Western position thoroughly in present bilaterAl <"nd p08sible subsequent Four-Power talks,

a . East Germnn econoDic pl anning reportedly in state of confusion on how long trade with ~C8t Gcroany cnn be expected to continue.

b. Soviets memorandum to Bonn 's •. mbos8odor hints 80me political ties bet1l€en West Gerr.mny and Berlin could bo continued under new agreoment on Berlin's status .

c. Evident Soviet interest in continuing talks with Thompson implies no oajor ~OV~8 will be taken until furthor dip­loCl8 tic probing ha s taken place .

d. Soviet year-end statements, greeting aDd Khrusbchov interviews stress negotiations and peaceful coexistence line, with only routine treatment of Gar~an treaty and avoidance of any deadline. Prop~g~nda nnd high-lovel pronouncecents refloct generul uncertainty I'ver course of Soviet policy in coming !!Iontha .

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