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TITLE : CIA TDCS-3/566,305
DATE : 00/00/63
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WEST GERMANY: SOVIET MILITARY ALERT FOLLOWING KENNEDY
ASSASSINATION
DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
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REPORT NO. TDCS-3/560,305
HIGHLIGHTS OF MILITAR
SUDIARY NO. 48
DATE OF
DIFC.
20-26 NOVEMBER 1963
PLACE S
PLACESENCE
CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO
DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR
RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT
AS SANITIZED
DATE ACO. GERMANY, MUNICH /29 NOVEMBER 1963/ IN TEXT.
APPRAISAL 3, EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE INDICATED/ FIELD REPORT NO.
SOURCE
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRAOPIGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
OFFICIAL WEST GERMAN SERVICE FROM INFORMANTS OF VARYING
RELIABILITY.
FOLLOWING ARE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE GERMAN SERVICE MILITARY
WEEKLY SUMMARY NO 48/63, COVERING THE PERIOD OF 20-26 NOVEMBER 63.
1. DURING THE WEEK UNDER REVIEW, THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS
OF PREPARATION FOR ATTACK BY SOVIET BLOC FORCES.
2. PART A.
GENERAL.
LAST WEEK'S EXERCISE AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES IN THE SOVIET BLOC
ARMED FORCES WERE NORMAL AND WERE THUS IN KEEPING WITH THE
GENERAL PACE OF TRAINING AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
SOVIET AND SATELLITE FORCES REACTED TO THE ASSASSINATION OF
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES NOV 22ND, WITH PRE
CAUTIONARY MEASURES OF A GENERAL NATURE WHICH MAY BE
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TDCJ -3/860,303
INTERPRETED AS A REACTION TO CORRESPONDING STAND-BY
MEASURES OF THE U.S. FORCES.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT IN THE PRESENT SITUATION SOVIET TACTICS
IN THE FIELD OF MILITARY POLICY WILL BE MARKED BY CAUTION.
3. PART B. ARMED FORCES.
A.
USSR/EAST GERMAN. *
1/ ON THE NIGHT OF 22/23 NOVEMBER, SPECIAL ALERT
MEASURES WERE ORDERED IN THE ORANIENBURG-GARRISON FOR NVA
UNITS AND POSSIBLY ALSO FOR SOVIET ARMY UNITS/SEVERAL BAF-31.
GERMAN COMMENT- THE MEASURE WAS PRESUMABLY TAKEN IN
CONNECTION WITH THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY. IT
APPARENTLY WAS CONFINED TO THE BERLIN AREA.
B. EAST GERMAN.
§
1/ SINCE MID-OCTOBER 1963, CONTROL POSTS /SO-CALLED
HINTERLANDPOSTEN/ HAVE BEEN STAGGERED IN DEPTHS OF UP TO
1 KILOMETER FROM THE INTERZONAL BORDER DURING WEEKEND NIGHTS..
/SEVERAL F-31.
PART C. GROUND FORCES.
A. SOVIET.
1/ SUMMARY GERMAN COMMENT ON TRAINIKO /OUFC/.
TRAINING AT LOCAL TRAINING GROUNDS AND NUMEROUS DRIVING
SCHOOLS IS INDICATIVE OF RECRUIT TRAINING. FROM 14 TO 18
NOVEMBER ELEMENTS OF THE FIRST GUARDS TAUR ARITY CONGNGTEO
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TOC3 -3/168.203
EXERCISES, PRESUPUBLY AT REGIMENTAL LEVEL. AT THE LETELINGER
MEIDS AND ALTENGRASOM TROOP TRAINING GROUNDS.
SINCE 26 NOVEMBER, THERE HAVE BEEN TENTATIVE INDICATIONS
OF ACTIVITY OUTSIDE GARRISONS OF ELEMENTS OF THE 34TH
ARTILLERY DIV. NO OBSERVATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AS YET
INDICATIVE OF EXERCISES WITH FULL UNITS PARTICIPATING.
PART D. AIR FORCES. NO HIGHLIGHTS PROVIDED.
6. PART E. NAVY.
A
SOVIET.
1/ ON 25 NOVEMBER 1963, ONE F-CLASS SUBMARINE, WITHOUT
PT-NUMBER, PASSED NORTHWARD THROUGH THE GREAT BELT. /B-2/
7. PART F. LOGISTICS, AND PART G. PSYCHOLOGICAL
NO HIGHLIGHTS PROVIDED.
FIELD DISTRIBUTION:
ARMY, AIR, NAVY, USEUCOM
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