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1 . (8 \ ~!l..'ClE1' FORCES: a. Hf'llccpter f light over Installation 4154 and AUf,J'1..lst Bebel PIa t."':t.:1 E.l.f"t Ber::'ln on 13 December revealed the following: (1) 29 T-S4 tanks , 1 BTR ~ 1 bus and 3 wheeled vehicles are lonat;u 1n August Ecbel Platz. (2) Tho tanks that were parked 1n Installation 4154 are n':) 10n3C'r jX.rkC'd oJ!" th::! hardstand inside the in::>tall at:'..on . 02 C:nlr.l.Cnt: It 1s possible thf'.t 10 to 12 tunI.s w'uld b,- p~.~'·:(r0. inside ::::h3ds 1n Insullatlon 415 1~ . Br;1 l.icved, ho~·e"E.r, thE'.t fO.ll tt.rks h'we dep.-,rtcd this installation. Tank unit in Bebel Platz 1s b_'1.i8ved to be Jchc Tt..nk Battalion, 83d Motorized Riflo il0giment fr.i:n Installation 4161 1n Karlshorst. Un! t to have departed IlStnllatl~n 4154 believe d to be a tank battalion of 68th Tnnk Regiment f rom InstallE:.tion 4102 (Berl~n Blesdorf). b . Headquarters, GSfo'G imposed new permanent 1'cstrictions on Wcs.tern Mili t:-", ry Missions effective 12000:1. December 1961. The new restrictcd c.r .m,s are located in Schwerin-~udwiglust, W:Ltt.3nburg and Ko·~igsb ru ,ck areas. The permanent r es tric ted areas of Guestrow; Letzlingcr lI~ide . Altengrabow. Jena-Weissenfe1s, Ohrdrv.f and Juetcl'bog were exten,Ld. This is the second increase in 81ze and number of pornnne n-r~ :'~,str icted areas in 1961 and could indicate a buildup of convcntioTl'l: forces in these nreas. However, a study of their 1oc"Uans in r ~ lD"':'~'J .. to SM1 sites and ;,uspected SSM locations indicates tha~ Soviets rr: :.~~' desire greater security for modem weapons. The new restricted. reas concea.l 6 ndc.itionnl known missile sit.es r1J'lking 3. to+-..l'.J of 11 loc ~-';,- d in restrioted /'I.!'C

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c . The gcnerol tempo of GSFO training activi t i es decreas ed duri ng past weeks . Although considerabl e porti on of East Germany was cover ed by USAREUR sources this past w e~kl ve ry l ittle activity observed. MaJority of installat ions reported "qui et !; . Training such ns gun dril l and shor t road mn r ches conducted in local areas by 34th Artillery Dlvisi onl communi cati ons eXercise conduct ed by clements of ~he l Oth Ouards Tank Di vi sion , and drive r tra i ning by th ~f: C r,na o 1.,;:o r units i ndioated low l evel r emedi al t rai ning. No rc=,I.J!'~s J:'" ~.ciications of pr eparations for l arge scale exercise. Recer-:"'.:. :r::Jpo ; ~n: of II'J -Wtl.Gons indicate r eceipt of recrui ts I if not an r.ott'al rota,,!",j on progr.:lm . Acti vity t hi s next week may indicate iote ... gr~tion of recrui ts into training program. 2. (e ) EAST GERMfu'l ARMY FORCES : n Report received f r om source gi ven p ... 3 eval uation stated th-.t the EGA Guard Regiment would be t ransferr ed to an EGA Installation in Berlin B1esdorf by 31 December 61. COMMENT : Installation 4101 (Be rlin Biesdorf) is presently occupi ed by a Car Comolli'YI OHQ Car Battali on. The present kaserne of 't·he EGA Guard Regi ment ( Installo.tion 4806) in Str o.ussoerg is shD.red by Hq EOAF and Ai r Defense Command . Sinoe the EGA Guard Regimcnt performs duty .:It many looati ons in East Berlin and since EOhF coUld probably us~ additional space , report of move seems logical.

b, M".jor c l ements of 1st Motorized Ri fle D i ~' i sion reme, ~ . ncd a.t home s t.a>; io~s training locally.

3. (e) Q~ISON SEX:URITY FORCES :

a . Secur ity Ale~t Police (SAP ) defector stated that as a result of new COr.:3trucUon of tank obstacles along the sector/sc{:1 -)r oorder, the rU'nor arose ~hat the seven Z'cmainlng crossing poi:1ts t 'r:,jld be closed. A Serg~ant told the EM of the SAP unit that the F~t German government has no intention of ever cl osing these crossinG points. (F-3 )

COMMENT : Permanent cl osi ng of all sec tor crossing poi~ts mort impr obabl e. However, East Oennan govemment mi ght attempt to ),"!'10SC f urther restricti ons by demanding passports and visas, whilE (an~lnu1ng to att~mpt to conclude a. peace treaty. b . De',"';jctors report Sonnenallee c r ossing point nnd f'.dja,-'.21t arcn on Be r lin El -;ctor bord~r controlled by speci 'll comp:'..ny ~ubordirete Bc~lin Ci vil Poli~G Hend~ua rters . Probable all 7 crossing points on Bc!"l! n sector border controlled by s uoh un1 ts co.l led Control Point, Compani es. Since units arc basi cally civil police I th..-J y wEl not be:! o.dded to USAREUR Order of B..1.ttlc holdings, "Int.':!'!1.at Zwui!ll lx) !..~de:'" Gu..'lrd Battc.lion carried Il"".stallatlon 11222 , Ber:'j"-/Koepentcli. l.S dropped from Order of Battle hol di ngs . Page 2.. of ~ pages . 02 DIVISION, BERLIN BRIGADE, !SUM #3 , Period Ending 142400 Dec 61

c. Numerous defector reports indicate that all members of the Berlin Border Command will be issued the ESP uniform for duty wear. 02 COMr-1ENT : This is supported by the fact that personnel in ESP uniforms have been observed along all parts of the sector/ seotor and sector/zonal border. I,. (C) ACCESS SITUATION: a. Ft.'\llways : (1) At 2140 hours. 7 Dec 61. the US M1l1t11ry Berlin­ Frankfurt Duty Train, enroute to Helmstedt, was boarded illegally at Gerwish Station, in the Soviet Zone of Germany . by two East German mat~s. Access was gnined by shaking the outer door handle cnuslp.g th~ ring locking device to slip off the inner door handle whicr. pc:-:nh.. ted opening of the door from the ou~ide . The East Gennr:.'~ so"l,ld they hnd been told by a friend that the US train had been s lo...... :!.ng C:own in Gcrwish every night for the past two weeks because of work being done on a bridge. The East German conductor of the train was apparently unaware of the situation, as all proce,Ssing was normal and the train completed its run without incident. • (2) Since the closing of the ~~st Berlin sector/sector borders on ~; August 1961. ~peration of the Ud Military Duty Trains has been advc~sely affacted. This has resulted from changes in East German Reic l~'bahn operating procedures wr.ich include cp.<'1.ng1ng of 10oomot1v,-'''' "nd crews ilt Potsdam and Maricnborn, lack of sufficient Rcichsbah~ nor50nncl and the overall ~Jor condition of the Re1cnsbahn. b. Air Corridors : During this period there were no incidents involving Allied access ·to the air corridors leading to West Berlin.

c. Au:tc~1.hn: D'..lr".ng this period the only major inoident on the Au"'o!>-"'.l'L. involved th('; det.::ntlon of a oonvoy or Co A, 1st Battle Group, 19tr. Infantry. The convoy arrived at the Soviet Checkpoint at Holmstect. cnroute to Berlin, at 1425 hours, 10 Deoember. At this time the US troops dismounted from their vehicles, on the right Side, for proce'lsing. 1: '~i.l1g processing, a Sovtet officer arrived and requested th'3 troop3 ·0 nove to the left sia0 of their vehicles, which was comnJ i 3d Wit3 . I:1 tn~ proc<:!3s of moving tho convoy NCO escort brushed .1.g-::.:t:-.st an !,:,"l.nt ~rmo.n officer who was 1.I'\lk .rg toward the head of the c.)~.·t~'t:. Proc·:F:..sil"g continued. and nt 1545 hour-oS a Soviet officer and the E~3t (Kerman offict.r left the Checkpoint and asked for the convoy NCO escort Tu~ Soviet officer ot:lted th::t.t the convoy could not prol!f:!eti to Be:-:in u.'1t!l tnt') N~C ~polof!:izcc. to the East Genn1n officer. '.tile S07:"st CfJ.':·c,;.r \"(:13 ,-. ... o:'''Dd by 't::~ ConvJY Commcndor that the Foot GarDloD C;'ficer wo ...·..!.J. t;.o·,1.: ~o file n complaint through normal cr.3nrels T!:. Scvie"; I)_'fi··:.>r ":;he!'l informed the Convoy Commander that the convo) was officially d~~ained Pnge l of ...a.. pnge5 . •

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Qnd that he would call h1s cOIZIDMdant and. recoamended tha.t the ConvOJ' COllllm1der call his also. At 1622 hou1'I5 the convoy proceed.ed to Berlin nfter the Soviet officor was assured that the Berlin Brigade L1alson Officer MBa on his way to d1SCl1aS the matwr. CctflPN'l': The actual time ot detention wae caly 12 minutes. However, the convoy, complying with ordera from Sarlin Br1go.o.c rc.;n- '_'1,~d until 1622 hours. During the processing, propaganda 11:l.'1 brc3dro 'l', ";.0 the troops over loudspeakers located in a bu1lding n.oros:"; t:"lC; \·:ighwy. 'lhcse loudspeakers have never been used in this m.."U'Uler b.::fore:. This incident 1s the first of this na.ture reported this yCnl~ ~d 111ustretes tho extent to which the Soviets w111 go to h4ras8 \i1 ~n~ ~f\ry personnel. S1milnr propo.go.nda broadcasts took place on t.l 12t:1. 13th and 14th of Dec. d. EruI t Be r 11m (1) During the reporting period there were no 1ndldents in"/olvUIg detention or vandalism by East German personnel to u.c:J Military vehicles trovclUng in East Berlin. Three vehioles WeI'C tailed" the duration of enoh tail being approximately 15 minutes . (Note : See para 12 for number of US vehioles in East Berl1n.) (2) One British tour was detto.ined by the Soviets in the vic~ity of I~tnllntian 4102 Berlin/Biesdorf. While stopped a Soviet M3Jor cppro~chcd the vehicle and invited tnc orc to accompany him into the barroc~ ~,;>. Th~ Ole refused but in dc~.. 1~ so opened the oar dOl)r. Upon do1n,F ".hi~, the Soviet Major removec. "'~h~ ignition keys . Aft·:, a half hour n Soviet interpreter a.rrlved nnd handed back the keys nnd pointed out to the British that th(;y W(:lre in a l'estricted zone. CCJIioE NT: This is the second detention incld;,; nt involving ~lt!s h tours . The attitude or the Soviets eaoh time was friendly. 5. (e) HOC'IrLE RECONNAISSANCE : Hostile reconnaissanoe patrol... continue to m!liiita1n surveillance of 1netallntlona 1n the Amerioa.'1 Sector of West Berlin. In retnll1at1on to the tailing of US vehicles in the Soviet Sl,; ctor, Soviet vehioles have been tailed for corrosp?'tdlng :- ]'lode by US MU!tary Police patro18.

6 . (e) REFrJEES: During this period, an approximate e.v,~ragc ('If 34 refugees ;i (i."y-W'er..1 pr..:>eessed at the Har1enfelde RotugoJ. Center; this 1s Q. slight 1ncr.J:Co;;c since the last reporting period.

7. (c) .!2..PUIATlON N:'I'lWDES I

a. East Germa.n population extreracly depressed jto ,..=,t1c~.ja~lon of worst Chr1stm3.8 sinoe 1944-_5. USAR&JR sourc~ repot'"i'~ l.nr :nf):'l'l~

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nnd llpllthy r eflected. in l ow retail sales. East Germm and East Berlin authorities stockpill~ luxury f ood items now for release Just before Christmas so populace will hAve full shelves before holidays. SED (C~mmunlst) party lea.dership concerned abou,t public sentiment and particularly passive resistance enc ountered 1n industry. Workers refusing t.) part.icipate 1n t1roductlon speed- up program and political d1.sCllt-:· 1. ~.'V; r'~ f1.ctory meetings . Work slow- dowrla also reported. FCl '; ~-,! -i .... i.O!l described by party functionaries as comparable to t.l: -I.; 1) "~l' 11; 1n Hunga.ry immediately a.fter 1956 revolution and 1n E"'.: t ,.:C"·r,.~n:J during 1953 revolt. Reoent train breakthrough widely d ls(' w..s~d ahd cited ns example thnt East Gennan population must help t.~cmsclv(:s sinc e no help can be expected from Western Powers. Rumored thnt packaGes f rom West Berlin and West Germany mny be banned. US prestig~ l o\' ~, partly as result of Eo.st Press propaganda nnd lack of Wostern news. Functionaries consider new lift gates at crossing: points propaganda maneuver rather than security meaBur~ . US vehicles could now be forced to come to full stop bofore entering East Berlin. CMUW!' : Report believed to reflect s entiment of East German populntion corroctly. Passive resistance in industry confirmed. Enforcement higher wor :( norms could spark local c '.Jt hreal-:s.. Agree thnt il~tall3tion lift g~tes undertaken to underline EO sovereignty rather than to sec UN border. b. It was reported from va.rious quarters thllt mnny people here fear t hct 'l!'! un:>reccd,mtcd suicid~ w'We could brenk out on both sides of th¥ w.U during ti1C Christmas holidays . It is reflsoned that ma.ny people ft:!..:l thnt the w'\ll has destro,fed the last human contncts which they had; hence t hey will seck t o cnd it all on Christmas eve or during the holidays . Some observers also suspect that Berliners en both sides of th~ wall l"ill a ttempt to take heroic actions to relense their t~nsions; ..:.l~cse cf'uld be expressed in attcrnpt& t o t ear down the wOoll and in a.tt./l~:~.s on VOpo's or SED f\Ulctionnries . 8. (c) PRe.} \GAIIDA I NElJES DEU'lSCIiLAND and BERLINRR ZEIWNO carried descriptive storics on Oon Bas',; Berlin exhibition of Western oodicines confiscated b:~ P..:lS t German customs cfficers controlling parcels mailed from \~estern ":,. I:::!.ste m Germany . The displny of confi.3cated medicines was made by the. (UStOfl1D cffic,", for the press. Both reports underlined the dnngcroUB chnracter of t he West ern products and cited Professor Jung as claiming thnt the m~iling of d~.nge roUB drugs to East Oermo.rus was pflrt 0! Western psychological warfare. The papers cited several doctors llS w"! :i.com i ng the b<,.n 1:np~ed

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on the import of such drugs a.nd 118 cnll1r'lg on their oollco.guca to fight the erroneous belief that Western-made medicines were better thL\n those manufactured in the Enat. so the smuggUng of Wltcsted Western medioines would stop. 9 . (e) OBlTACIfll AND BARRIEre t a . Pr<::ss office for the East German Ministry of Interior o.nnounccd on East G..:rman radio on 080800 teo ·that 11ft gnte barriers would be constructed at the seven East-West Berlin sector border crossing points. Announcement stated nIl persons in clvll1llf1 clothes must identify thcmsclvc8 but that military personnel 1n Wllform could pass as usun.l. Measure effective 081400 Dec . As of 120100 Dec all the 11ft gat es had been installed. Acoordl~ to available statistics the open~ 1n the wo.11 at Friedrich 11 Strosse 1s 9 '6 , and at the gllte npproxlma.tely 11' . CCM-mNTf Measure constitutes no change in recent procedures. US had suspended, but not relinquished, right of officials and,~opendents to enter East Berlin in US Forces licensed vehicles without identifying themselves to East German police. East German announcement merely rc-~mphD.sizes its demand that all personnel in civ1l1nn cl othes, without except1on, Id~nt1fy themselves . Mel'lsure directed not only al~C'·inst Allied porsor.'l.cl but nlso, nnd possibly to fI. greater degree, presages futuro o.ct1,~;). against West Gennnns nnd West Berliners. COl1lll1mists will t.a.ke all r');;,'5~ t 1.~ steps 611'1''; of those estir.lo'lted as evoking severe fl ll1ed rc:lction, ''I'rI1·.<~ Lt.md to perpetuate divisior. of Genn.3.ny rul.~ emphasize FAst Qel"m.'-.."l sovcrf.;i[mty and the status of East Berlin as the East GenDlUl capitll. It is llppo.rcntly the current cOClI'lll.:1list thinking that the West will fight only fC'r West Borl1n nnd free access thereto, and not for Four-Power r1ch~ jn &~s~ ilcrlin.

b . Duri,!" thl~ period there was no new construction at tho Babolsburg or M~rLcnborn Checkpoints.

10. (C) ~-'1ATERI.\L IDEm'IFICATION. Dur1ne t:.t1s rcportins period there were no new mo.terial identifications m~Jc .

11. (e) ~ .uNIT IDElITIFIeATION.

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12. (e) §1!).TISTICAL SUl>W\RY OF INTEIJ.IGENC1L~noNS.

Durine; this roporting period, there wcr~ 21 Ground rcconnnissanQ c p.3.trols dlsJ'LT..c h(';d to FAst Berlin; 49 Stoff Tout's were made in :s..')~t Berlin; 7 helicopter flights were made over the sector/sector ['nd scc.f:.::-r/z. )nal borders; 1 helicopter photographic recoruuissance miss;;.on HI.J Gown over FAst Berlin and Babelsburg Checkpoint; 2:;'· t-.,round reconru:d.~":l··.,1.) .. a"';rols were made of the sector/sector border from the A:nericnn side.' an;]. 14 ground rcconna1eaancc patrols Were r.Il1de aionc; tilu sector/zan'll border. Page ~ of .lL. pages.

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13. (C) COUIITERItm:LL!QpcE AND SEX:URITY.

a. 'lbere was one ';lOssible compromise reported during the period. TWo Amerioans. tentatively identified as Airmen , discussed classifi.d information at the "Playboy Bar" In the presence of their Gennan girlfriends. COMMENT: This security violation Ie currently under investigation. Retraining from loos8 talk in bars, public areas, and at hQnc must be oontinuousl y stressed In Berlin Brigade units.

b. ':I'i..Q Americans, one in uniform, placed themselves in a position tht'.t ~ould have resulted In serious consequences by riding the S- lloihn.

CCMotmn' : Current reports indioate the S-:sahn 115 being used for the purpose of "Highjacking" certain hard- to-gct c~o1!~lcs from the Western Sector. In addition, util ization of the $-:t3c:.:m without approval of unit commanders i.e prohibited by Change 1, dated July 1961, to Berlin Brigade Garrison Regulations. Investigation continues.

14 . (C) MISCEILANEOOO.

a. StelMtUcken Exclavo : A routine patrol relief of the U. S. Army thr<'!c-nr>.n patrol in the SteinstHcken Exclave was conducted on 14 Dec 61 witl'')ut. incidcnt.

b. ...:.: ~'1~ the .;.eriod 3-9 December 1961. the USMlM dispatched 12 tours in:",C' ::.. r.: L Ckrmany . 'The length of tours in hours totalled 16 days . '!be BRIX~!L3 dispatched 15 t ours during this period. 'n1.e incidence of surveillance an~ detention of these patrols by East Genuans during th1s period was g:"'<::3tly 1 J'l{'reased.

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n . Location of Soviet tanks .. Bebel Platz (Para 10.).

b. Possibility that tanks ~ve depnrted Installation 4154 . (Pare In) c . New restrictions on HUt travel in East GermMY (Paro. Ib). d. Possible transfer EGi\ Guard Rer:1inent (Pam 2a ). e, East Ocnnan m

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