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SUBJECT; Military Information, Sea Distribution.
The following Information was submitted, by an experienced. SbS agent who travelled, from WEILHEIMo jiaLEHetweennd Seeor Itinerary. Soe toxt for date ef information. nless otherwise indicated.
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entrances to OBESDIilGre protected by Agent was told by the Ortsgruppenleiter of WEILHEIhFuehrer and his entire staff are locatedell guardedof IffilLHSIK and oould be reachedour walk. Thesurrounding the castlo area is closely guarded by SS troops.
Tho burgCiMiBtar of .MUHICH. FIEDLER, committed suicide together with hie wife and children supposedly Vccausc MUHICH had not been declared an open city. ,
In WEILHEIH agent caw the sign of the Oren Era una Aueb Bn Agent was told by sentry that this bntrengthen. The troops were mode up of new recruits, convalescents released from hospitals, and older people. Bn had moved recently from KUlUChesult of the heavy bombing, which hod destroyed their barracks in the city. Every fifth man of this bnifle, and tho entire bn has one heavy and four lightnd has no other heavy equipment.
Agent was told by the same sentry that in WTDSBERGas located .Inf Ers Auebhich had also been transferred fron MUHICH. This bn had been bombed out of the ADOLF HITLER KaSERHE in MUHICH. The Inf Psr Jaeger Era. which had also boon bombed out of MUHICH. was stationed in LAHDS3ERG. Sentry .caid that these groups were weak in armamentesult of tho effective bombing of the bar rocku.
4. Agentass mode out to tho OASSPUSRiR 8CKULE located in
. 5. Jigent was told by two bo-abed out refugees from ESSEN who had settleditRlElKIRCHEH that thay had beon forced tonpril in order to stake roonorkers, who were moving into the city to finish fortifications. Tho evacuation order has been given to all civilians who wore not actually citisens of the town.
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31. In UHOBJWJgent taw SS Crcn Genoaono Bn. Dffl RKICHSFuTJiRHt,en. Group was woll armed with machine pistols, machine guns, and panzorfautts. Sxactf tho separate weapons unknown to tho agent.
33. In STri^railgentroup of coupany strength which hod boon on tho Swiss Bordor. Tho FPU of thlt group. Personnel was fairly young. Info given to agent by an untcroff isicr of tho group.
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American PV. (Stolog VIIasn EXPTEB. with less thanW'e. PU8 holds Polish. PU2 is for ii. for Preach. Russian. Polish, and Vreach cases arela one-story wooden barracks.
In CfePTSSoighteen year old boys walking about tho town wearing an armbandJM BHtlU. and dfessod In the brown S& uniform. e nrmod with carbincti Panzerepcrre, atill uncompleted, are around and within tQMPflBT. Therearge lazarett and on ambulance company in tho centor of town, ? flak0 Flak ViefllngB car In the station.
-ui arty and radio barracks which had boen badly bombed loften of the outfit still living in woodon shelters on the alto of tho barracks. olksaturm men soon in KJkt'TEW with weapons, but no ammo.
Evening ofpr, agent saw many UCV'l on road moving from UHUD in direction of MITKICH. iigont was told by civilians that the movement continued all during tho night.
5 there is an airport, which had been bombed but runways were being rebuilt for futare use.
In SSJ) agentign reading,0 iROSTLBI?-STELLE". There are tank ditches and road blocks being built around ULM. Work is almost completed on those defenses. The meldekopf ofi Div was seenign in ULH with tho shield insignia (see sketch).
bridges in ULH are blown. In TaILFIHGEHgentfriKPTuRuPPE HaGiB assembling (abouten seen by agent).
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On theroad agent was passedinutea by an LTW loaded with arsed aoldiors bondod for the front. The loads included civilijins going to work.
In ELSCKISCaigentroupoldiera ofParnfZ, They were armed withHG'e.ae.
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Bon-con told agent that there ie talkew weapon which would he droppedlane aad explodeoot away from the plane. Theaald that thero was much fear that tho explosion would destroy the plane, aad that all experiments with which he was familiar had beenwith dummy.
o west of XAUrBEUREK3 thereanzeraporre In process of construction.
roops of tho Hungarians seen in tho barracks In kaU?-BHaEH are stationed in private homos in iSlZSSKalED. Airport officers are also billetted in the town. In the middle or the townEBw*HGhere la aa unfinished panaerspcrro.
Ingentign reading.. Driver of vehicle told agent that Polish PW'a were held in the camp.
In AlTilAHt9 thereW cageB consistingingle house and containing abouten. Thowore wearing overseas hats and uniforms with USA written on tho back.
On tho road between alBLiM--EEMP7EHll of the villages had panaerspcrro under construction.
31. In KEHPTEN agentarge SCHLOSahaSiaHE9 which contained tho following units:
Ers und ausb Bnfegt. Theretho bn. Personnel equipped with rifles,MO's andompany. There wereonvalescentsto tbe bn.
Panzerjaegcr Ere. withan inequipped67 PaK,iO'a.
mentamm Komprmie.
men from ERAfTyAHRu.tGEH Abt ungarians anr-naed.
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the night ofpr agent had opportunity toLKW's moving in groupBhrough UEILHEIrt onr intervale. Trucks were loaded with boxos and sacks. one train ia the RR stationLHEIM. The trainoxand was empty, but presumably waiting for loading. Agent wasthererains per night carrying provioions on the routeto WHICH. Agentime-table for the RR and learnedwero two personnel traine per night which also travelled toaboutoldierB, all convaleecenta. were Been in the station.
and tho ratio wasiviliansoldier,
paj^ersperre were Been in VSILHEtti.
At the exits and entrances of oil tho villages along the road from UEILHBXM to SCHOHGaUgent saw unfinished panscrsperrea. Ho eoldiere or other military activity observed on the road.
ain roads leading out of SCHONGaU toest, and -east aro all guarded by completed pnnsersperre. The bridge accosc tho Lech River1 ie intact and did not seem prepared for demolition. Nothing else of military interest was observed in the city.
ALTEilSTADTgent eaw the signink School
(FaS III). Hot only eoldiere ore in the school, but KJ and Arboite Haed-chen. Agent was told that next to the school thererboitB Verwondung.
Seven airplanes, all two-motored, were Been by agent on airfield south of RR
Three lcoa southeast of OSTKRZELLgentR carsiding well camouflaged containing aobilo radio unite, for tranemieeion and reception. Operatore were women.,
Panzorsperre, 6till in process of construction, are beingaround KaUFBHJREN Bridge3 ie intact and does not appear to have been prepared for demolition.
To north of RR stationQ theremerican P'rf cages,BB. There were aboutM and no officers in each cage.
15. arge Ltf Lasarett eeenards to the HE thereormer GebirgeJaeger barracks now containingungarian soldiers. 5 therearge airport on the south Bide of the KAUFB^JRffiWKISSEHRIKIload. Agentirplanes in the air, and none on the field. Thereamouflaged hangare on the field. Tho single large hangar is set apart from tho others.
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