SOVIET TROOPS, SUPPLY, AND NAVAL INSTALLATIONS IN THE ODESSA MILITARY DISTRICT

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 25, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 14, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains Information affecting the Ns
tlonal Defense of the United states, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.B. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorised person Is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form 19 prohibited.
SEOaET
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY USSR (Ukrainian SSR)
SUBJECT Soviet Troops, Supply, and Naval
Installations in the Odessa Military
Ilistriot
REPORT NO.
DATE. DISTR. i1+ April 1953
NO. OF PAGES 4
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
The following report concerns Soviet troops and supply installations in the
Odessa Military District.
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Soviet Troops and .Military Installations in the Odessa MD
Installation Location
Occupation Remarks
o mid- Military quarters of
(N1~5-21, July 1951. two, one-story brick
E28-46). buildings, each about
30 meters long.
City area.
Eastern section of Occupied by Soviet river
the harbor, out- guard police who wore blue
side the fence uniforms with white col-
around the harbor lars, an undershirt with
area. blue and white stripes,
and a cap with the in-
scription'Dunayskiy Flotw
on its ribbon. From 16
to-18 armored motorboats
used to be anchored in
front of the quarters.
Soviet troops who wore
black-bordered red epau-
lets with a number of the
300 series were ob-
served in the streets of
Izmail. ,In addition,
there were naval per-
sonnel, other than those
of the river police de-
tachment, who wore cap
ribbons with the in-
scription'Ministerstvo
Morskogo Flota! Further-
more, some MVD border
guard personnel wearing
green service color and
visor-type caps with green
bands were seen in the
harbor area. They
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(N46-299 April
E30-44). 1949.
To mid-
1949.
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Troop units.
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Northern exit of
the city, north
of the harbor area.
inspected ships at night.,
together with members of
the river police detach-
ment.
An infantry unit of about
two companies (consisting
of soldiers who wore red
epaulets with No 377) was
seen leaving the city
northward for field exer-
cises in April 1949. On
another day, a tank unit
with 25 to 30 tanks, in-
cluding about ten T-34s,
was observed at the same
place.
AAA battery.
AA gun emplacement.
Northern exit of
the city, on the
sea shore, north
of the oil harbor.,
and near a stadium.
The southern sec-
tor of the city,
on a prominent
hill, about 800
meters southwest
of the main rail-
road station.
S)ST
Six AA guns of about 80 mm
and four guns of about 20
am were emplaced in well-
camouflaged positions. The
positions were permanently
occupied., and the gun crews
were quartered in wooden
sheds north of the em-
placements.
Improved positions for an
AA battery which were occu-
pied by heavy AA guns on
important holidays.
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February
1949.
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Ammunition depot con-
sisting of a horseshoe-
shaped, three-story
building, about 100
meters long.
Branch depot consisting
of two, semi-underground,
brick buildings, eight
meters wide was con-
structed in early 1949,
and was surrounded by
a barbed-wire fence.
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In the western
sector of the
city.
Referred to as Depot
(Sklad) 25 and oper-
ated by about ten MVD
officers, 30 soldiers,
and 30 Soviet laborers.
The depot contained
stocks of AT artillery
and infantry ammunition,
hand- grenades, mines,
rifles, pistols, and light
and heavy machine guns.
Incoming shipments arrived
from the freight yard by
truck.
On the foot of
Zhukov Hill, west
of the freight
yard, about 100
meters north of
the railroad
line to Nikolayev
and about 500
meters northeast
of a transmitting
station.
The entire stock of mines
from Skiad 25 was shifted
to the branch depot at the
end of February 1949. Rifle
ammunition was stored in
the smaller of the two de-
pot buildings.
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