GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000700210007-4
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2009
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 26, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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26 February 1953
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On 19 January 1953, trucks all oceupie t
by drivers wearing red--bornerya r .rack epauie-cs, -~zz car enn~ the Wilhelj=is
Kaserne in Vienna, which quartered a total of 53 tank trucks and 10, trucks..
Between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., a major who wore red-bordered black epaulets ws.:,
the only person seen entering or leaving the Albr?eehts Kaserne which was
guarded by sentries wearing red-bordered black epaulets with motor transpo-t
insignia. I
2.. On 21 January, officers and EM seen entering ane, leaving the former Pionier-
Kaserne in tta_inburg (F 49/X 89) wore red-bordered black epaulets, including
sore with
entered the installdtion. Three M-13 rocket launcher, 2 tank
trucks and about 14 trucks were observed in the installation.
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On 22 January, driving school trucks) 25X1
each occupied by 5 student drivers, and trucks I ver==
seen entering and leaving the Jaeger Kaserne in J iser,stadt (P 48/X 55).
Sentries observed there and the personnel occupying the vehicles wore black-
-bordered red epaulets.. Three field grade officers, including a major wear-
ing black-bordered red epaulets with artillery i.nsi . ia,, left the install"."", 25X1
J.vin school trucks
all occupied by personnel wearing r :? - bor;i ad
black epaulets were seen n a town en route to the installation. About 1')O
troops wearing black-bordered red epaulets engaged in field training inci d--. -~
ing firing with live ammunition at practice targets in the area south of the
.Eisenstadt-I3eusiedl am See (k' 48/X 76) railroad line. The area was cordonnod
off by sentries wearing black-bordered red epaulets. A detail n.f. 1 NOC and
7 hW;, all wearing black-bordered red epaulets, was equipped with a heavy
machine gun on a two-wheel carriage. 3
4. On 21 January, motor vehicles and personnel observed at the former Bunde:sgz ~
werbeschule (Federal Technical school) included: sedan c e'
by a colonel ? r h o wore black-bordered, red epaulets ? truaLs~
-bordered black epaulets; trucks
the latter oecu
all occupied by personrne._ wearing re _or er^e
epaulets ar e a er y two lieutenant colonels weaning red--bordered E~3 c
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apaulets with tank insignia; and sedans
the latter
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occupied by personnel wearing red-bordered black epaulets, .
On 17 January, 8 armored scout cars. 8 auns. 2 e o I ambulance and
27 trucks
Wore seen in the garages and the yard
of the former Bundeserziehungsanstalt (Federal Educational Establishment)
in. Traiskirchen (0 49A37), which was ward by ntries wearing red-
-.ordered black epaulets,, Truck and jeep occupied by
personnel wearing red-bordered black epaulets were seen entering and leav:mn
the Installation. Officers arriving aboard the streetcar from Baden and en-.
tering the building opposite the installation included; ' 2 colonels and 6 >>ua. ors,
wearing red-bordered black epaulets with artillery insignia; I lieutenant cc'? o--
nel wearing red-bordered black epaulets with tank insignia; and 2 majors
wearing black-bordered black epaulets. Twenty sever. soldiers wearing red-bor-
dered black epaulets, including some with artillery or mo cr transport in--
signia and armed with rifles; 12 soldiers wearing red-bordered black epaulets
a:Ld armed with antitank rifles; and 2 senior lieutenants, left the instal:?a-
t'_on for the drill. ground, commanded by a captain and followed by a horse
4irawn vehicle loaded with dummy tanks. The soldiers practiced aiming with
antitank rifles at the duzmy tanks, which were firawn past them, until. ncon_
On 22 January, 2 lieutenant colonels and 6 majors, all wearing red-bordered
.black epaulets with artillery insignia, and 5 women wearing red-bordered
black T ere seen at t1e. office on Hoven Gasse, Korneuburg (0 4c)/S 3{v
Truck the driver of which wore red-bordered black epaulets, parke-` .25X1
in front of the Albrechts Kaserne, and trucks bo,h 25X1
occupied by personnel wearing red-bordered black epaulets entered the n-
stalla.tion, A lieutenant colonel, and 3 majors, all wearing red-bordered b1$ck
epaulets with artillery insignia; and 37 EM, wearing red-bordered black epal 9.et ,
including some with artillery insignia, were seen .at the cam on the road
Leoben-dorf. Motor vehicles seen included, sedan 25X1
and trucks all occupied by personae wearing red-
-bordered black epaulets,
'/L? On 22 January, about 60 soldiers were seen practicing on 5 or 6 x 37-mm A',
guns in the yArd of the Prinz Eugen Kaserne in Stockerau (0 49/S 21). Truck
entered the installation and Soviet-made jeep the
driver of which were red-bordered black epaulets, left the installation,
A ballistic director and 'ive 85--anm AA guns, on which about 30 soldiers were
practicing, were seen in the Artillerie K.aserne. 6
On 19 January, trucks I were in front of the garages 25X1
west of the former Krelsgeric t which was guarded by sentries wear J
,-Lo ?dered black. epaulets with artillery insigrnie ; and radio trucks 25X1
p*2.ss ng through the barrier at Franz Josef Kaserne, which was
sentries wearing black-bordered black epaulets, included: , truck-8 25X1
and jeep All vehicles were occ.;u1 ed
by personnel wearing red-?bordered black epaulets. Two majors wearing red-
-:bordered black epaulets with tank insignia and 4 ma jor.s wearing red-bordered
black epaulets with artillery insignia entered the building on Werner Strase-,
corm. from the direction of Camp Spratzern south of St roelten (0 49/b 88). 25X1
edan I the driver of which wore red-bordered black epaulets, was
seen in front o the building on Werner Strasse,
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On 19 January, 4 T-34 -taarks, 6 trucks and a few soldiers were Seen in
frcnt of the sheds in Cars, Svratzer4. Truck-
and sedans all occupied by personnel wearing
red .bordere black epfa c s, were- seen.
t'.Ot to nt. repeatedly re rtecJ ocket launcher
former. P Lonie=r Kaserne. v h cl
s.; previously observed in Kaisersteinbruch and belongs to the
MI s ic;c;: ,DIV, thus vaguely indicating that the rocket launchers may
also belong to this division. The other motor vehicle number could not be
identified .,
exert. According to motor vehicle_ the trucks seen near
the Jaeger z:ar a me belong to et 9 t msss tz i e Div, whereas the driv-
ing school trucks seen en route toward the installation belong to the un-
identified motor transport unit, possibly of the CC,F, in Eisenstadt. The
soldiers observed at field training are fairly defLnitely believed to be-
l, ng to the 284th Gds I tz Rifle Regt stationed in Eisenstadt.
Corse nt. Tire ma orit of the motor vehicle
11?edl ing `3a~. 3n
gs to off ie es az:d una is of a ~~
the air force, and to the 13th Gds PMiecz IDiv.
observed in
belongs to
5. C tent. The report fails to furnish any new information. All motor
~C ~. Probably all of the motor vehicle' observed in Kor--
n -,-ubt?rg ant Stockerau belong
to the 23d AAA Div., The five 85-ra1 AA guns
the 13th ds Kecz Dive The troops observe 1, at the drill ground probably
h :'" ong to the 45th Gds I1ecz Regt stationed in Traicskirchen.,
the .Arts brie Kaserne in Stockerau are reported for the first time.,
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were previously reported from Trai =Tkirchen and belong to
observed belong to the 13th Gds
.#t Sparatxern almost exclusively belong to the 95th Gds Mtz Rifle Div.
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