SOVIET AND POLISH MILITARY UNITS IN THE BIALYSTOK AREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 2, 2009
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: June 25, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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tional Defense of the United States, withla the mean-
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REPORT
DATE DISTR. 25 ~17ne 1953
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l~ The Pollowin.g Soviet military units are looatad in the Bia~ystak erase
a. At Lapy (a5~~G2?~? tk~.e??~ i,s a large Sovi~t military group to?ated
at the railroad stat~.ora ~,I~id at tna post.
b. At ~taxaz (S63~G3"T)a tki~ soviets have a large militaxry depot a,lorlg
the Narew River ~rkbare rlai,'].itrl.ry equ~.pment euoh ras guns, e~utomobile
p~~rts, tanks, trr~oto~~?a, oto., are stored. The equipment is ~to>i?ed
i~ ve,ri,t,u,e 'be~rralak.~r~ ~~~y r. ~.a guarded by a etrang f'araa.
a. At $ia~ystok, thm SoviR,~ #'orrse il~ oompaaed of th,e fo11a~'i~sg ur~itsl
(l) Ctna STD regimar~t s
(2) A large group P~~I~~.~rned to the railroad station.
(3) A large group aAai~xted to thA post offisa.
(4~ One battalion o:~ Far~est Guards (BaI.-Be,on Qs~hraray Laene~). All
cai' the men of this "battalion wear Folish unit'orms although they az~e
aotually 8useiaa~e. Units o~ this battalion who pursue "bandits" are
then only or~as allowed tq erase the Polish-Soviet i?rantier without
~ox?mality, They here a r~tnnber of armored oars at their disposalo
The following Polish mili:w?y units era looatad in the Bia~ystak area
a,, At Sielslc Fadlaski (3a3/G45) tharo is a motorized regiment (pulk samoohodowy)
Bind two companies of a KBW (Karpus BafrpieozansttiYa Wawn~txsnago - Int~rn~1
saoux?S.~y .Curps~ re~g~r:le~r~.i; vahose headquarters era looata in HialygtoY.
The regiment is one o# ~:,h? strongest ~B'W regiments in Poland. The trunks
of the motorized regi,IrM~zl~ transport et3,1 the3 na~sassary building mat?rial to
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~a,lx~.e~a (S53~G~4) and ~iexsnow'o ~S53/~G34) for use in the building
~f the ffiersnov+ro Airfieldo The trucks are also used, oat timss~ for
the transport of I~3~ troops to troubled areas in the vc,~vodship;
oocaeiona3lyp c~;i,~tur~si.27.tsa3s'~ in the voivodship require the presenoe
of KB9P t~?oops at several diffei?ent locations.
bs. ,At Bi~~ystok the f olla~ring units can be fo~a~td:
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The h..eadqu~~rters of the 18th Infantry Division4, Units
be~ong~.s~g fo th3~ d.~ri~iori are being ruotorized ~a'ith Soviet
equi.p*.nent
(~) The ~iSaGh Infantr;~ Uivisiar~5a
(3) ~3:~.c~ concmi~~.nications battalion.
(~) The Sth WOP tWo;jsko Qchrany Pogranicza military Border Guard)
Brigade5e
~3xi~~-R~T~ ;~?E~gim~:~~, whioh is composed of three battalions scattered
throu.glhaut BiaYystok 4oivodshi.p (see paragraph 2-a above ).e
There axe xto troops at Bransko
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