SOVIET TROOPS IN LEGNICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002800720006-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 4, 2013
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: November 25, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/06/04: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA002800720006-9
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SUBJECT 3ovlet TrooF)s in Legnica
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PLACE
ACQUIRED
,DATE OF
INFO.
c,c(:u1)iec families of Russian air officers stationed ? there:
REPORT:
OATS DISTR. 25 rovomber 1953
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Lct~ een, ?_0 and 3; LIG aircraft ~ ere observed u:t the' Legnica airport 50X1-HUM
no.rthea:;t of he city, on 24 AuC'xst ??! 953, the
a.Ar units ;;f-tinned in Legnica -are all Russian ?nd the 'homes
carroundinr the entire airport area hzve been taken over and are
estimated that there are over 50,000 Russian? t' 6ops50X1-HUM
lour .,~ WSrte DISTRIBUTION ~--rT---
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rua_itered in the Legnica. area. All casernes area reportedly filled to
ovezflowi?:g0 .
The fo` .~ :r Gornan Grenadier Yas;ernes just off the indin route to
:1 ,tcry a (Go`idberg~), is filled. with troops c;earing reds green and
black on their caps,. The activities of the entire caserne are
ocreor~:d ire public, vies. by a double loth or reed fencing approximateJy
r~,.ters high.
CLASSIFICATION SECRET
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/06/04: CIA-RDP80-00810A002800720006-9