GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003200310005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2005
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 7, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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lp on 5 November 1953, officers and soldiers observed at the barracks installation
in Kagran (P 49/1 49) wore red-bordered black epaulets with tank, artillery and
motor transport insignia,, A few soldiers war* red-bordered black epaulets with
signal insignia, or black-bordered red epai. ets,#bout 20 motor vehicles were
standing in the barracks-yard4 All gates o: the garages were closed. Truck
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AI"WMW tank turret was observed on a wall gauge railroad
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On 3 November, imprints of tracks were seen on the loading ramp at the Goepfritz
(0 49/Yt 64) railroad station. A local resi 1ent stated that three tanks were
entrained during the last days of October .a Soviet transport reserve of 8
boxcars and 11 flatcars was side-tracked at the railroad stations A lieutenant
three majors and four soldiers with red-bordered black mists arrived
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25X1 a soldier with red-bordered black epaulets. Two trucks were parked near the
srspply depot at the former factory building. Truck driven by a soldier
with black-bordered black epaulets left the installation."
3. On 2 November, the garage installation so theast of the Bruck on the Leitha
River railroad station (P 49/1 77) included four garages. The installation
guarded by a sentry with red-bordered black epaulets, had been enlarged by a
garage newly constructed at the northeast side, and reconditioning of the formmer
garages at the southeast side? Twelve Can-rap-covered tanks were observed in the
garages while the silhouettes of another estimated eight tanks were seen. All gun
barrels projected far beyond the tank noses No activity or fresh track imprints
were observed. The cantonment in the wood!3 was guarded by a sentry with red-bordered
black epaulets Vehicle traffic from and 'torard Vie observed at the installation
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epaulets,, R4 observed at the installation also wore black bordered red epaule`r.4
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line in the ditch between t tion and the athletic field, l' he shed was
empty.-about 2-0, +01ftle were observed at
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The 106th Gds Hv Tank SP fegt,, and an unidentified
air force A" battalion are stationed at the barracks Instalb- tion
in Vienna-Kagran. The two tank track at the fuel
belonged to the 13th Gd 3 tied DIN.
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urines tho last third of
1953, the Soviet units in a1-ustri.a received replacements,
2z, 0~1-6_ Since mid-October 1953, mast of the troops stationed
at the ;T ier c s of the Doe1Iprsheim t:?ocp training; grounds have
returned to heir home stations.
The garage nstallation erratheast of the Bruck on the
Leitha fiver railroad station previously .housed armored veb iclesfl Un .y'
t to eight armored vehicles were previous-.y ooserved.
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