MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY INFORMATION

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CIA-RDP80-00810A003900520002-0
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 15, 2016
Document Release Date: 
September 19, 2002
Sequence Number: 
2
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Publication Date: 
April 12, 1954
Content Type: 
REPORT
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smr ,Approved Fo es /,0 1 -008IOAQ JO8 MAT ION R P08T I;v NQ, COUNTRY SUBJECT PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF INFO. 25X1 A Extension of Military Service for - Czechoslovakia Miscellaneous Military Information Unidentified Military Stores at Tyniste nad Orliei DATE DISTR. 12 April 1954 NO. OF PAGES 2 N0.OF IT,I' LS. (LISTED BELOW) 25X1A 25X1A S W , NT TO 25X1 X REPORT NO. 1. A large military depot is located in the forest at Halaburka, about 1.5 kilometer north t Tyniste nad Orlici (051/G9o). This area was first used fc. the German army during World War H. The Cze- choslovak Army r ringing in the stores two years ago. There is heavy military traffic n the area. The depot is commanded by Vaclav Hloupy (rank unknown),; 48 years old, living in Tyniste nad Orlici. Testing of New Gas at the Velvety Ammunition Factory 2. Between 12 and."17 October 1953 eight Et4 were brought from the Velvety (N51/F34) &mminition factory to the hospital in Teplice (N$ 34)._The men were victims of gas poisoning while experimenting wig " unidenti fled new kind of gas in the factory. They were unconscious and bodies were blue. All of them were cured. Any Inductions 4. The duration of compulsory military. service has been prolonged from two to and`half years for those men who serve with the Border Guard" There is a general feeling of #dissatisfaction among the en ver. his measure. into a chemical warfare unit at Velvety, Draftees were inducted into the army on 29 and 31 0 t 1953. One of the draftees, I was inducted 25X1 Military and Security Units in Ostrava. 15X1 . An artillery unit equippedl with self-propel . 'guns is located in Ostrava - Hrusov (P50/059). 80-00810A00390052001727-101 NAVY NSRB DISTRIBUTION Approved For Release 2004/02/19 : CIA-RDP80-00810A003900520002-0 25X1A An unidentified military h?adquarters is located in the former cloister of the Salesian Order in Ostrava I. oe 'SO.. z. The unit is about 3,000 men strong- .ard (Vnitrni straz) unit is stationed in Ostrava 8. In Ostrava Stalingrad (P5 %59') are newly built modern barracks housing military labor units. These units are composed of EM serving their basic milita a and of older men who were recalled from reserve status and to 3#.b or units for their anti-cormunist atti- tude. There are maw 7 u?ng std an4 farmers among them. 'die nost - pa-9 striking case is tht oP a 62-year old farmer who, despite his age,. was called up for labor service. SECRET 25X1A I. Comment. The strength of the unit is probably exaggerated, unless the unit supplies guards to all industrial installations in the Ostrava region. SECRET/ 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/02/19 : CIA-RDP80-00810A0039005200O2-0