MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY INFORMATION
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP80-00810A003900520002-0
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RIPPUB
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S
Document Page Count:
2
Document Creation Date:
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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25X1 A Extension of Military Service for -
Czechoslovakia
Miscellaneous Military Information
Unidentified Military Stores at Tyniste nad Orliei
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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
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Military and Security Units in Ostrava.
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An artillery unit equippedl with self-propel . 'guns is located in
Ostrava - Hrusov (P50/059).
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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
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striking case is tht oP a 62-year old farmer who, despite his age,.
was called up for labor service.
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unless the unit supplies guards to all industrial installations in
the Ostrava region.
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