ARMY GARRISONS IN KAMIEN, DRAWSKO, WALCZ, PILA, ZLOTOW, AND CHOJNICE

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2011
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• Publication Date: April 30, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
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COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Army Garrisons in Kamien, Drawsko,
Walcz, Pila, Zlotow, and Chojnice
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 30 April 1954
NO. OF PAGES 2
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1, Garrison in Kamien Pomorskie (Cammin in Pommern). The Kamien Pomorskie garrison
in the fall of 1952 consisted of one infantry regiment.
2. garrison in Drawsko Pomorskie (Dramburg). One tank unit, probably of regimental
size, and a non-commissioned officers' school for armored troops were permanently
located in Drawsko Pomorskie in the fall of 1952. During different times of the
year, presumably 1952, various tank, artillery, and infantry regiments came to
the large former German military camp located in Drawsko Pomorskie from Walcz,
Pila (Schneidemuehl), Chojnice, and Silesia to participate in maneuvers.
3, Garrison in W_,-alcZ, (Deutech Krone). The garrison in Waltz is composed of two to
three infantry regiments, one tank regiment, one field artillery regiment, and
a politruk officers' school. The course at the politruks school lasts for one
year, and an additional three months' course has been added for poor students.
The authorities originally intended to select the students for this school from
the Communist Party and the ZKP (Union o Polish youth), but because of the
great demand for politruks in the army,-the authorities were forced to recruit
"simple soldiers without any formal education." In 1951, one of these classes
at the school consisted of 150 students.. In the past, students could, if they
desired, usually withdraw from the school'f but in the fall of 1953,because of
the increased demand for army politruks, voluntary withdrawals were forbidden.
The student in this political school receives a soldier's pay of 6 zloty a month,
and in addition receives 10 cigarettes a day. This latter item is not given ito
the common soldier.
G icon in Pila (Sohneidemuehl),
as No Soviet troops have been stationed in the town of Fila since the beginning
of 1952 when the last of the Soviet garrison was transferred out, There is,
however, a Soviet Air Force group stationed north of the-town,
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b. A Polish infantry officers' school v-as created in Pila, at the end of 1951.
The courso at this school lasts two years. there.
is another infantry officers' school in (Breslau) in which the 50X1-HUM
course of instruction lasts three year 50X1-HUM
One infantry regiment, one field artillery regiment whose equipment is drawn
by horses instead of trucks, and one tank regiment were formed in Pile in
1952. The tank regiment had three battalions which were each equipped with
siz: T-34 tanks.
d. TL-;re was one additional tank regiment stationed in Pila, which was equipped
Y-rith tanks that were armed with one artillery gun and two machine gv_ns.
14- 6 r ? one-;_ Zlo ow__(Flatow),. The Zlotow garrison was composed of one infantry
regiment in the fall of 1951. One tank regiment, equipped with T-34 tanks, and
another infantry regiment were brought into Zlotow in' the spring and fall of
1952. Regarding soldier's arters several former
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German barracks were located in the northern tart of the town.
Garrison in Chojnico . 53-1,.2, D 17-34)
a... No military unit; were stationed in Cho jnice until the arrsval of an infant;r
regiment in the spring of 1952 from a militant' camp in Silesia. This re Trent
was billeted in the former Polish barracks located in the northwestern hart
of the totm.
I-,, After the stLmrior maneuvers of 1952, another additional infantry regiment and
one tank regiment e ui ned with medium tanks (sred_nio czoigi) arrived in
C 7.ojnice. this tank was larger than the T-34 tank 50X1-HUM
and was armed with one artillery gun and two machine guns. There were rumors
in 1:953 that this tank regiment would be transferred to another place.
The majority of the soldiers stationed in Chojnice were billeted in private
homes from ,:.'.ch the civilians had been evacuated, because of the shortage
of barracks, this entire coastal area was highly 1ftil'50X1 -HUM
itarized after the Korean outbreak.
d.. Soviet troops are being slowly withdrawn from this general area although
some still remain in such towns as Szczecinek (Neustettin), MMiastko (Rvrunels-
burg)q Slupsk (Stoip), Bialogard (Belgard), and Nowogardek (Naugard).
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