1. SLUPSK AIRFIELD 2. POLISH ARMY UNITS AT SLUPSK 3. SOVIET ARMY DETACHMENT AT SLUPSK

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• Publication Date: May 12, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT 1. Slupsk Airfield
20 Polish Army Units at Slupsk
3. Soviet Army Detachment at Slupsk
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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
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE,
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
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Slu ek Airfield
I Polish Air Force division is located on the Slupak (Stoip) Airfield, near
dskowo (neitz)s about 1.5 km. giant of Slupak. This is an old German
airfield which has been enlarged byl the Poles. The construction: work was not
finisIed at the time of obeervationl Only SP (Service for Poland) men were
employed as lore in the construction work. Each year 1,000 SP men were
oonoentrated at the V 41d for this purposes
The airfield oovere an area of about two by seven kilometere, The highway
joining Slupak and Odansk runs beside the field and a railroad aiding joins
the field with the main railroad station at Slupak.
The field had three runway?s each a'jout five kilometers long and 50 meters
widen On Runway No.,is five trucks with gasoline and six M10-1$ jet air.
craft with Soviet pilots were kept in instant readiness.
Its The a?oline dump is orated near the railroad sidings in the woods,
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filledl three other trucks were waiting to be filled.
The ammunition dump is located in underground shelters in the woods near the
railroad aiding. On 6 August 19531 source observed three railroad care with
ammunition boxes there. Each box was about 1.8 meters long and about 0.5
motor wide; they were painted green and had white lettering.
6. The field has an aitiairoraft detachments armed with about 30 guns of !t cm.
and 8 cm. caliber.
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7. Source observed the following types of aircraft on the field:
a. On 12 November 19539 at 2 p.m., 125.MiG-15 aircraft parked on Runway No. 1.
be On 13 November 1953, at 8 a.m., 120 Jet aircraft of unknown type parked
on Runway No. 1.
c. On 12 November 19539 at 10 a.m., ).8 twin-engined fighters on Runway No. 1
in front of the hangars. Each aircraft had a crew of three men; the crew
members were Russians.
d. There are six reconnaissance aircraft at the field. Each morning one
aircraft takes off at 8 a.m. on reconnaissance and returns at noon;
another takes off at 1 p.m# and returns at about 6 p.m. Each aircraft
has a crew of two men.
e. Old type training aircraft; 56 of these aircraft have been stationed at
the field since 1951. Each aircraft has a crew of two men.
8. Since the escape of the two Polish pilots in the spring of 1953, the Air
Force division at the Slupsk airfield has had a high percentage of Soviet
pilots, who wear Polish uniforms. The Soviet pilots and their families are
quartered at the field. Source repeatedly observed them when they were
going to Slupsk to dance.
9. Most of the barracks at the airfield are camouflaged. The field is' surround-
ed by a barbed wire fence. The runways and the area near them are patrolled
by one Soviet officer and 12 Polish guards with vehicles. A guard detachment
under an officer is on duty at the gates.
10. A dummy airfield is situated northeast of the Slupsk airfield in the vicinity
of the town of Rogawica (Roggatz).
11. A glider airfield is situated south of Slupsk along the highway to Slawno
(Schiawe). Source observed 12 gliders parked on the field,
Training Area
12. On hre way to Smoldzino (Schmolsin) from Slupsk, a military training area
about 10 kilometers long and six or seven kilometers wide is located. Bomb-
ing and gunnery training for the Air Force are carried on there, For two
days during June 1953, source observed the following training operation in
the training area' a detachment of infantry with tanks and two reconnaissance
aircraft was attacked by from six to twelve aircraft flying at an altitude
of about 100 meters. The aircraft were firing at the infantry and tank
positions with their machine guns.
Polish Army Units in ~to the ry
Infant Division at Koszalin
13. A tank uno bel o11ehA quartere a so-ca a Belling Kaserne
a former German Army barracks, Source observed about 100 T-34 tanks and '
six self-propelled guns, caliber 10 c.m., there, This unit was commanded by
a colonel who looked like a Mongolian; he arrived in Slupsk in summer 1953?
The colonel was about 40 years old, about 1.7 meters tall, rather stout
and unmarried; he liked to drink.
1!. A motorized infantry unit with about 2,500 men--probably a regiment-- is
quartered in the so-called Mackensen Kaserne, a former German Army barracks.
The unit has been quartered there since 1952. The unit was commanded by a
colonel about 45 years old, 1.7 meters tall and married. A reserve officers'
school is attached to this unit,
15? A motorized artillery unit--probably a regiment--has been located in Slupsk
since 1951. It was equipped with 76.2 mm, guns of Soviet origin. The
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barrels of the guns were about two meters long. The unit had 50 or 60
of these guns.
16. A military detachment consisting of one officer and 60 men was quartered
beside the Slupsk Q.d,0gki highway across frgm the Slupsk- airfild,., hie-~
detachmept ways probab1y.,4:,water~distiUing upit. The water tower was located
there.
17. Four heavy guns, caliber 235 to 240 mm., were located at the freight
railroad station at Slupsk. These were probably old German guns, but they
were in good order and ready for use.
Soviet Artie Detachment
Id, A Soviet Army detachment consisting of one officer and 12 men was quartered
in Slupsk. The soldiers were on duty at the post office at Slupsk.
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Comment: Possibly 37 mm, and 76.2 mm, or 85 mm, guns are meant.
Enclosures: (A Photocopy of map section (1 page--Air)
(8 Sketch of Slupsk Airfield, with legend (3 pages--Air)
(C Sketch of aircraft at Slupsk Airfield, with descriptions in
Garman (5 pages--Air)
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Annex (B)
Infantry and Artillery Units@
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Polish Infantry and Artillery Units.
Legends
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Infantry barracks,, 16 x 80 x 20 M.
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4 x 60 x '16 in.
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Artillery barrackti a, 12 x 40 x "a4 in.
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Stable for hors(sa,
10 x.50 x 8 in.
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Barracks
12 x 50 x 15 M-
8.
15 x 6U x 18 in,
9.
Storage barracks,
;1.4 x. 54) x "15 m.
10.
91 a
;n of 91 in.
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2 (0 x 1 x
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Headquarters of art lletry? unit, MI? x !to x 15 M.
13 to 16. Offioe ^st quarter .
17. Truck repair shop; the mechanics, bt1ong, to lli ar"tilla xyunit.
18, Polish rf 'tcsre a shop ( ooperativ^.a).
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Polish Tank Unit,
Legends 1. Ga e.8 m. wide; a guard 'is posted here.
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2. Main gate 10 m. wide; two guards are posted there, with a
telephone.
3. Gate for supply 6 m.wide; this gate is usually closed.
4. Barracks, 12 x 50 x 15 m.; concrete.
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8. fr 12 x 50 x 15 m.; If
10, f+ 14 x 50 x 16 m.; it
11 to 23. Barracks, 10 x 200 x 5 m. This is one building divided
into thirteen zooms; no doors between the rooms. In
this building is located all supply for the tank unit.
Each room has an exit to the outside.
24 and 25. Parking places for the tanks.
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