TROOPS IN HOLYSOV

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004400870009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: May 26, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2007/08/04 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA004400870009-2
CLASSIFICATION-.''""
COUNTRY.- zechosl3vakia
;0`,iC `troops in tiolysov
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PREPARED_ zG ;ay 1)54
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1. On 29 April 1954, nu:.erous young officers, rsost of whom were infantry
_ieutenants or senior lieutenants, were quartered in private billets on,~-
the "Ausoicht" (Vyhledy; view) in Holysov (N 50/P 82). svery morning, they
were picked up by new trucks and wore taken to the no,ly constructed enlisted
:,enls billets in the woods north of the town. In late April 1954, building
sites for officers' billets were surveyed in i[olysov.
2. The troops. who recently cane to Holysov received training, in the t;oc,ed area
which was off li;2its to civilians. On workdays, rifle and niac rive fun fire w,--s
heard :rom this-aroa. During April, the troops in Holysov,were sv k1ied 4th
new trucks. No heavy weapons were observed,
Heavy vehicular traffic to and fron liclysov vas observed
in April..' Soviet officer was occasionally observed in the post area ass,,,,.re
previously.
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4. Lin 24 April 1954, an air raid test warning was Given. During this :sight exercise,
two aircraft flow over the town and dropped signal rockets. source stat-d that
i:A.bvns,also.participated:in theeexorcieeq w}dc)t Mated about 20 miuutea.' 25X1
pa,'sri o se Vp? : S.. regular,
_o o w : c i is un:;etcruined. Since Stribro is reported
to have been o cu.led by an infantry unit it is presumed that
x:10,1 nn_it. thr:ou;;hout the area oetho tltb Inf Div in risen.
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