1. POLISH TROOPS IN WARSAW AND FREYSTADT 2. SOVIET INSTALLATIONS IN LIEGNITZ AND NEUMARKT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004400900008-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2007
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: May 28, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION- L_Lq_1-1117TnL
Poland REPORT
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1. Polish TrnnpF in P)ArGeu e..n Frey5 Act.
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2. 'Snvi Mt T_n_. t.n i nth nns i n L e 'ni tz end Neumarkt _ _.w_.._ r- _~
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EVALUATION LACE OBTAINED__ -_--_~_
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DATE OF CONTE
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DATE OBTAINED DATE PREPARED_-.- ---.- ,
REFERENCES.
PAGES 2 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TrPE) _
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This is UNEVALUATED Information
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2. Prior to Earch 1953, the barrack:, installation in Freystadt (!) 2/8 4,7) was
occupied b,~ Polish troops wearing khaki uniforms and red services, color.. The
installation was locates at the western perimeter of the tozn, north of the
road to Oherherzogswaldau (0 52/a3 37), in line with a wind;i1l on the other
side of the road. Prior to the spring of 1;53, the unit was e:;'ui,it:ed with
trucks and horse-drawn vehicles. No heavy weapons were observed. A platoon,
which loft the installation for Braining, was armed with ear;S.aas, submachine
guns, light .:;aci,ine guns mountin? round magazines and heavy mz;chiae _uns,
as well as AT weapons with 80-nun.barrels, about 1.5 meters long, which were carried
on the shoulder. The former Gcr.nn Officers' club south. of t:a road to Oberhorzogs-
waldau in the town area was used by Polish officers in the spp.~ini of 1,53. Polish
+,rnops were last observed at the Freystadt railroad station on 15 April 1953.2
3. In parch 1953, a Soviet supply depot, consisting of these, two-mtc::y storage
buildings, 25 to 30 meters long and 12 meters .ide, was located just northwest
of the Liegnitz (0 52/B 32) railroad station, extending to the north as far as
Pfaffendorfer Strasse. The installation was guarded by Soviet troops and headed
by a major. Signal equipjient including electric devices were stored in one of the
buildings and leather articles, including shoes, briefcases#aad nap pouchespin
another building.
4. Prior to October 1-,'53, a Soviet signal detail of 2u to 30 troops including
officers was quartered in apartment houses in :,euws.rkt 1r' 52/3 12) and engaged
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carrieca sn Freystadt. Infornation =n his report, io rb' ..... a f 3, A
infantry ? unit, rather than a,mechanized imi't. The unit, ay belong, to
infantry regi1 ent of the 4 of Div.
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