SOVIET TROOPS IN BADEN, LAXENBURG, AND ERBREICHSDORF

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004501070003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 2, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASS IF]CATION0`0-11'01L
ustria - REPORT
COUNTRY -- ~-
Soviet Troops
EVALUATION
wl.PLACE OBTAINED L
DATE OF CONTEN
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES-
PAGES = ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKS
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vnhities narking in front of the Bataenhsoeusl building on Stalin Ring
invBaden.(0 49/X 37) on 29 May 1954 included sedans 25X1
.tea drivers wearing black bordered red epaulets, sedan 1X1
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and jee
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ith a civilian
The building was guarded by a sentry 2bAl
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wearing black-bordered red epaulets. Near.noon, about 30 officers wearing red-
-bordered black epaulets with artillery insignia and air force service color,,
and about 200 soldiers wearing red-bordered black and black bordered. blue 25X1
epaulets left the Kurhaus building on Stalin Ringo Regardl of their branches
boarded motor vehicles including trucks
^P -a"ina the man ~ with vo.: s wearing black-bordered 25X1
wearing red-bordered black epaulets
blue epaulets, trucks with driver,525X1
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rucks left
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tnwa t Voeslau to 48/X 36) and toward Vienna. After u 10 minutes trucks
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aKotor vehicles observe a area of the Po_+lhcf castle included 4 trucks
and tru with drivers wearing black-bordered black 75X1
e u e ss and sedan with driver wearing blue-bordered black epaulets. 25X1
Motor vehicles parked in the area of Helenentalhof (estate) included 23 trucks,
5 tank trucks, and 2 weapon carriers. This installation was guarded by sentries 25X1
wearing red-bordered black and black-bordered b1 epaulets. Motor vehicles 25X1
observed at the gate of the estate included Jeep weapon carrier 25X1
and bus 0 with all drivers wearing red-oordereu black a cru et
returned empty from the I directionof Tribus3winkel (0 49/X 36). No motor vehicles`
weapons or equipment were seen in the yard of the(fo-r Flak Kaserne on the 25X1
road to Soos, which was guarded by a sentry wearing red-bo d black epaulete25X1
Motor vehicles observed at this installation included true sedan 25X1
b3a ck--bordered black epaulets. Truck
black=bordered black epaulets. The castle
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a sentry wearing black-bordered black epaulets.1
2, on 25 May 1954, an estimated 8.0 motor vehicles, most of them on jacksiwere
observed in the park of Laxenburg Castle which was guarded by a sentry wearing
red-bordered black epaulets. Soldiers did maintenance work on several motor
-vehicles. Officers and motor vehicles observed at the sate of the installation
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with driver wearing 25X1
cdad by a sentry wearing
with driver wearing black- 25X1
-bordered black epaulets was seen entering the yard of the building at the
ti n of Braun Strasse and Muehl Geese. This building was guarded by
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1 signal truck and 2 jeeps including Jeep
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included 2 majors wearing red-box?der wearina
black-bordered red epaulets, Trucks
and jeeps
-bordered bla c t epaulets
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with drivers wearing red-
also observed, thero:2
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were observed in the area of Erbreichsdorf Castle (? 48/X 46) which was
guarded by a sentry who wore red-bordered black epaulets, No motor traffic
or military equipment was observed the site. Part of the complement 25X1
apparently was absent from the station. One major wearing black-borderedi
black-epaulets entered buildin No 25 on Wiener Stra e. In the courtyard of this
building stood three trucks With driver wearing black-
bordered black epaulets. The- two ong-wire an enna.s were in the same position as
observed previously.
On 26 May 1954,, 10 trucks
Comment. Most of the motor, vehicle) from Baden belong 25X1
to the Central Group of Forcesa Of the trucks leaving the Kurhaus building
on Stalin Ring at about noon, several were identified as air force vehiclee
and one truck was identified as belonging to the 23d AAA Div. The absence fro"25X1
the yard d' the former Flak Kaserne of motor vehicles, weapons and equipment
indicates that components of the units of the Central Group of Forces whick
are stationed there may, have left the station for maneuvers or may halre been 25X1
rotated to a summer camps
2, Comment., The 502d (US) Motor Trans Bn
or Forces is stationed at Laxenburg0 The .mn or-ve I c e
to the Central Group of Forces,
Components o- the 25X1
of the Central Group 25X1
beiona
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belongs to the Central Group of Forces
unit.stationed at Erbre.ehsdorf have possibly been rotated to troop
training grounds.
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