1. TROOPS AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN TORUN 2. POLISH SECURITY TROOPS IN AND AROUND KREUZBURG 3. MILITARY INFORMATION FROM STETTIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004600840005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2007
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 20, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC 1. Troops and Military Installs
EVALUATION
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cress undforms. These soldiers were believed to be artillery officer ce.ndidates.
The strength of the troops quartered at the two ingtellations.was.estimated
,,. tltzn 00 rgen. Guns towed, b7 trucks we1e frequently observed in
-.a=ta areaother installation of thiecbmplex?quartered an artillery
unit which included motorized artillery and, to a smaller. extent, horse-drawn
This isastal]at n quartered an' estimated 6c0 to 70C mez. These troops
? were' ed .;to be instruption . troops . * ' _ .? i e
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quartered soldiers who wore a wild red stripe along the:- trousers of their
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Prior to 21: t?ovember 1953, severgl . barracko _installationg,4go ii.ed to capacity
b;r-:Polish.troops, were absented in the ar@a,south 3.. eat..of '~ Tqq~'uunn
Metre ilzoad..station, and Qn the south at side of ulw pytasld.pgo .n loran
Numerous barracks inetallpl.t s w e located in the?area on both.eide~s of the
Torun ltiasto(oity.ptation) railroad station. The barracks installation* west
of the railroad line mainly quartered a motorized artillery unit. The
gcoupa en.of the bartaoks installations east of the railroad line was
undet-rt Red. Prior to November 1953,4otorized troops were almost the onl;r
troops,stationed.st Torun. 2 2 1.
In early November 1953, the former Poniatowskiego Barracks on the western
border of the city and north of the thoroughfare to Bydgoszcz (P 54/J 09)
quartered Soviet soldiers who Wore black epaulets. The installation which
included Three large quartering buildings was apparently occupied below
capacity. ?
Prior to 1.953, the cantonment immediately southeast of the suburb of Podgorz,
on the southern bank of the Vistula River, mainly quartered Polish artillery
units which were rotated there from other stations for firing practices on the
artillery range adjoining the installation to the south. Reports of guns
were frequently heard from the direction of the artillery range. An extensive
tent camp occupied by Polish troops was observed in the wooded area northwest
of the railroad line between Podgorz and Gniewkowo, about 7 kilnneters southwest
of the F'odgorz railroad station. 2
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5. In :Iovetiber 1953, the old fortifications of the city were used for civilian
guri:oses. The former fort south of the Podgorz Plaski freight yard and west of
the Torun radio station housed a cheese factory. Other sections of the
fortress were used as apartments for civilians. The former Zymirskiego
Barracks on the west side of ul. Kosciuszki, just south of the freight yard,
was being torn down. In June 1953, an order to report for registration at
an office located at the intersection of Sikorskiego and ul. 3-go Mafia,
was issued to individuals in Torun.-The registration was held in a large
building on the south side of AL.Stalina, formerly Bydgosska, prior to mid-rJuly
1953. A UB (Security Police) command headquarters was located just west of
this registration office.
6. In January 1954, no Folish or Soviet Army troops were stationed at Kreuzburg
(F 51/T C5). The former Dragor:er Kaserne, which was constructed prier to
World 'Mr I, housed an MO (A3litia) office, a UB (Security Police) office,
and a KBt{ (Internal Security) detachment. The barracks installation which
was located on the eastern border of the town and on the north side of the
road to Ober Ellguth (P 51/T O5), west of the Ellguth castle, included one
large four-story barrack and a number of secondary structures some of which
had been reconstructed. The.former riding-hall of the installation housed
the KBl1 detachment and a KBW ration supply depot. The mission of the KBW
detachment was believed to be the guarding of a Soviet telephone line.
7. The Soviet overhead telephone line led from Breslau via Oels, Bernstadt,
Yar.slau, Konstadt, Xreuzburg, Rosenberg to the east. In the spring of 1953,
the resl,onsibiiity of guarding this line on the section from Gels to the
east was taken over by KEW personnel. Prior to that time, it had been
guards-i by Soviet soldiers. KBI; detachments similar to the detachment located
in Kreuzburg were also stationed at Konstadt and Rosenberg. These detachments 25X1
received their ration supplies from Kreuzburg. 3
8. On 8 and 9 Juno 1954, Polish soldiers, who wore red cap bands, were only seldom
observed in the streets of Stettin. On 9 June 1954, empty army truck
crossed the bridge over the Odep River and went toward the port. From 2200 to
2230, only some windows in the barracks installations on Al.Wojaka Polskiego
were lighted.
2 onmenS. Previous retorts indicate that the 13th Arty Brig was also stationer]
in Torun. Although it is unknown if this brigade still exists, it is clear 25X1
that independent artillery units of the 2d Lilitary District in Bydfcosz::z are
stationed in the city. An. artillery range, which was used prior. to World War II,
is 1oca7Lt:D6 close to Torun.
..rigs e in :Katowice. The guarding of Soviet telephone lines by KB1,'s is
r--',or. ted for the first time.