GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004700650009-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Sequence Number: 9
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY... Austria
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TOPIC _~__.~ ._General Military Information
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1? Between 25 and 30 June 19549 no firing practices were held at t, ,r 42 ~~?
Changes were apparently underway in regard to the troops strati _,rc,Bd. it -; ?e t -ocsr.~
training grounds, During the last days of June, officers and s.a d1 : w r v pa ste .1y
tried to pay their bills at an inn with Hun arias x c~~~rrency,
2? On 27 June, a column of 13 trucks to tr 85 -mm AA d
;y V A9 -- 9 j i s p an
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field kitohen entered
the AAA camp at the Aoetlc);:a t.E-oop traini..xt. ~.:
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P l 84) and entered the AAA camp. ~xother 14 trucks towing v.`,5?~.a
truck towing, a ''?gin AA gun, and a truck with a field kitchen,
entered the instaa? la '.iora,,a a:he trucks 7e fr= ?a
undetermined direction. Other vehicles entering the Ai camp iuc:u- eI lz
trucks
our officers wearing red--bordered black epaulets wi ,
here seen at Apetlon. On 30 June, a column of 10 trucks .;r uc.k
towing 37-n n AA guns, entered the AAA camp,
were
e n at e Installation. On 29 " ane, :W tJr ks
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wing 85? A.4 guns
, ca rap, 'Ton. the direc Dior of Wallern
All. soldiers observed wore red-bordered bras
On 29 June, jeep were observed at- =;: on
Hoven Gasse at K g ee rucks,, 2 sedans z:rd :.. jeep ..,!ere
park: _-d in the area of the installation which was guarded by a lent.'. ; , O:,d
activity and no weapons were observed at the Albrechts K serne z.tai ,,h teas also
guarded by a sentry. Jeep driven by a soldior left the 1 ~ ,,, ,al.l.a 'via
Four trucks,, two vreapon carriers and 5 other vehicles were seer at t r
cantonment on the road to Leobendorfa Vehicular traffic he
installation included trucks ,aos of
the troops appeared to be absent from the post. Au soldiers obv(-.rved we
red bordered bled: epaulets,2
On 29 Jura,, 4 truck and 1. jeep were parked at the .."?rinz Fugen 1serne
Stoc kerau (0 49f 21). The inst&:11ation was guarded by a sentry, L.
activity and no. vehicular traffic were obse:Mid., it ras-ior wearir'.g
insignia is seer. Three trucks,, 2 tank trucks a:ad I jeap were
.fron of the garages of the Artilleries Kase.rne whhic.:, was iar&: t
The sheds used fcr parkin ; r.7f ALFA weapons wer pt . The ',,'.:a:" ,.;
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barracks yard. A lieutenant colonel and a ma jcr veuri: ,irtl llery
insignia;; and jeep driven. 'oy a soldier were e n a;, .lz
installation. Two mapra wearing arc s.:-ery wnsi ;iaie come 'r:Iia ?,he
Artiller-ie Kaserne and entered the =.t~rte:?s on cha~.azaa=n~ G4-.soe
which were guarded by a sentry, To I.s .i^. c y were ro;?3 nom: n In -'iv
used for driving school pr ctice entered or 30--:t t ,ALL
installations All officers and sold:,,rs observed wore red-bo'de:red
black epaulets? 2 -
1. t The observations at . e :;lon ec ~a .n confir;s the occuoa t'--.on
of the AAA camp by .AA., units o
currency observed with officers and soldiers ::t i0etion LnLicates that
Soviet -AUAA units from ilunC:ary were also s ruticn d at th- iloetlon AA I,
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posts confirms t-hbt the bulk of the 23d A Div moved to the AAi. camp
at k etlon,
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