MILITARY INFORMATION FROM APETION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005300340013-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: October 19, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC Military Tr.:form ;tion from Apetlon
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DATE OBTAINED-
REFERENCES
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DATE PREPARED 19 October 1954
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PAGES ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
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From 0545 and "0615 on 19 Sentenber. "54, ct 0600 on' 22 and. 24 September, and
from 0600 and 0615, and 166N5 "and 1700 on 25 September.. firing practice proL Ely
i.y e'iurn .1, fans was '__ear. ~d on th; '~petlor. J" flange. Fror_i 1600 to 1700 on 24
September~ : odium L "I r,_r. a, eticed firing at a slee-eve to rget towed by'a piston
enUino aircraft which repe tedly ch^n ed its, course from a southern to a northern
driven by a soldier with red.-bordered black ena:alets.
A~? gun and was driven by a soldier with red-borderer'
Snte -b another column of 10 truck
_went to;Tard. Gam-) Apetlon. Each truck also towed a medium
On 22 "ente:'ben a "c lump of
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passed. 'netlon inc! ?.went toward thr-,, ca' p. Each truck toned a m.e3it n
The fol lowin^ vehicles passed through
and 2 September: u
18 September . Truck
20 September, Truck
21 S mtember. Truck
22 Sentember. Sedan
23 eptte ber. Trucks
2- Ser_otember, Trucks
25 eliteber. 3 edan
petlon from and. to ,the
rul gun
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26 Sep mbar _ Trucks
27 September, Truck
28 Se mb r. Trucks
1Lll. vehicles were driven by soldiers with red-bordered?bla.ck enculets,
~. Un 21 Sep'temher, a one-star general. was observed in sedan
Apetlon, and driven. by a soldier with red-borderer? black ensulets,
3. On 25 September, a column of van--like trucks
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aid. driven by soldiers.twrith red-bordered black epaulets-ea-me. fro_a the AM cot*ip and
pair=ed through Apetlon. The trucks were of a type which was observed for the first
time. They had a superstructure 'which was about 50 ?e cent loYfger and sometirhal5OX1-HUM
higher than that, of the standard va -1'' trunk. 'CLASSIFICATION SECRET
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On 28 September., truck driven by a soldier with red-bordered
black epaulets wasparked on the northwestern perimeter of Apetlon near
the custom houses where the cadre personnel of the AAA. range were
quartered.
fit. The information confirms 'that the.'A.petlon AAA Range
was occupied by AAA units and that AA gun firing practices were also
held dnrina +he last ten days of September 1954.
units stationed at the Apetlon AAA nge included
components of the 23d , AAA Div, elements of the AAA. battalion of the
95th,Gds Mtz Rifle Div from St Poelten/Camp Spratzern, air force AAA
units from Wiener'Neustadt and Parddorf, and probably elements, of AAA
;units, from Hungary.,
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