TROOPS AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN BEUTHEN (BYTOM)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005800330002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 3, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
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COUNTRY Po1,isL-E31 may Polan
REPORT
TOPIC Troops and Military Installations in Beuthen
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTEN
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
LACE OBTAINED)
L____DATE PREPARED,
3 January 1955
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REMARKS
1. In the spring of 1954, the barracks installation in the northern
sector of Beuthen (Q 51/Y 58) quartered troops of the Polish Army
who wore khaki uniforms and red service color. The men observed at
the installation were young soldiers who served their term of active
service. U1. Oswiecimska led to the site from the south. At an
undetermined time in the past, 4 or 5 trucks each of which towed a
four-wheeled AA.gun left the installation. At another time, two
trucks each of which towed a two-wheeled, low, long-barreled gun,
were observed at the site. It was unknown whether or not these
weapons belonged to the troops stationed there.'
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2. Prior to May 1954, no military billets the area of the
former Karsten Centrum pit (redesignat, ), west of the
city. In April 1954, the area of the Ike pit heaps and
north of ul. Bieruta (formerly Wrocl'awslt,) a labor camp For
Polish convicts. In May 1954, Polish mining students were quartered
in billets on the south side of ul. Bieruta the designation of which
was "Dom l'odego Gornika" (young miners' house). These billets were
newly constructed in about 1951. Some buildings which were partitioned
from the rest of the installation by barbed wire were previously
occuied by Polish troops who wore khaki uniforms and red service
color, but were no longer observed after 1953.1
3. For the last time in early 1954, a cantonment which quartered Polish
troops was observed from the Beuthen-Tarnowskie Gory (Q 511Y 49) railroad
l;ne about 500 meters east of the Bytom Pol'nocny (Beuthen North) railroad
station. This installation which included about 10 hutments was newly
constructed in 1950. Prior to May 1954, no other military billets were
known in Beuthen.1
members of the 1932 and 1- c asses were in ucted in Beuthen. The
rest of the 1933 class was inducted in the spring of 1954. Prior to
May 1954, a military office called the station komendatura
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was located at the intersection of the south side of ul. Puhe.skiego
and ul. S1owackiego. The installation was guarded by sentries of the
Polish Armed Forces. Prior to May 1954, there were no Soviet military
offices in Beuthen.
The area of a government-controlled fuel center on the south side of
ul. SkYadowa, just west of ul. Towarowa, extended to the south as far
as the railroad line. The installation was locatedlkilometer Test of
the main railroad station. The depot was a routine surply installation
which served all government-controlled installations 'i'n the Beuthen
nrea. No troops were observed picking up supplies at the installation.
6. In 19571, old air raid shelters and bunkers in the areas of the
individual plants were again cleaned and locked. Prior to May 1954,
no special air defense exercises were held.
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IIt is believed that,
except for the infantry units and AAA units which are known to be in the
barr-cks installation in the northern sector of the city, only military
labor units are stationed at Beuthen.
2. I (Comment. The induction in the fall of 1954 of the 1934 class
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