1. SOVIET MOTOR VEHICLE SHIPMENT OBSERVED IN BRUCK/LEITHA 2. EXCHANGE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS AT PARNDORF AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006300610004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 4, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 8, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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Austria
COUNTRY.
TOPIC
1. Soviet Motor Vehicle ftipawt nerved in Brack/Leitha
2. Exchange of Air Force Officers at Parndorf Airfield
EVALUATION
DATE OF C
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
PAGES 1 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE),
REMARKS
L_DATE PREPARED
by another regiment.
8 March 1955
1. Between 21 and 26 January and on 28 and 31 January 1955, no Soviet troop 25X1
shipments were seen passing through Bruck/Leitha. At about 0900 on 27
January, a shipment of 28 new 1.5-ton trucks was observed in Bruck/Leitha
coming from Hsgyeshalom (47055IN/17010IE) and proceeding toward Brunn-Maria-
-Enzersdorf (48006'N/16o17'E). 1
2. On 30 January, groups of 4 to 6 young Soviet Air Force officers ranking from
lieutenant to captain took photographs of monuments and other famos structures
in Bruck/Leitha. The officers were seen in Bruck for the first time.
Of the officers previously seen at Parndorf airfield only one was still
observed in the town. The new air force officers who were quartered in the
so-called "Winterschule", presumably the former agricultural school, had
apparently arrived without (heir families. The Soviets formerly quartered in
building No 6 Kiraly Strasse, Bruckneudorf, had recently moved into the
Winterschule. 2
Comment. Presumably a regular supply shipment of tracks.
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Comment. The information indicates that a large-scale exchange of
personnel took place in the Soviet fighter regiment at Parndorf airfield
in January 1955. It is known, however, that Soviet personnel are generally
exchanged during the fall season. The air activity observed in Parndorf
during the last three months of 1954 and in January 1955 indicate that
new personnel arrived in Parndorf during the fall of 1954. Therefore, it
is unknown why young officers were observed only on 30 January 1955 and
t old officers were mi ing on that date ILLEGIB
o other observations have been made which might ILLEGIB
indicate a transfer of the old regiment from Parndorf and a reoccupation
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