SOVIET TROOPS IN ST. POELTEN AND URFAHR

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Approved For Release 2008/04/17: CIA-RDP80-00810A006600780013-3 CLASS IFICATlON~< COIJNTR`y - Austria REPORT Soviet Troops an St.Poelten and Urf`617.4 (VI IC r " EVALUATION DATE OF CONTE DATE OBTAINED. REFERENCES- PAGES 2 DATE PREPARED.32 -f'_ 19X _-.._-.-' ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) REMARKS This is UNEVALUATED Information 1. On 24 February 1955, a sedan, a truck and 2 jeeps were parked in front of the former 1 reisgericht. (district court) building on Schiessstatt Ring in St.Poelten (0 49/V1 80). The court building was ru rded by a sentry who wore blackdb:)rdered red epaulets Sedan with a driver wearing red-bordered black epaulets arrived at the cite.. 2. Six soldiers wearing bla ckkbordored black epaulets with engineer insignia entered the %C.en Kaaerne. An undetermined. numbed of soldiers swept snow in the area of the Rainer Kaoerne where 4 trucks, 2 tanks and an armored half-track vehicle were parked. The radiators of another 21 motor vehicles were observed through open doors of the garages. 3. Truck with a driver wearing black-bordered black epaulets entered the a Franz Josef I:a. erne. Two boxcars were observed on the railroad spur at the former mill at 88 Wiener Strasc wearing red-bordered green epaulets. Truchs`7 all with drivers wearing red-bordered black epaulets, and truck with a civilian driver entered or left this installation. Motor vehicles observed at the Franz aserne included trucks B 4-51-86, and driving-school track ,. 5-39-06, Jeep all with drivers wearing red-bordered black epaulets, and truck C 6-73-14 with a driver wearing black-bordered black epaulets. The kaserne was yarded by a sentvj who wore black-bordered red epaulets. 4. Five trucks, 3 van-like motor vehicles, 2 tank trucks and 2 armored half-track vehicles were parked -in the area of Camp Spratzern which was guarded by sentries wearing red-b k. epaulets. T,iotor vehicles observed at the cam included jee. - ? k motor vehicles d I and trucks all with river;; rearinr, 25X1 re - or ervd black epaulets, jeep) land truck with drivers wearing black-bordered red epaulets; and truce: with a driver wearing black-bordered black epaulets. 25X1 According to residents of St.Poelton, a minor shipment of tanl: ; and rotor vehicles departed during the week from 14 to 20 February 1955, allegedly for the Doollorsheim (0 49111 53) training grounds. 1 1. ASS!!?l~ t!7!ON SECRET Approved For Release 2008/04/17: CIA-RDP80-00810A006600780013-3 Approved For Release 2008/04/17: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006600780013-3 6o On 21 Februa:_ry 1955, a lieutenant colonel and 3 majors, all wearing black' bordered red epaulets, 2 majors wearing red-bordered black epaulets, 25X1 and a major wearing red-bordered been epaulets were oei+ved at the Auhof Kaserne northeast of Urfahr (u 49/V 88) where only limited activity was 25X1 seen, The radiators of 18 motor vehicles were observed under the shedroofs in the area of the installation, and. 2 trucks and 2-;deeps were parked in front of these structures. About 20 soldiers swept snow in the area betwee125Xl these motor vehicles. The training Cxound west of the installation was ermptya Moto,! vehicles observed entering or leaving the installation included truck van-like motor vehicle jeep all n i ch drivers wearing, red-bordered black.epaulets, and van-like motor vehicle with a driver wearing 'black-bordored red epaulets. 2 10 ce .en t. The former Kreisaericht (district court) building quarters the 109th Gds gr Bn of the sane division, the Rainer Kaserneyan undetermined unit, the naan.z Josef Kaserkxe the 140th Ode Sig Bn of the 95th Ode Litz Rifle Div9 d Ca np Spratzern the 150th Task S? Refit of the same division. All motor vehicles mentioned in the present a ort belong to this ~r?a,,,s ,p T110 shipments observed substantiate the beef that ind .vidual uni Zz;ol1,Tri ter i* C Approved For Release 2008/04/17: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006600780013-3