1. SOVIET TENT CAMP AND MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING LOT NORTHEAST OF MELK 2. SOVIET TROOPS IN MELK URFAHR AND MAUER OEHLING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007500010010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: June 24, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC
Soviet Tent Camp and 1.motor Vehicle Parking Lot northeast of IJelk
Soviet Troops in ryelk9 llrf ahr -nd Mauer Cehl'isig
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTEN
DATE OBTAINED
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REMARKS
C'I ASSIF~=?dION
Pi M F ORTA !IDJ
PREIPARED 24 June 1935
ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)___
1. On 28 ?;Tay 19559 a camp) site which included 11 ready tents and 21 tents 25X1
under construction was observed. on the southern bank of the Danube R:ver9
about 1 kilometer northeast of Y!elk. Motor vehicles parked at the site
inc'uded 10 pontoon carriers, 30 trucks, 23 loaded with small pontcons
and 2 loaded with motor boats, a crane truck, a tank tru.ck9 and 4 vnn-like
motor vehicle
van-like motor vehicle
were parked about 1 kilometer northeast ofd the above-mentioned tent ~rnp.
Amphibious .eep with a. driver wesnring blue-bordered black
epaulets which ws occupied by some officers wearing bl^.ek-bordered black
epaulets, one of whom wns.a colonel, was observed on a drive between the
motor vehicle parking lot and the tent camp. I
2. On 28 May 1955, about 30 soldiers whose service color was undetei ined
were observed practicing with two 65-mm AT pans and two e -iAm AT guns
in the area of the Birago Kaserne in Mel. k where 3 rucks were 25X1
parked, 2
3.
On 30 t'ay 1955, some squads of 9 soldiers who were supervised by an officer
were observed practicing .,ith rifles and marching in review in the arer of
the Auhof Kaserne northeast of Urfahro An undetermined number of soldiers 25X1
worked on two SU-76 SP guns. Sixteen trucks and 2 van-like rotor vehicles
were parked under shedroofs9 and 4 trucks and 2 ear.=like motor vehicles
were parked in the open, L9otor vehicles observed at the installation
included van-like motor vehicles and trucks 25X1
all with drivers 1~earing red-bordered
black epaulets; truck with a driver wearing black-bordered red
epaulets-, and jeep In the morning, soldiers were observed
penetrating i: to a position and throwing hand grenades in the training area
west of the installation. At l3O09 66 soldiers who wore black-bordered
red epaulets, carried SKS rifles and gas masks, and were led by a ms..jor
and 5 officers all of whom wore block-bordered red epaulets returned to
the installation. 3
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4 ? On 31 1955, 28 trucks, possibly 12 r.ore trucks and 6v=an-like
rotor ve'.icles were r'rk.ed in the oC the forcer L=nd.es'neil? str,l.t.
(district meat :l 'hospital) in i,!:auer Oehlin~-. Motor vehicles observed
at the installation included 4ee? and truck
drivers ?.vea.ring bl aclkWbor,'.ered red crnulets, and. trucks
rith drivers wearing ?reda'-or,ie ?ed bl: 'ck epeul ats. The
installation ..'r s apparently occupied to capacity. about 30 soldiers
constructed telephone lines on the trn-iaainr- around northe-`st of the
instel1^tion, no troop shi'7nents were made
es yet and no Soviet civi linms had hitherto 1e~'t the t.o' n? 3
1.. Co* mer.t. The engineer tr-..ininw ?~ro:.and near !,'el.k rls. ralso used
in July 1954< The site ?nvs later rendered
tempor?4ri7y unusable due to high :tenter,
2, C,,. ^ ent. I.t i. noted ter, t
i.'r .iarrs '? ?-ve been observed ?"n the area'cf this insta 1 .,tion,
Corry rat. The present report indicates the 4: there is no c?.hanje
?n the occu.xar-tior> o" the b.ri? hr ^r~f '.'aue.r: Orel:?.i.a1 st;i;ia:ls,
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