"ARTILLERY UNIT IN DVORY, CZECHOSLOVAKIA"

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000100090066-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: December 30, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

FORM N. 51-KB
DEC s95s Approved For Release 2001/03/04: CIA-RDP81-01036R000100090066-0
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SECRET
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Artillery Unit in Dvory
PLACE ACQUIRED
(BY SOURCE)
DATE ACQUIRED
(BY SOURCE)
DATE (OF INFO.) Oct 1953
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18. SECTIONS 793
AND 794. OF THE U.S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE?
LAT ION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
T B T REPRODUCTION OF THIS REPORT IS PROHIBITED.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
REPORT NO. JJJJW
DATE DISTR.3 O Dee 1953
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The barracks is near the road that connects Dvory with Karlovy Vary, and
about 5 km from Karlovy Vary,
25X1 is occupied by a motorized artillery regiment with- 25X113
it is under the divisional command at Karlovy Vary which
25X18 has the The regiment was organized in the autumn of 1951
in Brno, .The staff personnel and part of the officers were detailed from
an artillery regiment there. The men wear red insignia with black edges.
3. Commanders Capt. Alois Teinl, an intelligent man, formerly a metal worker,
a convinced Communist 38 years old. Political officer: 1st Lt, (fnu) a p, much
feared, a terrorist and former laborer,, 26 years old. The staff. consists of
13 officers, 16 noncommissioned officers and 35 to 40 men.
Regimental troops are a reconnaissance squad, a heavy AA machine gun platoon,
a communications platoon, and a ranging squad. The quartermaster section has
8 to 10 writers, 3 cooks, 7 or 8 hand workers and 28 drivers. The two sections
each have 480 to 490 men, each with a staff platoon of 50 men, a communications
platoon, and three batteries of 140 men each. Each battery includes a radio
platoon and a staff platoon. The regiment now has 27 A/T guns, 76.2 nnn, four
to a battery. There are other guns in reserve.
5. All guns are towed by Wiepon prime movers. The regimental staff auto park con-
sists of 10 passenger cars and 12 trucks. The troops have 5 passenger ears and
38 trucks.
6, Officers are all Czechs; 70 percent of the men are Czechs, 20 percent, Slovaks,
and the remainder Hungarian. Clothing and food have steadily grown worse. The
men became discontented, and after a careful examination, there was some improve-
ment during the summer of 1953. Training is strict and thorough. Target practice
takes place twice a month, 1-IEP Ar.Y SUED CT a AREA CQ ;q
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