74TH INFANTRY REGIMENT; DVORI BARRACKS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000100100084-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 1999
• Sequence Number: 84
• Publication Date: January 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT 25X1A
74th Infantry Regiment; ?vori Barracks
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HIS DONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE ATES. WITHIN THEMEANINO OF TITLE IS. SECTIONS 7S3
AND 754OF: U.S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR ACHE-
CATION NTENTS TO OR RECEIPT SY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
REPORT P*QWIftITFt1 MY LAW. TWERFPROOLICTIO"IF THIS
Nov ' 1953
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1. The barracks at Dvory where this regiment is stationed, consists of a two-story
staff building-, 20 by 30m',{-.n ,-shaped main building, 50 by 50 m; four qurirters for
enlisted men pith four rooms each and space for 20 men in each room, 12 by 40
m; four barr...cks of 12 by 50 in, each with 10 rooms, each room with space- for
20 men; a kitchen; a dining hall; a guardhouse, 10 by 15 m; a depot for weapons,
clothing and food; a technical maga,ine; a hospital; a one-story gaar.age, 20 by
70 m; a garage 10 by 40 m.
2. The regimentts During the summer of 1953 the regiment !ad
2,300 men. They weea black shoulder boards with a red border. Three-quarters
of the mcr: belong to the classes of 1930 to 1U2, the remaincihar to thosu of 19RB
to 193.... The regiment spent all summer j195 in camp.
3. The commander is ;toff Cniptatn Karel Dusil, a Communist Party member who was staff sergeant
-in the old army, 45 years old. The adjutant is 1:>t .,t. Ivan
"chmida, 32 years old.
Lt. Regimental troops include a c:ommunica:.tion compsry; an ccomp~~nying b,.'ttery of
four 76.2 mm guns; a mortar company with four 120 t:m mortars and six U2mn naort 1, a;
a reconnaissance company; a technic 11 comp..any; and c. motorised ma c1:in -:~ sto1
company,
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5. There are five battalions. The lst Battalion is a replacement battalion set
up only during the summer, to which reservists were detailed for refresher
training during the summer of 1953. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th Battalions are regular
battalions, each with three rifle companies and a machine gun company, each
company having 80 to 100 men. The moehi.ne gun company has 12 "ods machine
guns; the rifle companies are armeu with 40 Skoda, Soviet-type rifles, 10 long-
range sniper rifles, 35 machine-pistols.and four light machine guns. Commander
of the 3rd Battalion is 1st Lt.imitrov Kozel, 36 years old, a heavy drinker,
who is hated by the political officer, but is protected by the fact that he is
an active communist. The 5th Battalion is a reserve unit which is called into
existence only in the summer and for training.
6. The regiment has 13 to 15 passenger cars and 47 to 50 various trucks. Only the
heavy weapons units have full motor equipment.
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