FORMATION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE 135TH SEPARATE AIR WARNING BATTALION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000400420003-8
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 7, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
S-E-C-R-E.-T
COUNTRY Austria
SUBJECT Formation and Organization of the 135th
Separate Air Warning Battalion
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tioEal Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Sees. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
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7 April 1955
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COUNTRY Austria.
SUBiECT Formation and Organization of the` 135th
Separate Air War?ningattalion
DATE OF INFORMATION
PLACE ACQUIRED
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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The .1 5th Separate Air Warning Battalion was formed in Blumau,
Austria, on approximately 14 March 1952. Commanding officer of
the Battalion is Col. Tsiptsivad;ze.. Administratively the battalion
is directly subordinate to Central Qroup of Forces (CGF), but
operational ly- it reports to CGF;via the Main Post Glavnyy Post)
in Baden,
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C. M'41I9 battalion at Wien er N.eustadt.. This battalion
were sent to the 135th Sepa~rate:Air Warning Battalion as fillers.
It was a matter.of common knowledge around Battalion Headquarters at
Blumau that the strength of the battalion.was approximately 900 EM
and 45 or 47 officers.
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In addition to its headquarters, the 135th Separate Air Warning
Battalion had the following components: let Cdrnpany, 2nd Company,
Training Company, Signal Company, and three radar posts. See
page 3 for an organizational chart of the battalion.2
let Company of the 135th Separate Air Warning Battalion
the 1st Company of the 135th Separate Air
warning Battalion was stationed at St. Valentin-
6. Commanding officer of the company was Sr. Lt. Nosinko (fnu). In addi-
tion to headquartters' at, St le ittn,, the ?com an d ;thrive observation
platoons (nablyudatelnyy vzvod) 25X1
Each platoon had at least three, and possibly more., visual observa-
tion posts, at each of which six EM were stationed
each of the three platoons had one officer and
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