SOVIET UNITS IN THE USSR AND AUSTRIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 15, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 21, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT..
INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
S?E-G-S -E- 11
COUNTRY USSR/Austria
SUBJECT Soviet Units in the USSR
and Austria
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
REPORTI
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES 6
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
This is UNEVALUATED
Information ~ItNlt:S
21 May 1955
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COUNTRY USSR/Austria
SUBJECT Soviet Units in the USSR and Austria
DATE OF INFORMATION
PLACE ACQUIRED
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DATE DISTR. 22 April 1955
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Soviet Units in Austria
Date of Unit Des- Subordi-
Info ignat ion nation
Dec 54 u/i Soy Unk
Army Sig
Regt
Location Remarks
Baden,
Austria
the caserne
housed an unknown signal
regiment (See page It
Point 7.)
Dec 54 u/i Soy Comman-
Komenda- dant of
tura Hq Baden
Baden Located in an old castle.
Dee 54 u/i Soy Unk
Army-Hos-
pital
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Date Unit Des- Subordi-
of o ii n~ at ion nation
Dee 54 CGF Hq Unk
Dee 54 U/i Sov Unk
Army News-
paper BlO;g
may 54 U/i Soy Unk St. Poe].
Ax'nny Units ten
Location Remarks
Baden Located in a three-story
stucco building,. painted
yellow.
(See page 4,
Point 4 4.)
Baden A three-story building.
(N 46-44
E 15-58
Dec 54 Sov Dep- Unk Baden this 25X1
endent school was opened in Sept-
School ember 1954, and employed
Dee 54 Sov Army Unk I Baden
Club (Dom
Sovptbkayya
Armiya.)
Units in the USSR
Date of Unit Des- Subordi-
Info ignation nation
1953 U/i Sov Unk
Army Inf
Units
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The CGF newspaper, "'ZA
CHEST, R - i Y' was puB6-
fished here. Its staff was
Soviet Army personnel.
(See page 4, Point 2.)
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I
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there was 25X1
one large tent city on the
outskirts of St. Poelten".
civilian Soviet teachers.
(See page 4 , Point 3 for
pinpoint location.)
See page 25X1
4 , Point 5 for Pi i t
onlocation.) 25X1
F-1 movies were shown here25X1
Location Remarks
S0vetskaxa
Gavan
(N 48-58
E 14-18~
Aug 53 U/i Sov Unk Biysk
Army Hos- (N 52-35
pital E 85-14~
Jul 51 U/i Soy Unk' I Ashkhabad
Arty Regt
Point
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_3_.
Date of
Unit Des-
Stbordi-
Info
ignation
nation I
Location
Ju. 51
U/i Sov
Unk
Ashkhabad
Jul 51
Army Unit
U/i Sov
Unk
Ashkhabad
BO Unit
Remarks
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It was 25X1
composed of two buildings.
this caserne 25X1
at battalion size. (For
pinpoint location, see page
5 , Point 1.)
vu.ty vrie Uuisu.L1 LCLr16C
enough to accommodate
approximately 50 men,
Pogran- 25X1
Jul 51 U/i Sov 2 Unk Ashkhabad
Tank Bn
Jul 51 U/i Sov Unk Ashkhabad
Jul 51 U/i Sov Unk (Ashkhabad
Construction
Bn
icheskaya Voy*ka (Border
Troops) and stated that
they wore green shoulder
boards. (See page 5 ,
Point 3 for pinpoint loc-
ation,)
(See page 5, Point 4 for
pinpoint location.)
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This was a permanent ten
city. (See page 5 , Point
5 for pinpoint location.)
nal, and Arty.
many troops here: MT, Sig-
struction.Battalion), Per-
sonnel wore army uniforms.
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this 25X1
unit a "stroi-bat" (Con-
they were 25X1
drafted Uzbeks, whose ed-
ucation was limited.
S,
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page 5, Point 2 for pi m
point location.) 25X1
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Locations in Baden (N 48-01, E 16-14), Austria
Yap Ref; Austria Town P]an: Baden (N 48-01, E 16*14)
Scale: 1:10,000
Note: Coordinates on the sketch itself are map grid coordinates.
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Map Ref: Ashkhabad Heat and Power Plant
TETS "Ash" Gres r \,
USSR
1st Editions June 1950
Scale::. 1:25,000
Note: Coordinates on the sketch are
map grid coordinates
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