RUSSIAN TROOPS AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 1998
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• Publication Date: January 23, 1947
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Rix=eniaa Troo}ye and Military l ta~lla t ~or'as
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The following infomatiou was recently received concerning
Russian OB and military installation in Lithuanigx
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50,000 troops in Lithuainia enraged against Lithuanian. Partisans
Troop concentrations as follows:
~- ree;i.ments
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70 Troops (8,000)
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scattered detachments and
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HQ troops
inarouee total to about 50000
"omtkander--in-C"ef Of V VD Troops in Lithuania -- Major Geners.1 Bar^tasiunas, a Ra s-
.yi. rwith a. i.ithuaraiaz n me; is also Lithuanian Minister of InUrior.
.n. c .ea 'rat General ET'fi.n _Of;, Linigter Of State Security and Chief of MGB in Lithuane
17OMno(M, Corn m a d 3r of K~tiYR&B )):j.BtF'iSt.
ajor Stukas, Co nnder of Vilx District, a former Lithuanian officer, pr...
?io.sly sentenced for serving as a spy for the Bussians.
{"cox School; estaeblishaad in Vilna in 1945 A
ttended by 600 students;
rainirg~ . 11 years; courses believed to be in political field only.
secret organization referred to as SM'EPJH w .th small number of personnel
in Li thus...ria., to check activities of LVD CB. A Miss Filkelstein., of Vilna
.unas, has been identified as a member of the SMERSR organization.
Jon General S].s,vi s, 33 year-old long tinxe citizen of Lithuania, who is
'ac=lt educated, divides his time between Vilna and Berlin while performing his
Ada. 1, 13tr x give ch tles.
2. Ross Array Troops
-- ... e1-%A'2 sa.ftn a1v:.8lo in Lithuania, including
NC0's, but enlisted men are being demobilised and only skeletc, division remain
with appro aat;ely 2,000 man to a division.
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air bs:so3 an-i disnasition of troops in Tied Ar-ii arc as follo:rs.
Vilna tnd its su:;urhs -- 3 infantry divisions, includirr the Lithuanian bivision
l artillery livision
K~i;rab ------ I infantry division
3. coast ward livision, .':itli t?-r. Russian !ivy
In each District town are found some skeleton divisions, totsralin, ar)o)roximately
20 infantry livisions, t} roe artillery divisions, an(] tank divisions.
One coast r7uard division. some Si: nal Corps and en ineoring troops (only a
few) in Lithuania.
All Lithuanian-'tuesia.n tr-)ops 'aclon to the Baltic :ilitar;i District vith HQ
ire Ri a. This a-)plies also to Russian troops in . ast Prussia.
At ';en., Vilna there is a hul-,e aa:iriunition :urip.
Z. :,.air. 1tir Lases
Vilna Air i'?ase, ten silo Inters east of Vi.].na: Jf- 200 planes, 150 are f ip:):.tors,
50 are reconnaissance plar_es, a small number are t o-enr~ine
bo;nbe rs .
Memel Air -??so: 50 rocorlr.aissance planes. It has very lane drones.
Kaunas Air ' ase, five kilometers nest of Kaunas: 150 fi hters and a small nurn-
ber of trainers.
iaiauliai Air Base, 14 kilo:aoters north of the city.- A training station, some
fir.,hters.
ranevozys Air Base: :1eco_ar:aissrance and a roll nu:lber of f i?,hter planes.
:lnproxi-:^.ately 600 [lussian fighters in Lithuania.
T ho smaller airfields in Lithuania are being rebuilt by the Russians. Lithuania
-:a.s for~:aorly divided into 26 administrative districts, each with approximately
three auxiliary airfields, except in the southwestern area whore about five
airfields are being built for each district. The Russians have resorted con-
siderable progress in this reconstruction.
4. .-',aval Info raa tion
At Pillau there is reported to be extensive reconstruction. and development in
,rot:ross. Accordin to one infor-ia.rt, special trains brought 2,000 technicians
an:i on,ineers into the area in July 1940. aincc that tine the rc ion, has been
placod undor heavj Zuard.
An ei-ht-.kilor.aeter security zone is being :.,%intained a1on: the entire Baltic
coastal area.
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