(Sanitized)SOVIET TROOPS(Sanitized)

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003000450009-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: August 10, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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Soviet Troops
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'16 January l949; on 19 January 1949, two other cargo boats of the
ewe tonnage1 also coiling from i:'urmansk, arrived at Trifona (a little
more to the interior of the Petsamo fjord).
b. These cargohboats brought troops and materiel, the unloading of which
1 ted until 22 January 1949. These troops appeared to be two infantry
regiments. Among the materiel which was unloaded were 16 anti-tank
gunso
o. Ater disembarking, these units moved toward the south. Some units
traveled by foot; others were transported by a'convoy of trucks which
had come by road from 1,urmansk and which already carried a detachment
eginient.
belong to the 306th rifantry
Virtani emi (68053tN-28029tE).
All these troops are billeted in old shelters. No heavy armament has
been observed. Actor ing to verified information, these units
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e e tric plant of Yaniskoski. Another detach: gent of two companies
was brought farther south in the region of Kosottopja, northeast of
way of the Petsamo-Ivalo road.
At least by the end of January, two convoys of trucks brought. Soviet
troops to the Finnish frontier over the Petsamo-Ivalo road. One convoy
of 22 trucks unloaded a detachment of one battalion near Kaakkajarvi,
of QQ men, Alj these troops passed by Kolosjoki near Salmi.jarvi
(69 26'N-30?371E), whence they continued their move to the south by
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Except for those in the Karelian Isthmus, the troops mentioned in this
report belong to the Army and not to the YVD.
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D eats of inf ant
s' Ivalo (6
have also been observed along the frontier to
?3tN-2703~' ), near the road skirting Luttojoki.
During the second half of January 1949, the air units stationed at the
_29a031E) were reinforced by about 6 two-engine
ft4kd at vautsi (69040 0 IN
bcpberz and 7 pursuit planes of a type resembling the YAK-1.
_a;-Kandalaksha Region
t r 1 un ary, the ?u. Its statione un 1 en a a ur i
9t Z) had been brought nearer the frontier to Kairala (66o56'N-29?38'E)
The had been replaced at Alakurtti by units coming from Kandalaksha
(0, O9tN_32b26t ).
c. The units which c from Alakurtti to Kairala were probably the 156th
BAd, l7'2nd1fantryy egir-ents, both belonging to the 82nd ;infantry
?iL It is not known whether or not the general staff of the
division also came to Xairala.
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e. It has been learned that one of the two artillery regiments at Salla,
roxtely+67 N-29?E)! :is the 32nd howitzer regimen commanded by
ne-' rev (or Budayev)
g3" 9:t deal of work because this section o a
i ._e t, beginning of the current winter.
ir, was
25X1 a en.eral itteasure, carrying out an order to clear a- main roa s.
although the section in question serves no regular traffic,
It *P necessary to' clear it to t:eri!.it the meetings of the Soviet and
Pi r coifimanders of the frontier sector, since travel by ski is
difficult.
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During JanuarDy 1949, a great amount of mi7.itary.,traffic was reported in
i ansk (63 58'N-330O5'E); during the day, numerous units and auto
5 oirculated in the streets, and in the evening, the restaurants
es near the port were full of soldiers.
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The Institute of .aritime Navigation, which. has four floors, was occupied
by an artillery detachment and an a-tomobile unit.
. The general staff of the 16th Army is stationed at 1.urmansk. Kola, to the
south of 'IP`urn.ansk, houses a division general staff.
The airplanes stationed at Vayenga field (69?05'N-33?27'E) have been
re1nforced., but certain units ry, v.e left this field in the direction of
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Pet aanio,
Kareany Isthmus
at A battalion. of frontier guards is stationed at each of the }following
localities: Antrea (600541N-290101E), Hiitola (61013'N-29?45'E),
lisenvara (61?24'N-29?30'E), and ?-atkaselka 61?58'N-30?3L'E).
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The i jt atAntrea is the 22ndtachment of i"rontier uards,.that at
Hiitola is that 25th)etachment. The general staff of a frontier guard
regiment is stationed at Sortavala (61?40'N-30?4l1
..E).
b. Army: At Jaakkima near Lahdenpohja (61?34'N-30?1O'E) on Lake Ladoga
there is a military camp, housing about two divisions. At Cortav A
there is a battalion composed of only Kareliansand .ngermen, speaking
Finnish.
There are in all,-then, on the Isthmus the twodivisions at Lahdenpohja
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plus about. one division at Viij:puri (60?46'N-28
d. It stands out in.the informant's memory that, at the end of February`19L9,
there was no abnorr:,al concentration of troops in the Karelian Isthmus.
A continuous line of fortifications has been constructed in Karelia
betweenSortavala and Janisjarvi (20 km. north of the former) in the
region of Khyamekoski (61?52''N-30?55'E) and Kharlu (610481N-30050L).
f. During the autumn of 1948, fortification work, the nature of which is
not known, was carried out on the Soviet Islands of Suursaari and
Lavansaari in.the Gulf of Finland.
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