OB SITUATION SOVIET GROUND FORCES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004500380009-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2003
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 28, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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OP TIS! l) ftAD STATHS JITHIH THH MQAOI? e at, T14II PIBPIGIAO8 ACT 50
O. A. O.. 8? AV t 38. AS AZItHDR.D. 115 TBAt/$! ISIIOH O0 1612 i,.slc, Gr furL, 0resdL:'1, -.nci
Cottbus. At t..r; 60ttu.. of tiie9sc difi'iculties ue the lnuu Moient
nunibei? of avail: le; loco:. olives r:-:xld t;:asir . our co.: ition (3u Lo 3L
t ercen'. of tile; loco.:-olive sto. c Is dcrtdiine6 for re" 'Ur).
c .ice 11s t.; [: decline of ~G:irS cord. stacks to c,'3l,7140 tons
(ol host. 5u larcent ), while in 1:.;veA::uer i 4 % .s :::a 1 j as 403,Ar33 toils crere
an :land. '.rile a3;,I.v.d ordered a oer.:i-r tent winter re: t;rve of 400,000 tons.
This develop.-:eat ;vay be explained by the assu:.:ptioii ti.lL: L, d e to file si.;.iti
a iriter, the "t%1?ice of tit: full revs:=r*,:ee was irtte,ltia".a1i;r renounced.
ellmiriatiu: the co. %]. tr.in3 rocu red to r Oep t.i;, co:.1 stocks hLt tiae
on in=:1 :level it w s ",erhr..s toped to ct,.s the er:I.tica1 traffic situa-
tion. itnotiior roam.'' fY:SIy be the li.. i .c sto.%? c Cam;:?%iClty" for C)rOVin coal
briruettes:r~ieh aro liable to crumble.
Soviet ...one of a=ustrir.
A. Genera!
The V:ii-jter activities of Lice Soviet forces in the Soviet Zone ;: f Austria
in December l i'k t-a" rl Jr.nu:.try 1be co;..c.r rcd ..it.i t.;ose U1 Li'te
Soviet troops in the S viet Zor e of Ger,.r:tu r. 1 0 t'r?sainiri, activities of
i a or i::. ,orta.nce t:ere r?er,orLed. units ore sL rciorlau at Weir ,irevitjus
xnhlit r posts.
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forces was oa rote by Ale as revia ion "~~s'.?" iii a Soviet Jocuci.ent 'I .ted
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the 13 . i- Crds z Div were rc ortod:
(aa) do Col ?;esterov, Corticf o;' i'olAt; 3ectio:l of Ur, I3Lh ",as ."ec< Div;
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do not ertnit e:.seatial i::r;a-'T'OreeS or ri.e 03 situntiori of Suvie.t
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