1. ARTILLERY UNIT IN TOPOLCANY 2. FORCED LABOR CAMP IN PLAVECKE PODHRADIE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005800620007-7
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 21, 1999
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: August 28, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Czecholovakia
TOPIC la Artillery UL;it in To~.oolcanv
2. Forced Labor Camp in slavocke Podhradie
Artillery Unit in Topolc (P !9/T 14)
n artillery uni rr tipUtvar No. 4749 occupied barracks northv est
of Topolcany on 10 October 1919, recruits were addressed during a
military celebration as "Topolcan Garrison of Tomas G, XykrU
2m There were about 150 soldiers in the unit, ++eapons included 122-mm guns,
six mortars and some machine guns. Two armored cars and about fifty
horses were seen,
3. Soldiers with advanced training practiced with bazookas at the training
grounds.
Forced Labor Camp in Plavecke Podhradie (P l9/T 03)
20/22 m on 4 June 1950. Its official designation was road-construction
battalion. It was subordinate to the 3rd Lngr Regt, Utvar Jo, 4563,
in Sered (P 49/T 31), *** The political officer at the camp was Sub-
lieutenant Maier,
50 2nd Go, numbering about 150 soldiers, was organized into the lot
and 2nd platoons for road construction and qua=y work, and the 3rd
platoon for repair of pontoons which cargo from Bratislava (1 149/X 99),
The 2nd uo was comandea op' benior.J ieutenent Fedorcik,
6 The companies carried no weapons when working. About 165 rifles, 6 sub-
machine guns and some pistols were stored in tho arms depot,
70 There were 12 hours of political indoctrination per week, and two hours
of special indoctrination twice a weak. The latter instruction was
attended by about ten percent of the I2,1,
8, Another labor camp for air force personnel was in Plavecke Podhradie,
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CON AD j AT 0;/L CI'' IC r.1I,S r QTLY W&M
Cori nt, The 122-i m howitzers may indicate that this is the
x .n We the 9th Arty 3ogt, located in io;poicany and sub-
to to Unie 9th Inf Div.
4811 Camerit, The battalion hxs beeza re_-,ortod f~reauentl~r and is 25X1 A
is infor:nztiono ;Jac
H llomwnto Accordin to the sta emen s a other do serters, the lab
~a h.o a s subordinate to an anr~ineer robiment in Sered, ~iee
It is doubted,, however., that it eras the 3rd Sngr Rogt, since t
1 A Standard iaanpooer ),uc stionnaire
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