POLISH TROOPS IN LODZ AND {}

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006600370012-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2003
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: December 8, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC.-... Polish Troops in Lori% And inr-z...
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Lodz
1. In n d--.gut ust 1),r,0 t ze barracks ins'ta11:tion on ul. 11.Go Listopada
in Lodz (Q 52/0 93) ras occu)ied by an i. .entry unit, xesura':ly a
reeCiment. ??nother resettler called the unit a fast motorized in-
fantry ror invent. 1:otorization as not oLsorvcd :)rior to the eu for
of 1943. (1) The instal1ition consisted of a iou tory corner
buil.dinu borcb red by ul. 11. :-o Li _,tooada and ul. not. ,'ogono~rsltiie -o?
a rrara e, about 63 i icters long, .orhsh7o) facilities and a kitchen
building. 'rior to orld -:'ar II four battalions, two of the farmer
28th and two of the 31st Inf _iogts, wore quartered in the barracks,
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the unit quartered in the barracks in -u,ust 191;0
was of ragi:::iental strength. The unit returned from field training by
truck and )assen,er car. A convoy of about 25 passenger cars and 60
to 70 trucks rrac s :en once. ;: ich truck was loaded with ai : )ut 20 ratan.
The soldiers wore 19 or 23 -ears old and showed good discipline. (2)
The soldiers of the units still ,yore the cornered service cap typical
of the old polish :=rmy. `heir service color was not reraeaberod.
3. A motorized unit eras quart:-rod in the barracks install.tien on ul.
Kpt Pogonowski.ego., opposite the barracks mentioned above. The in-
stallation consisted of a four-story building with a frontage of about
120 meters. 'nfo r!nant believed that the 28th Ilgrse-Dravm ' rty Rest had
been quartered there prior to .Yorld _.ar II. (3)
4. :1 motorized unit with :guns toned by trucks occupied by soldiers was
seen entering the barracks areiii: es in ...ay 1-3,50. Guns of about 1.1',O-=,,
on rubber-tired wheels, with a comparatively low slanting shield and
a carriage about 4 meters long; and about 100-mm guns with a split
shield on rubber-tired wheels with a carriage about 3 peters long
were noticeds he barrels of both types were about 3 meters long.
There were an osti%iated 40 trucks availal:>le for use lq~j the unit. (I4)
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5. A Polish signal unit was in a cantonment near _iorz
(Q 52/0 9Q during the period from the spring of 1948 to
June 1950. The cantonment was located on the aa;.st side of
the L F icrz-Fiala (Q 52/0 95) roads just north of t ha railroad
line and south of a small ':roods. It as corlposed of about 10
wooden buildings, each of then a:: aut 25 rioters long. of
these buildings appeared to t?e occupied by personnel. A parting
lot for four to six trucks and a cimal ogui- ment dump with
wire r . ols and telephone poles were: also soon. ,~ G: rnan security
battalion was quartered in this cantonment during the roar. (5)
and (6)
6. There were an estimated 500 to 600 soldiers quartered in the in-
stallation. On several occasions five units, each ..)f co-',311.1y
atrength, were seen lined up in the cantonment:, area. The soldiers
age seemed to range up to 20 -,,oar;. L.;side fatigue duties in the
cantonment area, work on the Ggierz-Fiala telech:)ne line
noticed.
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The troops would l ave the install tion in small detachments of
up to 15 omen, sometimes with and sometimes without two-/heeled
vehicles. The soldiers used to carry sir al equipment, such as
poles, telephone sets,, -wire, etc., when without vehicles. They
wore fatigue uniforms without insigni.
3. Another unoccupied cantonment guarded b;,? a i'olish soldier was
near the road to Ozorkow (Q 52/0 85) in Uay 1950. It was rumored
among the population that the installation was reserved for 6oviet
troops, but such troops were not seen. The cantonment was located
in a woods about 200 meters west of the road to Ozorlcow, about
six km from G? iorz. Only three wooden buildings could be seen from
the mad. oections of Prefabricated huts were seen arriving at the
cantonment in February 1950.
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190. F-- I It is n .,t yet clear whether the unit con-
cerned is the 8th KN'; R,,gt, which is stationed in Lodz. It is
:oo ssible that in addition to this re,;_i ment other unidentified
motorized infantry units are also loc-,tod in the city,
IL Comment. the motor vehicles of the unit
were parker a - the athletic grounds east of the m?rin railroad
station.
ort:aent. The presence. of motorized arti).ler;? in Loc?z was
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th n bone in ho -'oli.sh :')r;:ss as early as Lay l9)t'7 It has not yet
been possible to identifti,r the unit concerned.
0 Coa vnt, The typos of the tuns cannot be determined from
Comment. The :)resence of motorized infantry in Lodz was re-
orrm U-6 n.
1 jCorur-ent. According to available information, a si nal school
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