SOVIET TROOPS IN SILESIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006800320002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 28, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. vJntil July 1g~0, voviet and Polish troops in Silesia vrere quartered
~ixz strictly C~~parated billeting areas. Several Soviet officers z?,rore
seen ivearin5 Polish uniforms. ;r
"z'he 5ov3ct occupation troops t~rho had Veen stationed ~ the GreifenbQr,
(C 52/~ 3g) - LoelrenberC (U 52/Il 50) - Iiirschber~ (0 ~l/u 63) area in
1J~5 z~.aved to the Straps (0 ,~2/B ~.) area iri the printer of lg~.G/19l~?0 din
artillery ranLe vras located at Straps. Thy iort~er uerman troop training;
Grounds of TJeuharu:ler (0 ;2/B 3I~) had 'Veen substantially enlar~edm :~ri::
34 Soviet troops vrere s~catioried in tgie follotrin~ totms:
Y~orm Bata an Qccupation
aldenburg (0 51./~i 07 }
Bunzlau (0 ~2/D Za.2) y
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Local residents said that axe
army- headquarters was located
in the town.
Local residents s?id that ~, higher:
echelon headquarters vras located
then?. The last date of inforraati_on
could not be determined.
The tcrti~ ti~as 'rieavily occupied by
:soviet troops,
Soldberg (0 52fB ?1)
~;chtireidnitz (P r'1/;i 13}
Breslau (P 52/C Ifl)
Are, undeterrLined number of :aoviet
troopsYnre stationed in the town.
The town vras heavily occupied
aoviet troops.
/1 z~oviet headquarters vras bclieved
to sae located there, ~-ts-x~
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This document Is hereby regraded to
CONFlDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 197$ from the
Director of Central Intelligence tp the
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T?,e iamrter ~rnop trAinit-tS grounds, the enlar~ erilent of ZrI?iich i s
~ivett credenc?m
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~ "~orar~lento The ini'oretat:Ion is be1'~caved correct,
~ ~t>.~u;~ento dhe artillerf range at Straps i, part of t}ae
~'~~ Cotmvent, y'~ora previous information. it is ?~elieveu that
a i~h~ecT~ on headquarters orobab , an a headquartersp is
located a.t-t ~,ie~i tz. ~~ report oy t:~1.daJune 19t~.B 25X1 A
stated that the ~'ov3.et troops ~.tz .:aldenburg ti;rare subarc;inat
the h1.yh-echelon headquarters ~.n Lie;n3.tz~ 25X1
the ?0th ianI~ TnV ,an of t}ie 20th ianl; i~iv in Silesia 25X1 A
clarif3.ed to some e~~tent th? disposition of troops
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z.rt vi.lesia and the or~,anization of the I1crtYlern Group of ~"04 c;2so
headquax?ter s for the Soviet troops in Pomerania and S3.lesia, tlaraely
the !iq I,artltern Group of i~orces~ ti~hich reriained in Lie"nitz after
the reassignment of A?arshal I'~okosovski4 7.'here is a passibility that
tho ;;coup h~;adquarters is the IIq Ci~:ty-Fifth /'-rr~y' or the Hq ~e~renth
P?"ecs i~t~r,?~y4 'his headquarters presur:ably controls alb. Coviet tz Dope
in Silesia ~~d Pomeran3.a, i~~te pr.~~:sent report on :~al.denburl; ni~.r have
ar3.ginated at an earl3.cr brae or r::ay have Veen baste an the ass~~:ept;ion
that an az?r~ hsadcl3aarters Jas once located in tiaalc}en~vurbQ Civi~.ian
reS'uUees re~3orted that Sovic-~t ra~otora.zed it~'antrt troa~s
o.# a'~out regit~ental sty?en th mere stationed an f3~tnz~.au~ 25X1 A
the troops riay '_~ave }:~lon;ed to an unident3~ied motorizaci rifle: division(?)
~.^rhich is :;e13~eved to bo stat:~anecl in thr~ "tieuharuit?ra~;prottau-Purtzlau area
Ito previous inf`orr~ati on on Sav3et troops in Goldl~r~ has been received
Sovzot units an ~~cl~~?aeidna.tz zd~ere lwst reported. on 2r ~?~;~aetnber 19~?ta
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Zt is b~ ieved that there is only one su~razie
quG,r?tered ast ; nstallatio::s Sxt 3r.esl=~z, sue}3 as the bax?racks -i t~ I~^esla~
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