"SOVIET TROOPS IN BAD FISCHAU, WOELLERSDORF AND BRUCK"

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007300050011-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2006
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: March 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPORT NO
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io;aIC q .r.et _root;s in 1',Eyt; xischau, ell sdarf anti .~r k 25X1A
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1. On 10 January 19!1, the barracks nstazllation in Bac ifischaau (043/X 31) was heavily
occupied by troops vt o wore bk. ck-borderer. red epaulets. The unit stationed there
seemed to be, substantially larger than a battalion, persor,~~el observed' during an
observa`'lon period of 21, hours -included four majors, ei:ht captains and ten lieutenants
rLY16 juror ._ioutonants, oil %!'th black: borderer: rod. Cpau;1ots; one ca.` ta.in wearing
t; acs:--~, rce:^e blay,yi: opr?'lets; cno captaC.n rrearin- black bo :'dered red epaulc is with
tank and 200 enlister. non with black-b rcered red epaulets.
2, A train observed. at the Bad iisehau railroad. station et 1:30 p.no on 10 January
eonsi: er: of ten flatcors, one boxcar and five ggondola cars. Its engine was under
stead:i , anc t "Mrol Ili onvir {. r, 1
loan T,',_th truucLs
was occu,iod by lieutenant ant, I!' 1:, all vie firing red-.bordered Llack epaulets,,
,MW-: c, V. - r ondol:~ crrs were . loaded ~;r_th old iron rails. It cou7.c, not Le c eternined
ti hether the latittt..r cars belon?-ed to the nilitei; shipnento
j'oel3 -ersdorf ,
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T6.he olc :essor Kaserne just northeast of the :?:oollersdorf (0 18/X 25) railroad sta-
tion se~;red to be used as storar e depot; all windows were bordered up. The billet-
inL c1r:,.city of th - i staliation was est:.nate( ^t one regiment. Only about eiC-,ht
so .die: s t: re ;con at ",be installation on 1,.) Janucr.,- while one air force lieutenant
and two, air forces soldiers left the oromises. was parked in front
o' the bai'rpcxka L-taLe. 25X1
or, ; anu 'ry, the _ un barrels o.`' armored vehicles and the :silhouettes of otor
vehic .c3 were yarn it,, the are: instoll;:tion southeast o.:' the railroad station of
Bruck (P 49/X 77). Itapd_ir work ire.:; bein, done in the r,araL-es. ?fn SU-100 jP' ;Ur~
drove.. tole rd the installation, coning from the direction of tiairnersteinbruc' .,, (0 49/X 67)
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5. F.iCht officers and 14 ELi, all of whom wore red-bordered black epaulets, were
seen entering or leaving the camp in the woods near Bruck.
6. No +.ra"i was observed at the old komr tandatura in Drunk
Four officers captains
and lieutenants $ and five EZ vmre observes at e new kormandatura. They
wore red bordered. black and black-bordered red epaulets.
7. was parked at the si{ ]. equipment depot in the former sugar
refinery of Bruck. No activities were seen.
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9. Gunfire, believed to be from tank-mounted guns, was heard occasionally
from the direction of Kaisersteinbruch.
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s a.e t a the barracks installation quartered troops o about battalion s r ,gth
on 21 December 1950. . The present report indicates that more
than one battalion was stationed thrro. Further information is required to deter-
nine the actual strength and assignment of the unit conccracc
34# Comment. This is the first report on the oia ausaur nabWL'it~. i+v L.L" Vs uw-
ion on awry Soviet units in s.oellersdorf has been received to dated It seems
that only a snail detail was stationed in the installation. Truck. 25X1
belonged to either a comr)onent of the 95th Gds L.tz ttifle Div or to a GM unit
of the Central Group of Forces.
I Com:::dnt. The information does not indicate any essential change since
the last report of 1. December. 1950 The 25X1
units in Kaisersteinbruch arc believed to be tank components of the 1 th Gds Mecz
Div.
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