MILITARY INFORMATION FROM STOLP AND STOLPMUENDE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008700370012-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: September 4, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1, I'r .or to February 19,q),, a Soviet unit ,as quartered in the forcer rackensen
Ka,-;erne on the north side of former I3luecherstro6sc in Ctoip (P 55111 08). In
February, the Gorman craftsmesn employed with this unit were discharged. The
Soviet troops left Stolp and wore, according to Gen.ian -workers, transferred to
Stettin (C 5h/Q 55) or Koesl3 n (0 5551Ii$) , No Ccrr:ans were taken along to the
netr poA. The barracks was :nibsoquently occupied by Poles.
2. >oi'iet soldiers were seen ' n the T.".ackensen Kaserno prior to late I.over:ber 1950
construction work was hero,-.'; done in the Dluochcr annrne on the south siclo of
,;1_rnecherstras~:e, opposite the "ackensen K i erno Large doors wore being my
stalled in the walls of fiche forcer stables, (1)
3. :'rl:r f)ecer1hcr 1948 to r'ay. 1949, source worked as a fireman in the so.callec?.
Of_;"A.cers':and NCO schonl in Stoip. The school was located in the northern town
sect r, on the east bank of the Stoipe River, and included the former Lensing
Sct,ule, It was attended "_;y 700 to 800 Polish officer and NCO candidates aal of
hom wore blue-grey uniforms with b3.uegrey epaulets. The uniform coat was worn
with the collars turned open. NCO candidates had epaulets either without insifnia
or with a 10~?r~~^ crossbars The rhombic collar patches wore somewhat darker than
the, color of the unif orr*r. and were bordered with thin white piping. The trainees
sore long trousers with short, leggings and laced bcots, black leather belts,
and round service caps with blue grey bands and fitted with a shiny 'visor ;:,ord!?x?-
ad with brass,., Officer candidates were distin(uished from NCO candidates by two
swat silver stripes on both sleeves. Instructor officers were seen wearing,
breeches and riding ;,oots. Some officer candidates wore brown trousers with
le ;~ in sa The officer candidates were between 20 and hO years old, the TICO
candidates between 19' and -0, There were no Soviet personnri-l at the school. The
courses were inspected by generals Mn o carne Trot's ;,''arsa'w o The scho :'?l, still
in "arch 1951y maintained a sma:l.l motor pool of i trucks and 4 passenger
car-,s, rhich was located at the intersects on of former Tr `itstras:-.e and former
`e:_ilaatrns masse in Otolp. (2) 25X1A
During the Pori -d from June 1949 and ?'arch 1951, 4 to 5 Polish tans were ?reeiucr3~,J.::-
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chserved moving through Stole in the direction of Sc',lawe (P S5/1.- 87) , In the
late fall of 1950, a tank an t with 6 to C Polish tarlus, some of them with
muzzle brakes,, was observed coming from the direction of Stolpmuenuie (P 55/G
8O'. The unit was accompanied by some trucks with soldiers and 3 or b~ open-
topped and lightly armored fu.I.l-tract, vehicles to'iriing 1i,1-1- t guns with pneumatic
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a; Trucks v;i th ra ilors were repeatedly observed in Steip, corning fro--:1 the direction
cy Stol prnuende o Polish sailors ww-sre also seers in the streets of t e city with
the police patrols wa'! ch were fur- is"sled a? arnately bar the units of
the post every evening,
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to mover er l9 0, Polish tanks, oonoe of them frith muzzle b)"cl',?v. '.9 and
ac1aC `+,f'Y's :1enrine7 .; uo..r''re r unia"ore were f'rsquently- observed in the streets
t~tol p mold i ers wenrinf khaki uniforms 1'.ay also have belonged to the tank"
unite or to the units ace ompany n~ '..hce tanks.
7, In the :Call of 1950, the new Polish Arm;r uniform was se:.:ms on Polish troops in
the ne?'r aT "ttG3vr_i instai].ation on the north side of the road to uurb'!nnet (P
5.5/17 08). The uniform consisted of an olive--drab coat with epaulets to match
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