SOVIET TROOPS IN ST. POELTEN AND MAUER OEHLING
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Document Creation Date:
December 14, 2016
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March 17, 2003
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6
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Publication Date:
September 14, 1951
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Tronns-._.i.nSt- Poo ten and i;l auer Oehiina
2 KV IL AT.10N L~ .. PI ICE OBTAINED
DATE OF CONTENT 1 1 t 2? J!.
25 ,jl-E OBTAINED..
REFERENCES
PACES .ENCILOSURIS
REMARKS
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Auvust 3_951 .
VaTE PREPARED.
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1. l7otor vehicles entering Camp Spratzern near St. Poelten .
(0 49 V UU) on 23 and 24 A,,jz st 1.))5l ino1 xdc d, van-like,
all driven by scidlers I;I(:"aTT Y :
rb - orc ore black epq .ets, All officers seen entering
the camp wore take 2ns ia; in some cases, the UT also,
wore tank insignia. The barracks installation on Am
Schiesstattr g, which was blocked to civilian trz,,i_tf'ic by
harrior. s
anto-rea by
road he instructors Wore rec - , a t. ore , urnmrj
epaulets an e. driver students b1 ick .bordored red
epaialetsa Other vehicles entering the billeting,tt
ihcl ud
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most or 6'J is h were C r.iven2 ' see c : ers w11. r oci ,)orc pro
black epaulets although some of the drivers had black-
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bordered red epaulets., Stull tracki riven by 25X1
nd jeep riven by soldiers With re'
ordered black epa IS< III so seen enter lh: the
installation. Sedan and jeep both 25X1
driven by soldiers w black-bordered rea
parked in front of the kamendatura a The Viehofen Cas ul.e,
which was fenced-in. by barbed wire, was guarded by a
sentry with red-bordered black epatziets. The approach
roads t oilril in tra 'a" e? Trucks
driven by soldiers
W3Xn `e - r-Dor ere 53.5c l.". epaulets,, were seen en route
toward Viehofen, each carrying about 3O soldiers, who 'fore
black-bordered rod epaulets. zl)
20 An Austrian laborer who was engaged in restoration work
at the IBainor 1,aserine stated`',h,:It the inst ;L1tat-?on v'Jas
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occupied to capacity and that the rec;r al. to thero were
restricted to quarters. The .Andreas 3ioj erstrasse was
blocked from si ht by a board. w,-ul_.! on 20 &3ugt.,.st0 The
entrf.tnce to the f oim er court huil(iin;: was inside the
restricted area. tL?rrereus trucks . ore ? ?`.~rkei at the
barrack installations ,-Jest of the Sch ess ;att~rin , in
addition to AT guns andmortars of an undetermined caliber.
However, no tanks Er,Fore seen there, Soviet trot `s bbivoucc. e.'hed
in tents in the nun:. c psl forest es ; of the railroad
lane. (2) Until 1 a4 -n., during the nights of 17 a1 d 18
AAugust, the noise of troops at combat pract _ce as heard
from the tank train ng site in. the viJ lage o `~-- itzendorf
on the .lest perimeter of St, Foe.l_ten~
3a On 18 August, 27 Y!21 wearing -%l aci. `?l c dore.Cd :.red epaulets
drilled under the supervision of an of :'icer in the
former provincial insane asylum, Twelve .gore sold:=ers,
wearing an undetercl11_ned. service color; stood near an
artillery piece which was obviously an AT un, Twe
seven trucks and five van-like trucks 25X1
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left the billeting
area,, driven by so i_ d F.e _ s ;T 1 7 +
bordered red epaulets; each was occupied by, 10 yen who
also -wore b1_ack- bc.r".hied red epaulets. `ruc =. 25X1
driven by a soldier with red-bordered 'slack epar e s
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was seen leaving load_ed~ with ration
boxes, Local residents s'tate~. that t -he Soviet units
which moved to the Q y (? 1 Jn troop t--i"oi-1nv grounds
for practice had returned to their c arteks" (3)
l ) CCorcairg ,o nrevio*,js . it . a b,_" ..oved that the
150th Tan.. hie't of t1:1e; S) ,5th Gds .^t s ;if't_e Div stationed
at Camp Sp gat 1ern had lett , The Pr ascent r(:)port does not
indicate whether the camp w i s reoccupied on 24 :ug st 1951"
SAll motor vehicles observed ther~e^~. belon; to the ' th Gds
lu t .z .! Rifle Dl a, inc hese Se-C-1 alJ tt he ,~~..j.rac s
:?n.stailati-:ra or, Am _'2hi sstc ctr,.rnL c e,Cu ).cr precriou4 nor
the vZ'~.4 I4 y,, ~' a uf?is.t. ar q?..?~C', ee on `I
~.`s' r~ f u':~.~. .~'. .il .a L~i l i.w~.
occupation Vielaofen Castlev 25X1
collfoonen of 'u-11 T, e 9 5 n T S i .. i .i . / IS
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6/ qa, The 0 a there.
d sue 1 -r y /+ -}. yy~ Yp yy
(2) e barracks ins.[.. l il3 a. ~Ji'..ns oil Ai
Rainer r.aserne, cannot hs seen from the o;itsr_c_e and,
therefore, no det,nils or. the `actua.l occupation of these
installations, could be ti.''c." .~red0
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G p ~'r. t residents i ' 'r'
{'}) e ~ ~~. ~ .atr cl ~k~. t 4.. its kept r_ ~.~ir} 25X1A
and leaving during t~.K.:::yt.d t 111l
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