SOVIET TROOPS IN ST. POELTEN AND MAUER OEHLING

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CIA-RDP82-00457R008800400006-9
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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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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REPORT
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X81#i~6?~C - it1eRa@.O/08/i-2: CIA-R 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 25X1 Auvust 3_951 . VaTE PREPARED. 25X1 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 I 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- 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 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 o CLASSIFICATION 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 anc tal Approved For Release 2003/08/12 : CIA-RDP82-00457R008800400006-9 25X1 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 tns a .~ :~ oza r.'L~.c w 25X1 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 s 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 R 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 ., 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 Approved For Release 2003/08/12 : CIA-RDP82-00457R008800400006-9