SOVIET TROOPS IN TRAISKIRCHEN, MOEDLING, BAD VOESLAU AND NEAR EISENSTADT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009900060002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 7, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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and near Eisenstadt
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED
7 "t
_ DATE PREPARED 7 December 1951
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ormeri federal boarding school in Traiskirc ien (0 49 37) "`50X1-HUM
1rtclu'edmabout?40Amotor vehiclesl, ~6 artillery pieces, and 10 to
were among the vehicles. Trucks
o 'h driven by soldiers with red-bordered
lac epau e s arrived from the direction of the railroad station,
foaled with potatoes. Truck driven by a soldier with
ree-bordered black epaulets, was en ified at the installation.(l)
Th.'ee lieutenant colonels and 6 majors, all wearing red-bordered
back epaulets with artillery insignia, were seen entering 0150X1-HUM
1eaving the quarters. About 65 troops with red-bordered black
epaulets engaged in training outside the quarters. They included
a platoon of very young soldiers at drill. No changes were 50X1-HUM
observed with the large radio station. Truck driven by
a soldier with black-bordered black epaulets, and several soldiers
also wearing black-bordered black epaulets, were seen at Tribus-
winkel (0 49/X 36) Castle.
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Soviet Troops in Traiskirchen, Moedling, Bad Voeslau
2. I observed eight BA-64 armored out cars
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aircra. t eng ne factory in btoedlinyv (0-4 ..v A. 'xc~ e ana
y g 9/ 37) T-
?6 a 10
trucks were parked there. Sentries wore red-bordered black epaulets,
A radio car with antenna mast was in the and of,the H rtl
Orphanage. Jeep and truck y 0X1-HUM
soldiers with red-bordered black epaulets, were seen driven by
driving into
the installation. Many soldiers with red-bordered black epaulets
vent back and forth between the quarters in the Hyrtl Orphanage
and the former automobile and aircraft engine factory. (2)
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Officers observed entering or leavin
th
f
g
e
ormer
technical college in Moedling during a two-hour period of
observation on 17 November included 10 field-grade officers with
red-bordered black epaulets, 12 field-grade officers with black-
bordered red epaulets; 4 field-grade officers with black service
color; and 1 field-grade officer with blue service color. The
highest ranks seen were a colonel and several lieutenant colonels.
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SECURITY INF'OO&A.TION
e installation were trucks
and teens
bordered red 50X1-HUM
Tall driven by soldiers; with black
aulet s; ruc Ls
re - ordered black?ep a et
a civilian, and sedan
5.
jeeps
all riven by soldiers with
sedans ' _driven`., by
(3)
On 12-November sentries in.fr-.ont of Bad Voeslau (0 48/X 36)
Castle *ore bladk-bordered red epaulets. Prior to that date,
sentries with black-bordered blue epaulets were observed there.
No personnel were. seen. entering .or. aving., the .,cast e_.,:.nor was
there any vehicular traffc.'Sentries at the laundry also
oil tank truck and truck s ood inside 50X1-HUM
new fence. (4) 50X1-HUM
On 14 November, a truck convoy was seen in the Oggau (P 48/X 65)
area, driving toward Eisenstadt (P 48/X 55) from the direction of
T3P11_q"1 Adl (P 48/X 76). It included trucks
trucks The soldiers.
observed with the trucks wore mainly red-bordered black epaulets,
but included some with black-bordered red epaulets,
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(1) The vehicles and weapons probably belong to the 45th Gds Mecz Regt
of the 1 th Gds Neez Div' in 'Traiskirchen
(2)
The information indicates no changes in the occupation of 50X1-H
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in Moedling
(3)
(4) Bad Voeslau a rfield quarters a reconnaissance regiment of the
air force. The castle was also occupied by soldiers of this
regiment.
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