SOVIET TROOPS IN GOEPFRITZ, KLOSTERNEUBURG AND BRUCK AN DER LEITHA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011700340003-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 4, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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=1o On 21 :.larch 1952,, no Soviet railroad koiaendatura was at the ioepf ritz (0 49/
t 64) railroad station, nor were Soviet troops and equipment noticed in
Goepfritz proner or in th stallations previously used during thetraining
period. small shipments of Soviet troops were rotated
at the droop 'awning -rounds for firing practice lasting; two, to four weeks.
Several wooden wedges were noticed on the loading ramp at the railroad sta-
tion, A Soviet troop train escorted by soldiers with red-bordered black
epaulets and carrying 10 to 15 vehicles and 8 to 12 AT
guns with muzzle brakes was seen between re railroad stations of Greifenstei.nn
Altenherg (o 49/5 20) and Kritzendorf (0 49/S 30) en route to Vienna.
2, On 22 'Larch, imprints indicating, that troops were unloaded and loaded in the
past 'reeks wero noticed at the loading ramp of the KKlosterneuburg (0 J9/S 30)
railroad station. About 23 trucks with soldiers wearing red-bordered black
epaulets and two AT guns were seen in the yard of the forr'er Pion or cr r
Another eight trucks stood in the gara ;es. Trucks
driven by soldiers with red-bordered black ep , were seen at he
an illation, Abc.t-.it 30 soldiers with red-bordered black epaulets were seen
returning to the Pionier Kaserne from training near the .Oonauauen (Lanubo
meadows) and the Pionierzeu? ant, respectively. Track 'riven by a
soldier with red-bordered black epaulets, entered the ionier Kaserne through
the northwestern r,?ate. A gunboat and 11 smaller boats resulrablw.r armed motor-
bo~'tn were seen in the harbor on 22 ':arch I'r~zck land jeep F
occu? ied b.- s fors, were par?kod in front of -- he nav dep. t,
Carryin;7 sailors was soon in Klosterna-aburg., ?'r:F
on 20 :?srch, four SP gins, probably 3U--100s a_ c six trucks were seen in the
,gara;;es southeast of the railroad station in 1rucI: ir' der L 3t;1~~ fP ^/
X 771-, Imprints of track-layin vehicles indicated that vehicles of this
t;Tpe had 7'ov ed out of the garage not long ago, About 6 officers were seen
walking from the garages to the nearby camp in the woods, 7`taenty--four soldiers
load, by n captain marched into the camp in the 'goods. The troops wore red-
bordered black epaulets. Four majors with red-bordered black epaulets and one
major with black-bord r d black is were soon at the camp. Trucks
jeep' and sedan all driven
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soiuior^' with red-bordered black analzl ets, were identi.f'I_pe, at t! 7e camp.
J for , the officers erttorinf; and ioavin`; the old horondatura on ''ischa
! w-ndersti asse were seven ztho wore red-bordered black epaalets viith
anti-':.lory insil;nia. Co.turunicationc tivere observed betvr en the carap in the
rrouds and the old konendatura0 Jeep Ieras parked in front of
the so-called nev komondatura which - as entered ber three field t:;rad.e
officers who i ore red -borderer'. black epaulots and One fielc; trade officer
:rho worn Mack. bordered r-ed enaulets, 3?
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route to ~lierxna > ,_ _ s 177-127 rric . co'ooron.,. 317 75 46th ik s -Tocz
x o t of t'le l?tha "Gs :`ecz Liv in Klo ternoubur The troops aroba~l re urr:ed from the boellersheic troop trainin ;rounds,
~%or vento elf inforration tends to :inr.'icato that no &-an-es occurred
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