SOVIET TROOPS IN CAMP SPRATZERN SOUTH OF ST. POELTON, MELK AND KLOSTERNEUBURG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012600170005-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 9, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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on 8 =,ay 1952, 2 T-a34 tank s, 12 trac'.:cs" 2 soda- as and 1 deep were noticed in Camp
Spratzern south, of ;t. Praelt: n (0 49/13-3) , About 60 -oldiers arri od. ??sith rifles left
the camp and marched to the woods ?c est of the czar p iifle shots were, heard from
that; direction soi tine later, Sixteen .fi eld?- r? Ide officers ?,7-:r.r. n- rc -bord :a cd.
black epaulets with tank insignia having a lieutenfllnt colonel as ran-.king o: ':i.cer
and E r.m jors wearing red-bordered b ?''?" " F3 with artiller `7a.si r ~n a " 'ire sues,
enterin,C and leaving the carr , , Jeep t u tcs
all occupied by personnel aaearssa rt., bordered bl c'e epaulets; jeep 50X1-HUM
driven by a soldier and occupied by a colonel both wearing red-bordered
black epaulets and 2 majors :wearing red--bordered black epaulets with artille
insignia ; ieea truck sedan and. truer a
2 majors wearing red-bordered black e aaul.e s with tank irrrasi~;riia were noticed at 50X1-HUM
the .main -ate of t :e Pionier'' Ya >er_ c in >iostc raeubur ~ ('0 4~a 301 l'd lore. aGxl'Ga ?+
all occa;.;aiy personnel weearz nil: red-bordered
ti alt epaulets, were se m t hhcn camp? 50X1-HUM
,, On 7 iSay, 20 soldiers wearing redbordered black epaulets practiced on two guns
in the Birago ;Saserne in =elk (0 b9?,~ 608),- A senior lieutenant wearing red bord.erea.
black epaulets with artillery insignia and 22 troops wearing red-bordered black
epaulets and carrying rifles entered the installation corning from tbx. direction
of the Doaauauen. Truck dr.ivvven by a soldier 'with red-bordered black 50X1-HUM
epaulets and o cupied by .1troops wearin : red, bordered black epaulets left the
installation a el
proceeded to-wary. Sts 'oelteno
.3. On 6 S.;ay, 5 Iwo..,jors n ariag red-bordered black epaulets -vith artillery insignia and
wore red--bor der. c d black epaulets' Jc: t> I hand ,rucks
all occupied by aersca iel wgit? r _-d black epaulets,
were se .n era er s n and .Leaving the instal. !.atiora., Truck was parked in 5-1-
outer yard at t? rtime gate; where t'ae. sentry -wore Mack-bordrrod. Mack 50X1-HUM
e caul ets. Truck driven by a s )ldier -re;a.rin; bla ok--box dered black enaulcts
entered the oirier v rd narryii?"" a lead of ,' 2ni)1vT l:nu'ns_ 7- 1
s`aaak trucicl stood at the aarkin; lot for tank i uo' ss ,:.which50X1-HUM
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adjoined the outer ~aard to the northeast, Two lieutenant colonels wearira;; red-
bordered black epaulets with artillery insignia and four majors wearing red-bordered
black epaulets entered a building souathea st of t!ie 'ionjer '_}faserne, llhree ; .ajor:50X1-HUM
wearing red-bordered black epaulets w w:it,a tank :insignia looked' out, of ?t~hi r.
building, Two AT guns without niuz.,le brakes and 16 trucks ,ere kaarked in Lae yard.
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of the former 'io-njer ;Sus'unq Trucks
al'_ occupied by personnel zioarin,l- red-
or, are acf epau o s, vrere aeon enterin : and leaving, the Monier lWasor'"nC'!c at
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probably bclo'i ; to -; 1?o si;;nal battalion aid recon?1aisUancc
the ve`ri c-1 cs
battalion of the 13th Ids ~.:ecz Ji 'r. It is po siblc tlli t connoc nts o", the
siz nal battalion., .}fuc a t?av bon absc-rved, only in ..oec ,1_in, and :a ",ra 1 to date,
are also tationed in lc)ste r_3'_bIw-,a This is also indicatc~..i by th3 s r,rice
color. c). the :setitry at the nort'~;:; :st ;;ate
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