1. POLISH TROOPS AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN STOLP AND SOVIET TROOPS IN GROSS BORN. 2. SOVIET TROOPS IN LOWICZ

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004100500006-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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F-I 1 Prior to October 1953$ the Neue 1,,aserne? on. th,et north side of the Guinbin
- (P '35/ 1.08) - rood son the : ee stern` perirne Er of Stoip (P' 5/N 08) quartered
Polish toots `yak o wore 1.1ue-g.'ay uniforms? Igo soldiers idearing khaki
uniforms were of served. Armored vehicles of ta.riatzs r bdois, trucks, se-~
dens and totca' cycles with and without- ssidec rs 'seree F-a="kad in the : lleting
sr:?a, q> . ix c-I'c otrient buildings- each including. six flat ; for of f'I eey s were
sneWlv'dorstructed on both sides of the $wtvrab1n road in t)o.. area?west of the
in t,il1fation.l F 'b 1952 to October .3953, ?Pol sh tanks and SP guns .:e,ssed
through t3.7e, town of Bedlin, (P 55/n.99) ?f'ront the direction of ;;,tolp4 The
SP. guts.had .suspan6lruns and-tracks t:11th 'togie wheels end -track- supporting
s?.aJ.lers r nd a large, ed ,ed? superstrtcturt. fran which a short, big barrel
.reinforced .round the :nuzzle was seen pio jecting. The tanks lad suspensions
&nd tracks with togie wheels only, a gut with a very long barrel, and a
turret mounting, a light hA weapon. Fcesidents of Bedlin believed that these
a:ri .ored vehicles wore s :-tion::d at Stoip. The vehicles were observed in
the spring r_nd z._ ?1 of 1952 and 1953.2
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2 `.line for vier 1ja ckensen Kaserne on the north side of form; r Bluecher Stre.sse
qu6rtered Polish troops r.rior to the fo1.l of 1953. The r;orpse of a high-
rrnleing Polish officer, who residents said had been murdered, was l- in in
state at, this ire talla:ti.on in October or Noverriber 1952.,
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14 :, former stables in the eas':ern section of the fo:r,ex rue her K Berne, on
tape south side of former Blueccher ,tres e, housed trucks and a 1-.imitedd num,_
o a,_? of sedans trier to the fall of 19 ?3c, The -card at the entrsi :e wore a
ae grey uniform, veka is Les under re4 a i.r? ?4
A : u ,n.er trsining cL..mp at Q!ua? enburg (P 55/14 07) and in the woods- to the east
r-,f this town was vscated in October 1951.. it,hed not :aeon used egain by
Polish troops prior, to the sua'irier of :3.9530
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6. From 20 January to 20 Fetruary 1954, atouv 6>C ` cviet Ecidi.ex s re-c ~ cd
Infantry training at the barracks installation in Lowicz (Q 53/? 2,!'O
:ti.ch was located near the railroad lt.ne)o
25X1Al. Comment. The 9th Tank Regt of the 8th lpeca Div Xrhich is carr1 d
a t Is installation is confirmed by,the pre, eat ir!.a'ormat ion until
October 1953 t.
The tanks cannot be ic.de:atifi9d as Soviet A r 1y JS tan si they haaa--,s is ret
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25X1 -: r4an.t1t --n 1.A machine gz , but are fitted with -ogie wheels !?.d
upportin roliers. 3'echiiically it ??.oul.d be possible . to mount an AA ma-
chine gun in the turret of a T.-34 teank4,
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W C,r er y Previous reports dating from November 2952 indicated
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t at this Installation ci rtered no front-line unit, but s headquarters
or a mili.:ary ad inistr Live agency,
25X1A/;~, Cssru e The former L1uec e:r Kaserne presumably quarters, the r`k,AA
regiment and the rocket l.euncher? battalion of the 8th 1Gech Dili ihich are
carried. in Stoip o
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Gar~xr5 ntq_ The ~pr-e e t infornation cons r :.y that a Scviat division
is s tioned at Gross Bern. Previous reports indicated that -phis division
is the 26th Gds i'ech Div.;
C.?SUrentee The present infory' ation generally agreos with, ca. Y) . av.-t0`1:l
report; of April 1952. The unit
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