SOVIET AND POLISH TROOP MOVEMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012600120003-0
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 13, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 21, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
Soviet and Polish. oop`l ~vements
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Eleven cattle ears, carrying armored troops formerly stationed at Poznan and
Opole (Oppeln),,and seven miscellaneous cars arrived at "sistka (Stolpmxen.de)
on 16 May 1952 from Slupsk (8tolp).
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(Jershoeft - ). I
Nev units are being activated and large amounts of building materials are
being transported to the area betweenlcrolowe Plaze (sic) and Aiaroslawiec
form part of larger units being activ ted.along the Polish coast..
A greater number of trains than usual,, carrying: supplies for Soviet and
Polish units,; is moving through Slupsk to Starcgard and to Kolobr?zeg (:olberg)
Nev tank and motorized artillery arena. have appeared: at BSranfewo (Bra .sberg),
Malbork (Marieizburg), Wrzeszcz,, Wejherowo and Ustka. The tank units are
equipped mostly with fi_31 tanks, but also with Stalin tasks.. All the units
tars rail transports, carrying mostly heavy equipment from the 'Q'S;
6. Polish guards have been posted at the railroad stations in Gdynia, Sopot,
Gdansk, Wrzeszez, Slupsk, and.. Szczecin to guard military transports stopping
number are moving on the line through Poznan.
are moving on the !1czew-C d.y a-Szczecin (Stettiv) line and an even large
erg Soviet troops were observed in the' vicinity of Gdansk, but
'Vicinity of the Masurian. Lakes (Po iezierze Mazurskie')
Pisz (Jobann.isburg --R 5l/A54) and the Polish-Soviet border and in the
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8. There has been an increase in movements of Soviet military transports ij
the Szczecin area; .the activity is equal to that in 1947 when the area was
returned to Polish control. The material consisted mainlyof artillery
tanks, and vehicles. The trains go from Poznan. and. from D nrr, Vbrs adt. (ale)
to and through Szczecin, to USedom (Vznam):island, other. German Baltic islands;.
Soviet troops are being moved in closed
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cars attached to ordinary freight trains, which bypass larger railroad .stations.
10. Naval and coastal artillery units have been added to the Soviet garrizolft
in Swinoujscie (Swinemuende).
11. Soviet units formerly at Szczecin left for Gryfino (Greifenhag n. - 054/Q53)
anadChojnica (Koenigsberg in.:der 'eumark - 053/00l'
53/Q0), reportedly for maneuvers.
12. Between Cho j i:i.ca and Eberswalde, at least five airfields are- being rebuilt
by the Russians at which large Soviet Air Force units with numerous planes
(possibly some jet aircraft) are stationed.
There is now one Soviet parachute unit in the vicinity of erswaide.
14. There has been no change in the Polish units in the Szczeci
Comment,
ants were in progress in the Gdansk-Wrzeszcz area.
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