SOVIET ACTIVITY AT KORNEUBURG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014200160003-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 23, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 25X1 REPORT
iNF k 1ATIIO REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Austria
SUBJECT Soviet Activity at Korne';burg
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PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
DATE DISTR. 23 October 1952
NO. OF PAGES 2
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW?
SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
Eleven AA guns of 8.5 centimeter caliber, were parked in the
open next to a large, shed at the AAA camp on Bisambergers Grasse
the guns barrels were vertically elevated The aide walls of
'?h shad had been removed . and it was empty. There were super-
structures built on the roof,_ Approximately forty enlisted
men were on close order drill in the immediate vicinity,
Twenty enlisted men with black-red shoulder boards were seen
marching from the AAA camp in the direction of Kuraeub arg and
&nQ cheer fifty enlisted men wearing black-red shoulder boards
Marched from Korneuburg toward the camp
Veiny little activity was observed in the Soviet airforce
,supply depot area on the rail line of Korneuburg-Mistelbach0
The temporary barracks In the western part of the depot area
appeared to be empty and the windows were covered with boards
adan,
I river with 'black--red service colors
dr _ver with black-red service colors f,
;e.re e +.v'Ln the depot area in the direction of aorneuburg
I330,, and 1300 hours respectively.
Twenty wen were observed at roll call in the courtyard of the
.1,-0. ears" barracks in. the northern part of 1orneuburg 0
' j~l!$ ? L^P1_ :~r-ne -truck
driver with black-red shoulder boards
,iii a' .llery insignia 4,
gas oar?ked next to the entrance to the barracks,,
Twenty-seven officers were seen leaving the former restaurant
oppose the railroad station which is now an officers t' mess.
he ma ority of these were field grade officers,, but there
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was one rui.L colonel among them Twenty-five of the officers
including the colonel, wore black-red shoulder boards; the
remaining two officers wore bordeaux-red service colors
Four civilian Russian women also left the reataurant~' The
officers with Bordeaux-red service colors entered the Komen-
datura building; the other officers went to a number of build-
ings southeast of the railroad station., A Russian type truck,
driver with black-red shoulder boards
r d artillery insignia,
drove to these buildings?
In the southeastern section of the wharf area a three-story
building is under construction by they A, Porr firm which is
under USIA administration, No river craft was seen in the
wharf harbor,, One gunboat of standard type and. an armed
motor boat were drydocked on the embankment next to the
wharf area,,
G.. Enlisted men with black-red service colors, some with artil-
lery insignia and others with transport insignia, were seen in
the city,, One major wearing black-red shoulder boards and
artillery insignia walked to the Danube embankment carrying
fishing tackle, A large number of military personnel was seen
in the city, 3
?our cabin trucks with S:S motors, all without license ol_ates
'1n71d driven by enlisted meas, arrived at 1-300 hours from the
direction of "'Itockeraur.. Two additional trucks,,,
both with trailer& and bearing the same number plates ss the
"truckks,, also arrived from the direction of Stockera.u,..
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1? ozrnnent? Previou.slT at least fifteen AA guns
01 tine; sai e u ype were stationed here
20 Coimnent. This officers" mesa appears to provide
mess facilities for Kornendature. officers and a headquarters
staff stationed in the buildings adjacent to the rail line..
3? ~.~?? , ;`~t? In addition to what appears to be sn AAA
headquarters in 1orneuburg a heavy AAA battsllon, probably
consisting of three batteries q is. u&aa~r isoned here 0 A small
transport unit seems to be stationed in Korneuburg., It is
believed that only a navy repair unit is present hers,
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