SOVIET SIGNAL DEPLOYMENT POLAND

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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 21, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 22, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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2-PART GRAPHIC
SOVIET SIGNAL DEPLOYMENT
POLAND
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1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: SOVIET SIGNAL ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED IN
POLAND.
2.-(S/D) REMARKS: TWELVE TWIN PLATE TROPOSCATTER (TROPO) RELAY
SETS (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC), SUBORDINATE TO A TWIN PLATE
BATTALION (BN), ARE BEING DEPLOYED IN AN OPERATIONAL
CONFIGURATION IN TWO LOCATIONS NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST OF
MIEDZYRZECZ ARMY BARRACKS KESZYCA 201 (GRAPHIC 1 OF 2). THIS
ACTIVITY WAS NOT OBSERVED EIGHT TWIN PLATE 25X1
STATIONS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE NORTHEAST AREA, AND FOUR
TWIN PLATE TROPO RELAY STATIONS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE
SOUTHEAST AREA. ACTIVITY IN BOTH AREAS INDICATES THE UNITS ARE
PROBABLY IN THE PROCESS OF ERECTING THE ANTENNAS. THE THREE
RADIO RELAY STATIONS (RADREL), DEPLOYED IN A SEMICIRCLE ON THE
NORTH, EAST, AND SOUTH EDGES OF THE INSTALLATION ON
ARE NO LONGER PRESENT. 25X1
IN POSSIBLY RELATED ACTIVITY, THE TWIN PLATE TROPO RELAY BN HAS
DEPARTED REMBERTOW ARMY BARRACKS 203
(GRAPHIC 2 OF 2). A PROBABLE PARK DRIVE SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS (SATCOM) SET IS IN TRAVEL MODE IN THE TWIN PLATE
BN VEHICLE PARK. PARK DRIVE IS NOT NORMALLY SEEN IN THIS
AREA. TWO ZSU-23/4 SELF-PROPELLED ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY
(SPAA) GUNS ARE ALSO PRESENT. ZSU-23/4 SPAA WERE LAST OBSERVED
PROVIDING SECURITY HERE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE POLISH
CRISIS. OTHER DEPLOYED EQUIPMENT INCLUDES A CATS PAW RADREL
STATION AT THE EAST END OF THE ATHLETIC FIELD AND AN R-400/404
ANTENNA (NOT ON GRAPHIC).
MIEDZYRZECZ IS APPROXIMATELY 40 NM EAST OF THE EAST
GERMANY-POLAND BORDER AND HOUSES THE SOVIET SIGNAL BRIGADE
SUBORDINATE TO THE NORTHERN GROUP OF FORCES. REMBERTOW IS
APPROXIMATELY 75 NM WEST OF THE USSR-POLAND BORDER AND HOUSES
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ELEMENTS OF A PROBABLE KGB/UPS SIGNAL REGIMENT. IN THE PAST,
BOTH UNITS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUPPORT OF CONTINGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS DURING PERIODS OF INCREASED TENSION IN POLAND.
THIS ACTIVITY MAY NOW BE RELATED TO SOVIET CONCERN OVER
RELAXATION OF MARTIAL LAW IN POLAND.
COORDINATES 52-24-33N 015-28-32E
52-14-47N 021-08-36E
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