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POSSIBLE READINESS DECREASE SZCZECIN ARMY BARRACKS KRECKOW NE 5, POLAND

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82T00709R000201690001-9
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RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
3
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
June 11, 2010
Sequence Number: 
1
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
August 1, 1982
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/11: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201690001-9 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET 238 (Security Classification) CONTROL NO. Z-11294/82 NPIC/PEG (9/82) COPY O F Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/11: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201690001-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/11: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201690001-9 Iq Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/11: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201690001-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/11: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201690001-9 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page _ 1 of 1 Attachment to Z-11294/82 Copy POSSIBLE READINESS DECREASE SZCZECIN ARMY B CKS KRECKOW N, POLAND NPIC/PEG (09/82) 1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A POSSIBLE RELAXATION OF READINESS OF FORCES AT THIS INSTALLATION IS OBSERVED. 2. (SWN) REMARKS: ELEMENTS OF ONE BMP ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER-EQUIPPED MECHANIZED RY BATTALION, IN PROBABLE ALERT FORMATION ON HAVE RETURNED TO THEIR 25X1 NORMAL PARKING SPACES. THIS SUGGESTS AT LEAST A PARTIAL RELAXATION OF READINESS IN THIS MECHANIZED INFANTRY REGIMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN IN AN INCREASED STATE OF READINESS SINCE JANUARY 1982. THE REMAINDER OF THE OPEN PARKING AREA WHERE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE REGIMENT HAVE BEEN ON ALERT IS HEAVILY CLOUD COVERED; HOWEVER, ELEMENTS OF AT LEAST ONE TANK COMPANY STILL APPEAR TO BE IN CONVOY. ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE NORMAL IN THE REMAINING CLOUD-FREE AREAS OF THE INSTALLATION. (SWN) THIS INSTALLATION, HOUSING ELEMENTS OF THE POLISH 12TH MECHANIZED INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE POMERANIAN MILITARY DISTRICT, IS IN NORTHWEST POLAND ON THE EAST GERMAN BORDER. 3.1 (COORDINATES 53-27-50N 014-29-30E COMMENTS AND OUERIES REGARDING THIS BRIEFING BOARD MAY BE DIRECTED TO 25X1 These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/11: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201690001-9

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