MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN OLOMOUC BARRACKS HOSPITALS, STORAGE DEPOTS, AIR RAID SHELTERS

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. '193 and '194, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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a five-page report describing military
installations (barracks, hospitals, storage depots, at: raid shelters,
etc.) in the city of Olomouc, Czechoslovakia. The report is accom-
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panted. by a map., showing the locations of the various installations.
(Note: Washington dist ;on indicated by "X"; Field distribution by "#".)
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Military installations at OLOMOUC
Pci' numbers, see map
1) a complex of buildings finished in
1938, on Dr. E. Benes Square, opposite the Regional Adminis-
tration of the Ministry of the Interior and the STB. Trida
Llarsala Stalina passes through the square and leads to the
station. The actual HQ for the OLOMOUC and GOTTWALDOV areas
is in a three-storeyed building, and is subordinate to the
Ministry of National Defence. There are three HQs for
tactical units in Maravia, at OLOMOUC, BRNO and OSTRAVA, and
GOTTWALDOV and part of the JIHLAVA region are distributed
under them. All branches of the services, including the air-
force, are subordinate to them, and these Military Area HQs
are not identical with or connected with the Regional Military
Administration. The military training area at LIBAVA is also
subordinate to the CLOMOUC HQ. Th n HQ building contains a
telephone exchange, through which pass all calls from unit to
unit. The C.O. of the HQ is a "two-star" general.
2) Garrison and Supply Cps offices, in fairly old three-
storeyed buildings near (1), on the North-east corner of the
square, with ulice Husova on the West side, ulice Slamova on
the East and the Orthodox Church at the North end; the supply
service in this complex is probably for the g rrison only.
At full strength, the OLOMOUC military area reaches the num-
ber of 60,000, including' officers, NCOs and men.
j) Anti-aircraft_lai_aleals units, in the old Terezianska
pevnustka (formerly cavalry barracks) on Nova ulice on the West
side of OLOMOUC hospital. The installation has been largely
rebuilt, with quarters and a new kitchen converted from the
old stables (a). The HQ (b) is housed in a one-storeyed
building by the original fortress. In the Easteri part is
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transmitting station, with various aerials on the roo
The number of officers is comparatively large, and they wear
AA or Signals badges; the men number about 200, armed with
machine carbines. No AA guns have been seen at this
Barracks.
4) AA unit and officers' training school for AA Arty, in a
fairly old Barracks complex in the centre of the town opposite
the Tank Barracks. The East side is bounded by the river
Morava, the South by ulice Komenskeho, the North-east by ulice
Dobrovskeho, and the remaining side by trida Vaclava III.
The unit has 30 85 mm AA guns, and a considerable number of
vehicles, mostly V 3 Si both visible from the street, as they
are ranged in the middle ?of the yard. Four or five of the
officers from this unit were sent to Egypt in October 1956,
and one lost his life there. The AA Arty officers' training
school has about 200 trainees; the CO is a Colonel and there
is a Soviet advisor with the rank of Major. The trainees
took an active part in the fighting in Hungary in October and
November, 1956.
5) Tank unit, in fai:-ly -ad Barracks opposite (4) on
Klasterohradistaska ulice, with namesti Biskupa Gorazda and
ulice Pasterrova on the South side; to the North there is a
stadium and fields. The unit has 30 S - 2 tanks, and about
15 lorries and other vehicles.
The CO is a Colonel. The
unit has engaged in the fighting in Hungary in October and
November 1956. To the.North, on the street, there is an inn
formerly belonging to ARMA n.p., frequented by both army
personnel and civilians.
6) Tank unit, armed with SD 105 self-propelled guns, 6 of
which have been observed; the exact number is not known.
The unit is billeted in fairly old Barracks in the South-east
part of OLOMOUC - NOVY SVET, opposite the main supply stores
on Helicka ulice, and the South side is bounded by ulice
Josefa Nalevky and the OLOMOUC - BRNO railway line. The .
unit H.Q. is in a U-shaped buildin
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This unit also took part in the fighting in Hungary.
7) Ais_12Eas_sprrisolL.OLOMUCI stationed at OLONOUC
NEREDIN airfield, north-west of OLO:IOUCI also a former
fortress. South of the installation is Trida mirth, oon-
tinuing as the PRAGUE - LITOVEL road, and to the East ulice
Na sibeniku. In December 1956, the air force garrison was
transferred to PREROV BOCHOR airfield, and the Barracks
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largely evacuated, and since that time, the air craft repair
workshops have not been used. A unit of 150 to 200 men
remained to prepare the airfield for handing over to the
OLOMUC SVAZARYL. The purpose for which the Barracks in
the former fortress are in future to be used is not known.
8) Engineers' unit, in the Eastern part of OLOYOUC, South
of trida Karsala Stalina, in an installation with the River
Horava on the West side, ulice Zeyerova and Krizikova to the
North-east, and the stream called Bystrioa to the North-
west. The unit numbers about 300, and the CO is a Colonel.
There is Practice in building folding and pontoon bridges on
the Horava, etc, and the unit has a large amount of equip-
ment; most of the veL5.c1es are V 3 S.
9) Garrison HQ and Barracks fora uhit of the Interior
Guard, extending along the West side of ulice Boziho tela
as far as namesti Republiky.
10) Interior Guard unit in a former monastery, used as a
suiply office, and for other purposes since the war; it is
a large square three-storeyed building on Stefanikova ulice
near the Netural History Museum, with Ilusejni ulice on the
West side, ulice Pekarni on the East, and ulice Kozeluzska on
the North side.
11) Dum arm.Idl (Army House), East of (10), and on the East
side of ulice Pekarni, with ulice :11cochova on the East side.
12) Military Hospjlal, installed in a former monastery after
1945, in the Northern part of the town on Susilovo namesti.
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Stara e installations
13) tJL.A!EI!_.iEC RET old rn? 1 it a ry in
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in OLOMOUC - POVEL, the South-west of the town, on the South
side of Polska ulice, with ulice Jihoslovanska on the East
side; the installation consists of a group of wooden huts,
most of them built before the war; a railway track leads to
it and is constantly in use to transport all kinds of material;
fuel is probably stored here, as there is always a large
number of metal barrels in the storage area. Trucks entering
the area are oovered, so it is not possible to ascertain what
kind of material they conta&n. The depot is guarded by Works
Yilitia, with dogs.
14) QM stores, in a former group of mill buildings on the West
side of the OLagOUC Fats Industry, South of the East end of
Polska ulice; the depot is enclosed on all siaes by the
river Morava, and consists of two five-storeyed buildings
and a number of masonry and wooden ground-floor buildings,:
a railway track leads into it. Two wooden observation towers
have been built in the area, which is guarded by both military
personnel and Works militia; the depot supplies foodstuffs
for the LIBAVA military training area.
15) Supply dapot and milita_EL eq41222nt, OLOMOUC - NOVY SVET,
opposite (6) and extending from Holicka ulice about 650 m.
alongside the 0LOXOU0 - BRNO railway line; it consists of a
large number of ground-floor wooden buildings containing stores
and workshops for OLO:IOUC Garrison HQ, including tailors',
cobblers' harness-makers', carpenters' and motor repair
workshops; wood, iron and leather etc. and spare parts pre
stored at the depot, and vehicles involved in crashes are
brought here.
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Atomic shelters etc.
16) New shelter, finished in 1956, on nova ulice, at the
South-west corner of the hospital, ferro-concrete, with an
earth rampart; it is probably for the use of the hospital.
17) Atomic shelters constructed from the original shelters
in Michalske sady East of the Capucin monastery; the original
shelters were built in 1942-45; the work of modification and
reinforcement went on from 1950 to 1956.
18) Ferro-concrete bunker, built in 1956 on the cornerzat the
Havlickova-PavelcakovaiNlynska-Fierliniprova crossroads; the
bunker is about 1 x 3 m. and 2 m. high, the South-east side
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built into the old citadel; it has loopholes and is probably
intended to defend the approach to Masarykovo namesti from
Havlickova-Pavelcakova trida. The illynsky potok (stream)
has been canalised here as far as the point where it enters
the BystrfLcka.
19) Former Barracks, now used for civilian storage purposes,
on the North side of the Dominican church and girls' school.
20) Regional administration of the Ministry of the Interior -
Regional StB HQ, in the former police station, and Gestapo
building, on the North side of namesti Dr. E. Benes, a three-
storeyed L-shaped building.
21) District Security De artment, on the West side of the
Faculty of Medicine, on Gottwaldova trida, a fairly old square
three-storeyed building.
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