MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN DANZIG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008300410009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 7, 1999
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 24, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1a A barrLcks installation, occupied by Polish troops wearing khaki
uniforms aryl equipped only -,vith small armor, was located in Danzig
on the cast side of ul0lako4~;a, formerly 1';eidengasse, prior to
early October 1950. This instal-lotion was enlarged in the spring
of 1950, when one more barracks building was constructed. Accor&
in to local residents, it ttiasatil1 notlarge enough, and some
building compounds on u1, 1slblaska, formerly Lang;gartenstrasse,
were evacuated.
2. The farmer ieben Ka? orne, located about lix) meters wort of the
Lottla Port near the freight station, was also occupied by Polish
troops ,4 arir khaki. uniforms and equipped only with small arms.*
3. Although it was common knowledge artiora ; the local residents that
only Polish infantry units were located, in the central. sectors
of the city, horse'-drawn artillery units and not more than five
tanks were occasionally observed in the area of the city after
the fall of 1948 o The billets of these wilts were not identified.
4~ One more barracks installation, occupied Polish
sideops, waGrun~-
l..ocated in Langfuhr (? . 55/1 43)s on the south "
a"aidzka, formerly Adolf Hitler-Strasse Since this was observed
orr1 from the streetcar, no details were given.-9--"
5, Undetermined military agencies, including a military court, s,?4a,w
located on ul. Gen. Swierczew3kiego, formerly Neu~;sarten }
6. The former Danzig stadium, located on the eastern perimeter of
the town of Gross '.alddorf ("! 55/Y 42) near 9oaarcecs apartment,
served. as a military training groundo Record practice was held
there with infantrymen shooting at targets (Gelacndescheibsn) o
7w The wooded terrain on the shore between the area north of Heubudo
( 55/Y 52) and the town of Neufeaohr ( 55/Y 52) was restricted
for military reasons, marked with off limits placards and. patrol-
ed by Polish army troops, The reports of guns were heard. in the
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city from the north and northeast almost we.A6.y.,
Neither Soviet troops nor Polish sailors were obee,- - ci in the city
of Danzig.
9. The MO ( Militia) voivodeship headquarters was located on the north
side of ula Gen,, Swieresewskiago, adjoining the railroad line to
the east and a UB ( Security Police) headquarters, located on the
same side of the street, to the westo
10. Several criminal police departments were located in the former
city police headquarters, about 200 meters southeast of Place 1-go
Ma ja, formerly Heumarkt
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The units reported as located in the barracks in-
stal ationa, each of which was occupied by two infantry battalions
before , orld "Ar I, are believed to be the 13th KB%11 ( Internal
Security) Regt and the 60th Inf Regt, both of whom were identified
in ! nsi
} Previous reports stated that the 41st Arty Regt anc
;n-Cs the SOP( Border Guard) Brigade were located in these
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barracks installations, formerly Husaren, Train, and Schutspolizei
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