1. SOVIET TROOPS IN SCHWEIDNITZ, BRESLAU AND GLEIWITZ 2. POLISH TROOPS IN LEOBSCHUETZ, LAMSDORF AND KATOWICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008600390006-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 23, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Polish-occupied Germany
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1. Soviet Troops in Schweidnitz Breslau and Gleiwitz
2, Polish Troops in_Leobschuetz9 Lamsdorf and Katowice
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1,, Prior to 11 June 1951, Soviet kir Force units were
observed in Schweidnitz (P 51/H 18)'; some of them were quartered
in a-long large barracks installation, about 150 meters
southwest of the railroad station. Armored units, of which no
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2.? On 25 June 1951, a large Soviet troop unit was located in a
barracks installation southwest of Breslau (P 52/C 41). Uost
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On 20 June 1951, the Soviet unit stationed in Gleiwitz (Q 51/Y 37)
was not in the post. Only a guard detail had remained there. (4)
The Hermann Goering Plant in Laband near Gleiwitz.was frequently
inspected by a Polish military commission, which ordered the
air raid shelters to be cleaned. Workers said that the plant
would be taken over by the Polish Army. Workers there were no
longer discharged.
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4. On 22 June 1951, Polish border guard troops and a labor
battalion of members of the 1929 and 1930 classes were quartered
in the barracks installation on ul.Boleslawa Chrobrego in
Leobschuetz (P 51/J 12). The labor battalion was engaged in the
construction of emplacements and bunkers in the restricted
wooded area about 3 km northwest of the post, near the Czech
border. Trucks were seen hauling construction material to the
mods. (5)
5. Prior to mid-June 1951, a Polish infantry regiment from Neisse
(P 51/H 75) was at the Lamsdorf (P 51/H 96) troop training
grounds. Units cover NO 2867/A and 7703 were identified at the
troop training grounds. (6)
6. On 21 June 1951, it was learned that a school for tank officers
and NCOs had been recently opened in Katowice (Q 51/H 57),
7. Prior to early 1951, a motorized KIN (Corps of Internal
Security) regiment of about 1,500 troops was located in the
barracks installation on the west side of ul. Koszarowa in
Katowice. In addition to small arms, the regiment was equipped
with light machine guns, heavy machine guns, mortars, six
45-mm guns and light armored vehicles. All weapons were of
Soviet origin. The regiment had Studebaker, Dodge and US
trucks. Dwelling houses for the dependents of the KBW soldiers
were located east of the barracks area. A general lived in
a villa on ul. Generale Zaieezka, which was guarded by
sentries. (7)
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(1) Soviet Army and Air Force units were last confirmed in
(2) Schweidnitz by a resettler inJuly 1950.
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(3) ,his barracks installation cannot be identified. According to
another resettler, a barracks installation at Krietern kKrzyki),
a southwestern suburb of Breslau, was occupied by Soviet troops
in September 1950. This barracks installation is possibly the
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The 3d Inf Regt of the 7th Inf Div is assumed to be in Neisse.
The oth KBW Brigade was confirmed in this installation in
April 1950.
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