SOVIET TROOPS IN ST. POELTEN, MAUER OEHLING AND AMSTETTEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008700410008-0
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 21, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY. A ustri.a (Soviet Zol
T OPIC
.REPORT
Soviet Troops in St. Poelten, iier Oe i? ing and Amstetten
50X1-HUM
50X1-HUM
DATE OF CONTE'
DATE OBTAINED-
September
..._.,4.DAT E PREPARED- 5
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were recondit. onedgs new framE:s were 1.nstalied In the Win6ou s
Orsci the roofs were covered with ~zew rc~ `i h y per e The rpods
an the camp were also being repa i.r Jd. U~ , o to a~T' s done by
civilian laborers. True driven by at soldier t~iith 50X1-HUM
n Or t' au ets, was puked in front of the camp;
red-borC er ~ =
and truck driven by a soldier with rod-border. eci 50X1-HUM
black erau e s en ere . the camp.
2.. No activity was observed at the loading Kapp of the St. Poeitc-wr;.
railroad station. Only rotor ve,.?.` ci.e , driven by a 50X1-HUM
so[ Bier with black-borric1red rod opryule'ts. was parked th?e re.
A junior lieutenant seen in front of the rai.Lroad station
more red-bordered black epaulets, a stand-up collar of biac'-
velvet, and a rectangular-badge of black velvet, bearing a
goVen binged-wheel emblem on-his left upper sleeve.
wRt
l, the hitherto u occupiedR ooden ar ax `
1. On 2( July 19"
A convoy of trucks
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y led by zmali trticW aaulect
about 1-60 men '::earin7 red-bordered block epa&ets, including
some with .art i_l_ Lery insignia, into the Rainer .aseraneo The
trucks had cone from the direction of Viehofer (U 49/ 33) ;
where they subsequently returnee;.,
4. Ue activity was observed in the yard of the Prinz Li;en 1.asorne.
Sixteen trucks were seen in the ,ara?es between the i ri.nz Ewer
Vaserne and the Rather 1saserne.
7ntnr ' enteriny or leaving the Franz Josef 11asorne
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passenger car and t r uscks
er, ' MW P.M ( 49/063) , loaded with
potatoes. All t 0s vehicles were driven by soldiers v ith red-
bordered biact epaulets,
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Class. Clanged T : TS S GD
Ante. NR, 704
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6. Cry 25 July 1.951, troops in the fof ?. n t.fro-u-incial insane
asylum in Mauer Oehl n; (0 49/ 2 ) 3e ,e drilling with AT
3 t ? ~.E kbs ,ere seen -..t the
guns of about 50 ram. A total of .
installation. On the target range abou --- 70 soldiers with
black-bordered red epaulets practl.ced :"irin; at silhouette
targets with heavy Maxim machine's 2 7 4 tor vehicles
were driven by sc~-a_.ter: wearing red..borde rc c1 blac
p . r tillery insignia. =
5a Or. 25 July a numerous officers and me-lloal personnel entered
and left the hospital in .stette~?, 0 4'1)
Lf%o , Camp Sprat er A is :>e:?. i c?Y%~'d to rsxar ;er the 50X1-HUM
150th Tank Re xt of the 95th Gds 11:,t; _I .fle Div, in addition
to other units. The information does not indicate whether
the 'regiment was at the camp on 26 w :11 r 1951.
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