(SANITIZED)ARTILLERY(SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R006500110007-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 16, 2012
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 3, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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FO RM NO,. 5 1 E. 1
MAY 1949
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CIS;ASSIFICATION SECRET/CONTROL-U, S. OFFICTAIsS ONLY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Artillery
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. S. C.. 31 A N 0 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON 15 PRO-
HIBITED BY LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
DATE DISTR. 3 November 1950
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. The old pre-war artillery barracks in Maribor are bordered on the north
Stritarjeva Street, on the south by Vatova Street, on the west by Beogradska
Street, and on the east by Alijazeva Street. These barracks currently ho
one anti-tank unit, believed to be the 18 Artillery Regiment,* which is '~,p
equipped with 30 anti-tank horse-drawn cannons of unknown caliber, the
majority of which are of Czechoslovak make. The regiment also has IOY;horses.
The strength of the unit is approximately 30 officers and 400 non-co)47tssicied
officers and enlisted men. =1
2. The following is the legend to the plan of the barracks:
Lh Two-story brick building. This is the main building and contains the
headquarters staff and other personnel. Rooms for non.-commissioned officers
and enlisted men are located on the second floor. The staff office, the
non-commissioned officers' mess, and sleeping quarters for the personnel
are located on the first floor. Sleeping quarters for the enlisted men
are on the mezzanine, and storage space is provided in the basement.
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Guardhouse. A one-story brick building, 18 by 18 meters, containing the
offices of the guard unit which consists of one officer, three non-
commissioned officers and twenty-seven enlisted men.
Workshop. Two-story brick building. The workshop is located on the first
floor, and the supply room containing military clothing and shoes is located
on the second floor.
4) One-story building with a flat roof, 50 by 50 meters. Contains a study
room for recruits.
5) Section adjoining the study room. Houses 22 crates, each of which measures
eight and one-half by four and one-half meters, containing cannons.
(Munitions for the cannons are suppli~d by Kamnik, the main center for
Slovenia, as well as by Krusevac. The munitions depot for the barracks
is located in Ptujska forest, three and one-half kilometers east of the
regiment's headquarters).
6) Mess, kitchen, and pantry.
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7) Technical workshop and armorer's shop.
8) Building housing 11 crates containing cannons.
9) Stables. One-story building equipped with cribs for oats and hay and
60 horse stalls.
10) Stables with cribs for oats and hay and 80 horse stalls.
11) Open building, measuring 65 by 50 meters.
12) and 13) Officers' quarters.
14,) Officers' mess.
15,) Living quarters for the regimental commander and political commissar.
16) Inner court measuring 85 by 60 meters.
17) Military hospital and regimental dispensary. The hospital serves both
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------Comment:
a unit believed to be the 1 Anti-Tank Artillery
Division was quartered in these barracks.
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