SOVIET TROOPS IN BRUCK ON THE LEITHA RIVER AND WIENER NEUSTADT.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008300410006-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 7, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: July 25, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Ttruzck on t',.e Lei tha hivc?r,
On I Juno l9! , traffic of ni.litarf _rer sonnel nn_< vehicles to the troop
carp f3 the vooc:ec area southeast of crick (P 149/X 77) was observe(. from
the oli war uemorial just south of the hridt,e across the Leitha Rivcr in
Pruck0 Officers seen coin ; from town to the carp during one hour included
lit lieutenants -...i~arin:, red bordered black epaulets vrith tank insignia, 2
senior l eutenaants s ncl 1 junior 1 ieuten sat rrearin rec. bordered black epau-
lets :nth the Crosse-canbarrel insirnia, 8 sexiior lieutenants wearin;
red-bordered .black epaulets, including one with tank insik.ni, It. captains
%,carin red bordered black epaulets, i ncludint: three with tm k i;ssi n.k.a,
2 mmzaj c, s ? rea.rirng, red bordered black epaulets with tank irasi .nia grid 1 Beni or
lieuteaant with red service color and a red cap rand. Only a few NGO- and
);,' wer.; secno They wore red bordered black epaulets, including. sou:c with
tank nia. No arr.!ored vehicles or tracks of such vehicles were noticed,
The fo`..lowini motor vehicles were identified&
T;uraber
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jeep occupied by 2 officers, driving to: ard. the town.
passenger car occupied by 3 officers, -osrked in front of the
new komendatura nerthhest of the railroad
station.
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undetermined occupied by it soldiers with red bordered. black
epaulets, driving to. the camp
jeep
truck
truck
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occupier, by 4 soldiers with red-bordered
black epaulets.
occupied. by 14 officers wearing; red service
color and carrying rifles driving to t e can- p.
occupied by 2 senior lieutenants and 5 *,:
with rec.,-bordered black epaulets, drivin i toward
the town.
truck carrying; gasoline drums, parked near -hree
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-PLACE OBTAINED
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ruins about 500 Meters south of the war memarial,
where 3 other trucks with gasoline drums stood.
truck occupied by 5 men -Tearing fatigue uniforms
with red-bordered black epaulets. The truck
carried beds and shuttled between the camp and
the sugar factory five times.
truck oarr"ying gasoline drums,
Open Kapitamn occupied by 2 officers besides the driver,
sedan going toward the camp,
truck cerryin_ gasoline drum
truckk emptyu
jeep drivinS toward the town,
fr L ocu ? 'nts dean near the entrance to the camp ins sided;
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iennor a:~e 3tact o
On 26 say, 26 apparently now trucks were parked in the yard of the Arti.llerie
k aserns in {iener Neustadt (0 48/K 31). Three of the trucks had canvas --covered
'rr apon 3 ,, probably AA machine guns o Gate guards wore red-bordered black
epaulory,s. Four lieutenants with crossed-gun; barrel insignia left. t? e
instal: a.tiono ho weapons were seen in. the portion of the barracks yard which
was pow to viewo
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Source confirms motor vehicle numbers periodically rei:?orted
h oti r sources from Bruck on the Leitha Itivera confirms the 25X1 B
15th '.-ink Reg.t of the 13th Gds ?.iecz Mv in Bruck until 23 May 19510
s ch 3T p wTe L,tl OFFICIALS
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