SOVIET TRAINING AREA AT OSZCZYWILK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000300200003-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 1998
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 28, 1947
• Content Type: IR

Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : C
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
NTELUGENCE REPORT 25X1A2g
COUNTRY Po L
SUBJECT Soviet Training Area at Qapscsyanilk
25X1A6a
ORION
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DATE: 25X1X6
DjST. 29 January 19k7
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SUPPLEMENT
1. Right Soviet armored units, equipped with Stalin and T-31 tanks and comprising
12,000 mega, were stationed at the Cszozywiik (Wolfsheide, East Prussia, 165)
training grounds during November. Specifically, these units were dispersed
in the triangle Joha iseburg-Arysoiate. (A54 - A66 ? 174). During October,
they had staged large scale movers along the Spirdiaaigaee, which included
the construction of rafts and bridges as well an demolition "Grcieee.
2. The training field fuel tanks have a capacity of one million liters. Since
several hundred barrels of gasoline were stored in the open, somxce presumes
the norl, tanking facilities my have been filled up.
South of the training field. near the village Of Vo].ka (165) on the Vareechem
See, lively traffic was observed at an a munition dump measuring three to five
square 'kilometers. Anwattlon delivered to this dump arrived at the Johanniee
burg railroad station from the South. Trucks hauling a umition proceeded
westward.
4. Another smaller a ored. unit stationed in this area consisted of five companies
of 400 or 5DO Germane equipped with Faeuther, K8nigstig+er and Stalin tam.
These Gama