SOVIET TROOPS IN SPROTTAU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010900180009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: February 13, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. Prior to Fobr uary 1951, the Clausowitz Kaserne in Sprottau (0 52/i3 35) - as occlupi z .
to capacity by 6,-)vie +, motorized ttrroops, This kzaserne is located in the north o ter. r
sector of the towns south of the Sagan (0 a2 26)--'GLogau (0 52/)3 '77) ra12ro;d 141
25X1 and war bo-ancled by IIampelbergstrasue on the, north, ul,,Sobioskiego on the east, and
Kaserncnst:rasae on the south? It was undamaged and consisted of 2 large barracks
builr?irgs, l hcad.rjuarters building., 1 administrative building, 1 moss building
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kitcher. and P.K, and 5 or 6 modern garages. The '*viat unit there wa: c:tl ,-s poed :dt h
nui rots stator vehicles,, most of which were trucks,, No heavy wea:~ons or a.reored
vehicles were noticed. Troops equipTJed with wire reels, field telephones and
headset's participated in small-scale field exercises. from 30 to 45 soldiers
practiced vith signal equipment in the area toraard Kortni_tz. TI-le coiz;~and_F..n, officer
of the unit was billeted in a villa on the east side of ul.Sobioskiogo. Three
25X1 buildir!,,s -)n the south side of ICasernenstrasse were used as billets for javiet
officers arid their families, The troops wore khaki uniforms. The oflleers wore
25X1 brown visor caps with red bands and the Soviet star emblen .
Flo unit in ho U.Izusewitz Kaserne was as igod several Serraan
workers by a su:>erior headquarters in. Scltveidni.tz (P 51./111 18), s`-ic- asxii.t consisted
of your:g saldiers who received training and would be replaced at :1o.intcrval_s; .
3. In about 19J4, trucks mounting searchlights with a diameter of about 1.20 noter?s
were first seen at the post:, Abont five searc .li ;'a as toams participated in io"J d
practices. They were observed several. ties takin up positions at the O auoevji,t.,
Kasernc: to en gage in joint practice with vovi_;t aircr< ft stationer; at :~,..rott,au
airfield., It could not. be determined whether the searchli,: it unit was stationed at
that airfield or with the array unit in t ho CLausew tz Kaserne?
4, hros Upartm nt houses in Glogauer Vorstac1t, ti re eastern suburb of Sprottaixa, and on
the north lido of .,r ndenbur istra;,se, east of the post off_i.ca, were requzisitione^?,
for 'jo-viet Air Force officers and their dependents until i"obruary 195 *
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They PSiishh 1313 (Security .'olice) of.'ice for the county of ~%prottau was housed in
the farmer Landratsa.it on the north side of Fricdrichctrau.;c., ,pest of the post
;7 j- of 'icw., here; rasa Polish i.i7.. tia office; in the town hail on ;: ireholatz rand
another on the north side of .:ilhoiriatras:;e,v ,rust of the rlarl-mtL squiare, :10
Polls z tro r-) units were stationed in ~-urottau,
a manor house., and annex iita~ din;~s on the south side of i,he
h2rottau x1o au lai ;hway vec requisitioned for m2ilitnr'e' :j;ir o e s Lho
installation is situatec'. near the vovict-occu' _ed airfield of ?ro t au:,
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l;orr ent ':ho, infe)rrlation confirms previous staterlonts> another rosotttlcr.
I 1 a :.,;?rottau is loceto"." on the northern n;:ri ictor of 'i
training- :),.ui6sy it is i)elicve;Ll t.23t ';'.~c unit observed in
>?rottau he 3ora~?s to the 2:)th yank Div?
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