WARSAW PACT MILITARY PLANNING: TO DIVISION GENERAL CDE. CHOCHA
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Soviet General-Lieutenant Kozmin requests information from Polish General Chocha so that Soviet troops may pass through Polish territory."Warsaw Pact Military Planning: To Division General Cde. Chocha," July 27, 1968, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, Institute of National Remembrance (IPN-BU). Translated for CWIHP by Gary Goldberg. https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/114747 - Share
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TOP SECRET Copy Nº [1] [In Polish: General Staff Headquarters 27 July 1968 Nº 002617] TO DIVISION GENERAL Cde. Chocha Dear Cde. General! In accordance with the agreement that has been reached and instructions of the OVS staff I request you [give] instructions to let our troops pass through Polish territory and for the temporary stationing of one division in POLAND in the area of SwietoszOw; they plan to move out on their own by rail. The routes of advance are: Nº 1 - MAMONOWO, MALBORK, CHOJNICE, WALCZ, CZLOPA, GorzOw Wielkopolski, KOSTRZYN; Nº 2 - BAGRATIONOVSK, ORNETA, KWIDZYN, GRUDZIADZ, SWIECIE, TUHOLA, PILA, KRZYZ, SKWIERZINA, RZEPIN, SLUBICE; Nº 3 - ZHELEZNODOROZYNY, OLSZTYN, CHELMNO, CHODZIEZ, MIEDZYRZECZ, GUBIN; Nº 4 - ZAOZERNOE, MRAGOWO, BRODNICA, BYDGOSZCZ, SULECHOW, ZASIEKI; Nº 5 - OZERSK, GIZICKO, RYPIN, TORUN, LESZNO, NOWA SOL, ZARKI-WIELKIE; Nº 6 - BREST, SIEDLCE, GORA-KALWARIA, RAWA MAZOWIECKA, PABIANICE, KALISZ, RAWICZ, GLOGOW; Nº 7 - BREST, DEblin, RADOM, PIOTRKOW-TRYBUNALSKI, WIELUN, OLESNICA, SCINAWA. Day rests are in the areas of: - CZERSK, LEDYCZEK, CHELMNO, LIDZBARK, and KWIDZYN. The headquarters of the army [is to be] in the area of a forest north of GrudziAdz; - STZELCE KRAJENSKE, KOSTRZYN, WOLSZTYN, WAGROWIEC. Army headquarters is to be in the area northwest of PNIEWY. - RAWA MAZOWIECKA, OPOCZNO (excluding) RADOM, GROJEC. Division headquarters [is to be] in PRZYSUHA. - KOBYLIN, OLESNICA, WIERUSZOW, (excluding) KALISZ. Division headquarters [is to be] in OLESNICA. River crossings are planned at bridges in the regions of: the rivers WISLA, MALBORK, GrudziAdz, CHELMNO, BYDGOSZCZ, TORUN, GORA-KALWARIA, and DEblin. The river WARTA - GorzOw Wielkopolski, SKWIERZINA, OBORNIKI, POZNAN, SREM, and SCINAWA; The river ODER - KOSTRZYN, SLUBICE, MASZEWO, KROSNO ODRZANSKIE, NOWA SOL, GLOGOW, and SCINAWA; The river NIESSE - LUZYCKA-GUBIN, ZASIEKI, and ZARKI-WIELKIE (BAD MUSKAU). At the same time please assist Soviet troops in the performance of their missions when traveling through PNR territory: - designate two telephone channels for government communications KALININGRAD, GrudziAdz; PNIEWY and PNIEWY [SIC], LEGNICA; - designate telephone communication channels in the areas of the troops' day rest and for the traffic control service at the request of our command; - support the crossing of the rivers WISLA, WARTA, and ODER. Regards, GENERAL-LIEUTENANT /signature/ A. KOZ'MIN 27 July 1968 Nº 00211