SAYS PEOPLE'S POLICE TO BECOME DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S ARMY

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2011
• Sequence Number: 374
• Publication Date: May 22, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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Military - Paramilitary
Daily newspaper
Stockholm
8, 11 Apr 1950
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SAYS PEOPLE'S POLICE TO-BECOME
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S ARMY
TO BE MOTORIZED -- Svenska Dagbladet, No 96, 11 Apr 50
A large part of the East German Communist army is about to be motorized,
it is reported in the Berlin newspaper Telegraf. The weapons and organiza-
tion of the army as a whole indicate that it is designed to be committed. in
a civil war between East and West Germany.
The designation "People's Police" will soon be changed to "Democratic
People's Army." This army has a disproportionately large number of officers
and noncommissioned officers in relation to the number of enlisted men, and
new officers and noncommissioned officers are being speedily tra_ned at
several military schools in East Germany. One must therefore figure that
the army could be greatly increased in strength by the recruiting of Communist-
minded enlisted men.
The East German army is already regarded as an even match for US troops
stationed in Europe -- particularly since, except for high-ranking officers,
the US soldiers, in contradistinction to the East Germans, have had no combat
experience. Experts also consider the East German army in its present condi-
tion, because of rigid discipline and unity, a considerably more powerful force
than the French Army.
ORGANIZES COMMUNIST RESISTANCE AGAINST ALLIES -- Svenska Dagbladet, No 94,
8 Apr 50
Paul Markgraf, former chief of police in the Soviet Zone of Berlin, is
reported to have gone to the British Zone to organize Communist resistance
against the Allies. The German and British authorities have sharpened their
guard. It is reported from Berlin that it is not known where Markgraf is
residing.
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