CIVIL AIR DEFENSE MEASURES IN EAST GERMANY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000600560001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 30, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT. CD NO.
;OUNTRY
3UC,IECT Civil Air Defense Measures in East Germany
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L tL T.rle. second hn j f of 19 2.. cl Yr l mi. r d of er-' a rr, ,
r.~ur?es were Carried out. b
De nerttnent J 1 fire rarel1 c --) of t be Vo kstDcwli zei inder fl be, :t.. , cr e~ an i ntensifi. ect
3:1.re orcotectior cainaign. Fire orotectiorn maa u-"es warp ehewked weekly in, all
nationalized enteerori ses and admin1atrative ag?ncies~. A vo:li.rntery factory fire
br i Bide was established 4t, the E N Meta ibati. Plant an the fire fighting equip..
ilie7}t. available at this n l ant was i nexea sed and r .ypp lemented .. All attics of
Industrial bui_ld.ings iert' 0l03ared Of 1uinber^ Tk?e ~enluntary fire brigades in
oraruniti.e; and farctcrie; were being trained ixnde the suoervisforx of
Uepartrient F of the Vcjlk:iptriizei which again was controlled by the VP J.reis....
m.t. (district office) a rencerned, After the administrative return-, had been
5rrr .ed out in East Germany, the Krei s and ioca'. fire protection commissions
i ritens_f. i j. ed their acti,vi x.i.es, Once a month, the air raid warning i;astal.lations
were tested by offioer,s of Department F,. These Ietivi.ties were explained by the
nseessi_ty of having air raid warning facilities in a worki.nL order in case of
urgent need.. However., trench shelters still available from World War 11 were
levelled, No air. raid sheaiters were 'built nor were black-out materials
manufactured
k ran nt,' This _3..s the first report on Nfvlli sir ciefeas
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