BORDER GUARD UNITS AND INSTALLATIONS CZECHOSLOVAK-EAST GERMAN BORDER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001200010001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 20, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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UBJECT Border Guard Units and Installations,
Czechoslovak-East German Border
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1.. The Czechoslovakian border guard (PS) unit in Usti is billeted in the Krasne
Bre ;no castle and in a villa on Rooseweltova al:ice. Members of the unit are
rarely seen in the town except when they visit one local theaures or motion
pictures..
2., It is believed that the PS unit in Decin is billeted in Decin castle?
.. ; Apr cximately 25 PS troops occupy the Svycarsky dum hotel in Srleznik.. The
e.rdit provides two---man patrols, which check suspicious persons along the high-
ways from Sneznik to `Pisa? Ostrov and Max'dorf. In January 1953 a seven to
ten-man. SNB post was assigned to Sneznik. The headquarters for the unit is
in the Local National Committee (MNV) house. The SNB men check tourists and
occasionally cottages and weekend houses in the vicinity.
In the Moldava-Cinovec-Vetrov area, members of the P:6 are in evidence. 't'hey
check each passenger at the Moidava railroad station and bus terminal
Identity documents are examined and travelers are questioned about the purpose
of their visit and their length of stay. Ski patrols check skiers in the area,
e.;pec1al.Ly those who venture near the border; as well as customers ire res-
taurants and ski hostels. Along the border proper, sentries are stationed 50
meters apart, forming a continuous cha_n. They are clad in white ski capes
and are armed with submachine guns. No checks are made by these guards, and,
If spoken to, they will not reply.
The PS unit in Habartice near Fojtovice is quartered in the forcer customs off-
ice. The two-story building was built between 1936 and 1938 on a hill in
Habartice. It is now one of the-few inhabitable bu3ldin's is the village. The
rest of the houses are deserted; the adjacent area is part of the Fojtovice
state farm. The PS building is reinforced by a bunker at each corner of the
ground floor. Entrance to the bunkers is gained from the cellar, which is built
of reinforced concrete. The bunkers have loopholes in their walls.
An unidentified police unit is now billeted in Usti at Strekov castle. The
men wear the normal army uniform with dark blue or purple insignia. It is be-
lieved that their function is simwlar to that of the industrial police; details
Of the -unit are at the following plants in U8ti : Chemick'a, Armaturka, the cop--
per plant in ?ovrly and a. power plant in Strekov.
It was observed in the reterswrlde a`ustric'ced area that several- bui? dins have
already been built; two towers with revolvir;; antennae on top were noticed,
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