WOP BATTALION AT CHOJNA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001700390007-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2010
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the MS. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unaut}torlsed person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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DATE D
ISTR. 17 July 19
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NO. OF PAGES 2 .
REQUIREMENT NO. RD 25X1
REFERENCES
25X1
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT WOP.Battalion at Chojna
PLACE ACQUIRED
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. One WOP (Military Border Guard) battalion which belongs to the WOP brigade at
Szczecin (Stettin), is located at Chojna (Koeni sberg/Neumark) ando is
secared
with watching the frontier sector from Marwice cMarwits-054/Q42) Cedynia
(Z'ehden). Along this frontier sector the battalion. has the following watch-
points:
a. No. 1 at Widuchowo (Fiddia+how)
b. No. 2 at Ognica (Nipperwiese)
o. No. 3 at Krajnik Gorny (Hohenkraenig)
d. No.. 4 at 11aski (Paatzig)
e. No. .5 at Bielinek (Bellinchen)
f. Nom 6 at Lubiechow (L'uebbichow)
g. No. 7 at Cedynia
The aforementioned frontier sector also has 18 observation towers which the
WOP guards are only' able to use during the day since the towers have not
as yet been equipped with searchlights.
2. The commander of this WOP battalion, which has about 450 men, is Captain
.Jozef Mucha. The battalion has recently been stren thened and has received 25X1
orders from the WOP command to sharpen its watch.
these orders were probably issued because of some military movements on the
German side of the Polish-German frontier.
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3.
The battalion is equipped with the following items:
a. Automatic rifles and pistols
b. Light machine guns
c. Hand grenades
d. Signal and lighting missiles
e. Bicycles
f. Motorcycles
g. Horses
h. Police dogs
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