1. RECRUITING WITH THE POLISH BORDER GUARD 2. POLISH BORDER GUARD BATTALION IN ZIEGENORT, KBW TROOP TRAINING GROUNDS IN ZIEGENORT FOREST AND MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE AREA OF GLAMBECK

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Publication Date: August 21, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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'training Grounds in Ziegenort Forest and Military Infornatic.r_. t ~:7a
PLACE OBTAINED_.J
i. tc;cr._`tting v nth the Polish Border Guard
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'I" OF CON LNT_
late 1952 and 30 June 1953
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numerous recruits were recentl enlisted with the Polis i border uarct
troops. the political reliability of tr,e
border guard troops had deteriorated due to the recruitment of amy ;xsonnel:,
army personnel and WOP personnel were prE vi. us
S IrIc y separa arW soldiers ~:ru WO
in (0 54/Q 55) Alid
personnel engaged jointly in a drinking u in a t
stated that this sort of fraternization had not pr_evriously been ok ved?
2,, Prior to early fall of 1952., a Polish WOP battalion was located in
southwest section of Ziegenort (0 54/Q 48) about 500 meters northetot of
the railroad station. The superior headquarters of the battalion wfjo ?.oc? tec,
in Stettin. Commanding officer of the battalion was a major. Captain owica
(fnu) a who was transferred to Stettin in the fall of 1952, was aoer_g ted to
the battalion headquarters. The officers and some of the NCOs of the
battO_on were accommodated in 5 or 6 private houses close to the re;.:oad
station in Ziegenort. The total strength of the battaliop was est nt.: at
between 450 and 500 soldiers, In the summer of 1952, the unit once !*''t
on 20 trucks toward Stettin,, About 10 trucks involved in the shipinenl CrNW5
from Stettin,, About 50 percent of the units "s_eaving the installation ; .. t
company level were armed with submachine guns with drum magazines %,Ad a he
other 50 percent were armed with rifles One core aY was armed with 1, ox'- 5
m chine guns with disk-type magazines. yam= t~:tAl ioci
included no soldiers serving their first year of training., He said tX at ^ecru:. .
received training in Stettin. All soldiers wore khaki uniforms with J.?een
s>:or-q,ice color. A WOP detail of about 30 troops engaged in border gaw' i duty
teas accomiindat;ea in a former dwelling house about 400 meters northeuust: of the
.sta_ l ation qurar?ter ing the battalion,, The sector assigned to this 3 r:3
,covered. the area from Ziegenort across Wariang (0 54/R 58) as far as' tie
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eastern border of East Germanys No other elements of the battalion en*t'.oyed
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coast of the Lagoon was not very severely guarded.
`Q A camp surrounded by barbed wire which consisted of about 20 low wood:
buildings was located on the east edge of the Ziegenort forest west of
Ziegenort and not far from the coast and was occupied by KBW units frog
Stettin from May to late September every year. The units were trucked -'1-o
and from the installation. They were blue service color. The training f=-rounds
on which they practiced were west of the camp and included field forte ications
scattered over the wooded area, In March 1952, the area close to the fierpin
Lake (0 54/Q 48) was surveyed for the construction of a firing range. ~oacbat
noise heard from the area indicated that light infantry weapons were firing
there. No heavy weapons were observed. The camp was permanently guards d
4.. Until late 1952-. a camp consisting of about 15 low wooden buildings v&-
located in woods about 100 meters east from he Stettin-Falkenwalde (0 54Q 46)
road near Clambeck (0 54/Q 46), The camp quartered Polish soldiers wi-U-h red
cap b&ends. An area surrounded by barbed wire was south of the camp which
apparently storedhrge supplies of potatoes and was guarded by militia
personnel ecluipped.with dogs. 4
25X1 A 1. Comment, Further information Is needed to determine whether the army
personnel volunteered for the border guard troops upon completion of heir,
term of service or whether: the army personnel was transferred from the army
to the WOPO These occurrences were paralleled in Czechoslovakia when the PS
units ware deactivated and complete army units were incorporated with the
border guard troops.
25X1 A 2,,1 _j Comment a This WOP battalion was reported for the first time wb-ile
WOP stationed in Stettin was previously reported,,
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CoCogne nit This training area was not previously. reported.
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C0-M- t. I information on milit~*
activities in the area of the Glanbeck See lake).
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