KVP UNITS COMMITTED IN EAST BERLIN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002400180001-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 21, 2005
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• Publication Date: August 27, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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a XV senior lieutenant, who was
in charge o a re- n oroerren of the chutzpolizei stations of the
VP-Inspoktion Al'itta that three KVP argineer battalions totaling about
:1.200 men were employed ih East R*.rlin,, 25X1
the bulk of the KV? units committed in East Berlin had come from the
nort_ kern portion of the Soviet Zdne of Germany? 25X1
The units involved were ? quartered in Friedr?iehsfelde4
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soldiers of the UP tent camp in the
Schlossp&rk in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde-Ost wore black,, green and red
pipings. the tent camp consisted of an estimated.500
tents,, The approach roads to the Sahlosspar?k were heavily guarded.,
25X1 3' three buildings on Rudover Chaussee in
;Berlin-?Adlershof were occupied by the Imo', One of these buildings was som
hundred meters distant from the Adiershof railroad stationo Soldiers with
light red collar patches and pipings on their ca s were seen at the barracks
25X1 installation which was left by sedan A large building on
Rudower Chaussee opposite the above-mentioned building, quartered a head-
quarters or an officers" school. Naps and. drawing boards were seen through
the window;, Officers of various branches of s rvic were observed in this
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building. B3lue;, b f. 46 dark ands'
~311ar etches were
perwonnel entered the c p0, 2
and pipings, About 5 p?r.,.. trucks le .ded with 25X1
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distant from. this billets t sre was a barracks cramp occupied to capacity.
ol 5.1ie' s observed there -wore olive drab uniforms without collar patches
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 :, An Installation e.ghttly occuniC, by KIP parsornel was located on Gross-
berliner Darntr: in F>er]inv.Johanni thal isrnediately near the lov& Plant.
F oa SC to 10C soldiers t4=1^o wore light red co-Ilar catches ver.?e seen? No
heavy weapons were observed. eft the installation 3
5o Ncj noteworthy observr.tions were made at the former 11VSS qua' ters in
Niederschoeneweide. None of the houses on Karlshorster Sta?as quartered
KYP units, Two KVP . ards without collar patches were seek on the bank of
the Spree Ritzer, s seen on Schneller Strasse.'
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At ? ;30 p.n. on 4 August9 YVT'' troop train of about 20 be ^ar loaded
=ith personnel. ar-d f *car:, 1 ? _dr:r with ?0 trucks proneeded through
ieeus creel i.tz toward Perlin, r+
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%- C n 4 Iia,7ust, heavy traffic by I'll soldiers who wore blue e? yellow-bordered
of ,ck col lar patches wa a noserved near the installation on 1udower Chaussee0
The guard at the insta a.e trr wore ,lark red collar atchesa'
T br~i? r~l.r or:pcsit.e the installation was also guarded
by a VP who wore dark red collar r,atches? A strikingly larC number of young
't11:.' ;;eyld:iPrs who sore l.?_: red collar patches were seen at an other UP
1billets or Rudower Ch:;itisnee close to the adlerrshof railroad station,) Several
te'rr;porary buildings acrd. former hangars were seen on the pr?? Isee of this
building,, 2
20 trucks, 1 kit( :en= tent and 6 25X1
ie . kitchens at the 'hPrr,-oks i_n_,ta),lati.on on Geschwister
r.tta ;l
near the Friedrich S rase a elevated train sta.tiono
entered the insta:'Illatior,.; 25X1
only 10 trucks at the ins t a esnd IC trucks., 2 25X1
kitchen tents and 5 7iele :4itcher c.,
9 On 4 and 6 August., East ?F,erlin? -articularly the vicinity of. railroad and
barracks installations. were heavil_y patrolled by the KVPQ Tfe: _.dlershof,
Schoeneweide, Baunschulenweg and r'reptower-Farb; elevated train stations
were guarded by one IM=P soldier and a r--ember of the East Berlin municipal
police each.
K, On 6 August,, a Ki' unit wa.~ de trained at V4a.F;erviehhof in Frle:drichsfeldee.
Ost? Thirty--five trucks,, 4 t ink Mucks with trailers, 9 crcas,--country
vehicles and about 60 am Sari on boxxg were unloaded on racy No 1; and 4
companies were detrained at rp 1`o 2- Four. field kitchens }ic:h had
arrived by the sarre trait, v-,erp pvt, in operation?
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Consentlnfor~naticr on rari.ts of Arnneegruppe Nerd cO iitte?d in
Fast Berlin was trait it 1ttPc kpr c~v: cu sl-y, It appears that units o_ Division
Prenzlat4 were rei i.ved , ~r .ts of ? Division 1ora in early At luus v? I 25X1
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2. Con ent The Cadres Adniniatration of the Ministry of the
n er or A with the rotor transport battalion (sedans) of the
1VKVP and Guard Regiment A are stationed in buildings on Rudower
Chaussee in Adlershof. It is believed that the observations reported
in this paragraph refer to these units a
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HVLI. Con-,ment These data probably refer to the former quarters of the
25X1 4? ICo-r enta It is believed that this train was one of the troop
trains dispatched from Prora to Berlins I C, 25X1
25X1 5. ?Comment The barracks installation referred to quasi ?ers the
Bereitschaftskommando I of the Police Headquarters. It is believed that a
ration supply point for the KVP units employed along the sector boundaries
ems' Berlin was being established. there,,
ECP. '/GC'