SEA POLICE IN STRALSUND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002600390010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: November 3, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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l ~ A SeFZ i~ll.ce >;r~ambe,~ s aa.ted that 25 percen~L o.f -t~Ye 5~a Puli:;e sold:~er~s
were disctrex?~;ed from 'the :Pe;r. oar unit in early July 1953 ~, Atl ratings
below the rank of :'~erger?.nt were d~:ated one r anlc and tt.a'~r pay reduced
ac4r2rdin~~y6 The r+rssr~n given for this r.-easi.7'e was that the funds t'or
IhQ Sea r1~~.~c8 had i~en cut cor~siderablya New regu3.ations c~neerning leave
of the Seeal.. Po3.ice wFSre issuedg according to whi.ah >:narried petty offi.ers
and privates of over threz~ years service were allowed to live with their
families outside the t~arracks in;stallatians. 3'etty of fixers
and privates with lmss than three years' service, hac3 to live in the
f~arraclrs as t.r?fore and. ~~rnre granted shoxe-leavA #`ra>M 7 prm. to 11 p.~mm
on !dednesdays, Sa+urdays and Sundays., Of`fic+~~rs were exempt fro:.r this
regule~tion,
2 o Pet~~et~ ?ate June and early Judy ].9~3 g the Sea ;'oI ice s gain Adr.;i. nistrati.on
Ira~~aeferred .from Perlin to Stra:fsund and art3s qul:~rte~d in the Parer Sen. Pol:i.ce
uchcc~l . Only the printing office t~f the `:es. Police ?Fain Admi nistratxon
remained in Perlin. The I7lairt sdrdnistrat;ion ~nd a:~t itroffices were
quArtered at the Sea Police School in Parow. 1'he p~:r5onnel of the a~:~~ao:l
~~:a> quaS?tereal in tents on the premises of thc~ school ~, Vice-Admiral iE'erner
ar~?f hi.s f'ai*Iily eras tP~rpora_rily accommodated at this Hotel cur Post in
Str~;lsui~d , From (, Ici 8 July u Barb?_ne~-casryin~ Sea ~'olice ward was pc~stetd in
#ror:t of ~rhe 1-c~te3_ and, since 9 July 1953, a. pistol~,cax?x=yi.~ se~ztrd4 has been
obsf~rved there ~ Vice-Admiral ~`erner will definitelq he accom~,odated in
the vi11a ~,f the ior^:er resid+ant of'f'i.c~r (garrison co ~:a.nd~;r), on
Kri~~perdam ~ a~;posite the ~ ~u~~icigal Theater P which had beet evacuated ~
the F'L)~' and area being; recanditionec~a Thy of~'icial headquarters of Ih;3
`Jic~>-~Admira:~ in the Sea. Pa~.ice School. ~ :~. Pat~c~a is to be x~cond~.tioned., The
zu icy:--Aui>;iral' c trif.'e ? a r.:aiden name arse k:~t>!:gel3 and sYas 1-ailed from
Strs~lsund. She attracted attention in Stral$und tyy her elegant an3
conspl.ct?ous by western! dresses . (sic)
"~~, A.t ~. p~mE; on 6 July 195, about l20 Sea Police soldiers led ~ r; sergeant,
here seen rnarchAng From the ParoW Bea Police ScY>ioc~l to Stralsund railraad
staf:ion. Sor.:e of the soldiers carried small baggage and v.ere :arsa,zn.ied,
~~ i ~.e other b?xggage ,,~-s carri?d on trucks following the unit a At 6 p,rn,
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