INFORMATION ON KVP UNITS IN ORANIENBURG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003800890008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 4, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION-
East' 'G6rinany
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COUNTRY
TOPIC 1n'ormation on KVP Units in Ora n.ienburg
REPORT NO.-I
EVALUATIONII,x~, I PI.ACF OBTAINED,
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DATE OF CONTENT
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DATE OBTAINE
REFERENCES ,-
PAGES-2 --ENCLOSURES (No. 8, TYpc -
REMARKS
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On 8 January 1954,1 no training activity at the former Sacheen-
hausen Concentration Camp occupied by the : 'P. Six
and sedanI were observed at the installation. Work
on the construction rx a new wooden motor vehicle shed east of Gate 11 had
been discontinued. Trucks were observed parked in the motor vehicle shed which
had been completed. A total of 18 tank trucks were parked in the open.
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seen in a shed. About 30 new trucks and 12 jeeps were Parked in front of two
buildings. Senior Lieutenant Mitechick (fnu)' was observed at the installation.
2. On 26 January, normal training activities had been resumed at the installation
in spite of the great cold. in the morning, soldiers of various branches of the
service were being trained with 18 x 37-ranAA, guns. Details of about 20 men
each were being given close order drill. 4o tanks were observed practising in
the training area. About 10 a.m., a detail of 14 men who wore an "A*." on their
epaulets were seen leaving Oranienburg Castle towards Tiergartensiedlung. The
soldiers who carried rifles and full packs returned from the direction of
Sacheenhausen about 3 p.m.
3. Between 20 January and 1 February 1954, about 150 new personnel arrived at 'the.
let Mechanized Koanmando in Oranienburg. The newcomers stated that they had been
forced to join the KVP. During the reported period, the lst Mechanized Koinrnando
was placed on an alert status. Officers of the unit believed that the alert was
decreed in connection with a possible unrest during the Four-Power Conference
in Berlin.
4. The morale of the soldiers of the unit was not satisfactory. A total of seven
NCOs and 64 EM were under arrest. All. personnel of the unit, in particular
officers and N COs, were being screened by an SDI commission which was expected
to transmit its findings to Berlin for evaluation there.
5. Between 28 January and 8 February, the former Sachsenhausen Concentration Capp
quartered an estimated 2,000 men who wore red-bordered black, yellow-bordered
black, blue-bordered black, black-bordered crimson, black--bordered blue, red-
-bordered green and blue collar patches. No training activities were observed
on 28 January, the afternoon of l February, and the morning of 4 February,. On
4 February, firing with submachine guns was conducted in the restricted wooden
area. east of Lake Lehnitz. Trucks 25X1
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