KVP PARTICIPATION IN THE FDJ RALLY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004900530003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: February 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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lin the orderly room
of the 2d Co contributions were being collected for the I4hlitsuntide Rally
of the FDJ. It was mentioned that each company of the C-Lehr-Abteilung had to
delegate its five best soldiers to the rally. It was not stated, however, whether
they vere to wear FDJ or KVP uniform. So far the individual KVP-members of the
seid company had not received official orders concerning their participation in
the rally.
2. Source learned that in early February-it had been officially announced to the
individual KVP units in Prora that on 1 February a KVP-sergeant had stimulated
a so-called "iestenbewegung" (competition among the KVP-members concerning a
participation in the FDJ- sally in East Berlin), because only the very best
soldiers of the unit should be selected for the rally. In this connection the
D 2-Abteilung we.s to detach a platoon, which wes to wear KVP-uniforms at the
since the political
officers of the individual units were in charge of the selection, it is believed
that political reliability was the decisive factor.
Approved For Release 2007/08/07: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004900530003-0
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT KVP Participation in the FDJ Rally
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