ULTRA-SHORT-WAVE RADIO SYSTEM OF THE POTSDAM VOLKSPOLIZEI

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CIA-RDP80-00810A006500590007-2
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1
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December 21, 2016
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2008/04/01 : CIA-RDP80-00810A006500590007-2 CLASSI Ge iter, ny COU NTRY _ REPORT Ultra-short-wave Radio System of the Potsdam Volkspolizei 1 C EVALUATION DATE OF CONTE DATE OBTAINED REFERENCES l+_.DATE PREPARED . PAGES ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)- _., REMARKS 25X1 1. The ultra-short-wave radio system was activated after 15 December 1954 to control patrol cars on the x utobahn and elsewhere from Potsdam. The Beelitz radio operations office provided. a receiving station with an antenna for this system. The receivin,; station operated in a completely automatic mariner, maintenance service bein;; provided from Potsdam. 25X1 The Boeliv-z radio operations office had no control over this installation. In October 1954, a radio mast, about 45 meters hi,:,-h, was set up in the y,-rd of the Potsdam police headquarters on 13rauhof Strasse. An ultra-s!iort-wave antenna, which had the shape of a circular metal tube, was mounted on the mast. The antenna alle,;edly belcn~-,;ed to a r_dio telephone system whose installation in the police headquarters buildinL was in prodresa. It was alle;edly planned to equip the VP with radio cars to be coutro:led by meads of the transmitti%, station in the area of the police headquarters. 1 Coi.,mezit. The radio cars of the 'IF are ,rouably equipped with 25X1 :.le ultra-snort-wave traffic radio sets manufactured at the Dresden radio equipment factory which have a tranamittinj- 1.,ouer of 10 +wdtts and whose frequencies range from 31.7 to 40.1 and 70.0 to 87.5 megacycles per second. FICATION "Etcai,.L 25X1 - 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/04/01 : CIA-RDP80-00810A006500590007-2