SECURITY TROOPS IN JACHYMOV

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006900200003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 27, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 27, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION C-O-N-F-I-D E-N-T-I-A-L
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Security Troo
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
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DATE DISTR. 24 June 1955
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security units which were committed in the uranium area. In the summer
of 1953, this headquarters received a new banner from Prague. A ma4or
in the building of the Praha Hotel (formerly Sudetendeutscher Hof) in
Jachymov (N 51/K 6O), offices included the
designations"Jerab" (crane). The expressions"Standardu" (regiment)
was also used. This headquarters was the supreme office for all
was the commanding officer of the
headquarters. NCOs who were assisted by women SNBs were in charge
of numerous functions within he headquarters. Although this
auxiliary personnel was frequently exced, the same officers were
observed from early 1952 to October 1953.
2. In October 1953, a change in uniforms was under way. The members of
the headquarters kept their khaki uniforms with a red service color
added. Other SNBs received blue uniforms.
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n Jach}rmov apparently included departments approximately`
ified below: A department in charge of all convic*
ps around Jachy(mov; A real estate department; a
billets; And an STB office. The number of personnel employed at the
headquarters was estimated at 200 individuals.
4k medical department; A code office in room 23 on the 2d floor of the
A wing was attached to the east side of the large splendid five-story
building of the Praha Hotel. A firm ofrom Olomouc (P 50/N 85)
installed in this annex an automatic telephone central with connections
to all pits and their responsible security offices. The installation
wascompleted in May 1953. Pour individuals worked at the telephone
central on shifts. Rooms 104 - 106 on the 5th floor of the new annex.
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and other meetings.
The members of the headquarterst who were equipped with submachine guns
or pistols,held record practices at regular intervals. The commanding
officer had an armored sedan which came ff'om the motor pool of former
President Gottwald. The number of vehicles available in Jachymov was
sufficient to motorize the headquarters.
6. Prior to October 1953, an SNB unit of about 120 men who wore khaki
uniforms and red service color was located in two former boarding houses
on the west side of the Bratrstvi road and southwest of the former
tobacco factory which was occupied by the mining main department.
The unit was subordinate to the "Serab" headquarters. The billets
*ere called the "Dagmar Kasarna" (Dagmar Kaserne). The soldiers were
equipped with Czech-made submachine guns and pistols.
7. The women auxiliaries of the "Jerab* headquarters.,who numbered about
40 uniformed individuals,were separately accommodated in a former
apartment house southeast of the Jachymovr railroad station.
8. Bour more buildings west of the headquarters building and on the west
side of the main street in Jachymov housed kitchens, mess halls and
other installations of headquarters. One of these buildinges,which was
the former Slowan Hotel~,was occupied by about 80 SNB soldiers whose
billets included a kennel. Another building was used as a storehouse
for billeting equipment, clothing, weapons and ammunition.irriving
or leaving SNB soldiers were equipped in this building. The same
billeting area included a former workshop which was used as a garage
for sedans, trucks, buses and jeeps. Another garage in the area of the
station which was used for motor vehicles of the security service was
located in an old movie theater. The last of the four buildings housed
a dispensary with a dental center and billets for SNB officers and
their dependents. The entire area of the above-mentioned four buildings
was surrounded by barbed wire. A watchtower was located near the garage.
9. During training activities, the men of the SNB units stationed at
Jachymov wore dark-green overalls with sewed-on pockets and no insignia
of rank.The soldiers usually left their station on trucks fo* training
outside the area of the town. The forrar a' Ostrov (Schlackenwerth,
N 51/K 70) was allegedly used fo and record
practices. Exercises which laste night were also held
in the area of the Plesivec (Pies eters west of the
Jachymov railroad station. The s talked about this
Plesivec area. The number of SNB soldiers who were observed at training
activities in Jachymov never exceeded 50 to 60 men.
10. New soldiers who came to Jacov usually arrived in uniforms and
received weapons and equipment at the station. They were allegedly
dispatched by a kind of cadre unit. While older soldiers also
served with the Jerab headquarters young men wer observed in the
billets of the units. Morale among the soldiers was
not bad.l
11. Prior to October 1953, a border guard unit of about 60 men who wore
green service color and doghead insignia was stationed at Jaehymov.
It was also located within the fenceiin SNB area. Missions assigned
to the unit included the providing of patrols for the area around
Chomutov (N 51/F 02), about 5 kilometers south of
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12. In 1950/1951, an ammunition depotsignificance of which was presumably
limited to the area around Jachymov, was constructed in the wooded hills
300 to 400 meters north of Vykmanov (Weidmesgruen, N 51/K 70). The
pinpoint location of this installation was unknown.
omment. The 6th VS Brig is known in Jaot ov. Iii is believed
that$ in the fall of 1953 "the Jerab SNP it tatted
into the Interior guards ~VS). The charms in uniforms also po*nts
to this dat4.
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a company of the PS brigade in Karlovy Vary.
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Prior to October 1954? the headquarters of the security troops for
,)uch;rY:1ov and. they security forces in ,tale surrounding area as located
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in the building of th r.ha Hotel (formerly Sudetendeutscher Hof) -.n
Jach.;rrnov (N 51/K 60) offices included the
designation 'IJerab" (crane) The expression "Standardu" (regimens:)
was also useu. This headquarters was the supreme office for all
security units which were committed in the uranium area. In the sumlmter
of. 1953, this headquarters received a now banrker from Prague., A Laa3or
was the c o and n of f`V or uf' the
he_dquarters~ NLOs who were assisted by .vom n :Nc`3s were in charge
of rumerou functions within the headquarters. ; lthou,;h this
auxiliary personnel was frequently exchz'?. ed, the sar:o officers .:ere
observed from early 1952 to October 1953..
2 In October 1953, a change in uniforms was under. wa.y00 The members of
the he7...dqu.rters kept their khaki uniforms w-".th a red service color
added. Other SNBs received blue uniforms.
3. The headquarters in Jach.,,u$ov apparently included departments approximately
as specified below: A department in charge of all convict
affairs in the car::ps around Jachymov; a real estate department; a
department for convicts' raticrisupply and post exchange supplies;
medical department; a code office in room 23 on the 2d floor of the
billets; end an STB o: f ice . The number OIL' ;P.rsonnel employed at the
headquarters was estimated at 20() individual:,.
4. ring was attached to the ea: t side of the large splendid five-story
building of the Praha Hotel. a, fi= from Olomouc (P 50/N 85)
inst.-lied in thic annex an automatic telephone central with connections
to all pits and their responsible security offices. The inst:.ll-.tion
wasaon.leted in May 1953. .Four individuals worked at the telephone
central on shifts. Rooms 104 - 106 on the 5th floor of the new annex
housed a transmitting station. Two rod antennas 8 to 10 meters high
were observed on the roof of the building- From calls heard it was
concluded that the stations called were located in Prague and belonged
to a police radio network T'e former :.inter garden on the southeast
side of the hotel %lic occasionally used for educational purposes
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z :.ci other meetings,
The ner,:bers of the headquartersvwho were equipped with submachine guns
or pisto1e geld record practiced at regular intervals:, The commanding
officer had an armored sedan which came from the motor pool of fori:der
President Gottwald. The number of vehicles avaa.lahie in .T achyniov was
c ificient to motor;-ize the headquarters.
Prior to October 1 3539 an SNS unit Of ,ibcut l U men who wore kha..k.
i.rnifor:r.s and red service color was located in two 'rrr.i;r boarding _-iouse
on the west side o?' the Bratrstvi road card. 3cuthwe,st of the former
Lobaccw factory wh:i.ch was occupied by the i.:inirr, rare.sbor.) Hz.11, 7 k:~.?.ox eters west of the
Jachyrn v railroA3 :station:. The soldier.,; fre lu.er,t'.Ir talked about this
Plesivec area. The nut..ber of SNB :,oldiers who were ot.; erved at training
activities in Jach~=ok never exceeded 50 to (0 mein,
I0 New soldiers who came to Jact aov usually arrived in uniforms and
received weapons and equipment at the station: They; were allegedly
dispatched by a kiri.d. of cadre unit. 7Vhi]e older acid i.ers also
served with the Jes?ab headquarters youn men were otbsc--ved in the
bit.: ?ts of the u.nit:s,. Morale a:,ong the ,zol:tiers was 25X1
bzd;.l
not
11- Prior to October :i border gu-rd an it of .,bout 63 men who wore
green :service color an U.cuhead irisic;n F was stat .oned at Jachyrrov,
It waz also locatec{ within the fenc i.n SNB area