PARACHUTE TRAINING CAMP AT WARTENBERG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000200040075-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 75
• Publication Date: May 3, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 25X1
INFORMATION FORT
COUNTRY CzeChoslonakia
SUBJECT ~chnte ?raiatng Cat~p at lAlLrteAberg
DATE DISTR. 3 M Ay _9~~
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THIS I S ~EYAL~TED I NFOfUMT i off
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1. S3~e psrachute training !cs~ is nortbxest of 1larteaberg, occvlgTing an area
4,000 b1 3.00? ?. There sre psrnanant barracks, but in the steer tents
are also used. ,
2. 11ork on a oonsiderable soak is being done st the oaxp. 1 portion at the
north Bad is alreadt ca*piete, sod transport planes ono land and take ott.
She territort is Qsite nntavorable and eas>?et tie ved dnriog~hea~ ralosj
Chere are hills sad roods, rhieh are vlsed kj 1$t parachutists to aoeastea
then to all t~pRs of terrain.
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It be ~ beside t
ers and technical troops, there is stationed a paraeisl~e
battalion
It consists ott s ststt, 65 sent a gtaarter~
,;aster group, ~_ -a reserre aalpaiq, 100 s>a~t Est Cc~patlar
, 100 to
120 s>~s 2nd Ca~patgr 110 to 115 ~t 3rd ~^M4, 110 to 115 xen.
111 are
aratied xith atohiae pistols.
..
~. The Cseoh parachstists bare ?er~- tax reserves, for ahioh reason it xas
deoldad to give parachute training to reservists trams ether toraations.
m Jun 1953, iataatr~r lesesrists of the Blass of 1928 rare breuaht to the
~ for trainint. She sorale of these reserists xas distinctly poor.
5? The battalion is only partly awtorised. She dt~arCernaster group has ais
trraks. ldtu- amore transport is Deeded for aaoasrers, ~t is tgrbished by
the air tome.
6. latire parao~ltis3s slake trv ~~ a x~ek, usini siz transport plasea, each
frith a oapadt~ or 2g aNn. - ~,,;~ ,~ ~~ ~~w
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