SNB IN BOHEMIA: STRENGTH, WEAPONS, AND AMMUNITION SUPPLY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003100150002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2005
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 1, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT '-t3 in Bohemia: Strength,
?leapons, and a~ ?unition Supply
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The ri1B in Bohe'lla as a strength of -1t,,0 0 excluding its two special branches ca
Utvar (Unit) and the Zvlastni Tjtvar (Special Branch).
Utvar cunt sitsr;3 the younger $N3 men and 13 employed on frontier control
duties, wile the Zvlastni Utvar is intended for we against ar putsch that
might be atterzp-o ed and was used in Pra uc in i: e1 nary 1914. These two branchee
are directly mater the control of the Ministry of the Interior and are, under
the orders of a Cormunist named Pavel (fnu:)4
3., The rain SNB axtr. s and ammunition depot is at present at Prague-Podoli (L7$)
and contains the foflotrtng:
Auto atio pistols 15,000
Club-machine guns, old type (Sanopaly-