CITIZENS MILITIA (MO) AT KATOWICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005000370002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 19, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
S . .t`/COi,TRrSL - U .S. OF-, ICIALS ONLY
CENTRAL IN ELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION RE-PORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Citizens Militia (1,10)
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DATE OF
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DATE DISTR, :19 June 1950
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
The headquarters of the citizens militia was in a large building in the
southern sector of Ka?'owi ce and '-ft housed the following two main sections $
T!;
,,c Soeni alne (cectior fo c? , cli.tic= :; affairs)
b., the cri:nin:nl? militia.
was Tiller edly also a traffic militia tiea:;giuarters located in
Cleinitz ('Z 51/Y 37).
2. K towice was subdivided Into four ao.dce )recincts, to officers for
each precinct being continuously an duty at the :militia headquarters to
control the police duty in their precincts?
3. The members of tine Speoialne wort: d,ost of the men were former memberi, o. trio Polish ;'.rmed Forces. They iaere 3_ Lo 35
years old ::nd armed with Soviet sub-a,-.chine guns., l.r,achine guns, rifles
and t istols,:. No neavy vea?ons were available. i, bers of tle. crinin 1
militia usuw;lly wore civilian clothes,
4., The r?initia was eru.:I.i:,ed wi.tt., motor vehicles of US and Ge r ari ori,_ ti.
P. shipment of E0 to 90 soviet pas:. endder cars arid trucks arilved in
Au- ust. `.lei'. the ir.ont.nly el.lotraent of fuel was inadeq.uatej .:bout, l .O
liters per motor vehicle, re,ardle:,s of type, :,:oLar vehicles were
wit ddrawn xrera operation when Lae .:A.Zrrt i,e;ct? was used.
5, )st of the. militia personnel were, acc =date:a in private quarters rather
than in barracks. Only so.e guard det.aclunents wero quartered in a
barracks.
as The entire militia was subordinate to the U131' (Polish ecurity P o. ice)
in January i. 49,. 1. Soviet colonel was chef of tine ii:atot lce UBP.
This docu t is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTI in accordance with the
letter of 16 O ber 1978 from the
Director of Centra telligence to the
Archivist of the Uni States.
Next Review Date: 200