CITIZENS MILITIA (MO) AT KATOWICE

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CIA-RDP82-00457R005000370002-8
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 14, 2016
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February 17, 1999
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2
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Publication Date: 
June 19, 1950
Content Type: 
REPORT
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%1MA U 25X1 A2g Approved For Release 2000/09/0 : MTdFV8VdAYR0050003 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) 25X1A6a PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF INFO. 25X1X6 DATE DISTR, :19 June 1950 NO. OF PAGES I NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) 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