VP FIRING PRACTICE ON THE ISLE OF RUEGEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005700610002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 15, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/03/14: CIA-RDP82-00457R005700610002-7
CONFIDENTIAL
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EVALUATION.
Soviet Zone of Cermany
...REPORT
VP Firinn Practice on ',he Isle of {,uoren
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1. On 21 June 1?50 a VP unit in Prora (N1 ,/P 79) held firing practice with
live ammunition northeast of that town. * At about 3 om.r three about
100-yam guns and four heavy mortars air,-ed. totiaard the. sea were seen to be
emplaced near Prora. The training area was guarded by V'patrols. About 30
rounds were fired at about 10 p.mo
7_p The sound of machine gun and mortar fire came frtrm the direction of Prora
on 27 June, beginning at 9 a.m.
firing; with live ammunition. Soviet Navy truck
and 10 barrels of gasoline, was seen on
about 2 p.m. the same day.
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a run to the VP camp
the Vi} was 50X1-HUM
ar~rying 5 men
in Prora at
3. It was learnedI that field-grey uniforms ere stored in the
clothing. depot of the VP camp of Prorao
Co:^ment. A VP school is located in Prora.
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
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