REORGANIZATION OF THE PARAMILITARY POLICE

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• Publication Date: September 12, 1950
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CENTRAL NTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Germany (7nssian Zone)
SUBJECT 2e organization of the Paramilitary Police
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1. The paramilitary police probably will not be converted into a People's Army nor
vill the nauptvervaltung far Ausbildung Clain Administration for Training) (HVA)
be made a defense ministry before 1 April 1951, unless the German Federal Republic
organizes military units before that date.(1) and (2)
2. The beginning of the reorganization along conventional military lines, however)
scheduled to take place upon completion of cadre training, has been advanced
as a result of the Korean war. The first step is the formation of regiments
from independent units of battalion strength. Evidences of action in this direc-
tion are found only anong the infantry units. The other branches are not yet
sufficiently traLned or equipped. Training is behind schedule, particulorly in
the artillery and signal units. The armored elements have only a few T-34 and
Mark-ti. tanks. Another step in the reorganization is the present intensification
of recruiting.(3)
3. An order of 15 July 1950 placed naval police units then being activated under
a naval group command (Gruppen Konnando See).(4)
4. After 1 September 1950, the alert police will wear new field-gray uniforms,
twelve thousand of which wore issued on 23 July 1950. The naval police units
will voar uniforms similar to those of the former German navy. (5)
5. Some high officers and former Luftwaffe personnel have been ordered to the Soviet
Union for training since the beginning of the Korean var. About fifty officers
and noncoms are now participating in 2ussian Army maneuvers in Silesia and are
mrog 2ussian uniforms..(6)
6. estimates the present strn, ' of the paramilitary police at forty-five
Bereitschaften,of approximately one thousand men eachland fifteen officer candi?
date schools of between one thousand and fifteen hundred nen each. He believes
that by 1951 cadres for an army of 150,000 will be trained and by 1952 cadres
for an army of 300,0000(7)
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7. The present 'plan for conversion of the police into an army calls for a draft of
the 1930, 19314 and 1932 age groups. Each group will yield approximately forty
thousand men. The DDR authorities consider men born after 1933 to be completely
reliable. (C)
8. Source claims that the table of organization for the People's Army, signed by
Colonel Detsakov of the Russian Army, has been approved; This calls for the
establishment of five group commands organized ab cereal to be located one each
in Potsdam, Schwerin, Dresden, Jeimar and II elle. The commands are to be the
headquarters of five military districts, each district embracing a state (9)
9. Each corps is to comprise one armored and one motorized rifle division. The armored
division is to have one medium tank regiment of three battalions, two mechanized
rifle regiments of three battalions each and one artillery regiment of two
battalions. It is also to have one mortar battalion, one engineer battalion,
one armored reconnaissance battalion, one anti-aircraft battalion and one signal
battalion.
10. General Ohuikov in an order of 6 November 1949 fixed division strength at 20,000
men and authorized the corps to increase their 40,000 strength by-10,000 in an
emergency by a short, tentsjratt_ot.xpArkus ana_aqt1.1,Tbe effeAtiye_strengthl
of the DDR People 'a Army is not to exceed 3O,000 without sufficient reason. (10)
25X1A (1) omment,: The parnmilitary police by 1 April 1951 mill not be as strong
or as well-organized as were the North Korean forces at the beginning of their
offensive, but will probably equal the capabilities of the North Koreans by
1 April 1952.
25X1A (2)IIIIIItcomment: The reorganization of the paramilitary police is accepted as
a ac but it is felt that no change in designation will be effected in the
foreseeable future because of the Potsdam Agreement and the propaganda effect
of such a move.
25X1A (3)111111aTentr Expansion but not necessarily reorganization is definitel5eto be
expected y the end of September 1950 when about 15,000 men will graduate fraa
Dereitschaft schools. The present condition of the infantry units makes their
development into regular military units before the other branches likely.
Artillery and armored elements are in poor shape. Another source reports that
the Dereitschaften have Uarke6 (tiger), SU-76 and 517-122 tanks as well as
T-34/75e, (sic).
25X1A (4) 1111111aqamot This, is the first report received concerning the establishment
7f7E7Druppen Kaamando See. Naval units are presently being activated but are
subordinate to the Haaptverwaltang Seepolizei (late Administration of Narine
Police) (HO) which was established in Jane 1950.
25X1A (5) Coraments Another source reports that the paramilitary police are in the
process of changing from desk blue to khaki uniforms.
25X1A (6) M.9,2_mment: No information has been received A.an other sources concerning
police personnel being sent to the USSR for training or on maneuvers with the
Russian Army in Silesia. However, information has been received on the return
of former high-ranking German military personnelotho have been in the USSR for
a long timet to the Russian Zone of Germany to take training and camaand assign-
ments with the police.
25X1A (7) IWComments Another reliable source eve evidence that as of 23 June 1950
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ere were forty Dereitschaften A third and less reliable source
claims that there are forty-two Dereitschatten in existence. The expansion of
trained personnel by 1951 and 1952 to the numbers mentioned is considered possible'
but highly unlikely due to the shortage of equipmont and already-trained personnel.
25X1A (0) Comments Another source reports that men born between 1925 and 1933 have
been ct1re&id to register at labor offices, though not by class. The same source
estimates the 1930 class at 60,000 and the 1931 and 1932 classes at 57,000 each.
There is no evidence to confirm the statement concerning the complete reliability
of men born after 1933.
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25X1A (9)M.acm ..ents The formation of five corps has been reported many tines by other
sources mr vithout details, The headquarters sites mentioned would quite logi-
cally be corps headquarters for a DDR army. The organization of corps and divi-
sions has also been frequently reported by other sources but without indication
that they have been ordered into being. The present Dereitschaften could form
the basis for this organization but their present disposition does not suggest
the groupings indicated by this report.
25X1A(1.0)aentt In the light of the present situation these figures =Old seem
to be much Loo high.
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