GERMAN GRENZPOLIZEI IN THE SOVIET ZONE OF GERMANY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005900550011-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2003
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 13, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC.. German;;Grcnznnlizoi in the Soviet Zone of Germanv
'N 5L/S 98) border area on 1 August 1950 included 100 to 120 police in
Herrenburg; about 50 police and 10 Soviet soldiers tivearing black bordered
red epaulets in Palingon; about 50 police with tracking dogs in Freese;
about 30 police and about 20 Soviet soldiers wearing black-bordered red
epaulets in Plauen; a Soviet border sector headquarters v:ith about 30
soldiers wearing black-bordered red. epaulets in Ludderedorf; 30 police
in Selmsdorf; 25 police in Suelsdorf; 30 police and 10 Soviet soldiers in
Zarnewitz; and 50 police and 35 Soviet soldiers in Dassow.
German and/or Soviet border guard detachments identified in the Schoenberg
(M 54/T 18) border area in mid-August 1950, included 16 police in Lan'kow;
6 Soviet soldiers wearing black bordered red epaillets in Wietingsbeck;
16 police in Schlagbruegge; 11.0 police and 20 Soviet soldiers wearing
black: bordered red epaulets in Schlagsdorf; 16 police in tleuhof; 40 police
in Campton; a Soviet officerand 16 soldiers -wearing black bcr dared red
epaulets in Utecht; and 45 police in Schattina 3*
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DATE OF CONTENT_July a n d Aullust 19 50
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DATE PREPARED?-3.3
-ENCLOSURES (NO. & TlPE)-
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about 500 men were stationed in the !Iarienbaeh (T" 53/Y 20) - Oebisfelde
(M 53/Y 23) - Ostervrieck (?.:. 52/0 07) area. VP-Oberrat 'lartmann, (fnu),
in the castle of Marienborp.'., was chief of Grenzpolizei in this area,
His deputy was VP Kommissar Stein, (fnu) o
2e German and/or Soviet border detachments identified in the Ilerrenburg
la On 12 July 1950 it was learned that Gem, an G i a l n;
The Ostervrieck Grenzpolizei Boreitschaft is k novm to
control Greni com_:,andsnturen in i~'arienborn and Osterwieck 0 VP-Oberrat
Hartmann is believed to be chief of 'the Grenz Kommandantur in Z.Iarienborz
The Grenzpolizei Komiandantur in Oebisfelde is probably subordinate to
the Grenzpolizei Dereitschaft in Gardelegen.1
oinment. Gronz Nomiancianturon or Grenz Homtiandos, controlled by
the Grenzpo Lei Bereitschaft in Schoenberg i^ to be located in all
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Director of Central Intelligence to t i.3
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
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Approved For Release 2003/08/11: CIA-FIDP62-GG457R00590055001
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