8TH VOLKSPOLISEL BEREITSCHART IN DESSAU-KOCHSTEDT
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November 15, 1950
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REPORT
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CLASSIFICATION S /GOr ROL - U. S. OFFICIALS omx 25X1 A
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INFORMATION RE-PORT
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Ge ny (Russian Zon )This document is hereby regraded to
DATE DISTR.
15 November 1950
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
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ie October 1978 from the
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1, Prior to 10 September 1950 the 8th VP 13ereitschaft wa:s 1 a Dessau-
Kochstedt VIII ,2,4 06) and commanded by Vi Rat ~aolk (fnu) . personnel
of the Bereitschgft included VP Rat `>ehulz, (fnu), depiity commander and
1'K-Leit er; VP at Ichroeder (fnu), and VP Meister Kohlfeld (fnu), of the
operations section; VP Rat Schroeder (fnu) and Konmiissar ;'ansch (fnu)
in charge of radio training; VP- Lat Lorenz (fnu), in charge of it 'antr7,r train-
ing- and Kommissar Jaschek (fnu), also of the training, section; VP Oberrat
Vogt (fnu), SED secretary, and Kor..rmissar :dernor *"ark, FDJ secretary of the
PK section; VP Rat Kuehn (inu), co!rr arriinl; officer of 1st Komi: ando; VP
Oberkormmissar Sturm (fnu), commanding officer of the 2d Kor ando; VP ::at
1art-iny ('nu), commanding officer of the 3d Kor.7rmanclo.
2. The personnel of 3d Kcmnando included VP Rat Sensing (fnu),. deputy com-ran er
and PK-Leiter; VP Komrlissar Schaefer (fnu), operations officer; VP Komi scar
ltoetzner (fnu), director of training; VP '?eister Gottstein (fnu), supply
chief; VP Komr:issar Reidomeister (fnu), commandin ; officer of 1st Abt ilung;
Vr, I'eister Mueller. (fnu), deputy cor.r.?snder and F'K-Leiter of let Abteilung;
VP ?,'eister Schmidt (fnu,, assistant commander of 1st hbteilung; VP Oborkerm-
missar Iloppe (fnu), commanding officer of 2d Abtoilung; 'Iauptwachtnoister Lange
(fnu), deputy commander and PK-Leiter of 2d Abteilung; VP Komrrissar .'iaja
( fnu , assistant cowander of 2d Abteilung; Kommissar 7.erwick (fnu) , command-
ing officer of 3d ,ibteilun ;; Lfommisc3ar Lecker (fnu), do-,uty commander and
PK-Loiter of 3d Abteilung; and Kommissar Fillbrich (fnu, asristan.t commander
of 3d tibteilung.
3. The special radio course at the Sth Bereitschaft ended in mid-August 1950.
ith the exception of 20 police, the graduates were reassigned to Dereitachafton
in the Soviet Zone of Germany.
4. The 8t': E 1Bereitschaft was in communication pith the HV1t (;'ain Administration
for Training) in Berlin by teletype but not by radio.
5. The new radio manual was seen for the first time in early September 1950.
It al:p :eared to be almost identical with the German Ar> r manual and included
directives of the Dcut: Cher Amateur ndodienst (German amateur radio trans-
mi.ttin procedure) (DASD).
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6. The reorganization of the 8th VP Bereitachaft in Dessau-Kochstedt started
on 4 or 6 "eptember 1950. The unit was equipped with Soviet submachine guns
on 18 September 1950. *
25X1A * Corarent, The Pith VP Bereitschaft (Radio) was repeatedly confirmed in
t h e { a N Yasorne, Kochstedt, pprior to August 190. IT Raete Vaollc (fnu),
Schroeder (fnu), (operations), Kuehn (fnu), and ";artiny (fnu), were
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VP Oberst i3rclmann . (fnu) was previously identified as commanding officer
of the flere itschaft and VP Oberrat Dombrowsky (#: nu) as MX-Leiter. See
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