1. SMB BORDER GUARD COMPANY IN LAZNE KYNZVART 2. REORGANIZATION OF CZECH BORDER UNITS.

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: April 6, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. SM Border Guard Company in Lazne liynzvart
2. 7eor.anization of Czech 2order Cuard Units.
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SIM Border Guard Company in Lazne Kynzvartu,
1. Until 8 December 1950, sn
Lazne Kynzvart (N 51/p 51)
in Karlovy Vary (N 51
was subordinate to Unit
of the battalion were loca
(N 51/K 30), respectively.
Border Guard Company
and wee subordinate to
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was stationed in
Su Border Cuard Bn
. Like all border guard units, the battalion
in Prague. The three other companies"
e.in eb (N 51/P 37), Ps (11 51/P 13), and Kraslice
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2. Company consisted of four border guard platoons, each of about 40
soldiers, which were located in Tri Sekery (N 50/P 56), Vysoka (N 50/P
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Palle (N 51/P.36) and Stary Nroznatov (I; 51/P 36). The platoons were armee
with Czech ridel 43-A submachine guns an three Czech m del 26 light machine
guns.
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Reorganization of Czech A-order Givrd Units.
3. The Czech border guard units were to be completely reorganized beginning 1 January
1951. New border guard battalions along the border nou'd be activated with
soldiers who had entered service in 1950. The units would wear red collar
patches and red arm bands, to wlich a badge showing a dog's head would later be
added. They would receive infantry anc secial training in a three-month course.
The cadre personnel for the new units would be furnished by the SUB. **
4. The headquarters of one border guard battalion was scheduled to be stationed
in the former customs police building in Cheb. The battalion mould have border
guard companies in the forestry house of Svaty Kriz (7 51/P 37); in the ruins
of the castle of Stery Hroznatov; in Uytina (N 51/P 36); Kozly N 51/P 36), and in
the textile factory of 31npany (17 51/P 3). Another battalion would be stationed
in ',;andov (IT 51/p 46), with its companies in Lohhaeuser (N 50 45); Mohan?
(IT 50/F L5); Dylen, 4 km northeast of rehelno; and Oldrichov (/1 50/P 46). 4H1'
The border guard units would be quartered in buildings already available or in
wooden two-unit buildings, about 12 x 33 meters, some of which were still under
construction. The wooden buildings, capable of quartering about 120 men, were
to house one company with orderly room, kitchen, etc. The buildings pore situat-
ed about 3 km apart and connected with the battalion headquarters by field
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6. Botder guard duty-would be Derformod by sentries with dogs, patrolint, the
border at all tiles. To naterialize this plan, the border guard units
already adstinc ntre to receive reinforceients. isran sort localities,
such as Palle, bo or cum.(' CetacIlments would be withc1rir nd:1:.,ced on a
staid-by basis. "t:atchtowers would no longer be constructed and those
existint would no loner be eccwied, since they did not prove an effective
means of guarding, the border.
74 fn srp school conductin!: five-month courses of instruction was located in
the forner Czech 52nd 'rty Regt Barracks, 7:runtal (F 50/N 99), until October
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Comment. A reorganization of the Czechoslovakian border guard troops
a-'?:..iFFT--wastoypr?esaged by the construction of wooden barracks bulldins along
the Czech-navarian border.It was previously believed that the construction of
these buildings was preparatory to reinforcement of the Czech border guard
troops. I
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The location of these units close
to the border will result in a substantial intensification of border controL
-commits OF:TClaS CITY
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