1. BORDER GUARD BRIGADE IN CHEB 2. [ ] GUARD TRAINING [ ] IN KNEAV

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• Publication Date: April 11, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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order C,u.ard i'ri. ado n Chnb.
Was located in ti?e forncr clojgter in Cheb, (1)
r).Jp Major Okro:thlik, (fnu), mi.. the co~?r.andi: - officor of the brigado
Starr Captas n "uzik, (fnu). v;ns ac'r,i '_etratlve officor and 5: 713
Lj,r.uter;arts firs ja^e?;, (fnnt5, and. ',,n;,cra, (fnu), co,..r ndinr of: iccr. of
the two i" i;att,ali ons t--ti.oned in Cheb. (2)
GAIs (fnu), of t~ a "i ni;:tr, of the+Intcrior, The Uric ac'e hesdquar tc'1 s
P 30 was sup or:.inai,P to Unit in Pratue, commanded b
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Pror to 10 Janut. y 1951, the ^ )" ^' rd) bricacie in Cheb (1 51/r
J. n iheadgnartors of t? P ;'C battalion vih ch the, dec-nrter served arts
lo(atr'-d lxi the f orr;er :. r cit^l adY- i ).' ?trati on 'h 4ldln, in Clh) ob a i!ho
let Qo n'" Ve ' itta3 i on ; a~ s ~.LY4 eu~ i k. I`riz (N 51/P 37), the
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(;' ,1/P ,), to ~tfh Co in ?';r` n-t (I.lti'pnretith) (:; 51/P 'b}
arid th qt}h
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Co in :.rz1y (Cor;e1) (?: 51./r 36)
h. The lst
Cr n'urhr-red 40 soldiers v.h.o i,r-od :ith r owls 4C-A and 1 r' :)
fttt');"acl,i ne ! :-ms and two :.odc'?l 26 light ..hi.ne cuns6 Tho corpar'.;f co'.'.".I."nnC:''r
r o6tedly '"1--1:nsiznd t7""'t tho co":1'anf!'~' +rnro aril]. C
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.~nrized
ntnic, t'? < The thordor sector of the 1st Grp vies about L ?;r : U and t;n;;
controllos', i)y one nr U:o p trols c'ihC occa:+iona11y it::c trained c' o~.s :'itli
thn; In.. add .ton? 10 sentinels were assiCnad to border duty,
. Another Pr battali on ' as located in the forcer iiogei naus Tnn, Choi),
One of t} e :.attnl on's co:'~r anias was rtn:lionod in Sv~itaAnria, abort 3
kr. west of Chnh, and another in ;?orni ..urlreuth (Y ,!il/P 27)
4. unit >?F?/'erred to ar reserve battalion tw.s 1nc-ited in the J'orr it
na Trn at t'iq we-tern: exit of Cheb. The battal ion nor:?hored 500 soldiers,
most of them mcr -pit:;, drivers, and roar-echelon are'. --!edigal i c rnonnel.
The equi; nont cr,rt i titnct of Ger,:~aa model 96-'r: rifles and Czech models
LB-A ano ~-#; cntnachjnc The tattalion was as .i;..nec, to g;uatrd
and ccr:trol dut y, and in care of alarm, ;:as to stand by i'cr err to rent
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oft the 1'vr?e a Uron the completion of tra&ninr, the recruit, to 1),)
attached to ha companies on border duty. (3)
bri de had no ar roro.: voh cleq, but it v; -.:F, said that sae Tere tc
b slue Grp airplane at the Chub ai rf io11 had been at the di.~r::osul of
the brit; ade since 26 Dccer ber 1950. `
S!O r ebcrs, alto were assigned to border duty prior to tie activati, ~n of PS
b'3 acres vrei~9 eri loyod at headquarters anc' in orderly roots.
Pnrd 3 . Caard.. a3.ni ; Battalion
friar to , O !arch 1951. the border canard training brrtta141 i ?*
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11) i-as the IY battalion of an infantry rof;irnent corrrtanded by Colonel iiess-
} located in Opava (P 5010 29). "?'ajor Duda, (fnu), of Unit
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100 Staff Captain Frantisek Kotrba was the corranding officer of t'-e battalion
and ct%nta .n Staroba, (fnu), deputy cc3nrmander. Captain Fasionek, (fnu),
wao the corranc?rn# officer of the lath Co. "ost of the soldiers were Czechn.o
11. The. battalion was organized into 21 coripanies of about 120 soldiers each.
!: Co:- r hsd Ger^:an nod-1 98-t' rifles, 10 Czech model 26 light r^acy)irte
puns, and 4 German heavy ^:achine guns.
1~ 0 TM soldier i received basic .n;: artr r trn+ ni : F', ant', " trainin . They were to
be assigned to horror duty a.1'ter Cor;.letion of their traini `
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(1) e n ornat on cc>'firr a a previous retort on the PS brii:sde i n Creb.
. Pr 3as dispatches stated that General Pavel, (fnu)
w;t =, arrested 3.n coruloc;Lion on. v;ith the Clecenti~~ crisis. .'a or Duda, (fnu),
is Confirced as chIef of Border Guard Cor and Z
(2) Prior to October 1950, P?.ajor Okrouhlik, (fnu), I , di f
~. officer
of, tr,e meth Inf 71n ~?rhch, following its transfer fro* As, as al ]e vdiy
deactivated. Her,-VT ., it is dorii.ted that 'aj or Okrouhlik should cormiand the
PS brigade, since a ?'ajar Tilavac, (fnu), as previously reported to be the
cor=-`andirg? officer.
(3) The unit referred to as a. reserve battalion is actually the brigade headquarters
which includes a headquarters platoon, a technical company, a r:o-o' trans^ort
lateen a su p ly platoon, a training co^lpany and a stand-by company. II
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(4), Probably the 314th Inf i?i~'~:t, which ywrao last rvrr.,rted as a battalion in Octn;-cr.
2.91. '4:o inr?ornatioh has been received on t',e subordination of S';r units to
CZC Chn^ r:Vr kjaYI An r units.
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