BORDER CONTROL IN THE AREA WEST OF SRNI.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008100080008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 22, 2003
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 22, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Border Control -.n th
e Area ".es t of
Srni,
l. Prior to 24 April l' 1, 4order. card u."
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" it of about 600 troaa:i ;?-as quartered in
eight low barracks bui.ldin ;s in the :ach1c sso Lwaic., about 2 IoW .sdi .theast of
Srni (Rehberg) (N 50Ai 16 )
2, Units subordinate to t ho border w'u.arc$ unit in .Tsai included a unit of 105 troops
stationed in k'rasily (btubenbach) (ia 50/Q 17) aid. cosra,azndOd by your?` senior
lieutenant: a unit of about 45 ren, c ,'altered in the :ichmid. Hotel in ilurka
(:'1 50/:;? 07), and cos:L?anded by senior L7r:atenant ~ivoboda, (f'nu), vtho was sub-
ordinate to the senior Lieutenant in P asily; a unit of about ).;0 men in florn3
Steirad',Iberk (i: 50/a 17); and a unit of -indeterrained strength in .odrs:.va (f ader)
(N 5o/ 2~s) o * . ,ne-?thi rd of the pe rso,..csel of the border guare unit in Sr sai
were Slovaks tho, however, were being v-1thdraa 3 because of their Wirc.1ia.o lity.
3, In 195 =, a battalion of the llth Inf REgt in Pis?:k (i1 50/ ~ 69) as located. in
the barracks buildings in Srni, In Fekruary 1951, the battalion was reorganized
into a border guard battalion which included troops of the 11th Inf I'_egt fruirt
Pisek ,and the 1 Cth Inf' Regt from Ceske Rude joy ? co (0 Ir9/Q 96) and, was cor:~:^tanded
by a lieutenant colonel. 1 hen the regimental headquarters was transferred to
Jindrichuv flrndec (0 50/R 20) in April 1951, only one battalion of the 1.Sth Irk'
Regt reriained at Ceske Budejovice. **
DATE OF CON` ENT l5 to 2~ 1~rri~ 19 1 -r
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A guard.
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the headquarters of a border guard uvit, allegedly a battalion hread-
quart ers, was located in Srni;
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border sector of Gsenget, IIor, Stein ' berk, and i::ou_nt i olednik w ras controlled
by thi: unit. If the border , uard units in Prasi.ly and 'odrava, boti confi r ed
as battalions,vere actually subordinate to a unit in 6rni, this unit would
necessarily be a boner guard brigade, .According to previous confirmed ivrf'orrma.-
ti.on, both battalions we, - o the border guard brigade :unz ?Susice
prior to Thbruary 1951. There have been no ird.cationc
that a change of subordination too pace or that the brigade, moved from Susice
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_.: PLACE OBi MNEQ
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.DATE PREPARED
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orment, Information of 1 5'0 d.id not mention a battalion of the l.lt;a
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