VOLKSPOLIZEI DIENSTSTELLE 2311 LEIPZIG I

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011700290005-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 9, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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EVALUATION.
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED-
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REPORT NO.-
DATE PREP AREDp
9 April 1952
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1 The reor' aniza .ion of Volkspo L zed Dier)stateli_e i~:'P} 2311 Lei zi ; I on Ol'aricht~-
strasue and 'J i.crtelsweg, Leipzig q began in early January 1952 m xccpt for the 7th
monde ahteilUfl7 (lr acs}, the . uogo c)i t..c: ~onderat)teiljr c,-n,, -Whicn stil e::a steci,
were administratively assigned to the individual infantry f.bteilun:;en but continued
their training schedules within t:c frar work o! Vie Soncleralbteilungon and retained
their previous or anizational structuro, 3c A' he infantry :;o: t a)ldcs mere organized
into the headquarters, 1 battery and 3 infantry %bteilul ;c:n, "he infantry :?bteilun; -:,n.
consisted of the headquarters., 3 rifle companies, 1 si nal b,ug, 1 en[:,ine.X Lug,
1 mortar Zug and 1 heavy machine gun ,ug, -:* The rile co-parry was organized into
The si lal z ug consisted of the ')i at3on lood.cr,
3 Gutw;o with 3 squads to each G-1-t,, ,
the radio squad :7it:1 1 flCO and 1U police and V .o telephone squad with l 'IC") and
police, Heavy i-;eapons observed .vit;. t:;o VPp included 6 guns of various caliber,
1 i-?3U tank, 1 Ger an ar -.orod rccon_-tais. a"hce car and 1 arrmred ea !uarnition :Jz?i :.~;
mover,
20 In late 1951, a tart rate nn_ establic.hed. in a shed 30 :::eters tort at the
installation on v'icrtelswog Firing; at a c'un.y village a:h roving targets, 2) }t) 30
to I. :suh-
ce)1ti? titers lar e, ,was practiced thor''o '?i.t''h guns a_1c: f1 on the tan': ~ ith no-.
caliber tubes,
., ry f 311mryi:i; ; of ` i coors of t'ho VP) more known by last nzrae a-. c1 rank
VP inapok tour 1ol~.
VP ::o*I. andcur Arnold
VP ;tom-.'zndcur otaerkor
VP i:(Yn .anclo,rr ;randis
VP Oborrat Gin-;eln~ann
VP 3borrat Jaer'_el
VP ,)berkon-is: ar i)u1;rmr
VP :;nterkoix,-.issar iacke
VP Unterkom -dseear Ulrich
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Corx.and in_: officer
Jo-put;; co: sanding officer are P'.: chief
Director of training
Chief instructor of ar. sorod training
;sign31-cor:h;.unice:bons officer
Cone .anding officer of 1st 7=.on ando -'prior to
2;3 February 19''2 when ,:he was transferred to
an undetermined post
Chief of stafL_ of the 1st Kon.;anc'o
Deputy eozlraand.in_ officer and PK chief oi' t?he
1st jhbteilun:: of the let Kom ando
Cora -_anding of} icer of the signal "ug of the
1st 11bteilung
the installation on .)lbrichtstras:je hou scd the iieac?quar ter r )f the V?D, the let
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tt.,trot) :h Id Infantry Kom :ando:s and tin 2d and 3d t.,anr?err)+ toil;~n:;en, while .
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installation on Vi,ertels7er housed the Lith --rtill.ery Kort ando and the lsts
4th,, "th, 6th and 7th .` sonderabteilung.
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as c3 re uni s rather than being entirely a:ierged in the s ur..~andoso It is
possible that individual squads and :"uzege of the a ondembtei,lu n on are
only occasionally assigned to the Kon andos and Abteiliuijena
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to;, je4
.nts o. anot'ho; VP officer.,
present FT) agrees with the , t,
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k same as prior to the reorl;anizationa The other VPI): have not received
additional weapons either., The heavy weapons equipment continues to be limited
to the barest necessities of tra .nin,
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