ORGANIZATION OF NEW CZECHOSLOVAK MILITARY SECURITY UNIT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R003400020011-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2012
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: August 17, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/23: CIA-RDP83-00415R003400020011-9
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DATE OF INFO.
Organization of New CV-1chos.l_ovac Military
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on 2 April 191.9 n~:w Czechoslovak security unit was
created as the result of a secret mae t.ix4g held by General SVOI3ODA (Ll r i.ster
of National Defense) Colonel 2t:itbin3 (W.,
.,w assistant Minister of National
Defense for personnel matters), Ce-,Inriel P;&OV (not further identified),
Rudolf SL;'iNSK'Y (representing the ' ec>u iRity Committee of the National ''Essembly),
and Colonel SVEICINA (believed to ~xo A. I='uesian officer). Before the meeting
began, Colonel RLICIN reportedly chamber searched for hidden micro-
phones or listening devices
2. The task of the new mi lit:artr secuu -ty corps w:iich resulted from this meeting
will be to maintain order and exa c see Rocurity surveil ance within the
Czechoslovak irmyn It will alle74:dly tz. kce precedence over all other security
formations in time of warp :1 sec: r.?l.tr unit will be attached to every army
formation down to and including "wig=w battalion. * Colonel SVbICIYA will b- -
the chief of the new organization.
3. Candidates for the military s4 caa ?i_ ~y corps will be carefully screen"'. 'al
personnel must have been nt abers e C the Communist Party at least as early as
1945. Candidates will be trained ? t new schools which are to be ready to
receive them by the end of July 1'