SNB UNITS IN PLZEN-ZELEZNA RUDA AREA; BORDER SECURITY MEASURES

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R006200100005-6
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 2, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT SNB Units in Plzen-Zelezna Ruda Area;
Border Security Measures
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Major Hulka, Coroir nding Officer of the SN8 regional headquarters at Plzen, has
been released from his post and attached to the Regional National Committee at
Plzen. The following officers are stationed at the Plzen headquarters:
a. Deputy Conirrandirag 1t. CerrW, who is now acting as cor~,mandi
b. Education Officer Staff Capt. Hrich
c. In Charge of Military Capt. Kuihanek
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About the beginning of March 1950, let Lt. Nerad was removed from the head-
quarters even though he
Party.
had the backing of the
Staff Capt. Hejlicek, Commanding Officer of the SNB district headquarters at
Klatovy, was retired in March 1950. He was known to'b4 an active Communist..
25X1 The SNB post at I lato is commanded W/O 1,
25X1 Another member of this post is N 0 Vaclav Kucera who is
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a former member o e atonal Socialis Party and is now a Communist,,
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3. The following S.NB units have been strengthened:
25X1 a. At Zelezna Ruda-Alzbetin, 40 new SNB members have been added to the usual
25X1 16 Members. The new members are quartered either in the Rada Hotel in
Zelezna Ruda Mestys, or in the new wooden barracks behind the Hotel Bavaria
in the direction of Alzbetin. This unit has the following vehicles;
1) 3 Skoda care, jeep type
2) 1 Tatra 57
`3) 3 motorcycles, Cz 125
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b. At Hojnova Straz,. 0 new SNB members were received at the same time as at
Zelezna RudaAlzbetin. They are quartered in a castle about 600 m from
Ho, nova Straz. There is also an SIMB post at Ho j sova Strraz.
4. The following border security measures have been taken:
a. In the Susice and Klatovy districts, those inhabitants living 5-7 km from
the border were evacuated. In Zelezna Ruda Meatys about ten families were
ordered by the District National Committee to leave the border region since
they were not considered reliable.
b. All roads and forest paths have been barricaded with felled trees and obstacles,
and the roads in the Alzbetin and Gerlova Hut areas have antitank obstacles
which are not yet in place. In the area of Svata Katerina near Nyrsko
on the line of the Steinwald woods towards Seidlovy Ivory, the first zone
of antitank obstacles has been established.
o. All railroad stations as far as 20 km from the border as well as cars in
this area are watched by the SN13. Unscheduled checks are made on the follow-
ing railroad lines: Klatovy-Horazdovice, Plzen-Kiatovy, Klatovy Domazlioe,
and Klatovy-Zelezna Ruda.
d. In the Klatovy and Susice areas, guards have been observed on the roads
and at the railroad bridges.
e. The actual border zone is not guarded much. Most 81TB guards patrol the area
between the two border zones, about 7 Imi from the:-border. These two zones
are divided by roads and paths which are under eb ant watch. An SIB patrol
consists usually of six men,
f. Guarding of the Zelezna Ruda - Alzbetin area is done by SNB members or by
SNB members together with soldiers. There are always two SNB men on duty
or, when the guard is combined, one SUB commander and two soldiers. These
soldiers cone from the Spicak garrison. Checks are made by the BNB personnel
with the assistance of the soldiers. Firing of weapons is done only upon
order of the SNB member. Length of duty is between 4 and 8 hours, and the
actual assighment is never known in advance. A tour of duty at Alzbetin
is as follows:
1) Road along the boundary in a northwesterly direction.
2) Path in woods to Certovo Jezero and Cerne Jezero and sometimes to the
Hotel Prokop.
3) Along the eastern edge-of the wood as far as a group of buildings*
where the guard remains 2-3 hours, and return by the same route. '
4) Road from Zelezna Ruda to Hotel Rini at Spicaic, and to Hotel Prokop,
and back again.
5) Road to Panferhuette.
6) Wood path to Polom.
SPIB members have type. 48 sub--machine guns with two magazines and 2"0
cartridges, pistols with two magazines, and two hand grenades. Soldiers
are armed with Soviet sub-machine guns, two magazines and 80 cartridges.
g. The zone in the Zelezna Ruda area has been marked with red-white stakes which
are easily seen. The boundary of this zone runs via the Spicak railroad
station along the western side of the embankment, around the hotels ilixi and
Prokop, and farther along the railroad to Nyrsko.
h. Passengers detraining at Spicak and ZeleznaRuda, where no special entry
permission is required,are checked by two SNB men who arrive by motorcycle.
Travel as far as the railroad station at Zelezna RudaAlzhetin is forbidden.
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5. A large ammunition storehouse has been set up in Sp luny Loa, which is located
east of the Luby railroad station on the Kiatovy-Horazdovice line. It was
originally a rifle range, but many wooden buildings have recently been built
and annunition and explosives have been brought in. The entire area
surrounded by a barbed-wire fence, is forbidden to residents living in the
vicinity, and is under guard.
6. New fortifications are being built in the Cesky Krtunlov area along the Czech/
German border, Construction is of Soviet type and under the supervision
of Soviet experts.
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Attachment: Sketch of Zelezna Ruda area guarded by SNB.
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SNB GUARDS IN AREA ZEL EZNA RUDA
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