80TH INFANTRY BATTALION IN PRAGUE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006500210011-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2002
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: November 16, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY._ Czechosloxa, _1~i,-7L REPORT NO.
30th laaf'an try Dactal.ion in Prague
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1? Prior to 27 Septomber 1950 the 00th Inf Bn., surnamed Prasskeho ovstani
Pr e Insi..srreatjon) vas located in Bra eo
The batty l.i on Was subordinate to General Bj err, fmu , whale
headquarters teas located ia7 the Jirikoyy tP" ~ Barracks on Teti, ro ,ubl
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Prague II. Lieutenant Colonel Straka, (.fnu), who had been on the staff of
General E jem, t allegedly arrested in Au Dist 1950,
2. The battalion headquarters, the headquarters company (or V Coj, the radio
unit (or R Unit), an infantry company (or P Co), the heavy -.chine gun com-
parV (or K Co)., and the replac font company (or B CoQ wore located in Camp
Prague-?;otolo The gun company (or D Co), an infantry company (or. I'1 Co) and
the mortar company (or LZ Go) of the battalion wore located in the castle
of rarue-:,:oto1 and. the submachine gun company in the J_ri.ho z Podebrad
rarrac,e;:, on ,am republilcy, Prc-L,40, 11.
3? Officers of the battalion included l a;;or Bedrich Kote k, battalion co manderA
Senior Lieutenant 3rabenec,, (fnu), politicci officer- Staff Captain Rehak , ,
(snu), chief of staff; Staff Capta.n i3ca'ely, (feu), DOZ officer, Captain
aia.l.i.na,, (inu), coIancling officer of the headcpm-ters company; and Sta.LT Cap-
tain Socha, (feu), cor anding officer of the ,t,-,n corriazay,
L The headquarters company had a strength of about 1.30 mean. The P Co (In!) con-
sisted of three platoons and numbered about 160 soldiers, of whom 70 were de-
tached, includiia 40 so1.c'.icrs woricin,' with. a coal brigade. The corsapay was
equip-pod. with German model 98 rifles, about 30 old Czech submachine guns, about 60
Czech models b0~t1 am' 43-B submachine runs, eight Merman light machine gars and
four heavy, machine gun.. The cun company was observed to have four Guns drawn
by four4horso team, and two Guns drawn by six-horse teams;,
yn The battalion was referred to as parade battalion. Elements of it were frequent-
ly observed at reviews, funerals, and eereroniose
6U Soviet officers have been billeted in Prague hotels since 8 September 1950< It
was said that, beginning 1 October 1950, they would be attached to all Czechoslca-
vakian units to supervise traim3 C,
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It seems possible that she battalion is subordinate to
Genera qls em,p {fnu), Prague military post coca andant, since it is employed
25X1 A Cor~iienta This information confirms a report from Slovakia
25X1 that, a :tor '"e ln ction o:' recruits tra:Lna.ng z
supervised by Sovr.e t officers.
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