MOVE OF VP UNITS TOWARD BERLIN AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003500870004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 29, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 4, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2002/07/23 :CIA-RDP80-00810A003500870004-4
CENTRAL IN?~LLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
toward Berlin ArssA
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COUNTRY East Germany
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
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to ~ reosipt by to un~utporlswS person !s pwhlblted
by law. Ths repeoduat/on o! this lops le Drohiblted.
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On 19 January, K~TP units in the Eggesin area w~er~e p aced on alert statue.
There was no training activity.
2. On 22 January, ?~00 men selected from the KVP in Eggesin. were moved by rail
to Berlin.
3. Prenzlau RVP units were placed on alert status between 19 ,and 21 January,.,
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The political school of the fIVAVP in Weimar, numbering about lt00 men
trane-
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ferred by truck to Berlin on 2!~ January. Almost simultaneously, the school
for border police transferred from Aschersleben to (}ranienburg.
25X1A Commenter It is believed that the alert was decreed for VP personnel
n e en~ re Soviet Zone, rather than being limited?to unite in the Berlin
area. The measures reported above ma ~ be connected with the Four-
25X1A Power Conference in Berlin. See also
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