ORGANIZATION OF THE SNB AND THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 19, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT' Organization of the SLB and the
Ministry of the Interior
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Staff Headquarters of the SNB is in Prague and is known as SNB Detachment
9600. Address is Prague XITI, Pripotocna 300. Personnel with important
positions are :
Commanding Officers
let Adjutant :
2nd Adjutant s
Asst 2nd Adjutant :
Lt. Col. Jiri Kovar., Communist
St. Capt. Frantisek Pippich, Communist
Lt. Vacha
W10 Strouf
Ds ,artanental Chief s
Department I - Organization:
Department 11 -
Department III - Personnel :
Department IV
Department V
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St. Capt. Karel Vondra
St. Capt. Frantisek Hysek
St. Capt. Frantisek Isrska; also chief of the
Communist Party organization in Detachment 9600,
- Transportation: Major acner
Communications: lot Lt. I;iroslav Benedikt; also chairman of
ing school.
Accounting Office Chief - St, Capt. Svadlenka
Intendant Office Chief - St. Capt. Valenta
(Department V is located in Smichov in a building across
railroad station.)
the street from the
:education:
Chief: s Lt. Vlcek
Assistants: Lt. Jilek, Lt. 7,unt, V/O Kunst, Ti/O Kvasnicka, +/O Antonin Suchy,
a1/O is i loslav Trachta, 't/O Prazak, t,`/0 inioti.
2? SNB Detachment 9600 has the following battalions:
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Ceske Budejovice
Pisek
Plzen
Karlovy Vary
the Trade Unions in the B.
Lea j or Tichy, Communist, now in the US t, attend-
CraraandinL; Officer
Capt. Stech (Communist)
Capt. Antonin Sehring
Major Jan Suk (Communist)
St. Capt. Antonia Galus
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Litomerice Major Oldrich Voboril
Liberec !ajor Linhart
Hradec Kralove - St. Capt. Breti;alav Kozel (known to have
collaborated with the Germans during the wart
.$NB battalions in Bohemia have cover numbers boginn:?ng with number 8, e.g., the
Ceske Budejovice battalion has number 8196,
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Znojmo St. Capt. Kopecok
Opava (not known)
Olomouc (not known)
Battalions in Moravia have cover numbers beginning with number 7.
c. In Slovakia
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Bratislava S Capt. Poncak
Luceneo (not known)
d. In addition to the twelve regular battalions listed above, there is a
special guards battalion at Jachymov -which has the cover name i Kladivon.
Recently the territory covered 'by this battalion. has been extended to in-
elude Pribram. One of the main duties of-this battalion is the warding
of German prisoners-of war returning from the USSR. Known data are as follows:
Commanding Officer: St. Capt. Josef Chieboun
Deputy Commending Officers Lt. Frer-tisek Drobny; also chairman of the
District National. Committee in Jachymov.
Hqs of the battalion is Drahovice, Hrbitovni Street, near Karlovy Vargo
Platoons are located as follows;
Zatisi - 1 platoon (30 - 45 men)
Rovnost - 1 platoon
Bratrstvi - 1 platoon
Mustek - 1 platoon
Bozi Dar - 1 platoon
Cesky Visental - Company Command post, 100 - 120 men
Snidebrg - 1 platoon
Sojfy - 1 platoon
Mariasorg - 1 platoon
Duenenberg - 1 platoon
Prebus - 1 platoon
In reference to the battalions mentioned in paragraph 2 above, additional data
listed below:
3. The SNB battalion at Plzen consists of one company with its headquarters at
Bela nad Radbuzou. The commanding officer is 1/O Jan Lalik, a Communist.
Platoons of the battalion are located in Bisendorf, Rybnik, and Nemanic.e. The
platoon located in Rybnik has the following personnel:
Commanding Officer: W/O Jiro Ledvina (Comm mist)
Deputy Commanding Officer: . Bratislav Socha (Communist)
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W/O E9iroslav ?niaak
17/0 Josef Jakoubek
?V/O Josef Stodola
/O Oldrich Zenozicka
it/O Karel Novacek (Communist)
1Y/0 Jiri Stefi
d/0 Karel Diarek
'///0 i1iloclav Palecek (Communist)
1v/O Vladislav Vesely
17/0 Frantisek Jansky
ri/O Otto Lena (Communist)
W/0 Otomsr Klan
w/o Josef Drozda
ti7/0 Frantisek Brousek
W/0 Jan Sperl (Communist)
7/0 Miroslav Kucera
W/O Vaclav Lavicka
Wlb'/0 Karel Hofman
IN/0 Jaroslav Zemek
v /0 I.;iloslav Rendl
W/O Jindrich Janovsky
7/O Svarc
W/O Zdenek Borovsky
4. The SNB battalion at Pisek has one company with its headquarters in Nyrsko. The
commanding officer of this company is r/10 Potuzak; deputy commanding officer is
7/0 Brada. Platoons of this company are located in:
Hamry: Commanding Officer: Vv/0 Frank
Deputy Commanding Officer W/O Stech
Svata Katerina: Commanding Officer: vi/O Benes
Deputy Commanding Officer: W/0 Crha
Zelenzna Ruda?
Hojsova Straz: Commanding Officer:I//O Vaclav Korea
5. The SPIB battalion at Karlovy Vary has the following companies:
a. At As. Commanding Officer : Jiri Horvc:th
Deputy Commanding Officer: W/O Jaroslav illaly
This company consists of 3 platoons, stationed at
As: Commanding Officer: W/O Cenek Hosnedl
Rossbach (border)
Horni Reuth.
b. At Cheb, Commanding Officer: Lt, Konopasek
This company consists of 3 platoons, stationed at:
Cheb: Commanding Officer:,i/0 Smil
Haslov: Commanding Officer t'//0 J. Sicha, Deputy Commanding Officers
V//0 Skuhrovs37.
Lipstein: Commanding Officer: ,y/0 Snoberber; Deputy Commanding Officer:
Vi/O Vanecek.
a. At Kraslice: Commanding officer: Lt. Stupl
This company consists of platoons, stationed at:
Kraslice
Senbach
Rybnik
6. The Ministry of the Interior, including Police and Security Departments, is
organized as follows:
Hc. of SI'IB Detachment
9600, Prague
aYdB B I ions
I SNB ComPani.es
SNB Platoons
Regional SNB Hqs.
District SI4B Hqs.
Local SIIB Posts
I Local TB Posts
Criminal Police
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