EAST GERMAN ALERT POLICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600030301-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 1, 2011
• Sequence Number: 301
• Publication Date: December 20, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION ;..,^. ;'S _ ._,- : ,_ 1-11;t-41117
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR/Germany (Soviet Zone"
SUBJECT East German Alert Po14ce
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRED
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UN!"VALUATED INFORMATION
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In Ilraada :, t:-ere :a.; a ^r. cpie t s Police installation near
Sov e eadq a erg Every -gay ,:e -.ru_,i b4 -r.pn r ut to training
They saluted Soviet cff.icers,
i,hey were E"eryone krssv that
undergoing mtli, .ary ~Ke C,.-,u4-.e Ves.
The averpge ecldier accepts i.4. ,r, a gres..er SP~;.+.~ -e than do .he officers. Hid
attitude is that it's better for the Gyruan to have to fight than for him.
?ie do sn't consider East Germnary rodl.ly lang~rn+i;~ bali~ging that no war i.ndu~try
existe as a resuiv o: reparations and that tho G-rr:nans we(t cansequently depend-
ent on the Sovieta for aria,. Ufficars, on t"e nthar hand ?mc'w that war industry
does gist, and therefore take a R
rearmament.
Potsdam so care Where soveral Soviet officers
were si ting. The GermarA had fast graduat31 from a school, and were celebrating.
Finally one of theme a young man of 1C or ?.c, pan over to our group, alad offered
to ahako hardy, with a Major. The bie.lor rot .oed, Uersau wmS; very hurt,
and asked: Why won't you shake my hand? After all, we'll be fighting on the
sam# side one day." "Because," the Mayor replied "your father killed my family.
M at'$ why I wunI t e ilm your hand .? his experianae may have b r.1 profound efifeot ozx tee young Oermaxi.
It's kArd to saye and would depend largely on when war broke out, At pr?sent
they couldn't be used independently; that is, a sector could not be asaignsd to
a German 00= *n6. Probably the Eae:t Ger..~.^e woe ? ba uied iu the front lines,
but dispersed amatg Soviet troops, so that the Soviets oouid maintain absolute
control, For example, a company of Germane might be integrated in a Soviet reggi-
ment, Another possible rise for them would be guard duties and line of oonsauai-
cations security. And as the Soviets moved forward, they could be used as oo-
oupation troops for West Germany. At moms future time their rsliability might
be greater. They are mostly young and they are being indootrinated, They
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aacapt r:.ich of what they are taught. They lmow that the Nazis committed terrible
crimes, and see Stalin primarily as the man who rid the world of the Nazis. They
believe that Germany should be united and that this can be done only with Soviet
help. Furthermore, Germans are used to obeying orders.
Hatred an dislibe are infinitel eater between German and Pole than
between German and Russian. Although,'
lthough, many Russian officers do hate
theme They mow the Germans as people, whereas enlisted men don't. The Germans
love no one but themselves. An example: Five of us went to a nightclub about five
miles from Dresden. It was a nice piece, with an orchestra. After we'd had a
drink we wanted to c?anee.
T eel he got up on the platform where the orchestra was playing, made
them stop, and >rade a speech. "Why won't you dance with t9V he asked. "After all
re're humans, just like you." Then he fired a shot through the ceiling, and said,
"W li if `a oar't dance can't Meanwhile, two Soviet sergeants who were present had eachir mAll ovedfoneuboot,oandttas
the Germans departed in haste, the sergeants sped them on their way, from behind.
No, the Germs, are still Germans, and they don't like Russians or anybody else
except themselves.
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