BERLIN EAST SECTOR POLICE PRAESIDIUM PARAMILITARY POLICE

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002500340017-3
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2001
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: March 23, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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1949
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Berlin Bast Sector Police Prasidium-
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Paramilitary Police
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1.., f`fect.tve 1.5 February 1949 an Abteilung Bereitschaften (Paramilitary
Police Department) will be activated in the Berlin East Sector Police
raesidium,. This department is designed to become the staff of the
four Soviet Zone paramilitary police (Bereitschaften) which are now
permanently stationed in Beri::Ln,. On 11 February at a formal meeting
in. the office of Soviet Sector Police President Paul Plarkgraf on Neue
Koni gs trasse in the Soviet Sector of Berlin, the key personnel of the
bteilung Bereitschaften were given their assignments and officially
-E_stracted to commence operations on 15 February 1949,
25X1A ..Corn nt, The presence of the four iiereitschaften ' in the
ovlet vector of Berlin was previously reported and confirmed,.)
2,, The Table of Organization for the Paramilitary Police Department of
the East Sector Police Fraesidium has been approved by the SMA? It
provides for a Chief (Leiter) and a 1st and a 2nd Deputy on the com-
grand level.z, The is t Deputy is the Polit.-Kultur (P/K) representative,
.? charge of political indoctrination and ideological supervision of
the Bereltschafte-n personnel;, The P/K representative is actually not
fiarr.ed on the T/C of the Abteilung 3ereitschafteta but is rather a
member of the PrItsidialsbtei+u.ng (Chancellory) of the East Sector
Pollee x raesidium., The P/K representative reports directly to Police
Vine ?resident Lehmann,, who is himself the P/K representative for the
Police Praesidii rat?
?, The 2nd Det;u t.y of the Abteilung Berei tsohafter- bears the designation
'9 lusb_la.ungsieiterU (Chief of, Training), He is charged with the direc
klon and control ,~f -raining of the four Bereitschaften,, He l.s directly
responsible for the training of the officers and non.-commissl6ned
=personnel He is supposed to issue training directives and keep him-
if' informed on the state of training of subordinate units. Under
operational conditions. he heads the Operations Section.
25X1A Comment: This designation (i.e., Chief of Training) does not
ne.f ll,,rrange of the 2nd Deputy"s functions because he is in
fact, Caief of Staff and would, in an emergency, direct operations,
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The designation "Ausbildungsleiter" was apparently chosen to play
down this fact. In "Abtailung GP/B" (Border and Fara:ni'lit r Police)
of Saxony the 2nd Deputy is called "Stabschef" (Chief of Staff )9
which describes his position correctly.)
omrent; The arrangement under which the 1st Deputy is always
the Poi.lt-Kultur representative while the 2nd Deputy acts as func-
tional?sacond-in-charge is typical of all police organizations in the
Soviet Zone.)
K The (uartnrmastpr (Leiter 'Jirtschaft) has under him six assistants,
one for billets and equipment, one for uniforms two for finances,
two for rations. In addition there is one specialist (SachbparbeitPr)
each for motor vehicles, weapons, and the "secretariat". The letter
has three assistants, one for training natters, one for personnel
affairs, and one for the registry, The complete authorized strength
of the Department is 18 officers and 3 secretaries,
The Abteilungs Leiter and his two deputies 'now carry the rank of
"Oberinspektor" and will be promoted to "Kommissar" when the Abteilung
Bpreitschaft becomes operative.
25X1A MOM Comnent; The U, S, Army equivalent of these rank designations
would by Captain for ObPrinspektor and Major for Kornmissar@ )
V The four MOM Berpitschaften are numerically designated: Nos., 19
2, :, and 4? Nos. 1 and 2 are composed of Berlin personnel, Nos. 3
anf 4 wprp brought up from Saxony shortly before the Berlin city
elections on 5 December 1948, Bpreitschaft No. 1 is now quartered in
the Gpsellschaftshaus, Regatta Strasse, Berlin-Grttnau; No. 2 in the
building form.prly occupied by the Police School in Berlin--ObPrschbne-
weide, Nos. 3 and 4 are billeted in the school building, Bruno Mille
Strasse 35, Berlin-Fripdrichshagpn0 (All three addresses are in the
Borough of Kdppnick,) The four Bereitschaften are slated to be
quartered as a unit in the old military barracks in Berlin-TrPptow
some time in April, as soon as thr renovation of the barracks is
c.onplptPd4,
7; The authorized strength of each Bereitschaft is 250 men, broken
down into four platoons: one.machine-:,un platoon armed with five
machin? guns; one machine-pistol platoon, one section of which is
armed with the Deutsche SturmgPwehrp 44, and the remaining two sec-
tions with "K-d98" carbines; two rifle platoons armed with carbines..
No hAav er equipment has been issued to any of the Berlin Bereit-
schaftPn,?nor is training in the use of heavier weapons envisaged,
Special training courses in the use of machine guns are given in
the general area of West Prignitz? One or two men from each Bereit-
scha.ft have been detached for special machine-gun training,,
25X1A Comment: This confirms information previously roceived from
independent sources.,)
By and large the state of training of the four BerPitschaften is poor
This is especially the case of the two Saxon Bprpitschaften; personnel
for those was for the most part drafted from among industrial laborers
in Saxony, and was selected according to political s tandardso The
Berlin Berpitschaftpn (Nos. 1 and 2) on the other hand, were recnuited
from the ranks of the Berlin'Schutzpolizpi (uniformed constabulary),
and special emphasis was placed on previous military training in
their selection. Disci_plinP among the enlisted grades is very un-
satisfactory, and morale is poor. Mrs are numerous instances of
personnel being absent without leave, especially among the Saxony
Bprpitschaften.who slave not been granted leave since the beginning of
the year and do not expect to have any granted until the tactical
training program has been completed at the end of 7a.reh