MILITARY AND PARAMILITARY UNITS AND INSTALLATIONS IN OR NEAR KLADNO

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• Publication Date: December 19, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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Czechoslovakia
Military and Paramilitary Units
and Installations in or near Kladno
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from 400 to 600 Interior Guard (VS) personnel
were stationed in the Eladno (N 50-09, E 14-06) area. They were
billeted in a former political prisoner camp for females located
in Dubi (N 0-l0, E 14-09) just outside of the United Steel Works
seepage were utilized to guard this national enterprise.
the unit to be a battalion and believed that
g es ran ng of the 40 to 50 officers in the unit was a
lieutenant colonel. He knew none of the officers personally.
approximately 100 VS personnel were utilized
to man the 22 watch towers surrounding the United Steel Works.
He believed the guard duty was for a 24-hour period and stated
that each of the 10 to 18 mshigh wooden towers, so placed that
from each tower the guard could see the tower located to the left
and to the right, was manned by one VS guard armed with a '96
rifle. Each tower also containedlight machine gun and a
50:00 searchlight. P the VS guards were posted for
two-hour shifts auring warm weather and for one-hour shifts during
cold weather. He very seldom noticed any officers with those
guards. He also believed that when the guards were not on duty
in the United Steel Works area, they were required to take training
in the camp area.
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the VS camp was used as quarters for female
prisoners and work brigade personnel from : At
that time the women occupied the three wooden barracks located
on one side of the camp and the brigade personnel lived in the
remaining three barracks. From this camp
was used to house only female political prisoneree
after all male and female Political prisoners were taken
away from the United Steel Worke.'400 utilized as laborers in the
coal mines and brick factdries4; this CAMP Was used to billet the
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the first VS troops were used in the United
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employees were cautioned about approaching the fences and towers.
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VS personnel wore OD uniforms and blue visored caps
4itn a magenta band. The officers wore silver shoulderboards with
magenta colored piping and the EM wore magenta shoulderboards.
EM wore a circular, 25 cm. in diameter, brass collar insignia
consisting of a cog-wheel, sword and star.
the VS personnel were selected from the Czechoslovak
Army because or political reliability, were required to serve two
years, and had ranks and pay equal to those in the regular military
forces. However, he also believed that after two years)service,
re-enlistees received a radical increase in pay and benefits.
For example, he knew of one sergeant, who was married and had two
children who earned approximately 1,400 crowns a month.
did not know this sergeant's duty or length of ?service however.
often observed marching units of from 100 to 200 VS
personnel leaving ?or returning to the camp area, With each
formation there were always two soldiers marching with fixed
bayonets 30 in. in front of the unit and two soldiers 30 in. to
the rear. At those times source also observed that some of the
personnel were carrying machine pistols.
8. had seen two female VS personnel inside the camp area.
Both females wore skirts instead of trousers and overseas type
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of age and assumed that they were administrative personnel.
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observed a VS Medical Officer inspecting the towers
in the united Steel Works area. This officer wore dark blue
shoulderboards with red piping and had a serpent insignia on his
collar tab.
only 80 VS personnel were
Dille-Gea in -brie camp. me believed that the remaining personnel had
been sent away temporarily for military training purposes. He
assumed that the 80 who were left were staff personnel plus the
minimum essential guard force for the United Steel Works.
never known of the use of VS personnel for any purpose
other than guarding the United Steel Works area. He assumed,
however, that these elite troops would be the backbone of the
Ministry of Interior in cases of internal disorder.
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Department for Special Tasks (Zvlastny oddelenii at the
United Steel Works
within the organizational structure of the
United Steel Works there was an office officially identified
as the Department for Special Teske but which was formerly known
as the Security Department. ,This section was composed of what
source believed to have been aboUt 004 Officers and from five to
six NCO's (all dressed in civilian clothing) from an unidentified
security force,
this section controlled the military man-
power statistics or the United Steel Works., He stated that they
were primarily responsible for card filing the educational back-
grounds; former occupations; military service by arm, unit and
rEnk, and reserve status and present occupation of all male
ployees up to 60 years of age. In addition,
It was common knowledge that this section was in direct contact
with other unidentified agencies in Prague and that information
from this section determined the political reliability of
questionable employees, that this section had its
own post office box and courier service to Prague.
all employees were required to report to this
section upon employment, fill out questionnaires, and report any
changes in employment status to this section within a few days
after such a change had 'taken place. Violators were liable to
a 10 crown fine. During his initial interview in this section,
source noticed various official rubber stamps which he associated
with the National Security Corps (SNB).
of this section issuing any orders to the
factory workers other than loud-speaker announcements directin7
individuals to report for recording purposes.
heard any official mention of this section being part of any
military organization;
he assumed that the personnel in the section
officers and NCO's by the manner in which they acted.
all personnel working in this office
Communists.
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Czechoslovak Army Technical Officers at United Steel Works
from six to eight unidentified Czechoslovak
Army technical officers, the highest ranking one was a major,
were located at the United Steel Works. These uniformed personnel
wore OD uniforms and had brown piping on their silver background
shoulderboards. He inadvertently entered their office in the
Main Headquarters at one time and noticed that the majority of
these personnel were working on drawing boards. He believed that
these individuals were primarily construction technicians.
However, only in rare instances did these personnel come into
and at those times they concerned themselves
only with the analysis of the steel produced.
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these personnel were also concerned with
ungnown construction planning and controlled the issue of steel
to military personnel who came to the works with authorizations
to receive same. From two to three times a month3unidentified
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uniformed Czechoslovak Army personnel would come to the works
with an army truck and trailer to pick Up steel,
50X1 these personnel would first report to the technical officers,
and the latter would then supervise the 14eding of the steel
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beams, co -wheels and other unidentified Steel, profiles.
were probably Used in Czech;-1-;;;;
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approximately two km*. southwest of the United
bteel roma ksee page 8) was located a,Czechoplovak Army caserne
consisting of two three-story ,buildings within a '100 x 300 m. area.
Source believed that the caserne was built in ,1936. He assumed
that from Boo to 1,000 military personnel 'could be billeted inside
the cement and picket fenced area. He believed that the unidentified
1,, its in this caserne were used to train reserve personnel during
50:00 ,ne summer months, since he had observed an increase in personnel
and activity during these periods.
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source beiieVed that an unidentifed
uzechoslovak infantr battalion .'o *co ":. aze mr,a tioned
at this caserne.
caserne was also occupieo by an unidentified artillery
he had seen at least four very small caliber artillery
hand-pulled during training exercises in the immediate
Among the military personnel source had observed tank,
infantry and artillery shoulderboards and insignia.
the
unit, for
pieces being
area.
signal,
also observed from three to four tanks either leaving or
entering the area. Three of the tanks he believed were of the
SovietJS series and one was a World War II German Tiger tank.
was unable to identify any other of the artillery or tanks
a observed. He had no further information on this installation
or units occupying it.
Army Inspecting Personnel at United Steel Works
1. at least once every three months several
untoentified Czechoslovak Army officers, including one general
officer, would make a general inspection throughout the United
Steel Works area. Normally the inspecting party consisted of the
one general officer, a colonel, a captain, one or two lieutenants
and a civilian. The inspections did not seem to have been directed
towards any specific factory output or area,. At various times
source had noticed in this group officers who had made a previous
inspection at the works, but he was unable to state that the same
personnel made all of the inspections. All of these military
personnel wore gold shoulderboards with red piping.
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Restricted Military Area in Vicinity of Kladno
approximately four kilometers west of the
steel Works (see page 8) was located a restricted military
area which he believed to have been an ammunition depot.
Surrounding the entire wooded area was a two-meter high barbed-
wire fence on which were affixed signs prohibiting entrance to
unauthorized persons under penalty of death. The entire perimeter
Was guarded by Czechoslovak Army foot patrols.
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500 Peoples Militia (Lidove mince - LK)
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400 to 500, of the 26,000 United Steel
Works employees were members of the,Peoplets
?he observed five units' Of approximately '100 individuals
each representing the United tteel,WOrivlisOP101,8 Militia march
He estimated that no more
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wore black workers-type Uhifo
membership in the ilCwaa on a voluntary basis.
rrior to the currency refOrMs source believed that the United
Steel Works had as many as 1i500 LM meMbere.. However, after the
LM was called out On a preventing action to control the civilian
population in Kladno during the three or four day period when
the currency was exchanged, interest in the LM decreased and
three-fourths of the members dropped out in order to avoid Sunday
training periods and possibly being used against future demonstrations.
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the LK had 198 rifles stored in a small
building which was called the Workers Section and was located
outside of the United Steel Works area, He believed that the
only transport available to the LM was from either the United
Steel Works, State Police. or Czechoslovak military vehicles
on hand. Ithe LM would be used to
supplement the Interior and Industrial Guards in all cases of
emergency.
Industrial Guard Personnel (Zavodni straz - ZS)
26. the United Steel Works employed approximately
ou inalvicuals as ildustrial Quard personnel. The individuals
were responsible for internal security, documentation control,
escort of visitors, fire and property security and supervision
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prisoners were utilized by the United Steel Works, there were a
total of 120 ZS personnel who also had the responsibility of
guarding political prisoners, both within the United Steel Works
area and in the prisoner barracks. During this period the ZS
usually had one guard for every, eight prisoners during the day and
one guard for every four prisoners during the night.
27. ZS personnel wore an OD colored uniform similar to that of the
CzechoslovOc Army with pithAr An OD visored cap or overseas
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or rank designations. However, each member wore a red armband
with a yellow "ZS" printed thereon and was armed with a pistol.
Formerly, when the ZS escorted the political prisoners at night,
they were armed with machine pistols.
these pistols, together with a few ,98 rifles, were still
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of the Industrial Guard within the United Steel Works area.
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the ZS personnel were usually between
40-55 years of age, lived privately, and received a monthly
salary determined on an hourly pay scale basis. They were not
considered to be members of any government-controlled security
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force but were ordinarily employees of the United Steel Works.
They were responsible for internal security within the steel
works against sabotage and demonstrations.
29. the ZS personnel were subject to disciplinary
action for violations of security and misconduct.
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or for not punching the time clock punctually*,
5w?30. was unable to define the orgenizstione1 structure of the
an could not identify the group as anyspecific type of unit.
Source stated that although "captain" was the usual form of
address to the leader of the Industrial Guards, he had never heard
of any official designation of rank when ZS personnel were
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for ZS personnel was usually identified as the "Commandant."
50)(131. all ZS personnel received one-half day of
raining twice a month at the District Police Headquarters in
Kladno. They were required to fire weapons of' yarious types at least
once a year on the military firing range located about three
kilometers northwest of the United Steel Works.
know which organization was responsible for ZS activities but
noted that when the ZS strength was decreased in
many of those released were employed by the government security
forces.
32. Within the national enterprise area the ZS utilized one small
building as an offiea Ana Alpeping quarters for off-post on-duty
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of the ZS guard personnel or methods of posting.
that in the Main Headquarters building of the Unieu oueel works
the ZS maintained a few male and approximately five female
personnel. The male personnel were usually called upon to
investigate all mechanical failures and personal injuries which
took place, in order to help determine if sabotage were possible;
and the females, dressed in civilian clothing, were ealled upon
when incidents took place involving female employees.
Unidentified Firing Range in Vicinity of Kladno Used in Common
by Army, Security Forces, Paramilitar. rmations, Etc.
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approximately three kilometers northwest of
the United Steel Works (see page 8) was located a military firing
range which was used by the Czechoslovak Army troops stationed
in Kladno, the Interior Guard (vs) personnel on duty at the
United Steel Works, and the i parepilaitarT7 units in the area such
as the Industrial Guards (ZS) of the United Steel Works and the
People's Militia (LM)..
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50:0 300 m. { it contained six targets used for machine
un ritie and machine-pistol firing training.
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Reference is made to page 8, a memory sketch of installations
in the vicinity of the United Steel Works, National Ente rise,
in Kladno (N 50-09,E 14-06)
1. VS caserne.
Location of former barracks for political prisoners.
These were subsequently torn Own+,
Unidentified Czechoslovak Army
4. Unidentified firing
5. Unidentified restricted
6. Building in which the Department of Special Tasks
of the United Steel Works: National Enterprise, was
located.
Building called "Workers' Section" in which rifles
belonging to the People's Militia were believed to
be stored.
ZS office.
o = VS guard towers on the perimeter of the
United Steel Works National Enterprise.
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