INFANTRY BATTALION UTVER NO. 4532 NEAR AS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004300230001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 13, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE CF CONTENT T'flti'I P~rl~cr ''c~tt~~er 1944
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ENCLOSURES fHO. & TYPE),
the follord.rt~ infornatio~~ oa the Inf?~ntry pattal.ion
SOKOLOV' (N 51/P 5F:~) , snd it$ eraploys~ent in the border
area near AS (~' S1~`~' 1$:~ rnAS obtainad:
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Component unite of the battal~.on moved from .`~KOLOV to the 1~S
area about 20 3eptar~ber 1949 , but the battalion headquarters
remained in SO~OLOVo
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Ate a norrae~. independent inf'entry battaliono
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Infantry companies of about 60 r~en each o Submachine ~,un aomp?~
of about 100 mend
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Infantry companies: German end Gzech rillee, Czech light
machine ~u.ns "26"0
Submachinie p~tn company: Czeoh 2ieavy machine guns o (3~erraan end
~oYiet eubaochinQ gunso
~,~plo~rar,_.en~_in the AS Border ~.rea
a, One platoon of the 5th Co t%~~s in 1"IOVA DAR (T' 51JP 18
up t o 3 a.ovemb er 1949 4 The platoon had 5 "'tr Os and ~0 ~'-7,
armed Tnith German "44" submaehin a guns o
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ba 'ihe platoon ~?}as aonstructin~; field fort 3.ficatione and post
obstacles, L'.~.e I.attor being erected on t~11 roads and natk~s near
the borders 11:e;T ???ere o:? trunirs , pro?iectin{* 3 to 5 feet from
tlae ground, ."ith 1~'--foot dee~+ ditches rant inr~ Across the road
in front ~if,d behind tho trunks. ~ ha ditches T?~ere fls land es
re aired bar t~:e terrain. Ca,r~.otdfla~;ed foxholes ???ere dui; do
both sides of the most obstacles. :- 7-foot rti~h east obstaeie,
.filled ?~titY:. rocYs, ~?~as constructed across the .~ ~-')T'T~TAtT~FrT
(.i 51/~> la) road, about 0 f enusee?bt tthebroadsidene ~ ~'he ob-
stacle extended bet ?een the h ,~
c. Caech, Gern.nn and '~aviet nines *^erg stored in the basements
of the ~~auses of ~DVl~ 3D11R. ~-'hey r!er? to be planted in the
o~~en terrain according, to an er~Lneer lieutenant ??'ho st:nervised
coast :?uction 1..orko It ~~?as said that another and lar~*e mine
storage dump t?*as located near A~EBA3A, about three miles southeast
of ..~. the lieute~asnt also Said that chevaux-de~-Prise ~^~ere
stored in the +". ~ barracks.
d. `.she renortin~; deserter stated that corir~.unicetion trenches
sad raaa~~i.ne fan emnlace~~ents T?rere alto constructed in the
border aretxa
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The i~'a;~try battalion ie thc~ '"OT'aLO~? 46th Tz~'-f
Bn. The report eonfirz^s previous i ornation on the er~z~lo~r7.ent
ai' canrn?.~nent units of the battnlio,: in the border area near ~^*Q
Tlia dotailed information on the type and aco~e of fortification
,?}orl~ ~~~~~o??rs teat, at least in thy: :~.5 border area, field fortifi?
cations, reinforced bar Dine f~.elda, are under construetiono
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