ESTABLISHMENT OF A RESTRICTED MILITARY AREA IN THE SUMAVA REGION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004600150003-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 28, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 31, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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- Since October 1949, a portion ;)f tho 3ui is a region, about 10 km~ broad and
exrendinr,~ along tho borriar, 1-n,.3 been established as an off'-limits nilitar;y
area. Units of both the TB and the Army have been reinforced and posted
at ney.r stations. The rain rur' ores for ?: tablieh-inc* this territory as a
military area are as follows:
a. Isolation of tthis ar 3a fre i the rest of the r .ion.
b. T ract.?:tion of the civilian rorulation iron the area.
c. OccuT:ation of the area by, :;he Ater.
ct. Stror'';or fortification of the borer and ;inrzrnrerient of the nuarr3 service.
Since the fall of 1949, it has been very :1i+ `:cult for civilians to enter the
area Passes are no ion r ie::ued -co tourists, ,?-o are now directed to places
in the interior of the country The now rerzt:Lat-ionr rain?. concern the area
around Zelezna Ruda (Z!,enn1 3k : r >;750/Q(Y7) v which was for! ~arly a fa'ioua winter
sr_1ort center,. The sport curter "ins been transVer ct to Uartmanice (fartr ~nitz
'SO/Q17), which is about 12 'ter: from the box-der (load and tourist si n,3 lead
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ing to Zelezna Buda are Wing -. 3rovod by arr_f.son soldiers stationed nearby.
'Toot or the civilians who live within 10 I n, of the border will be ovacuatedw
Orx:t! SITB .rrison.s and units, -1t'_h a united further of civilian er?r1oyeas,
clerks, railwsy officials, rcac' uorlkern, P70 shopke:erors will renain '. 're, and
the political reliability o" tl oce enrlowoo will he the decisive :'actor In their
selection. Altheurch a few rxer:ions tare to leave in October 1949, the act-jai evac-
untion is to be carried out +t, 3tzn 1_ P in t;he cprmnr, of. 1950
Units of the Ann-- and the SIM t ill be stationed In the off-limits area to act
as frontior ward and to reeei? a rrn stain combat tra.inin! A They will be raur ter ;d
In hotele and cabin-3 ovacusted ';y civilians, The 11:t yr and '11B un-"ts have bean
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r-ainforce:d and their location chanr=ed, the first change taking place on 11
October 11949. The form r units st itioned at the border wore transferred to
the interior of the dountry, and new units, consisting of recruits who have
Just finished their si.x-months' course, have replaced them. The new personnel
t?faro rceraited from reliable mer'bors of the Ax: y and are still wear-'ng, their
u,rror rcnk insignia, together with the red should straps which appear only on
1 O unifo:t~na. The locations and nuanbera of personnel of the S"US and Ai
units in this area are as follows:
au Spicak (-ipitzenberg - NJj.9/Q64,.), district Klatovy, 200 ;soldiers.
b. Zel.o3na ibida, district of Kiatcvy, 60 SNB men.
c. Nave Zhuri (TTaidl - N750/Q07), district of Susice, 40 MB ran.
d.. Prs gily (ftubenbach - N50/Q17) , district of Susice, 40 SNB rmen.
e Sr rd (Hehborg - 1150/Q16), dist:t-iet of Susice, 100 soldiers and 1,0 MUB roan.
f- Kv51da (1150/Q26), district of Susice, 40 .S B non.
g. Kasper s Tory (Roichonstein Barr. - 1150/Q2''7), district of Pusice, 500
oo1:3:ers.
h. RzeJsteJn (inter P,eichenetoin - N50/Q27), district of 'usice, 200 soldiers.
i. Susice (N50/Q2g), 1400 soldiers and the district commander.
5. In the fall of 19,9, the guard eer-ice along the border was intensified, and
machine-gun towers, which were buil r: during the sung er, were equipped and armed.
Tloiraver, only those towers of strategic importance quite near the border, which
have a broad horizon and rive the gunners a long range, v ere, armed. Other roads
G.:? ;paths leading to the bonder have been closed, and patrols on routine duty
along the border were doubled.. Each patrol, armed with automatic weapons, con-
sists of four persons, two walking in front and two a short distance behind them.
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