4TH ERNST THAELMANN VOLKSPOLIZED BEREITSCHAFT OF LAND SAXON IN GROSSENHAIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005800220004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2003
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 25, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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to ?Phe I~th ~~~;rnst Thaelmann~~ SIP ~3areitschaft of yand Saxony tiva3 c~uarterad
in the Ulanen Kasorne at 2 Kara I~iebltnachtstrasse, t~x?ossenhain
(Pd ~2/l~ fll) o lhQ postal address eras Grassonhain ~ ~./.T, Ts~ the past,
the unit has held field oa;ercisas at Klein ~;aschnitz (LEt X2/11. Ol} a
24 The VF Bereitschaft era: a tani~ unit of ].,tk?J~~olice organized rota four
Konu;?~,ndos, each of 25C poli.ce~ :.ach ~SOrnrnando hac~ four Abteiltu2Gen?
?~~,a.ch l~bteilung tsar composed of. -three Gruppena
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loo equipment of th? Bereitschaft included five T-3~. tanks five Soviet
5'~' gunsq four or five Soviet armored tyro man scout cars; six Canadian
arar~unition carriors used for trainin ; drivers; a number of mcx3el ~.2
xr~,chine guns, nay in storage; a~~~' .~~$ -and ~, safbraa,china guars,??? 98 Ii
carb3.nes9 model Od pi.~tals; 7?6~-ram pistols; and bayonets for all membors
of the Br~~eitschaf`i;.,
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schabty ,r1i1~Ch al.~o caltrollecl 'cne d~. ,txi~utafi,i.~~n ~~~' aratar vcl~.cles,
receiv~zd i'a:~"ty near 3~~-?ccx~ Jana :aotorcycle~, ;7a~;.eur^,ably for y?o-
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v., 'z7o~ar fi?~ld und..~ar:~ ?gave l~ec:n in stay?a.~e since tl~e 13~~J ';'hitWun holi-
d.ayr3a they cor~ist a~` shor??t~, ~ul~.aE~a.sti-~~~~n taa~.~-troo,~r~s jac~ety
s~.c~a as Ind been ~~'ar.~. by Ge~ntan ta~~l~ ~;rc~o;~s, ~ozl~, trau~crs ~ah~.ch ~.re
~.:~terzdcd to ba tuc~ed in tine troots, and 1on~ boots ::~~rie of ~~.usa~.{.6
7~ Tail, drivers ~sex?e tr~.i.ned :uz t?ie 1.~t A~o~:~:ido9 ~va~~.crs and tarsi:
cor.~~:~.ndc;re in t?Ze lei l:o~~:~:s?cio, ~.oadc~rs ~.n ~:ho 3:e~d >;o*.~:~r~~_:~csy a~~d :~acia.o
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