PS BATTALION IN STOZEC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008100780007-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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tal on in Stozee
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DATE PREPARED 5 July 1951
?r T- ;,r to 29 ;,iril 1()51s a FS battalion in Stozec (Tusset, fl ~,)/Q 44) was sub-
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of n e to t'te Py) briade in Volar~y (1' 139/Q 55) vthich was commanded by '.-'ajov'
(Ina), In late 19501 elements of the bri--ade in Volar,, were inspected
're he-ndquarters of the PS hat-~,aiion in :Stozec was in the former forestry
idmi nir,trati on building and was commanded by Lieutenant Koudela (:gnu). The
)ettalilon was organized intc'. rive companies, i.e0,ono in !,'ove Udoli (ileuthal,
139/,? 4h)., one at the Tristclicnik ( I9// 113) 1,.ountain, one at the Plesny
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loec?~enstein, IT 19/ 133) P?.ountain, one which v,as referred to is tIna Kanale"
tnd one in Ben unknown sector. The postal address was "Private X, C237, P03 99/
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{ -. `her e Were l0,' n n pit t'.e battalion he._dquo rters, including cooks, drivers,
t raftsmen, etc? About 70 percent of the Personnel were Czechs and 30 i ercent
a.c4in :s They ner,F armed? model 98-I1 rifles and Czech submachine guns O tiro
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z.i t machine u.ns and e;;-shaped ?sand ,grenades were issued ter. cane of alarm0
f_:t,o!' vehicles included 4 trucks, 1. messenger cars, and 13 motor cycles. Green
p,au Lets and insi.,nia with a dogs head? more introduced in late qtri 1. l91
ll.cv --aclc fors stated that recruits rrer?e inducted in 1 r?i1 1953,,'-,F*
"r:faaRaL.r,r and ? ord~-r uerci training in Volary la"ted until. 23 December 19410,
:). mac-ine tins was held once a reek, and political indoctrination at a rate
zrir) ' the period of training., record practice with rifles., submachine suns and
a,f 2 hours r e;r day,. Prlitical indoctrination was la for reduced to only 20
i lutes ever;r morning o The soldiers n morale was lox., because they had virtually
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'(-o dotaiis on border guard duty by the comnp-.nies were known Fur
ren of the battalion w re daily detached to C-Kriz, (3chwarzes Freud,) about
k: east of Stozec. where two men occupied a vratchtowo r and the 4k; ;.o others
made train checks
ent 0 8237 is probably the Utvar number of the battalion.
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or^ment, I' is doubted that a battalion headquarters would include as
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i of ;r ~ s ~` n, inasmuch a., a company ha., only 110 to 60 Tien. The introduction
of -r nn service c .~ nits was previously reported by
onothor deserter Czechoslovakia thus fell into
the pattern of all other Satellite countries. The dogs head insignia is the
traditional e:;;blen of the Czechoslovakian border guards,,
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