PARAMILITARY POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL AT NAUMBURG/SAALE

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CIA-RDP83-00415R003800010015-2
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 15, 2016
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April 18, 2001
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15
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Publication Date: 
November 2, 1949
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REPORT
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT COUNTRY Gc!rmpny (Ru>si^n 'one) SUBJECT Parnmi ] 1 tpry Po] i pe Try -I.n 25X1A School pt "Teurnh,irg/Spe=1e PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF I REPORT NO. CD NO. DATE DISTR. 2. Nov. ln49 NO. OF PAGES 1 NO. OF ENCLS. (LUSTED BELOW) 25X1X SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. The school for training of is tscandidates for Soviet Zone paramilitary units (Bereitsf4haften) located at NauAburg/Same is a so-called category A school specializing in infantry training. 20 The school is located on the premises of the former Cadet School considerable overcrowding ,)IL' the physical facilities of the school,, The school was formally o p.e :ed on 20 September 1949, concurrently with the beginning of the first course. As of about 1 October 1949 770 students had been #acruited for the course. The ages of the recruits ran from 18 to 25, Almost none of the recruits has had regular army basic training. This deficiency already has made it necessary to revise the training program in order to devote an initial period of training to the basic techniques of the infantry soldier before going on to the actual officer. training portion of the course,_ which during the Hitler p-eriod, housed one of the `National Socialist Napola schools. ~' he: original Cadet School normally consisted of 3CG students, :a figure that was raised to 500 when it was reorganized as a Napolad It is evident, them that the planned enrol..nent of 1000 students represents a 4o The first course is_ intended to last one year a fact which most recruits learn only after :'reporting to the school. It is es- timated that only about one this of the. recruits are thorough- going communists on arriving at the school, and that the rest have no very clear understanding of nor any great enthusiasm for the course upon which they are embarking. The commander of the school is Kommandeur (fnu) Heiman, until September of this year in {ihar e of training (Aushildungsleiter) of - the paramilitary units in Berlin. Attached to Ms staff as liaison officer from the Soviet authorities is "!ajor Morzln who wears the uniform of the Soviet Zone German paramilitary police in filling this position, 1t is evident to all in the school that he is in fact a Russian" Tcrzin has stated that he has already completed a similar lipit;on-oar' of duty with a Polish unit in Lublin,. CLASSIFICATION 7rCF# /C()T rF.0L - U.S. O''IrT .T,S 0"II,Y 25X1A Appro Mgffye R 2001/12iO,5':- C W, 613R$~i004151~Qg38Qi3fl~1Q~91 ( U v FBI h 4~AL RECORD . 'LEASE .Fs ,TURN TO AGENCY ARCHIVES, BLDG. A-18 Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415ROO3800010015-2 '0.98