VOLKSPOLIZEI IN BOSTOCK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005300540005-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2003
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 31, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2003/08/05 : CIA-RDP82-00457R005300540005-3
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EVALUATION, s e e. Ie l x PLACE OBTAINED]
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1,, The Rostock (M 55/0 01) Volkspolizei numbered about
1g 500 in nid-''rar eh 1950. They underr ent intr?rsive
infantry tra inin,~7. A 32--:icn platoon was arced with
7 ":' aching ui"a.5 ..1UvCl:~ v k) y t3 car Ines g 17 pub: machine
,uns and a number of bazookas (Panzerfaust),
2.aaaThirty VP personnel were seen at rifle drill at
Darnstorfer l eld near Ro.~tock on 17 '!arch 1950-
b., About 150 VP personnel. in the same area prac-
ticed with rifles, rnachin, qunea three riediu . mor-
tars and three battery coernanderes telescopes on
23 .arch 1O50.~
a. A VP unit of 650 to 70? men marched to the
F'uesilier Kaserne on 24 Parch 1950? the unit was
preceded by a band of plato n stren,_th and a color
bearer,. The Piltlitz Kaserna on Isieemclerstraasse was
also occupied by VP urxitsoT
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o nrteent ; The two baarrti.cks were repeatedly
rep~artec tie occupied by 1rP personnel o It has
not been established, howeea rg which of the bar-
racks are occupied by the ltd VP Bereitachaft and
which one by thcr VP school:. indications are that
the 2nd VP 113ore:itschaaft may 4e in the Fuesilier
Kaserne
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CONFIDENTIAL
This document Is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL In accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1918 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
? Approved For Release 2003/08/05: CIA-RDP