RECRUITING CAMPAIGN FOR THE VOLKSPOLIZEI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006200570011-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: November 14, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL $T dLLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. _
INFO
TS REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Gem (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Recruiting Campaign for
the Volkspolizei
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
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-&-y councils
were called upon to report youn?~ men b; tween the apdes of 10 a 22 yo'a to the
labor office for service ~~i th the Voli:spol.izei. 'des quarters, board and
clo h i , an initial pay of 27,x, eastriar,cs v: ,s offered. Those who volunteered
were also promisod. prof orential. promotion,
2, It was learned that a siniar circular was sent out by the pitterfeld (M 52/
k 14) labor o.ff'cca
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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On notice was tc4.on of an official circ lar sent to the shop
councils of the district by the Halle (A 52/0 92) labor office, dated I Lepton=
her 1950% In this circirl~ r the
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On an ex -tan', officer
, Who lives in Thuringia, said that he
had received a letter from I:aup-ptabteilunC "P" (Departxaent 'gP") of the VP
headquarters. In this letter, :a'od I September 1950 and signed by VP Koa anm
deu-r Zinkrebe , ho was told to report immediately to tie office
In Berl? n for rrv3 ce via th the Ve-lhcspolizei a h1e was promised his forner rank
and a monthly salary of 600 eastmarkks
25X1 A Cont. It s believed that the letter x~-a,, sent by t~~f;: Ihauptabtei2z~x
0r-G021 Tf or lE1 DO-Pa t iontOf the i.TVA (Lain Administration for I,'ra.,.n n,
and not by the erl_ as VP leadmanrtare c i nce this headquarters does not include
a : arsonxiol c?e :ar?tment. A VP Kopi:andeur Zie ;enha.r
e is known to be 1onr to the
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'ors; nncl Dop artnent of the DIVA. Perhaps his si fnature, which was not v y legible,
was mistaken for Zirga-ebo,,
s;: ;rent is hereby re,raVed to
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