"38TH BATTALION, 436TH BORDER REGIMENT, 4TH KNOJ DIVISION"

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003000750011-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 11, 2006
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: August 18, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

FORM NO.51-4A
SEPT.1948
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~cE AL 1NTELLIGE`N E AGENCY 2x1 REPORT
I.NFORMA1ION 1tPORT
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
FO.
SUBJECT 38th Battalion, 436th Border Regiment,
4th KNOJ Division
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF IN
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CONFIDENTIAL
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CD NO.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVA EQ_1N.FQRMATION
The Austro-Yugoslav frontierobet,wen Planica and Grintovecjis guarded by
the 38th Battalion, 436th Border Regiment, 4th KNOJ Division. Although
most of the enlisted men are Serbs and Croats, there are a few Slovenes.
.436th ,Border Regiment Headquarters L ubl ana, Bezigrad,formerly
Business College.,
Youth representative: Stevo JAGODIC
Political training officer: Alojz.MARTIN
CO: Lt. Col. Vojo JOVANOVIC
38th Battalion - Headquarters Zirovnical
CO: Capt. Dragoijub SADJAK
Political commissar: Capt. Ivan MARTINOVIC
Deputy political commissar: let Lt. Ivan GILISIJ
UDB representative; lot Lt., Jovo KRSTIC
Technical instructor: 2nd Lt. Mattin LISAK
25X1 _Ih Cpnany.- Headquarters Kranjska Gora
STATE
ARMY
1st Platoon: Stationed at Planica
-2nd Platoon: Stationed at Korensko Sedlo*
3rd Platoon: Stationed at Gozd ELartuljek
Baraga
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 163 October 1S13 from the
Director of Centre! Intellgence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
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10th Company - Headquarters Ziroynica
CO: 1st Lt, Ljuboje DAVIDOVIC
1st Platoon: Stationed at Ravne
2nd Platoon: Stationed at Javorniski Rovt
3rd Platoon: Stationed at Zeleznica
1st Platoon: Stationed at Dolga Njiva, with guard'posts
13th C z-pany Headquarters
CO: 2nd Lt. Nikola PEREZA
karavla): North of Sija,Dolga Njiva, and hill No. 2179
alrisek, and Pod Kocna
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surrounding area and during the night border patvols travel from post to
post? Guards are changed at 1200 and 1800 hours, Each guard has two or
three trained dogs for scouting. The 2nd Platoon of the 11th Company
maintains a radio station at the Pecovnik guard post, This radio sta-
tion, part of the unit at Mojatrana, is equipped'with two machine guns.
3. Armament:
Platoon sections:
1 light machine guns heavy machine guns are seldom issued.
5 submachine guns
3 1110-round" carbines (vintovke)
2 Soviet-made rifles
yec, with guard posts
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wi h ,guard posts at Jezerl ko Vrh,
Each company has a political commissar, technical instructor, (did! clerks
administrative clerk, a total of 110 officers and men. Each platoon
consists of 35 officers and men and is divided into three sectionsof
11 men each. Platoon leaders are assisted by a deputy who is also an
informant of the company political commissar. Usually three guard posts
are maintained by each platoon. During the day, guards are stationed
from 0600 to 2300 hours at positions which permit observation of the
Ammunition issued to each soldier in a platoon section;:
800 rounds for the light machine gun
150 rounds per submachine gun
50 rounds per rifle
2 -hand grenades
d st s: Each guard poet is issued ? a sigrtal pisL, 20s signal rockets
an the following types of reserve a itiont
400 rounds, per light machine gun
70 rounds per submachine gun
20 rounds per rifle
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