CIA Reading Room cia-rdp82-00457r016100190002-5: SNB UNITS IN THE HORNI SLAVKOV AND JACHYMOV AREAS

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CLASSIFICATION_CC,%?_L;; ::;`'Tt1L ilNTRY_. :.%=*a rpti, y~ud or Release 2002/08/14 DP F 16100190002- TOPIC._.~ 13a~Jni s liaxxia. S:L~.ykc~v d Ja cy L .Vas .~., c . C Shvm x'eas EVALUATION gpp_t-P1rw .-PLACE OBTAINED_.] DATE OF CONTENT ri or tc November 1951 DATE OBTAIN' REFERENCES] 25X1 C .DATE PREPARED 25X1A PAGES 2 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) REMARKS. 25X1 C 23 December 1952 Do No-[ CjjjUULA I to 25X1X 25X1X 25X1X 1. SN3 unit in fior. Slavkov. rxor to ;over,, er , an 5112, unit in the strength of about r 350 men wearing red service color was quartered in a new barracks installation south of Hor9 Slavkov (Schlaggenwald, N 51/P 6E). This barracks instal- lation which had no fence consisted of 12 thredR-story buildings about 401 meters long, including seven still being under construction. The buildings had very small rooms. One building was being equipped with a cen- tral switchboard and a radio station. The unit quartered there was equipped with submachine guns, rifles and light machine runs as well as a number of motor vehicles and performed guard duty at convict camps and uranium mines in the '_ior. Slavkov area. SN22units in the area of Jac!? amov. 2. For to -M .-.nvem er , an N unit of about 75 menmaring red epaulets was quartered in the building of an inn which had a tower and a new wing and was located in a wonded valley about 2 km northeast of Jachymov (St. Joachi.msthal, 11 51/K 60). The unit was equipped with sub- rachine Funs = nc) 'gad 10 to 15 motorcycles, 2 sedans and 2 trucks. It : s engaged in watching convf_ct details. Its tarot range ;;as rear the ouarters at a slope. Other SND details were quartered in a school at the south end of the town and in ' uildinf-s of an dlc' factory north rf the railro-)d statioh. 3. Prior to June 1951, abut 200 SIM, -en '.^r.'a,r` n red service color and armed with submachine guns, vere quartered in a yellow brick bu=lding and a wooden building at an unidentified -.lace near Jachymov. ;,nether "T'^ unit of about 150 men wearing red service color was quart:=red in the former Slavia hotel in Jachymov. It. `'ource learned from an ^P1'3 man that more than 80,000 men were stationed in the Jachy7ov area. The ! 1'^ men were engaged in watching convicts and industrial plants as well as guarding the border. CLASSIFICATION C0NNIDENTIAL4 Approved For Release 2002/08/14: CIA-RDP82-00457RO16100190002-5 25X1 25X1 Approved For ReI& 2002/08/14 :CIA-RDP82-00457R01 1001900 A 25X1 C,-rwont. 1,e infnrTzti.rn can 'ir:-s unlt~ tc~ rtnr red Senn ice cL` cr ~n ?Tac!"'.rr ov and "orni "lav!-. tro ;?rj!" ce 'CSS1 :1'r si'.i7 elerf:nt:; r'.'~: the ,[: ec1FIJ Unit Jera"'l 25X1 any? 3~strc'::, which hrir.rr'er, have not beer. cor'irr d. r.?le or a- r>; zatic n nn 1 ntren. th +-f the ^? '> units in the uraniu- area are ; tot de nitF3l;,r cienr