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This Central Intelligence Agency information report, declassified under the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, forwards copies of British interrogation reports from about December 1949. The main report covers a defector from the East German Volkspolizei school at Prenzlau and describes its strength, weapons, artillery training, staff and political character, with captured training documents attached. Another report describes the Sachsenhausen camp under Russian administration, including its guards, food, housing, medical care and death rate. The text contains no UFO material.

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they had to be back at the school by 2400 hours on the 27th December so that
the other 50% could leave on the!28thDecember for leave over the New Year period.
17. . .1Y.PI*411g leave
Evenings for leave are the normal ones throughout the Zone and are ffed-
nesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Source claims that pupils are granted this
evening leave on the basis of their progress in the training, but each pupil
normally gets out once per week although it is not uncommon that a pupil who
has misbehaved, or who has shown no interest in the training has not been
allowed out once in a period of say four weoks. Recently a scheme has been
tntroduced whereby two pupils from each 'Campania 4140 allowed out of barracks
daily and during the training period.
18. Vehicles
Source claims that the school has. at present only a total of:
2 lorries; 5 cars; 3 motor cycles
He had heard, however, that the initial target figure for vehicles is
Imo lorries, one car and one motor cycle per !Companion
• 9._ Kompanieraorting system
Source reports that the company clerk has to make eight various daily
:eturns of strengths:
Strength return for the Personalabteilung
Schulleiter (Inspekteur)
Kompanieftihrer
Offizier von Dienst (Kompanie)
ration purposes for the Intendantur
le It of sick personnel for the Krankenrevier
It of personnel on leave for the Personalabteilung
Daily report for the previous day of pupils who attended training and
who could not attend training for the Lohr-u. Audbildungsabteilung.
20. Russian control officer
Source confirms the presence of a Russian officer who wears Volkspolizei
2nspe1teur i s uniform exclusively. He claims that he himself first saw this
officer during October 1949 but can give no details of the officer's duties and
Btates that he is not seen very much. The officer. is understood not to speak
German.
21. German.parsonalities
The following list of personalities is given without much details as many
of them have already been reported on in detail. Included with each per-
Banality is Source's two to three words comment:-
(a) sc1711 rank, Inspekteur; status, Schulleiter; "insignificant."
(b) ISENADCHW- rank, Kommandeur; status, stellv Schulleiter/Chef
PK; "convinced Communist."
(c) 11:AUMANN,L rank, Kommandeur; status, B.-Leiter der taktischen
Ausbildungsabt.; "former Captain" • •
(d) (14KY - rank, Oberrat; status, Leiter der Porsonalabt.; "not an
important personality."
(e) •FIEDLER::: rank, Oberrat; status, Leiter der -Lehr- u. Ausbildungsaht.;
"no convinced Communist."
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