From the Soviet zone of Germany last week came stories of guerrilla bands attacking Vopos (People's Police) and even Red army units. East Berlin's Communist Neues Deutschland ran pictures of four Vopos recently killed near Cottbus. and rewards of 1,000 marks each were posted for three Czech refugees who. presumably, had done the killing. In special maneuvers, some 25,000 Vopos took to the field with full packs, sending scouting parties across the countryside, posting guards on the highways and digging foxholes. The East German Interior Ministry announced it had uncovered and smashed a number of "spy, sabotage and terror...
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