Mission
Its major task was the protection of the party, especially its buildings in the GDR capital of East Berlin as well as the security of the party leaders' residential compound in Wandlitz, near Berlin. Per Soviet practice, the regiment was a politically-reliable internal security force that could be deployed to suppress rebellion and unrest.
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