About the KKA in Berlin

The KO (Combat Organization Class-Conscious Workers or KKA) is a creation of terrorist elements within the Greater Berlin KPD (Communist Party of Germany), which receives no support from the Reich Central Office but is promoted by the Berlin Central Office. Several members of the latter hold leadership roles in the KO, such as Kuschewski. Organizationally, the KO is structured according to the districts of Berlin's KPD. Within these districts and groups, the KO has formed units of 10 proven and reliable comrades each. So far, 13 companies (Hundertschaften) are reportedly in formation, though their 10-man groups are only partially complete. The groups receive specialized training every two weeks, separated by weapon types. Each group has its own courier.

In addition to their military training, the groups’ tasks include gathering intelligence within their districts about the strength, armament, and guard posts of the Security Police, as well as the timing and location of their shifts, the morale of the troops, the nature and content of their training, and, regarding the Citizens’ Militia (Einwohnerwehren), their strength, organization, type and storage of weapons, and the residences of all their leaders. They are also tasked with identifying the command structures, clothing and supply depots, and ammunition stores of the Reichswehr troops. Furthermore, it has been demanded that every KO member join the Citizens’ Militia, even if it requires first joining the German National Party.

Albert Müller, one of the KO’s leaders, traveled via Danzig to Russia on December 7 to secure financial support for the KO and to denounce the Reich Central Office and the KPD. In Berlin, the KO’s leadership consists of a five-member action committee. The four-member committee of the Neukölln KO includes Otto Scholz, Telstrasse 9 (holder of the materials), Julius Michels, Siegfriedstrasse 43, Fritz Käufer, Lichtenraderstrasse 47/8 c/o Dinter, and Otto Lenartowitsch, Forsterstrasse.

Currently, there are no other military organizations of the radical left in Greater Berlin. The Red Soldiers’ League has not been reestablished here, although it is claimed that recruitment for a new revolutionary army is being driven from Berlin, specifically by an editor named Schulze. On his behalf, comrades Welker and Secslocky are said to have undertaken a tour of Germany’s larger cities to oversee the recruitment efforts of the offices for this army. They are supposed to review the lists of local groups and make copies. In these lists, each new member must personally register to ensure that agents do not pocket the recruitment fees by entering fake names and to provide leverage against members who might later defect. Secslocky is also said to have traveled to Russia to obtain funds.