DOCUMENTS CARRIED BY ARMY PERSONNEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500170046-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2000
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: August 20, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT 25X1A
25X1X
PLACE ACOU I R
(BY SOURCE)
DATE ACQUIRE
(BY SOURCE)
"All military peraoru.ol in the Ruianian Drm o no ; ttcr :that. thc-ir t`amk) must
be in possession of a military document which contains their personal data.
This regulation applies to soldari rear a ati (non-commissioned officers) and
oatnsi in termea (conscripts as wel as to off!tera.
3. "The military identification documents for otficera'are issued by the MFA/or MAI/
Minie,tries, respectively, depending on the type o[ unit to which an officer
'belongs. This dec-ument moat be produced to prove identity in the following
circumstances
(a) Wnen a military t,ntrol of the Comeaduirea Pietei (Mi.litary Police)
drmenda identification, The chief oft patrol must, however, have
a rank higher than or equal to the rank of the officer challenged.
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\gencics 'n 1icnted above. It is not tc he transmitted overseas without
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of the Departments nt
the concurrence of the
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(b) When a military patrol under the command of nn officer of
inferior rank (to the officer challenged) demmande identifica-
tion and has in its possession a special permit issued by
the Military Police Headquarters entitling the chief of
the patrol to carry on such duties and specifying the top
rank of officer whom his patrol may challenge.
(c) When an officer enters a military unit and/-or -a military
barrack or institution he must produce his military
identification document to the duty officer of the unit,
or, in the absence of the duty of~'icer, to the commander
of the guard.
4. "To prove identity to civilian authorities (or. tzair?arin a bank, etc.) army
officers carry the normal civilian identification card called Buletin de
Populatie.
5. "Non-commissioned officers (reangajati) carry military identification documents
similar to those carried by officers. The same identification regulations
apply.
6. "The officer candidates at the various military schools carry military identifIea-
tion documents which are issued by their respective schools and countersigned by
the commander in chief of the garrison headquarters of the military region -in which
the mi'.itary school is located. Officer ::andidates must identify themselyes to
any patrol of the Comenduirea Pietei, no matter what the rank covered by the chief
of the patrol.
7. "Conscripta(ostasi in `ermen) carry military identification documents which are
issued by we units to which they belong, signed by the commanding officer of the
respective unit and countersigned by the commanding officer of the garrison
headquarters of the military region to which the unit belongs. Conscripts must
identify themselves to an military patrol of the Comenduirea Pietei. They
identify themselves to civilian authorities in the same bray as officers - by the
Buletin de Yopulatie.
8. "According to regulations, members of the Militia and of the Securitatea are not
entitled to despand identification of military personnel of the MP'A Ministry.
Should such identification'be necessary, it must be done in collaboration with MFA
military personnel, is with the MI1tA17 Police, These regulations are abused.
even aerestnd MFA military personnel without legitimate right. This creates
disconten. throughout tae A. Obviously there are many MFA military personnel
who, as members of the CP, consider themselves reliable Communists in good
standing. They feel they should have the same privileges as the Soviet military
personnel.
9. "As stated above, military documents for soldiers are issued to all soldiers and
must be in their possession at any time, with the following exception: the
military document, of soldiers who are performing their military service in
frontier zones are kept in the possession of the respective 1.trits Luton to
which the so lie_o directly belong.
25X1X 10. "In 1952 there seemed to be a certain delay in the issue of military documents
to army personnel. It might last as long as six months.
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