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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500790114-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2006/10/20: CIA-RDP80-00809AO00500790114-5
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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?agosrneie consists only of a number of peasants) houses which
i?a.9n- f!1ia,e l n6t Lltersd for the purpose. Most of them are.not in good
ani ass ommoia?Z;ione are of the most primitive kind. Strewn over an
_?: 'L _. 32i m, l;~:ars a s: a two-story building formerly belonging to
cxna:.-~ r.f an now ?sesd as a staff building; a two-story quarters
a z z Ja: 2y big e:no igh for its purpose, with the' men sleeping in bunks
:._..:_. = t1:6.r:. .;-.t a vu11d14ng housing depots and kitchen; a magazine;
h-c-,,uee us6d as quarters, and a stable with a capacity of
raw ho1is t-!6 3z=d Battalion of the infantry regiment at Buz u,
APO N. %'715/C. The staff consists of 8 offia"s and 12 to 14 ,men.
es:,apany hsa a replauement platoon, 22 to 23 men; a oommunioations
tc. 29 mg;:; a medical squad, 12 men; a scouting platoon which has
:.:znh' _, a gu.r. squad, 16 to 18 men; a machine pistol squad, 20 to 23 non;
zgaa , 20i t 22 men. There are three rifle companies of 90 to 100
n .,~ ~._.. 3t'd.i4i Into !;hrae platoons, each of which in turn is divided into
Eaa:... p:.atoo: has th:nte, light machine guns. The company is equipped
v ly pteto~.e and 5 rifles.
:,c. ; ~.c ~ e :warg qua c1ti.. :-i:.? machine pistols, light.machine gnne and rifles
IsLz masks are available for all personnel, but they
:c.. 3r_ga?.,"_ri6. Van battalion has no auto park, but has 64 horses avail-
:3.~0 X930 wsr.=, *ailed up in Oct 52.,.. By :the and of. Deo.!52'; they
h31r basis training. Clothing is poor and morale is bad; the of-
:'~c e:^e' .ar::mh:A "o not gob; a:.orig well together. Food is both insufficient and poor,
for the low morale. The battle value of the battalion is at a
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