SOVIET TRACTOR DRIVERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600030297-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 297
• Publication Date: December 17, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SECRET
CENTRAL INTELL
INFORMATIc
. SUBJECT Soviet Tractor Drivers
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRED BY SOURCE
DATE DISTR./7 Dee 1952
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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1. liactor drivers are at all times kolkhoz members. They are selected from among
the kol.khozniki after the fall harvest and sent to the MIS (MachiLe Tractor
Station) for training. During this period they are supported and housed by
their :kolkl:oz, unless the MIS happens to have dormitory space.
2. In the spring, the kolkhoz chairman and the MIS director jointly select the
tractor drivers for each brigade, with the MIS director choosing the brigade
chief'. Dosing the work season, the ko"l'noz enairman gives the daily operational
r.rders to the brigade, e g, what work to do in what fields. In all other matt-
tcns.cg, servicing tiractors, internal administration of the brigade, the bri-
gade is subordinate to the MTS director.
3. :)using seasonal work as tractor drivers, these men are-subject to the 1940 de-
cree on job-freezing. In the off-season period, these men are held on the lcolk-
hoz by the lack of a passport, which effectively freezes all kolkhczniki on the
kolkhoz, in the absence of industrial recruitment.
4. Tractor brigades usually work on t:ei_ own kolkhoz, but may be drawn from
neighboring kolkhozy if a given kolkhoz can't fill its brigade requirements.
Payment in kind is made by the kolkhoz and includes the noon meal. The MTS pro-
vides a guaranteed minimum payment of 2.5 rubles per day.
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