SURVEY OF SOVIET MILITARY PRESS REVEALS CHANGES IN INTERPRETATION OF ARMED FORCES' MISSION, 1950-1952

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700060529-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 30, 2011
• Sequence Number: 529
• Publication Date: June 4, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDER='LAL
SECi1fiS?1 I INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
IN~pRMAT1ON FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS C~ f:0.
COUNTRY UggB DATE OF
INFORMATION 1950 - 1952
SUBJECT Military; Political - Miaeion of Armed Forcea
HOW DATE DIST. ~ TVN 1952
PUBLISHED Daily nevapapera
WHERE
PUBLISHED Moscow N0. OF PAGES g
DATE
PUBLISHED 9 Feb - 9 Mar 1950, 1951, sad 195
SUPPLEMENT TO
LANGUAGE Russian REPORT N0.
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defending ~;e freedom and independence of t;~e peoples of our country ,
the die! 'bourgeois states ( .., nrmiea of colonial repression, armies~of ~
pillage and o,rignndage, used Por aggressive vats ..."),
Oa 15 Pebrury, Kraenaya Zvezda coupled its lead article, "Rew].utionary
Vigilance -- Mighty Weapon?oP the Soviet Soldier," vlth the published notice
of avard6 to border troops sad collective farm workers is border areas, The
article called upon the men of the Soviet Atiay to be particularly vigilant is
tfie light of t:.e iaternatlonal bituatien sad prnieed the self-encriPicing
service of the border troops, vho were called " the alert sentries of our
country vho vigilantly guard the ~~riera of the~aocialiet atate,?~
entit~ed aOneSoviet Mili+arynZdaoloE,pe^ ~Ched~az~ai?ticle by Cclone2 I Tyurin
discussed, in t+ua, Soviet milltezy ideclc "'''~i in that tb.e Harbor
the defense oP the ttnte in*.e_ BY, the cat+y e of Jue+, ~d uaJuat vets,
Soviet soldier. ~ea`a `~f the Ui.>F,, an3 '-he offensive spirit of the
The author defined military iiec-logy as ^,,, the 8;lshevik pa_-;y=a system
of views sad ideas oa questions of ea2eguarding the state interests of the USSR
by military meant .... ~:vu:in's views on the nature of +.
were fairly yell et;mma=lze3 in bie c dui' sad un~uet tar's
are alien to the Scv:e*_ s*,.a~e tom.,, tstement. tact .~.)~. ~!., preQatory vats
an3 car. cyge only Jas' ~r~:, :^ara ~' L.he G'e-e ,]very aatu;-. 7t. sae waged
Purposes .... eP '.ice?a?in, is the Same cP not'~e sad lofty
timesmta seferria ?j +he phrne?_ "guariing the st.a:e i*teres*.! of the USSR" seven
B t: he miaY_on ;f the 3nvtet Anne.i gor:.a, +
fercnce t,c the mie4l:r_ of "guar3l C1~ made no re-
aF3 '-ht Sc-r1e: fron*.?iera,"
In his ~,r.:.u.i.ing dieoussaoc ;n c~.~L+iva'ing the `ff.c`.ve spirit, in the
Soviet soldier, the author sat3 `.has, 3tttiag 'he ;a,.t w~ "
counted upon a var.iag of the ePfens.ve ?pi,-it c1 3>viet *..,..,~ 'ae Hlt?lerltes
state carried the ~,ar teyend the cerderr cf :ur ccunt:y, RDessi~e .~? Soviet
sumptione the offensive nF.irit. op Sc,,.lr. P .base pre-
the war oa enemy !er.itc_ . r,.Yp. naa:'3 v jiT ^o+~ '-e..reaee Suring
defeat of Fasci!t r 'Y? ".re of Do:aa? U33F, pvb-
paramilic -~-" on ~.2 Febrvrsry, ~-3a the f:=st sFs~isi srtl .le oa the
9 March per ed of nthe jJYears. apPe~y'~ tCS miilt.srY Press ir, *.he 9 Feb_*usry -
tioa of Ik-+earm, Dosav, and DoFfio` ''hP ~t~:'- roli oo the recent unifica-
provement in the - !n'c Doasa. '_~SSg, sad -. the rsK~zltaat im-
v~rk of D.rsaf'< F='1ms~~? ~rgani:st+~?z,
the shortcomings of r:he new orgsnlaat,?~,n, the In Rc_^?i;aing some oP
on ell levels to o a' f~Li pv a:~th^' urged Doassf committees
P_-Y fort r; a;, ?a?-?r,g mi111s__ eP new mem*ers an3 to
get up primary orgsniza;ione at every en;erprlse, koik`gL, LastltuticL, and
educational insti+.uti:,h in ?.he -.,~,rY7 fer, ss the a>>~hnr par, ~-.? ^ ,, m!llione
iag3ofiiheScvle`. A-me Yuil of ;he desire ~:~ F,.ut!:.!pa'A fl.uly is +11e atrenthen-
Y, Air Fc^-e, sr.d Nevy in yes;:rg _.;i.: f~i-har the
might of our bel.eved country ., ?~ ""
The crder :1 '.hr- Say of the War M?n:.=.t~r .n ~? FF*l.usrv again omploye3
the phrase ... r~L?ing ?,?',be cemtat :eydir.