NEW TRAINING GROUPS ESTABLISHED IN DOSO

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 23, 2011
• Sequence Number: 489
• Publication Date: September 22, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATIO'I CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRALS~E~~RUI' REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD N0.
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Militaryy Paramilitary - DOSO
Biographi_
HOW ?
PUBLISHED Daily, :;ee'.cly newspaper:;
WHERE
PUBLISHED Sofia, i(yustendil, De1Ln?ade
DATE
PUBLISHED 13 Oct 1952 - 2O blay 1v53
LANGUAGE Bulgy.-iun, Serbian, Croat'_an
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1952 - 1953
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT N0.
DOSO TO USE NEa TNAIIdING h~PfiODS -- i(yustendil, iy::rtcrdilsY,o Delo, 16 hiay 53
Up to the end of 1952, DOSO (Dobrovolna orfanicat:,iya za sudeystvie na
otbrana, Voluntary Organc.z~ltion for Defence Cooperation) member:; were trained
exclusively in circles (kruzhok). A11 mer.:bers hsci to attend these circles.
Separate courses were organized for parachute jur..ping, :ruto:aobile work, etc.
The innovation in training methoc?c which ha; now been adopted is the es-
*.,wblisYanent of training groups (cchebna grape), ciesidned to fill gaps in the
work of DOSO. These groups gi?:e gener.:l silitary t_aining, ac tell as basic
training in technical, aviation, and nsval specic.l.t'_c;: to persons who have not
had basin military training.
~sring 1953, traini.g ?ill be organized in two ?~ays. There will be circles
for PVKh0 (Protivcvuzdushna-khemiche::kt^ of"sane, .,nti::ir and Chemical Defense),
auto:robile nomenclature (auto r.inluu:a) , c. igctil or cor.aunications studies, build
ing model ai.rplar.es, Horseback riding, ^+i~:::::in3, rowing, and hilsirrg~and training
3roups for aL other types of activities-. In them tra'_ning group:, each DOSO
?aember will concentrate on his chosen :specialty :_nd ?:111 become acquainted with
general adlitury discipline (ob^,htovoys;?:ov_ diet::it:liiu), drilling, firing prac-
tice, nor.:enclature of weapona (n~terialre: ch::a,), :::ilitary codes, basic knowledge
of tactics, topography, sad engincr-rind ?..~:?k,
In ::any villaGes and towns , tr c in ~rr,; }?c:ms lc+:?e been orGanized ::hich c^rry
oLt their duties re~ulariy. There :re r,ta] Z~?oup.?, however, which do not carry
out txaining correctly, wicich f:.i.l to clistingaish be-Cween the trainin? given in
circles and that which the ,,~roap~: the,sel-ces are supposed to dive and :.ich train
youth improperly. To eliminate shortco:aings, all 'peal DOSO councils must find
qualified lecturers. A11 vi1L^ges tc:?e di::diar,e~i soldiers, reserve officers,
and reserve noncol:aissioned officers wisp handle weapanc: well and can give good
theoretical lectures to boys ant girl::.
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In organizing training groups, the goals of this .raining must be made very
clear to all future recruits (prednabomik), girls, and "pnrogrnfisti" who have
had no previous military training. Each group must consist of not more than 25
persons. Above s11, unit training (edinichna podgotovka) must be stressed. Spe-
cial attention must be given to learning the nomenclature of weapons, their func-
tions, and the names of parts. To aid them in retention of lecture materiel,
DOSO members must be given field work. r^ield work has been underestimated in
Bagrentsi and Oranitsa, Kyustendil Okoliya, where the results of firing practice
were very poor. Hanover, the tr fining group in Konyavo, Kyustendil Olcoliya,
headed by Ivan St. 'Psvetkov, fulfilled itn no:-as.
The training groups consist prir,?nrily of buys and girls wi:o are nembers of
the DSNM (Dimitrovski suyuz na narodnats mladezh, Dimitrov's Union of People's
Youth). Consequently, it is very important to obtain the cooperation of the
DSNM in organizing these training groups. -- Lyuben Velev
INSUFFICIENT DOSO ORGANIZATIONS IN TKZS -- Sofia, Patriot, 20 May 53
By the erd of 1952, DOSO pr:;:ary organizations had been established is only
half of the TTClS in Bulp~ria.
DOSO, THE BULGAR]AN RESERVE ARMI' -- Belgrade. Borba, 13 Oct 5e
The mnrksmanshil, section of DOvO i,as officer instructors from the army or
the police Training is compulsory for all ;:chooi and other youths, as well as
for adults who lwve not been in the arch/ or who lift it long