1. SELECTION OF SOLDIERS FOR SERVICE ABROAD. 2. CLASSES SERVING WITH THE FORCES AND PARAMILITARY TRAINING IN THE U S S R .

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• Publication Date: March 20, 1953
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CENTRAL .INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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20 March 1953
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Paramilitary Training in the U S S R.
a Soviet soldier in H gary stated that soldiers for service out-
side ? e , were selected by local or district recruiting offices. He said that
all persons were excluded from this service who had been prisoners-of-ware had
worked as foreign, workers in Ge ro had lived in German-occupied territories
during the ware had relatives outside'the borders of the USSR, or were under our-
veillance by the Ministry for State Security. He said that those selected for ser-
vice abroad were attached to special instruction battalions by the recruiting can-
tore. They attended three-month courses of iustruction,during which 15 to 20 per-
cent of the participants were excluded.
According ttfr the same soldier three classesq namely the 1929e 19308 and the 1931,
were suing with the forces May 1952. Soldiers of the 1928 class who were rr -
tained beyond their normal, years of service
,,as well a men of the 1932 class who
had been drafted in advance, were also on active duty.
Paramilitary training for the young people was given by former officers and. replac-
ed gymnastics in all schools in the USSR; This training included field training,
training with hand grenades, and other military practices. Other exercises, last-
ing 120 to 180 hours per i ,e were conducted for 18-year-old girls in villages
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,glen in Ju: y 1952.
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that the discharge of the 1929 class was be-
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SECURITY INFORMATION
1. Selection of Soldiers for Service
Abroad:
2. Classes Serving with the Forces and
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