CONSCRIPTION PROCEDURE IN LATVIA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 23, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: May 26, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY USSR (Latvian SSR)
SUBJECT Conscription Procedure in Latvia
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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.B. 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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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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The Medical Commission was in a. building on $tendera iela. (street)
in Lepaya,
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2. The Medical Commission consisted of the Chief of the Lepaya Militias
eiic doctors several lieu..tenants and' 'captains -who attended to the cler-
ical work, and two other officers named Colonel Slesnachuk and Lieutenant
Colonel Zolotov#
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3e Prior to the me1imkl examination, a close haircut 0 25X1
25X1 costE~ne rtib;lea Those unable, to pay the cost of the haircut had one
ruble deducted from their subsequent army pay. ` After the haircutjI 25X1 X
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the x-ray was given on the day Piibr the 4ay_=lbf.' the: cmee : : a 1 rn ti i;
however, there was no definite rule regarding this.
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1. In, the first room sighed, measured, and examined by a nerve
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tors, including a surgeon and specialists in eye, ear-and-nose, and
venerea, ( easaes .:exceed carne before Lieutenant 25X1 X
Colonel Zolotov who entered his name.in a book which was.signed by
Colonel Slesnachuka ,Lieutenant Colonel Zolotov examined 1 pass- 25X1 X
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stating that - he was a new r^slot.,atid'z'Ibti,itttib : ppott'lh -ems. arlddd
to the War Commissariat, This was followed by political lectures last-
ing an hour. sent home to await a notification to
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Five days before his induction a man was entitled to leave his employ-
ment and to receive a two-week pay in advance. Up to spring 1951 the
only exceptian'was the Bolshevik Fishing Kolkhoz, which did not give
a' two-reek pay in advance., but instead sent each of their employees'
200 rubles from a special fund after their 'induction into the'Soviet
armed Forces. This procedure was eventually Mopped by the War Ministry
because of drunkenness among the recipients and also because of the
principle that all soldiers must be treated alike.
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6. About one or two weeks before inductionlkeceived a notifi-
cation giving the date .gas x ntejt ?ttrtaecsC+dt C ?St :c
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on Padomju Prespekts. Such notifications were never sent by mail but
were delivered'by hand to the person concerned,
After reporting to the War Commiasariat.,recruits were placed for ,a,
day in various barracks in Lepaya. The recruits were usually'restiodd
to' the barracks because most of- them were hmry,~.djmfik~pilc
(as:`.c),
8' From these barracks recruits were sent by train at 2230 hours to Riga,
where they were grouped and assigned to various units all over the USSR.
Those who were assigned to the 201st Latvian Guards Division were taken
by streetcar to either the Krusta or the Pernavas.Barracks., -where this
division was stationed.
Upon arriving at the barracks (Krusta. and.Pernavas) the recruits waited
tal some officers came to register theme After that theyrecruits
ate a midday meal of food brought by,themselves.- Every recruit had
been required to bring a. two-week'supply of food,, toilet ertieles,, two
pairs of underwear., socks., gloves, towels., and a rucksack.
10. After the meal the recruits deposited their belongings and were taken
to etbatb oE.er;> where they were disinfected and were issued uniforms.
11, After the recruits returned to the units they were shown their personal
property, which had been putAnto a storeroom. They were permitted
to take their toilet articles and foodstuffs. Recruits: were rewired
to consume or dispose of their personal foodstuffs within four days;
thereafter personal foodstuffs would no longer be permitted. It was
said that later the recruits would be allowed access to their personal
property once a week,
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0omment. It is presumed in this report that the term War
Commissariat s tothe local Voyenkomat (draft board).
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