USSR CONTROL OVER THE SATELLITE COUNTRIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003900610002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 20, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 5, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT USSR Control) owe'
PLACE ACQUIRED
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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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS?REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
Control of the USSR over its satellites is effected in much the same way as the
Central Committee of the CPSU exercises control over all aspects of life in
the USSR. Briefly, this is done in the following manner.
a. The CPSU controls, through links established during training or other prior
relationships, members of the central committees of the Communist parties
in the satellite states. Top Party leaders in the various satellites who
have been trained. in M=cs ow are, for all, practical purposes, Soviet, men or
women, and are completely subservient to Moscow.
be Some control over official, activities in the satellite countries is exercised
through the local embassies of the USSR. The Soviet ambassadors are in
some cases considered direct representatives of the Central Committee of the
CPSU and deliver instructions and other guidance to local Commtnist leaders.
This channel is known to be used for the transmittal of bulky printed
materials. Personnel of the Soviet representations abroad, in turn, study
carefully the local scene in the satellite country to which they are assigned
and submit reports to MOscok.
co Soviet military advisors are posted to the general staffs of all satellite
countries, and they are therefore knowledgeable of the natioiAll war plans
and report all. details to Moscow.
d. MVD representatives are assigned by Moscow to the satellite countries, work
closely with the local security and intelligence services, and are thus
aware of all current trends and popular attitudes within the country. The
MVD personnel submit reports on their activities to the MVD headquarters in Moscow.
MVD representatives advise the local services in both positive intelligence and
counterintelligence matters. Joint activities are undertaken against third
countries, especially the US. The target of all such activities is ultimately
the US, and the USSR enlists the collaboration of Soviet bloc embassies or
legations in support of this effort. In some instances, the latter channel is
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the Sat,elll Countries DATE DISTR. 5 April 1954
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more effective as a working base than the Soviet embassy itself.
e. Not ox 4y are details of military and-security matters concerning the
satellites known to the USSR, but all aspects of the political,
econor c, d social t'e iri those states are directly or indirectly under
the abeO.ute control of th 'JS$f
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