MOBILIZATION PROCEDURES IN THE USSR

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005700820001-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 17, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
Mobilisation Procedures in
the USSR
This is UNEVALUATED
Information
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by law.
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
NO. Of PAM
REOUREMENT NO. RD
THE SOUACE EVALUATIONS IN THIS MW ME DEFINITIVE.
THE ANIRMUI OF CONTM Is TINTATFIIE.
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1. Were mobilization to occur, the Soviets would call into service evsryon' 25X1
who could serve in the Am. They would begin with the peasants, and than
would call unskilled workers from various plants and factories, white collar
workers intelligentsia, and all others, irrespective of the
date of birth of the individual. There is no draft class (~,sanoQO kiassa);
the time when a person is called depends primarily upon his eaplopment. Al-
though instructions are issued to call a particular age group into the Armoy,
not everyone in that group will actually be called. For ewe, a person 25X1
could be 25 years old and be capable of handling arms, but if he were working
in a plant manufacturing motors he would remain there. On the other hand, a
person 40 years old working as a carpenter would go sooner than the 25-year-
old.
or the ArDW might be called from the city of Sverdlovsk than from Khabarovsk,
because Sverdlovsk is highly industrialized and Khabarovsk is not. Thus, al-
though the former is three or four times larger than. the latter, the, mmuber "f
persons called from each could be the same. A greater than usual call-up would
be noticeable in the non-industrial areas such as the Ukraine. If a greater
yazan Oblast, for instance. would not be greater than that from Orlov.
accomp
ished by a special edict of the Government.
3. The call-up would be similar for all geographical areas; the number called from
R
2. In the USSR there is a system applying to defense industries which is called
JTM (freezing). During wartime every individual is frozen to his job and is 25X1
not called until such time as a directive is issued by the Gover-anent stating
that his particular category of persons is to be called. In the event of war,
all the factory heads would submit to the yoyenkomat lists of individuals whom
they wanted frozen. The vmnkozy-t also would have his own lists, and he would
decide whether to leave an individual in the factory or to call him. If a tank
factory were in operation and persona were being called from it, then mobiliza-
tion would begin of the working force from other factories or from the villages.
This would be
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number than the norm were called, it would be apparent in each AVY (village)
rayon,9 but not so apparent in towns.
4. The Minister of Defense issues an edict stating that a particular age group is
to be released and another to be called. Once a year this Inpn shed in the news-
papers and nowhere else. (Prior to World War II, bulletins was posted, but
after the war not a single one was ever published.) The oall ips are generally
made in May and in October, although during World War II,thp were also made in
January. After the order is issued, the Minister of Defense scads a secret message
to the wort stating how many are to be called in My and how ay in
Octc,ber. No one ]mows at which time he will be called; prior to ft of the year in ; gam' howevth, those
between question will be called in potaber cad those born
May and October will be called in the following Miry. Those who are to be
drafted will then receive a notice requiring that they appear at the lrn~
at an appointed hour for service in the Soviet Arne and that thaw Pied personal belongings. The individual is not informed whore will be mot,
only that he is to appear at the
5. According to Soviet policy, everyone who is not in active military ssnios is
considered to be in the reserve. One of two categories is stamped is each per-
sonis Y~: "lot Category Reserve" and 02nd Cate N The
let Category be called first, and then the 2nd. In such oases the in-
dividual is supposed to be called the year following his original schedule but
it is possible that be might not actually be called then and night be left ~in
the reserve.
6. Before World War n. city teachers were called for one year and were palled
nod ck" 1rj; village teachers, as a rule, were exempt from milivile service. In
May 1939, for exsiople, when the threat of war was very great, teachers
were deferred. The following September, however, when war had beoome 1'iinent,
the Government decreed that everyone with no previous service was to be called.
Sixty teachers left one rayon simultaneously, causing sans schools to be closed.
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