1. ORGANIZATION OF THE MPVO IN VILNIUS 2. THE MEDICAL SERVICE OF THE VILNIUS MPVO

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• Publication Date: September 30, 1960
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SUBJECT 1. Qrganlizationl'of.,the MPVO c ~. DATE DISTR. 30 September 1960
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USSR (Lithuanian SSR)
The Vilnius City MPVO
1. The titular head of the Vilnius City Civil defense organization (MPVO)
was the chairman of the municipal council. Its actual head, however,
was the deputy commander, an MVD officer who was subordinate to the
commanding officer of the republic MPVO. The chief of staff of the
city MPVO and the heads of the various services were also MVD officers.
2. The rayon MPV0 was subordinate to the city headquarters and was headed
by a member of the ra.on council whose chief of staff was an MVD officer.
The heads of the various won services, civilians appointed to these
positions by the mobilization planb(Mobplan), were subordinate to
the MVD officers who headed the respective services on a city-wide scale.
3. The Vilnius city MPVO included the following units:
a. Chemical Department. The chemical units were based oi.the
chemical scientific-research institutes, laboratories, and plants of
the city and were subordinate to the city MPVO headquarters. The head
of the chemical service planned and amudinated the work and the
studies of the service. All the department's technical equipment,
except that needed for training purposes, was kept in the emergency
stores (NZ) located on Kirtimai near the Rochivansk Airport (sic).
b. Emergency Rescue Service (Avarino-spasatelnaya sluzhba).. These
crews were formed from the MPVO personnel in the city's plants and
institutions. They were subordinate to an MVD officer in the city
c. Fire-Fighting Service Protivo-pozharnaya sluzhba). The head
of the fire-fighting units in the city headquarters was the head
of the municipal fire-fighting force. He was an MVD officer since
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the fire-fighting force was a para-military M VD sub,unit. These units
existed in every rayon and were assigned to the rayon MPVO headquarters.
d. Order tnd Security Guard (0khrana poryadka_i.bezopa$nosti; OPB). The OPB was
headed by the commander of the city militia or by a militia officer appointed
to this function. The sub-units of the militia were assigned to various
ra o by the mobilization plan, but for exercises each unit was assigned to
the rayon in which it was situated. Each rayon MPVO headquarters had its own
OPB commander.
e. Communications and Alerting Units (VNOS). The commanders of all the VNOS
stations of the MVD, the Ministry of Defense, and the I1PVO were subordinate
to the city VNOS MPVO headquarters, which was commanded by an MVD officer.
The stations were equipped with the latest radio-and radar facilities, and,
in emergencies, they controlled the city's local and interurban telephone
system. The local system operated by means of an automatic telephone .
exchange (ATS); by dialing a certain number, the telephones of all the city
and rayon commanders could be rung simultaneously, thus facilitating
the notification of a practice or a real alarm.
f. Shelters Service (Sluzhba uzbeZbishch). The city MPVO shelters service was
commanded by the head of the housing department of the municipal council.
The heads of the rayon councils' housing departments were the heads of the
rayon MPVO shelters service. Ther were in charge of the maintenance of the
shelters in their respective areas. In about July 1958, all the shelters in
the country were cleaned out, and their use for other than their prescribed
purpose was forbidden. A law was passed prohibiting the construction of
buildings, whether they be homes, offices, or.plants, without a bombproof
shelter for each structure. The rayon councils were responsible for the
repair of shelters by their construction departments. A budget was provided
for the construction of shelters for MPVO stations housed in old buildings
where there were no shelters. As many old shelters as possible were being
renovated.and repaired, and adequate ventilation facilities were being
installed.
g. Supply Service (Sluzhba bnabzheniya). The city MPVO supply section was headed
by the director of the municipal council's commercial department, to whom'
both personnel and transport were assigned by the mobilization plan. He
controlled the rations and emergency ration (z) stores, which were stocked
according to the plans drawn up for the entire republic and the USSR. No
further details were available.
4. The military and special units which, according to the mobilization plan, were
attabhe&led to the I VO (AA, engineer, chemical, sanity, and supply units)
werec.?c subordinate to the chief of staff for the city. The commanders of these
units were members of the city headquarters. With certain military units, such
as Air Force and AA defense units, the city MPVO headquarters maintained a 24-hour
contact. Among the means of communication used were radio and direct-line
telephones.
5. The MPVO mmmmand.,paet~rIn Vilnius were located as follows:
a. The republic command post was at Zamkovaya Gora (Gora Gedimina).
b. The city command post was under Mount Tam=i N-Paurakalnif (Gora Bouffalowa).
c. The Stalin Rayon command post was under the Lombard at No. 5 ulitsa
Gogolya N.
d. The Lenin Rayon command post was in the basement of the Dom Uchenykh at
No. 20 pl. Lenina.
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6. MPVO stations existed in plants and medical, educational, and seientific
institutions. These stations were headed by the director of the
institution or plant, or by another reserve officer appointed by the
civil and Party bodies.
Training programs were planned and financed by the republic MPVO. The
instructors were people who had undergone training in Moscow, Leningrad,
Kiev, or other large centers. Such courses were compulsory for head-
quarters personnel and they had to pass examinations at the end of the
courses.
8. Headquarters at all the levels were required to work out mobilization and
operation plans every three or four months. The old plan was considered
valid until}Lthe final approval of the new. Orders were then drawn up
for putting the latter into effect and for destroying the former. The plans
were based on two possibilities: surprise attack and forewarned attack;
The Medical Service of the Vilnius MPVO
9. The Minister of Health of the Lithuanian SSR was the head of the republic
MPVO Medical Service; his chief of staff was in charge of all Medical
Service personnel in the republic. The head of the municipal health
department was head of the city MPVO Medical Service. Organizationally,
the city Medical Service headquarters was subordinate to the city MPVO
headquarters, but professionally, i.e.,-in matters of a medical nature,
it was under the jurisdiction of the republic Medical Service headquarters.
All Medical Service sub-units were subordinate to the rayon and city
Medical Service headquarters, which in turn were subordinate to the chiefs
of staff of the rayon and city MPVO headquarters.
10. The head of the city Medical Service had several deputies, one of whom
was chief of staff, one was in charge of evacuation, one in charge of
the general medical staff, and one in charge of the sanitary-epidemiological
staff. These positions were filled by civilian doctors appointed by
the Minister of Health and approved by the municipal council and the
city Party committee.
11. The chief of staff of the city Medical Service headquarters coordinated the
work, organized the sub-units, worked out the mobilization plan, and planned
the study programs for the service. These studies, courses of from 80
to 120 hours, were compulsory for all members of the Medical Service. The
official order for participating in a course was issued by the head of
the city or rayon MPVO and the rayon councils; non-compliance with such an
order was punishable by law. These studies included CSR defense measures,
but no details were available on this subject.
12. On the rayon level, the Medical Service headquarters was composed of a
commander, a deputy commander, a chief of staff, deputies in charge of
evacuation, supply and epidemiological measures, and heads of special units.
The chief of staff had duties which corresponded on a rayon level to those
of the city 1d ical Service chief of staff, and which included control of
such sub-units as the First Aid Detachments (Otryad p'ervoy hied-kromoshchi:
PPM), and the Mobile Epidemiological Detachments (Podvizhnvv "":09-%
rrotivoepidemiologlcheskiy Otryad: PPO).
13. The following are details on the sub-units and installations of the Medical
Service:
a. First Aid Detachment (OPM). The OPM was organized on the basis of a
hospital or clinic. For MVPO purposes it was usually headed by the
institution's assistant chief doctor, a reserve officer who was
appointed by the head of the rayon Medical Service and approved by rayon
MPV?b headquarters,; the rayon council,and the rayon Party committee.
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The OPM's staff was the same as that of the institution itself.
Each OPM was calcuiated to provide medical services to 2,000 patients.
It contained a reception and sorting department; a surgery and dressing
department, with two rooms for each of these activities; an evacuation
department with a apock ward and a ward for untransportable patients;
and a sanitation and bathing department. The OPM had its own transport.
Assisting the OPM chief was a deputy in charge of political affairs,
who was in charge of bulletins, political information, supplies, and
rations. He was elected by the Party cell of the institution and approved
by the head of the rayon Medical Service and the rayon Party committee.
b. First-Aid Station (PPM). The PPM was organized around the first-aid
station of a clinic or plant vad was commanded by the doctor, a reserve
officer, who was normally in charge of the station. It had first-aid
facilities only, and the scope of its activity was determined by Medical
Service headquarters.
c. Mobile Epidemiological Detachment (PPO). The PPO stations were organized
on both a city and a rayon level, and each alas provided with its own
transport. The PPO station included: an intelligence and reconnaissancee
department, a bacteriological laboratory, a laboratory for dangerous
infections and diseases, a clinical laboratory, a cleansing detachment,
degassing units, and disinfection chambers. The head of the PPO was
a reserve officer who was appointed by the head of the city Medical Service.
The PPO was not permanently assigned to any particular rayon but was
attached to the various rayon according to the tactical needs.
d. Medical Detachments (Sanitarnyye axuzhiny). These units consisted of
volunteers who belonged to the Red Cross or-'4he Red Crescent and were
subordinate either to the city or the rayon Medical Service headquarters.
The members were trained by the rayon Medical Service either during ten-
day courses, for which the trainees were released from work, or in
courses of 80 hours that were organized after working hours.
e. Medical Posts (Sanitarny,,ec Posty). The members of these units were
chosen from among the workers and technical personnel of industrial plants
to render first-aid and help evacuate the wounded. They were tr8indd'tn
courses lasting 30 hours. The number of such posts in a plant depended
on the number of workers, there being one or two stations for every 100
workers. Each station was staffed by one man and operated in three shifts.
f. ddaof8 ecialized First Aid (Brigady epetsializirovannoy toed-pomoshchi).
Spec alitts in the various fields of medicine were organized and equipped
by the city Medical Service headquarters to which they were subordinate.
These ppecialists were assigned to ra o , OPMs, or specialized
hospitals, singly or in groups as the situation demanded.
g. Hospitals. The general and specialized hospitals which were staffed by
doctors and medium-level medical personnel who were not attached to
other facilities were under the control of the republic Medical Service
headquarters and were assigned to other authorities according to
need. The task of these fvtitltions was to evacuate the wounded and
treat them until they were fully recovered There was also a plan for
the evacuation of the wounded to rear-line hospitals, but this was to
be done only upon orders from the republic Medical Service headquarters.
14. Col.Gaidamauskas (fnu), an MVD officer, had been chief of staff in the
republic MPVO headquarters since 1956.
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15. Lt. Col. Sokolov (fnu), an MVD officer, was deputy commander and the actual
head of the Vilnius MPVO. A
16. Lt. Col.Sysranov (fnu), an MVD officer, was chief of staff of the Vilnius
MPVO headquarters.
17. The folltiwing documents
Attachment No 1 - Operations Timbtable of the Chief of Staff of the
City Medical Service in the Event of a Forewarned Attack
Attachment No 2 - Organization Chart of Vilnius MPVO
Attachment No 3 - Organization Chart of the MPVO Medical Service
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