DISCIPLINE, WORKING CONDITIONS, AND MORALE IN A SOVIET PRISON CAMP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01035R000100030029-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 15
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 21, 2009
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: February 2, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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living conditions for camp officials)
They have evorythix,g special for them. They had very nice
and good food.
Lvezyono in itussia liked unMrms very much.
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The enclosures hold 250 met, and are all built this UV-
Guard tower (6 -,uards
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Stables
the organization of the ca
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Camps are divided into many units. L___]can p ,had five un3 s : one in
Pechora, the second in i(as.?Yu, the third in. Kochueu, the fourth in
bive ra. ;.aska, the ,fifth in Khanovey. A unit had eight to 15 thous-
ax d laborers - Lvery unit his the same aection as Vie mein carxp.
depending on -wny jobs there are. l.;ostly the heads of these
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a a3 orieoww'' . `t eats his rr .rds if they don' t fwit to ;o to work,
em is not allays unforced aar go etiz es the foraimn, who. is usual
it was forbidden to touch the . prisoners? ;io.+tever, this pro;.ibi--
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]During the war, there were usda 131 More woien. on the
arms because the rren had gone into the army.,
in Russia 0 woman do more work, and work harder, 'than many 'espect-
4127 on the "collective farms. Ionen take raze off' ths:06ttle sow the
cro aa, and reap the. harves omen do everything i they ever go into
the forest and out wood.
craps raised on tli collective rartw '
Turns s, potatoes, vt1eat, a bsrley.
About 60, tlrauaent ' l91~1 they tzrought mtu Gear s xi~ the Vol; a,
especia:.y to' the forest-_ Conditions were terrible. others care troy; the ocoupation; none because in the winter night the work vitas
better. than in Russia. Mi. I .'!Oad ration was larger and the people
hallmore chance, especial],y, the railroad orkers. An er *nee r oarrjed
twos or r' tt 'ee times more money.
Lice and mosc'aitoes were plenty. ::.osquitoea were aspocial,3y bad
1514-k" : to 15 July.
The prison l fi > vim` bsd. In 1941P 1942 ~? and 191st, --dot old
c o s zrom. r or S worm we ,.t out an 'mo'o" their A'
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belt boots are vitally necessary.
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Leather is not good. It lets the humidity through. The best trousers
are made from cotton. L
not let ' dater through, like the ones
The.liussians used cotton between linen o
seen Anerioan soldiers wear.
but Linen material that you wrap, around your f
the felt boots are drzn. Fox more insulation
do not recoo and socks,
and logs, over which
pad the boots with
outside are used
by the Komi natives -- those aren't good for working. They are very
warm and ,beat used. when traveling, but they don' t wear*, as well.
paper,. Deerskin, full-length boots with fur on
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k'or the face, masks am not good because the skin is not adjusted to the
cold and is subject to frostbite. I like good :oolen scarfs best to pro.
tect the face.
The Komi to t
to breathe through this nose only, and occasionally
puff out
cheeks4
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Long overcoats are not good; they binder movement through the snow.
Short jackets are preferable.
..aterproof boots
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waterproof leather; Hip4eagth boots are most, inpo tantin the
Bummer. Leather boots a better for marching and don' t fill up. with
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water l ke rubber boots do, The next important items are a rosquito
mask and waterproof gloves.
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