1. STRENGTH OF SOVIET UNITS IN AUSTRIA 2. ATTRITION RATE OF SOVIET TROOPS IN AUSTRIA 3. SOVIET MILITARY LEAVE SYSTEM IN AUSTRIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2009
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: September 21, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

S~cRE~~
sECU.RITY INPpRidATIQN
C4~UMTI~Y 'Austria ,::
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.the 9tt~ Rifle Cp ., had appro~I.mately , i~~ men, the
@ e, a $n.,; ePprQaimately ?~? en and the ~gQth, pc1.e. Rif~.~ .
~e~t., appr~~ci~.tely 2,3Q+~ men. cath~er unite were ~ at their
~~ peacetime B~reA$th; ix~ dune i9~3.
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFQRMATION
SIJRPLEM~~1T ~TQ
REPQRT MQ,
en t . ~ 'oviet I~tA~.te in Austr a
r+~~4d ~.~- diary -x,953.
Attr~ai n Rate of viet TroO a in AuBtriR.
~. - The fo3.lQa.i~g mem xere returned to the ''~~SR px~i~r to a?mple?I?~.Q~
4f the~.~" ~+erm p~' aerviee for the rea~ax~8 o~,ted;
~,. Os~e man t'rQ~. the gth Rifle Co., becaT4ee of tubex~att~:oei:~.
. 3e v~aa of the 131 Clage .and fieturx~~aa~ In May 19~~.
b. ~n~t frtam the lst tide. Rifle Bn.,, .2~Qth tide. R~.fle ~R~?t..~
beoa~se =c~f l~ea~t disease. 1T~e w~.S of ~k~e ~.9~2 C~$~a .~~:; ~~ts
ARMY review completed.
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25 YEAR RE-REVIEW
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~.. .Strength of Soviet IInits~ in
2 . Attrition Rate ?~' , Scaviet Traops
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3. S?~riet Military Lave SyBtem in Auetrl,a NO. QF ~N~L$.
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d. individus,l .~.,_.d .o_.th. USS ...b" ewes of
One mad frc-m the 12?-man Mart, : Btz'~'? 3~~th~ ~Ho~w. Arty. Refit.;,
5th fads . R~,fle Div., in Kauh?1ti eras . retti~rYaed' to the 'USSR
March 1953 because of tuberc~xlosis; he was of the 1932 Clasp.
f, One .man of the 34th How. Arty. Refit. was court-martialed in
~Au ust 1 2 and sentenced t?..1~' year's hard labor far being
AWOL, drunkenraeas, and losing:.h~is .uniform. He was. returned
to the USSR. ~,; ,
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The fallowing il~,nes.ses and ii~~uriss ~warrarated return to tY~e USSR:
tuberculosis; stomach, heart arid'veriereal diseases; ulcers; bli#~d-
less, ,and. loss of ~ara eye or limb.
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r~,isc~~~aer,~rere 8eI1L LO alr~ererat schools iza Austria,
SE~RE"~
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Howev?`1'' ~aoSt~o1" the SO1(1j_f?riA_ a4- t1t'im
criticising i;he Army to?, much~was some mes su c en
res.sc~n or classifying a person as politically unreliable: '
Ar~gman who had been court-~aartialed was sent back to the USSR.
The follvwirag were sufficient reasons for courts-martial:. e~ccas-
sine drunkenness, repeated fraternization with Austrian nationals,
repeated disobedience, vehiQle aeciderata which were trie'fault of?
the drivers, loose talk,-and excessive criticism of the military
Ih?spitalized troops. were being sent back by regular
paa~serager traira~. Priponers mere. returned in special trains.. undar
guard.
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arr ve .during regular rotation periods.
~ ~replacenaentp
far all returne
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.rave,` S~'ptem
'ltl, ~ffieers ira Austria .mere entitled tca ~5 days of leave each year,
ineludi
ng trevel ti !
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lra Austria, no enlisted rrtan was allciwed to go ors leave .except
3n case of a death in -his.- family. Thera, he only received l0. days
plus travel. tide. , It took a.bc~ut thx?ee moaaths to get such a 'leave.
~u the USSR, la-da~r'leaves were given for good marksmanship, p.o1i-
' tical reliability, and, excellent marks in political examiraatio~as
as?`well as i~if?rmi,rag on cmmrades# or any'deed considered good: ~'~~
the:iradividual's commander.
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e. T
e 5 days had to be takeb at one.
4xa1y to the USSR, and at the dicer t
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