SOVIET ARMY DEPENDENTS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE SOVIET ZONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000300190008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 31, 2013
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 2, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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Soviet Army. DependgriteL.: t A,
To Be Brought To therScstiel, -Zone
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? were many rumors in Berlin among military personnel that according
to Marshal BULGANIN's order, Soviet Army officers and civilians were
to be allowed to bring their dependents from the USSR to live with
them in German communities. This news was accepted by the officers
with the greatest satisfaction.
?2. According to the same rumors, the Marshal BULGANIN order increased
the length of the tour of duty for officers with dependents in
Germany from three to five years. Allegedly this was done in order
to cut down on the expenses involved in transporting dependents to
and from Germany.
3:. The Marshal BULGANIN order which lifted the ban on dependents in the
Soviet Zone was the subject of many discussions among officers in
the 68th Guards Medium Tank Regiment in Berlin. Some officers who
were on friendly terms with EM had freely discussed this subject
with them and expressed joy at the prospect of reunion with their
families. I.. do not believe that any, of the EM were jealous of the
officers being given this privilege. After all, we realized that
we were serving in the Army for only, three years, but that an officer
was in the Army for a lifetime. That is why there was no reason to
be bitter about this.
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shortly after the publication of Marshal BULGANINIs
order, Sr. Lt. SUSHKOV, who was the platoon leader of the first
platoon ,rent on leave to the USSR to bring his family
to Berlin. Lt. SITAYEV, and Sr.
Lt. SUSHKOV were rrom -une same WWII im lam uSSR. Lt. SlTAYEV asked
Sr. Lt. SUSHKOV to bring both their families to Germany, which Sr.
Lt. SUSHKOV promised to do. Both families were expected to be in
Germany by about January 1954.
there were rumors that Russian schools for Soviet
Army Gepenaenz cniicien would be organized in garrisons where Soviet
Army units were stationed. I do not know whether the Marshal BULGANIN
order, which was supposed to define this new policy, permitted:Soviet
dependent children to attend German schools.
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