SOVIET ARMY SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000500150004-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 17, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 1, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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- )RMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This mg"rlal contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, Y.S.C. TSecs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law,
C-0 inly of EM from the rifle companies,
On rare occasions the regimental separate companies provided guard personnel.
Whenever the regimant left the caserne for training purposes, the regimental
school remained behind to guard the caserne. When the regiment was in the
field, the guard usually consisted of a unit CO for each sub-unit instead of
a regimental interior guard.
3. Access 2g Foreign Natio
There were about four or five Austrian women employed in the easerne as; cleaning
women and waitresses. These women had some type of pass in order.to enter
the caserne, but since they were well known by appearance, they seldom showed
apss.
Very often unidentified Austrian contractors were hired to do repair work in
the caserne. They worked at the caserne only until the completion of-their
specific project. No foreign nationals lived within the caserne.
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Each unit CQ handled the mail for his unit. Mail was delivered and picked up
from the regimental postman, an EM who ran a small post office in the regimental
club.
Mail had ceased to be censored late in 1953 or early in 1954. Before then
mail from the USSR had been received with certain portions out out, which
obviously denoted censorship. From then on mail was received with.no obvious
signs of censorship. Mail received was supposed to.. be burned after reading,
but this was not adhered to.
Outgoing mail was not censored get the EM were officially
told that they could not write about Living conaizioni in Austria, how well
or poorly they were fed, the unit number, names of unit officers or types of
weapons in the unit. Mail could also not be sent or received through the
Austrian postal system.,
warned about what photographs were forbidden.
Per;vate Photography by Dili tar?v PGxLQ2WL
Anyone in the regiment was permitted to have a camera and personnel were not
Developing of film was done by;the EM themselves since it was forbidden by
regimental order to have developing done by Austrian establishments.
6. icnwr ii t ras ant9 K_e~emandatura Patrols
Th? natmant !ommandatura was in A i9TETTEN (4907N-14523)-
the regiment did not participate in any Ko mandatura patrols.
7. Ra, _.i r Se Door entI -, iof
This section consisted of a barred room in the regimental headquarters and was
headed by a senior lieutenant. An EDS. clerk and a Soviet civilian female tkast
also worked here.
B. INTELLIGERCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE..
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Mi1_, i a y .Intallia~ g~? e
There was a regimental chief of Reconnaissance on the regimental staff, His
job dealt strictly with combat intelligence and he was in operational control
of the regimental reconnaissance company. This unit-was, for all practical
purposes, , just. another rifle company, although its mission was that of .a. combat
intelligence unit.. 30
The only persons that could possibly be construed to be employed in a counter-
intelligence capacity were the regimental secret section representative (Osebryah).,
a captain, and one ti ax rcprosentat! ;re (an officer) in each rifle battalion
both obviously subordinate to the captain. -
personnel to their offices for unknown reasons.
all the incorrigibles in the regiment, watched for infractions of the non-
fraternization policy and were generally interested in anything of a derogatory
nature concerning all regimental personnel. These officers often called certain
themselves with *various types of drivel". These officers kept their eyes on
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In 1954 two sergeants were summoned before this captain and
were subsequently demoted to privates. These two sergeants had been.drunk on
several occasions and were troublekers in general. the
company CO did not have the authority to demote these men and used this means to
have this done. ,3
2, NrD Matters
perhaps the counterintelligence personnel scribed a ve belonged %o
the MVD or were MUD -connected in some unknown manner,
all ciy police in the USSR were in some manner
railroad police in the
(these polio
,man found at
all large railroad stations in the USSR. They wore black uniforms, spurs,,
sabers and blue hats. They had ranks, as was evidenced by their shoulderboards.
Re did not know if theme personnel were Para-military or military.
connected to the MTh.
USSR were also MVD personnele
unidentified border guard Personnel near OHOP
they were considered
to be MUD personnel. Those Border Guard enlisted personnel wore the regular
Soviet Army uniform and were distinguishable only by green shoulderboards and
arson service Daps.
they wore gold shoulderboards with green rank stripes*
About 13 miles north of 0ORKHOTUR7E (5855N.6045E) at a small village. known as
SORESCHIKHA (coordinates not available penal colony. The
prisoners were clearing forests. wo or three guards with dogs
were guarding groups of 20 prisoners. These guards wore
regular infantry shoulderboards on regular Soviet Army uniforms.
much personnel served three.-year tours but were paid about 400 rubles,
a month.
3. U.e of 0ivi .iaO Clouse om a li ence Purposes
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no personnel in the regiment wore civilian clothing in an
attempt to nonce their identity. Wearing of civilian clothes by any of the
regimental personnel a., forbidden. The only person seen wearing
civilian clothing was the regimental Special Section representative during his
off-duty hours. Daring duty hour he wore a uniforms
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