SOVIET MILITARY MANPOWER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000100110010-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: November 16, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ` POR
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR/Germany (Soviet Zone)
SUBJECT Soviet MilitaryManpower
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFINES
01 THE UNITED STATES, NI TH IN THE MEANING O I T ITLE IN, SECTIONS 713
AND 794, 01 THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION ON REPS.
LATION OF ITS CON TENTS TO ON RECEIPT SY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON 15
PNOHISITED NY LAN. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM 15 PROHISITED.
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following information on the mobilization of
the 1929, 1930, 1931, and 1932 classes:
ARMY review completed.
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on 27 Nov 448
Fifteen hundred men of the class of 192 all from
the Brya :7skaya. Oblast - were inducted into the
service at this time. There were no women inductees.
only. two men rejected for military service,
One was totally deaf; the other had extremely poor
vision. The preinduction physical examination was
very superficial and unless a prospective inductee
complained of some malady, he was rarely examined4
(~f )
(g)
(h)
(1) All of the 1500 men of the class of 1928 from the
Bryanskaya Oblast inducted for active duty on 27 Nov 48
were also on the train which arrived in German&
on 10 Feb 4+9.
(3)
(k) All of the 1500 men on the train were given their unit
assignments while still-on the train,
20 Only the classes of 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1931 are presently
serving in the Soviet Zone of Germany, ~
There were some members
of the classes of 1926 and 1927 in the Soviet Zone, but all
of these were career soldiers. The majority of soldiers
were from the class of 1928,
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the following general information concerning
the strength L and the leave policy in the Soviet
Armyg
(a)
Each rifle company
had approximat
80 men, including officers and NC )s
the strength never exceeded this figure
and was often less. The wartime T /O calls for 140 .
officers and men.
(b) There were members of the 1928, 1929
classes
officers are granted 45 days annual
leave. Enlisted men are never granted leave except
in extreme emergencies and then only upon request for
leave which must be initiated by the soldier's family
or relatives through the local Raionvoyenkomat in his
home town. The leave request must pass through
channels to the QOPa and then to the individual soldier,
(d)
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ob a ne eaves extending to 45 days.
1930, and 1931
concerning the leave polic
o cars severs. officers
the explanation given to enlisted men by the officers
with regard to the policy of granting officers leave
while the enlisted men receive none.
the enlisted men only served three years. This was
y for
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