ARMY PAY SCALE AND UNIFORM SUPPLIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000100120007-9
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 1, 2013
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 28, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR DATE DISTR. air Nov 51
SUBJECT Army Fay Scale and Uniform Supplies
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1. Monthly pay for Soviet Army officers, regardless of
assignment, is as follows
Jr Lt 400 rubles
Lt 500 rubles
Sr Lt 600 rubles
Capt 700 rubles
Maj 900 rubles
Lt Col - 1100 rubles
Col 1300 rubles
Gen I do not know
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2. Pay for artillery officers in the Soviet Zone of Germany is
as follows:
a. Regimental Commander, a colonel:
regimental commandersipay (assignment pay) - 1800 rubles
co1one30 pay (rank pay) - 1300 rubles
plus longevity
for 2-5 years - 5%
for 5-10 years - 10%
for 10-15 years -15%
allowance for orderly
- 300 rubles
Total: about 4000
'rubles
The colonel gets 3200 rubles and 3200 East Marks (20% of
the total pay is deducted and paid in East Marks; i e$
20% of 4000 is 800 rubles, and 800 rubles, figured at
two marks per ruble equals 1600 East Marks). I believe
the extra 1600 East Marks constitutes overseas pay.
Deductions from the pay are as follows:
13% income tax this income tax is 13% of
? all earnings above 1000
? rubles per month; for those
earning less than 1000 rubles
per month the tax is 8% .
15-20% for war bonds officers must buy war bonds
in an amount equivalent to
two month's pay; in this
example a minimum of 8000
rubles per year must be
invested in war bonds
3% for CP dues
30 East Marks for rent
4o rubles per three-month period for newspaper and
magazine subscriptions
10 East Marks per month for service in the mess hall
Uniforms for officers and their meals are free,
but any Items eaten wnich are not included in the
menu must be paid for
b. The deputy regimental commander receives 1500 rubles
assignment pay, plus his rank pay, orderly allowances
and longevity..
a. The regimental political officer receives 1800 rubles
assignment pay, plus his rank pay, allowances and
longevity.
d. The battery commander receives 900 rubles assignment pay,
plus his rank pays allowances and longevity.
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e. The battery or company political officer receives 800
rubles assignment pay plus his rank pay, allowances
and longevity.
f. A platoon leader receives 700 rubles assignment pay plus
'his rank pay, allowances and longevity.
a lieutenant received 500 rubles rank pay, 800
ru les for assignment as battery political officer,
and 65 rubles for longevity. Of the 1300 rubles total
monthly 20% was deducted to be paid in East Marks;
200 rubles were deducted for bonds; 13% was deducted for
income tax; 3% was deducted for party dues; /to rubles
were deducted each three months for subscriptions to
Pravda Krasnaya Zvezda, Stalinskaya Gvardya, Sovietskaya
IFET-g: Propagandist Agitator, and Artillerist; 30 East
Marks were deducted for monthly rent; and 10 East Marks
were deducted for service in the messhall.
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Rubles are not paid out to officers in the Soviet Zone of
Germany, nor can they be drawn in East Marks; instead they are
entered in special bankbooks. Thus the money can be drawn
from the account when the depositor is in the USSR; he can
,transfer money to hib relatives ip the USSR from the account;
or, when going on leave, the depositor can draw rubles at
the USSR border.
In the USSR, all married officers who have no children pay
a special tax of 6% for childessness, but this tax is not
levied upon officers in the Soviet Zone of Germany.
50 Officers get the following items free, for the period stated:
Overcoat - two years
Gabardine summer uniform - two years
Trousers - one year
Parade uniform - three years
? Summer uniform, issue - one year
Dress boots - eight months
Shelter tent - three years
Service cap - two years
Soap, two cakes - one month
Boot soles (two pair) - one year
Underwear (two sets) - one year
Socks and footwraps
6. Enlisted men get the following items free, for the period
stated:
Overcoat - three years
Work overcoat - three years
Trousers and shirt, cotton, one each - six months
Cowhide boots, one pair - eight months
Fur cap - three years
Garrison cap - two years
Underwear (two sets) - one year
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