SOVIET MILITARY MANPOWER

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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 17, 2009
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 18, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR/Germany (Soviet Zone) DATE DISTR. / ( Feb 1952
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SUBJECT Soviet Military Manpower NO. OF PAGES 5
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About 50 men reported for induction;
our were rejected because of jail records. A jail record
and extreme illness are the only reasons for rejection.
ese rejectees are automatically assigned to the labor
services. According to an order issued in 1950 by Marshal
?~,ssilevskiy, Minister of Defense, no deferments whatsoever
were to be authorized. Men who need, only a shot time to
complete their studies, or specialists practicing their pro-
fession, are not deferred.
annually. The first is at the beginning of July, the second
at the end of September or the beginninq of October. All
classes register for the first time in the June which comes
closest to their 19th birthday and are called to active service
one year later. For this reason some draftees are 19 and
others 20 when called to active service.
there are two induction periods
Those d.ra ees w o
or more years o sc oo ng a e called to active service first
men who were inducted. into the service at an earlier age.
Both of them lived, in Peremilovo, and were 25X1
in the 1927 class. The rse man was drafted in 1944 and. I
assigned to the MGB.
he still belongs to it and is stationed in
the Kremlin in Moscow. The sec
1944 and assigned to the MVD.
he is still with the MVD. The political background of these
two men, as well as their parents and, friends, was very
carefully investigated.
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and form the first increment of each class. After basic
training they are sent to officer candidate schools for army
or navy, or to NCO schools. Some men from this increment are
assigned to the MVD and MGB after screening for intelligence,
education and political reliability. The second call of each
class in September or October is usually composed of draftees
with less than eight years of schooling, F_ -1
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the following details on the classes of 1929, 1931
and 1932:
(a) The class of 1929 first registered in 1948; part of it
was drafted in September 1949.
(b) The class of 1931 .was inducted in April 1951 and
arrived in the Soviet Zone of,-Germany in May 1951.
(c) The class of 1932 was to be inducted in September 1951.
Arrival in the Soviet Zone of Germany
6. I know that some members of the 1930 class were stationed in
Poland, Hungary, Austria and the USSR.
The composition ofl unit was as follows:
(a)
(b)
(C)
Four NCOs of the 1928 class
Four NCOs of the 1929 class
Four NCOs of the 1930 class
(d) All privates in unit were replacements of the
1930 class
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(a) NCOs and privates of the class of 1926 were demobilized
in the Soviet Zone of Germany in June 1950.
(b) The class of 1927 was demobilized in summer 1951
Privates were demobilized first, NCOs
was general for all assignments and. all branches.
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a rew months later. The demobilization of this class
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NCOs were given opportunity to
Upon demobilization all NCOs were given a chance to tr
for admission to an officer candidate school. 25X1
as members of the reserve in category A.
the pertinent Voyenkomat have a plan to t'ransrer
The classes of 1928 to 1931 are still on active service.
All soldiers and 25X1
re-enlist if trey wished.
after demobilization all soldiers are carried
to category B members who have completed 10 years in
category A. men who have been demobilized
receive no refresher training.
Leave
10. Army officers have 45 days annual leave-,
lus travel time.
the commanding officer of the 495th Howitzer
Battalion went to the USSR for this length of time in the
summer of 1951.
jet pilots
are allowed days annual leave plus travel time. NCOs may
receive 10 to 20 days annual leave, plus travel time at the
discretion of the commanding officer. Enlisted men are not
entitled to any leave, but a unit commander has the power to
reward an enlisted man with a 15 day leave to the USSR for
the following reasons:
(a) Attaining the classification of marksman.
a soldier is considered
an expert gunner if he can hit all five targets: the
regular target with a bull's-eye and four field targets,
representing silhouettes of prone, crouching, kneeling
and standing figures.
(b) Exemplary conduct, discipline, neatness and all-around
outstanding soldiership.
(o)
the approval.
takes from one to two months after the emergency to obtain
Outstanding marks in political indoctrination.
In case of illness or death an enlisted man may also receive
15 days leave. This kind of leave must be approved by
various channels in the Soviet Zone and the USSR. It usually
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Labor Service
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proportion of those drafted in 1950 and 1951 was greater than
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Soviet Female Personnel in Germany
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2nd Artillery Brigade in Oranienburg on or about 6 Sep 51.
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Soviet uniformed female personnel into the Soviet Zone of
Germany. Approximately 25 of them were assigned to the
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women, 20 to 25 years old, are volunteers and all hold the
rank of private. They draw pay at civilian ratings and
have officer status and privileges. They wear the regular
Soviet enlisted women's uniform: blouse with shoulder boards
and the insignia of the unit to which assigned, skirts,,
high leather boots, and a round hat with a red star. They
are employed in various capacities: waitresses in officers'
messes and casinos, typists in orderly rooms, and odd jobs in
kitchens and hospitals. They are free to mix with officers
and enlisted men but not allowed to associate with Germans.
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preter to the same unit. The sergeant wore civilian
clothes.
1:. Female nurses serve in hospitals throughout the Soviet
Zone. They enroll voluntarily in nurses schools in the USSR
and after graduation are commissioned in the army as junior
lieutenants or lieutenants. They wear the army uniform
only for :inspection and parades; otherwise they wear civilian
clothes. Soldiers do not salute them. Approximately 20
nurses, 20 to 23 years old, were assigned to the 2nd
Artillery Brigade. They were billeted in quarters for
.officer nurses and were allowed to associate freely with
Soviet officers and enlisted men.
Military Districts
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Far Eastern. Odessa, Moscow, Leningrad, and Gorki~,?
the following military districts in the USSR:
when or why the Gorki. Military District was
reestablished.
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