SOVIET ANTI-GAS CAPES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000100490001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 24, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
U BJ ECT Soviet Anti-Gas Capes
NO. OF P GES
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
50X1
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
50'AGENEFA
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
to Gas capes were a standard part of the anti-gas equipment of the
Soviet Army during World War II and even prior to it., Every
member of the.. Soviet Armed, Forces, including officers,, was
issued one cape. I had seen these capes first 0 and they
were still in used when I returned to the Soviet Zone of Germany
I can remember, these capes were available in only one
size, made to fit anybody. The capes were sleeveless but were
provided with two slits on the sides, and a hood.
2. The material out of which these capes were made was not cello-
phane but something like oily paper. The material was not
transparent; the color was yellaowish. The softness of the
material depended on the length of time the capes had been in use.
It was thin material, about as thick as two sheets of normal
writing paper.
3. There was no prescribed limit to the life of these capes.
They ser. grad as long as usable and were exchanged only when
damagedo I never heard of a case when capes were exchanged
solely because they had served for a certain period of time.
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3ECHn/SECVRITTY INPORNATION
In.1950 the Soviet Army in Germany received some capes Which.
were'alightll different but still essentially like the old
ones. Basically the material.-of which they were lade-was
still paper but instead of being smooth the texture was rough
.like a web or a net. The-'whole was.covered with".an oily
substance which was very similar, and probablyidentical with
the old one. I could see no basic difference between the-old
capes, and the new ones.
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/05/28: CIA-RDP82-00047R000100490001-5