SOVIET FEMALE MILITARY COMPOUND AT STRAUSBERG

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CIA-RDP82-00457R001900870007-3
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 14, 2016
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April 28, 2003
Sequence Number: 
7
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Publication Date: 
October 20, 1948
Content Type: 
REPORT
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ApprovedSi-olr Release LLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. N REPORT COUNTRY SUBJECT Soviet Female Military Compound PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF INFO ACQUIRED 25X1 THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OFTHE ESPIONAGE ACT 50 OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO- HIBITED BY LAW. REPRODUCTION OF TH15 FORM IS PROHIBITED. HOW. EVER. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN BODY OF THE FORM MAY BE UTILIZED 25X1 25X1 DATE DISTR. 25X1 2-0 October 194 NO. OF PAGES 1 NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. 'THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION FOR THE RESEARCH USE OF TRAINED INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS Since May 1948, several hundred Russian women, aged 2(Y-25, have been billeted in the former Landesjugendheim buildings in Strausberg (V15), It is believed that they arrived from Rostock as a unit and that they will proceed to Potsdam on completion of their studies. 2. The women constitute, a select group, receiving unusually high pay and good food, and dressed in well made uniforms. They are required to know German, French, and English fluently at the start of the school course; in addition, some of them speak Polish, Military drill is part of the school routine. The students are restricted to the Strausberg compound and can leave only by special pass, The compound is guarded by Russian soldiers. :5. Teachers at the 4Jugendheim are all Soviet women officers with the rank of major. They are permitted more freedom than the students and are billeted partly in private homes with sentries guarding them. 4. The streetcar line from Strausberg to the compound has been blocked, so that approach must be made on foot. 5. Up to five weeks ago (i.e., about 1-15 August), Soviet officers and EM in Strausberg were forced to deposit an unknown percentage of their pay in a Zwangssparkasse. This measure apparently was designed to promote the idea of personal savings. Deposits were made available to personnel on or about 25X1 woPezgob: