TRAINING OF CZECH ARMY OFFICERS IN THE USSR; CZECH MANEUVERS IN THE LAZNE KYNZVART AREA

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CIA-RDP82-00457R008600520012-1
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S
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December 14, 2016
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May 15, 2003
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12
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September 14, 1951
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REPORT
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~AXt8 CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2003/08/12 : Cb4='Rf'P82 00457R008600520012-1 CLASSIFICATION CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN INFORMATION RE-PORT COUNTRY Czeohosloan.Lia, ?~Fl SUBJECT Training of Czech Axe Officers in the USSR; NO. OF PAGES 1 Czech Ihnomvers in the Lazne Kynzvart Area 25 X1 PLACE ACQUIRED 25X1 DATE OF INFO. REPO . CD NO. 25X1 DATE DISTR. 14 Sept. 1951 O . OF ENCLS. isED BELOW) Y DO NOT CIRCULATE ER NT? RPOO TMIs DOCSIrIENT COMA" 111F0p11AT103 AF06CI$0 TB[ WITIOIA L D$ BY9r or low O*M!O $1OYLti IMAM Y1d$ numn1 OF TV-3 VENOM,= AGT $0 6.8.4. $1 AVID AA, A9 40E4660. {Tit 11Rys1&ISCi0:S OC T$$ QnTLA7WD OF ris 00MT&NTB 11 AMY WANMPc? TO AN b$AUT*SKEIl( 4K$0O11 Is 'YRt*- NIDYtF.D 01 LAW., 1PIAIM1!CT70Af 00 "is 0000 Is P WRIAUEO. 2. Czech summer maneuvers during 1951 emphasize training in resistances to gas attacks. All troops in the Lazne Kyn,art (51/P56) maneuver area have been provided with gas masks as have those in vnrictis military garrisons in the area, 3. The western border areas in the vicinity of Lazne Kynzvart and Karlovy VAry are occupied not by regular army troops but by what are believed to be special STD detachments. Their uniforms are simil-r to the Czech army uniform,, except that they have red and green uniform facings and epaulets frith green borders.** 4. The close scrutiny-of the Czech army officer corps continues. Periodically, individual officers are summoned to battalion or regimental headquarters where they are screened by a special security tribunal, which checks on their political orientation. Officers who do not meat the necessary ideologicl standards are discharged or, in the case of certain specialists, are assigned to secondary positions. All draftees are given a similar but less rigorous screening on entering the arry. In some instances individuals who do not meet the required political standards are not taken into the army but are assigned to la^or camps or labor details outside the regul-r cams. 0.6 OUR!! 1. Starting on 1 September 19 1 an unknown number, rumored to be several hundred, 25X1 Czech army officers will be sent to a special military school in the USSR. The group, which is said to be made up of completely reliable Communist, includes many Sudeten Cerrans. TSiny of the officers have lived outside Czechoslovakia at some time. According to rumorp they are being sent to a "fifth column" school for train-big in sabotage and guerrilla tactics. 25X1 25X1 25X1 5X1 I ammontr I unable to state whether this is a rogi6 a1 order primarily aassoclated with the maneuvers or is an overall am y order. 25X1 `"` Cosrment: The uniforms are those of the SIM. However, it is believed that the 3tla _T~; Rte; -na~vision still has its headquarters in Karlovy Vary. [iacnment No. ------~Z4----- --- I#'a Man-g-, in Cass. fl IMah. 4&.ian :'U7 +o; TS 5 25X1 . i ]RLiI F CLASSIFICATION STATEF1AYY AiSCcFs}, ARKY AER 1$1 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/08/12 : CIA-RDP82-00457R008600520012-1 1