SOVIET MEASURES AGAINST PARTISANS IN LITHUANIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013300440010-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 24, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 8, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO
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COUNTRY USSR (Lithuanian SSR)
SUBJECT Soviet Measures Against Partisans in Lithuania
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
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Soviet Roundups
1. In Lithuania frequent unannounced spot checks or roundups of persons suspected
of anti-Soviet activity may take place during either the day or the night.
Until 1947 major roundups of suspicious individuals were normal occurrences:
and usually involved the use of Soviet armed forces from several garrisons
.stationed in an area. The last large-scale roundup took.plac? 25X1
in July 1947 for the purpose of searching out partisans hiding in the Piokstyne
Forest near Plateliai Lake, not far from 'Kedainiai (55-18N, 23-59E).
2. At the present time (July 1951), roundups involving large areas no longer take
place. Soviet forces new usually surround one or, rarely, two villages and
check the papers of all inhabitants. They occasionally make thorough searches
of all houses, using in the process special spear-like reds of iron to pierce
thatched roofs and piles of-hay and straw. The searchers locck for bunkers,
double walls, double ceilings, and other possible places for hiding. During
such searches, village inhabitants are invariably plundered. Their clothing,
food, and other items are stolen. These roundups are usually carried out by
the MVD, who are frequently assisted by the militia and istrebiteli of neigh-
'boring localities. In carrying out important roundups, they may call on troops
from nearby army garrisons.
3. Occasionally a village may be surrounded secretly at night. From the outskirts
the security forces will watch for signs of life; if anyone appears outdoors,
he will be stopped and immediately searched. These night watches are carried out
with great secrecy so that r4one is forewarned. The security forces are usually
dispersed along fringes of woods and remain there watching until just before dawn.
This procedure at times may vary: instead of dispersing outside the village, the
watchers may take over a farmhouse during the night, permitting none to leave,
posting guards in the yard, and remaining there observing the village until it is
light. If t he Soviet authorities have reason to suspect that a village is in contact
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with partisans or is involved with them in any way, such searches and night
watches may be carried on without interruption for a month or more.
Specific Roundups
4. In July 1949, there was a roundup in the area between Aleksandravas and
Kartena (55-55N, 21-28E). The roundup was provcked by the assassination
the previous night of a kolkhoz chairman, Dikorib (fnu).
5. On 9 May 1949, beyond the village of Sateikiai, which is located about two
kilometers from Kretinga (55-54N, 21-15E), Soviet forces were searching for
partisan bunkers and hideouts.
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