MILITARY ENLISTMENT DATA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 2003
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 2, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPORT NO.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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COUNTRY .Poland
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONALDEFENSE:
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION.OFI TS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
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I military service at the Regional Induction Commission 25X1
(Rejonowa Komenda Uzupelnien - RKU) in Warsaw 5215N -21OOE7 in 0 191+1+ I
knew of no formal,military induction system which was being followed, nor do I
know what class was being inducted at that time. I do not ow many 25X1
volunteers and inductees were examined at that time nor if any deferment policy was
being followed. The physical examination and processing (receiving of uniform, etc.)
took place immediately upon my volunteering.
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2. Volunteers and inductees had no choice as to what branch or service they(-were to
besassigned; all'went into the infantry.
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I mnever heard of labor units or
spgeia units for politically unreliable personnel in 1944-45. At the time
here was no political screening, but when th
Necked for political reliability.
the KBW School at Jaskow f119N -2228E outside Lublin
no idea as to the branch or service KBW officer25X1
were, then, basically infantry officers.
From hearsay, talks and discussions with officer friends and inductees, I believe
that members of the incoming class were first notified by mail to report to the
RKU; then they were called up for examination and assigned. After three months of
infantry type training, they took their oath of service.
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Year Classes
4. Officers and EM serving in the . KBW (Korptas Bezpiec_zenstwa
Wewnetrznego - Inter Pal' Security. -Corps) and WOP (Wojsko Ochrony
Pogranicza - Military Border Guard) were drafted 'to serve for'A
specific time, whereas those who served with the UB (Urzad Beapie-
czenstwa, - Security Office) and the NO (Militia Obywatelska -
Citizens' Militia) were regulars and served for an unspecified time
or for life. Members of the UB and the MO received better pay and
had a greater job security than did the.KBW and the WOP6 KBW and
WOP officers were to serve 10 to 12 years. I presume that officers
in all branches of military service had to serve the -same length of
time or longer.
The prevailing system utilized by both the Polish Army and`the
Irate :a1" Security Forces was .to :have two full classes on active duty
simultaneously, with another class in the process of being called
up. I have no information on the "double call-up" of classes in
1951;
The following is. a list of the length of service for NCOs and privates
in the Polish Army:
Length of Service Arm/Service Youngest Class Oldest Class
(a) 30 months as KBW
of Aug 51
(b) 30 months as WOP
of Aug 51
(o) 30 months Army (Xnf)
(d) 36 months Navy
First increment 1930. First incre-
of the class of ment of the class
1932 was called of 1929 was demo
up in Apr 52 bilized in January
February 3.952. The
last increment was,
demobilized in
March and April
1952.
as above as above
First increment 1929. Last
of the class of increment was to
1932 was called be demobilized in
up in the spring late 1952.
of 1952
ink
(e) 36 months Air Force unk
(f) 32 months.. Tank &
Artillery
1932
unk
1929
I am not able to give information on planned or expected call-ups
in the future.
Retention of NCOe
7. Whenever the KBW or WOP wished to retain an NCO, his organization
headquarters merely notified him that he had been retain, without
further administrative action. Another method of ret; NCOs was
to delay their demobilization date and papers. Promises of.higher
rank, better pay afld more privileges were also used as inducements.
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Reserve Training
8. Members of older classes (1922-28) who had not served in the Army
prior to 1951-52 were given six months of basic training and then
ma7~.~~n Reserve. officers of all arms and services (number of
officers unknown to me) more called up for refresher training
(infantry) for the first time in the auttimn of 1949. They were called
up for periods varying from threes to six months.
Only a very small percentage of the reserve. officers (actual nweber
and percentage unknown) who had been called up for reserve training.
in 1950 and 1951 were returned to civilian life. The greater
percentage was given assignments as factory s ervisors, , mtagers of
State Cooperatives, etc. Officers who had been thus assigned received
their uniforms from the Army and their salary from the state factory
officers who were returned to civilian status were those unler
st ? F`?R
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reserve officers received infantry refresher training and that upon
their reca,t. to active duty they were assigned only to the infantry
as infantry officers.
Iam not knowledgeable concerning the method used in calling up
reserve officers for military training, nor have I any information
on the equipment of the reserves or details of reserve status
(percentage of reserves, degree of former tr
promotion policy, etc; however,
the annual reserve: officers I tr .ra s directly under Soviet
military supervision.
25X112. there were reserve officers' training
schools at Poznan Posen) 52258-165857 and Katowice
5016N-1901 7; however, I ve no details on these schools.
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