PRESENT CONDITIONS OF YUGOSLAV ARMED FORCES

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006000780005-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 17, 1998
• Content Type: REPORT

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1, The total strength of the Yugoslav Armed Forces is 850,,000 men.. In case
of crisis, to this number can be added some 300, 000 reservists, and an.
,ddi.ti.canal 150,000 youth belonging to different pre-military organizations>
These three groups taken together, represent the maximum Yugoslav military
potential.
X. It is rumored that General Peko Dapcevic will be appointed as commander
of the rear-echelon headquarters, despite the fact that this post should
be given to General Ivan Gosnjakd Under the jurisdiction of this rear-
echelon headquarters, in addition to regular troops, would be placed all
tehc AC? groups,, that is, the police (Militia), the civilian partisan units,
the armed youth et cetera,
3 . The morale of the troops is fairly high, because the propaganda of the
regime has succeeded In convincing the Army - especially the youth -- that
the Yugoslav Army is far superior to the satellite armed forces, Living
conditions have been greatly improved; in June 1950, in almost all units,
the meat ration was doubled. Transfers of officers are very frequent?
1; . The soldiers are now taught war maneuvers, combat skills, and sentinel
duties exclusively; they do not practice any other Kind of training. Every
soldier must know how to operate at least one automatic aria, and every non--
commissioned officer at least one type of heavy machine gun. Every officer
must know how to drive an automobile or an armored carp
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