STATUS REPORT ON EXTENSION DOSAAF OPERATIONS/CHKALOV PARACHUTIST SCHOOL/AIRFIELD NEAR JOHVI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500410005-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 25, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

DEC 1931 51-110 Approved For Release 2002/01/03 : CIA-RDP80-008091 p00500410005-8
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COUNTRY 114'18 (Estonia)
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT ;:7tatub Report an R'stoolen i'O:?f:11F' Operatioauc!'Chknluv
T'araehauti2t ficho~>`f`: irS'iold near Johri
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TNl1 OOCYO"N I- CONTAINS IN-ORMATION AFRICTIMO TNL NATIONAL OIFLNSI
OF 701 UN'tOD 1TAT11. WITHIN TNt 0100100 OF TITLL IL, 1L CTI00I 711
AND 714. OF TNL u.@, CODS, Al 00100(0. ITS TRANSMISSION OR RIVI.
CATION OF ITS CONTINTI TO OR RICLIFI BY AN UNAUTIIO11I4tD $CARON IS
2IDMA21790 1Y LA.. 11t ARAAnn..nl i I. n? ..,. ...n.., .. ... --.-
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
DATE DISTR. S Feb 1951.
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1. "in N~ut7.w.>Jm 5? Cooncl faau Tomi.liny representative of the or gna-# et :oaa l comadttee
of the All -Aunion DOSAAF, inspected the vrork of the DDS's organization in the
Estoniah -t, In Nov 53 a critical w cry of hie tindizs was eirc~3atad among
the DOSAAF - on and town organizations of the Eetoni.asr S ;R. His main points were
the following
(a) The training of the noun].ation of the Estonian gS in ?onW41a -
craft as-' antlt~ (San) defence to highly 'unsatiaz'actory.
(b) The DWSAAF organisations function snare or long aatisfactorily
only in the tons of the Estoniale S. In the Karel raions the
DOSAAF organization practically exists on paper Ionly and has
not yet begun to mate.
(c) The ' ;.Mary training of the workers at the pleats, factories
and combines of the Estonian :,"B is extrcae?y slack.
(d) DO.SAAF work is oraas.Lzed satisfactorily only caC ag the urban
youth. The Komtoomol members in the towns participate in it
100 per cant.
(e) The number of available gveLl.ified wad good iostractorn for
military training and. (athletics is very small.
(t') The political education of DOVtAAF members to unsatie:tactosly.
Ca.) The DO:AAA` republican org}asnirationwl eosm-ittec at the Ltstonisn
FaB ?hoaret too little initiative and did tc-,) l~!ttle orgaulza-
tlouscl tad control (checking) work during 195?-53.
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z. "The oirealtr ended with the statement that the Central Committee of the Al.1"Union
MOW insists that all faults and shertcomings In the work and 'organization of
the Eetunlan DOSAAF be eliminated during 19554.
-Chkelov Parachutist School
3. "StertIng spring 1 the best parachutists of the aero 'clubs of the Estonian
SeR, who wish to become 'instructors of th#4 parachute assay apply for
aaaa mieuioaa to the Chkalov -Higher Parachutist School of the Central Aert -Cl b
(Yrehaia ParaehiutnrAe SWwla TeentrsJx go Aesr.3luba Imuni Chkalova) ic. the town
cf_lii_sao near Moaaov.
4. "Thim school t1'aizea parachute Inatructore for the European pert of the USSR. Toe
course of training lasts e9ae mouths. The ochool Is organized on military linage
While studying there the stndente are subject to Etlitary discipline. The eabool.
Is under the patronage of the staff of the coa ender of the airborrse laaa ilnn
forces of the Soviet Air Force. Inetructi a board and lodging at thin ochool area
free of charge to the students.
5? 'The aahool has an 'eaperlaental. PWAaehate ete-tIon' where
a all new types of parachutes are testod, wad
(b~ the action of parachute lumpy on hvain organitaa is studied.
Several of the most prominent Soviet parachute constructors work at the above
experiaaeataal parachute station. They Include Colonel H. 1obeuaov and. the bffSWM2'
!d. 'rin A. DorOn in.
Airfield near Johvi
fa. n the Dear ticn -of . a -large airfield with. concrete rwmwaye 240Q sets re loarg
eases fi'aaished .two. A northwest at ? the town of Johvi, -between the railway Johd'i-Suazpa
and the highway Johvi-ftYAua.. The airfield has as lighting ayecea for night
3,Igbta.
7. ?'"AY"t ~Qa wteern, northeast of the caps railway etwtioa a naad?er of un erground
davecepa. for aaiz'pla a fuel.and various other ? bulld7.ngs have been erected.
8. '"Ad of aautuam.1953.no airforce units were . perneneaatl ' getationed on the above
airfield. :The local Inhabitants maintain that In autwaea of 1953, almost daily rand
souiatieaoe by.'4lght, oast-motor and two-motor .jet planes arrived f3 "'6&'"diarection
of Le ingrad, 61d tend' M`~bgaia In the diractie n of leniagrad
after a certain tire.
9. "The airfield has permanent servicing and guards caaatundoes."
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