MILITARY INFORMATION: ORGANIZATIONS WHICH COMPRISE THE ARMED FORCES OF THE MONGOLIAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 11, 2005
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 16, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Military Info t2oW. Or izatione '4hich
Conxiso the Ar ed Forces of the Mongoltau
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1, The three military organizations ich 'co. ris6 tho armed forces of the 14P'&. Oro t1be
itongxslian People's Revolutionary Araq ( A),a the Ax'm?g of the Itinistrg of Inter
Sectnrity (division of the Soviet g4VD) and the organized Reserve Ar ,r> i'a~ +xaioa lla ,
the Cmumnding. General of the RL, Premier Chhotbalsan, is also the Minister of War,.
The General Staff is responsible to the Minister of War and all military unit's in
the NPR are, therefore under the coed of the .nistar of War. Fleneaa'uo of the
)?B Include cavalry, #r, tom, aartii1o , si, nei, engineer and trauepoztation
2. Me Arm?p of the Xizaistx of Internal Socui'i ' le under the cosnanl of the Chief o,
Internal Security and is used chiefly to guArrteon FIFS border arm.
3.- Composed mainly of cavalry troops, the RRo orvv A=V is similar to the militia of
,other nations. It is or, ized to permit i erdiate conscription in case Of .aatloi
emergency and ill, aucle units are reaiatataea& in each aiaa during acast'L e
The commander of the sexwa Arm 13 appoluted by the General Staff of the
4. Dm' big three-year enlistment in the ans. the Btbngol soldier receives Ode
meAtary instruction in the Mongol Z is , r nth tics ? health and ea.:?r.ttation,
e4i1i huebaand17 and civics, in addition to his roar military tr:a`anlnd> As M
re etzl t the discharged soldier has a baste knowledge of interxaatieaaara' coradi do a
Communist Party affairs, military etutios and conditions in the M'.., and a lcj ada1c-o
to take part in the political, cnlt,,.=1 and construction activities in his ; nnetol ,;
5. The organisation which di t& the -;olitica , ad*d educational activities of the NT-EA
is the Red A Club which intaai as e- eaearoh Section and gives arch trai i..
courses by experts as the operation =41. raaalala ace of vehicles, maccsunt" ng, hoa~;.
mta k ng, veterinary science and primary education. Those who complete t sir courec.,re
are qualified workers In the fielth an raizty percent of the discharged coddlers S;
employed In positions for which they trore trained. while In the army. The as -laue
the Revolutionary Youth's klliance, the equivalent of the Soviet Komsomol, 'Is
attached, to the Ara, as Is also the mwlatas of the People's Revolutionary Party,
I4PR5 a Communist Party. Ram oation t. provided In leoturee, motion pictures and
library facilities by the tiled Labor Club, ubi is also attached to the aruw. i
as r. magazine Is called tba &.
An overwhelming Communist influence prevails in the arrry, sine 'ah-Irty percent of
the military personnel are members of the People' s Revolutionaax~y Party, while f?if'ty,-
five percent belong, to the Revolutionary Tort "a Allimace. The remaining fifteen
percent are not affiliated ith am, party or gao-ap.
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