GLIDER SCHOOL AND PARATROOPERS COURSE IN SPLIT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006200430007-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 18, 1998
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Glider School and Parab e
PLACE
ACQUIRED,
DATE OF
INFO.
Course in Split
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEWWLUA1 ED INFORMATION
1, The glider school i located in the 10T U new bzrraeks in Firule. near Split
Instruction also includes a paratroopers", course, Theory is taught in the
new barracks, while the practical exercises are hold on the Kastelansho Polje
airfield,,
2? The coif nandant of the school is a major. All the instructors are dressed in
civilian clothes r, The informant asserts that they are in fact all officers,
but they do not wear their uniforms In order to hide the military character
of the school, All students of this school have had a previous pre-military
tra: ring The glider school as well, as the paratroopers' course are permanent.
3 < The paratroopers' course is held for 30 pupils at a time, and lasts from one
to ? wo months.
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/.. The thoort0icel subjocts of the course are: The jumping technique; how to fold
and tie the parachu-te; sabotage; sudden attacks of the ene,7, 7; the arms of the
paratrooper, and their use The practical part of the course includes the follow-
ing: First, the jump from a height of five meters,,. Adequate explanations are
,-wart concerning the positions of the body and the tecl niqu of the jump Itself.
Secondly, the jurnapa are made from some moving object such ao a car going at a
speed of 25 kilbm?ters per hour, When this kind of jump has been practiced, the
student 1.as to jump from a plane. Three jumps are required; the fi.rs-t from a
height of 800 meters, the second from 1.500 meters, and the third. front. 2-',500
meters o
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