COMMENTS ON SOVIET PROPOSAL FOR DIRECT VISITS BETWEEN PARLIAMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006000760004-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 2, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Coizments on Soviet Proposal for
Direct Visits between Parliaments
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES
MAR 2 1965
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DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
The new Soviet regime will switch its emphasis from trying to divide the West
to trying to divide peoples from governments and will seek direct visits
between parliaments to this end. Also,Marshal Zhukov will be anxious to
come to the United States.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
ARMY review completed.
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AIR x i FBI
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the mewing of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.B.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
USSR/Austria (Soviet Zone) REPORT
SUBJECT Soviet Army Signal Service Decimetric DATE DISTR.
Battalions
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
19 May 1955
S-E-C-R-E-T
STATE All
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AIR i FBI AK r l
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COUNTRY US3R/Austria ('Soviet Zone)
SUBJECT Soviet Army Signal Service Decimetric
Battalions
DATE OF INFORMATION
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
This report was prepared #~m t . intpra $ for with
fhb ; [Distant . of NSA ARA;~ a.acod . USAREUR Sig Div representatives. 25X1
RVG-400 Equipment Units
existence of two types of mobile signal 25X1
battalions in the Soviet Army equipped with decim?trio ? ui nt.
One of these t e , 11 25X1
was equipped-w-1-thl
RTG-400 equipment. 1 This equipment was of German manufacture.
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(there were three other bat-
talions equipped with ROG- ?qui . One of these, Was, located,
somewhere in last Germany and two so*ewh?r?,in the central art of
the Vaal.
a numb r of'oth?r mobile decimeter ba, a ons
existed in the USSR, using Soviet manufactured ?qui ment. It was
collectively called the R-40 type of ? xi nt,.
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R=400 Equipment Wits
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all Mb- milita districts it the IISSR either h
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short
a
ly have, one R-400 type , or world
_ of battalion.
- .o. were
"trained ou Soviet"manufactured equipsen , which wane designated as
R=2400.. .In addltion, all the station ICOs had also completed a one-
year course" at an unidentified Soviet Signal trained in R-400 equipment. pC0 school where they
Difference Between We-400 and R-400 EQuipnent
had v feted ' an unidentified Soviet siamal s a U ?~t e?^~
2tRtt a.. 1 nee --
The majority of the Officer station chiefs
Wa
KY- equipment. The R-400, mobile decimeter units utilized a
four-paraboloid , mesh-type'; antenna, while the XVG-4W paraboloid, solid-type? antenna,
one difference between the R-400
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Mission of the RVG-400 and R-400 Battalions
unit had no peacetime aission other than a training one,,
which activation in December 1953,
Members of his unit were often
a onofficers during training sessions that its combat
aission was to provide deciaetric coasmnications between tine "hront"
headquarters. Provision was also Wade !or service to, other units
which would be lowor'sohelon-onos aleng'thtlino of relay stations
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between ."Front" headquarters, ] n is re _ howev
r th
e
e
level,
that such service was a purely sego
ern
...o
P on w was used in. traini el o by unit Off ia.r to
designate the next higher con ,t :-sebol A*ove Wow love]:. A e 1 tlt"
would be, charged. with responsibility foi' largo-- sector f th then
retical combat frontage in a re t
the unidentified uvQ-400 Unit in Germany
had a mission similar to that of his own battalion. us never board
anything concerning the aission of the other two alleged M.40
units. The R-400 battalions in each ailitary district of the USSR
Would have the combat aission of maintains decimetric radio
comaunioation between allitars- d rtricts
Basic Tactical ODeratinoc Princioles
a. Establishment of the Deciaetric Unit Chain -
battalion was co"osed of. two codes and t s su~ppor pla-
toons, the cable, service, and braining platoons respectively.
Each of these two cosFanias could provide a total of t
wo
operational terainal-station units and eight operational relay-
station units.
(1)
Cable platoon.- The only combat aission of the cable platoon
was to run wire from the "Front" headquarters to the terminal
stations.
(2) Service platoon - The duty of the service platoon was to
give logistical support to the battalion, it supplied-POL,
food, and other supplies.
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(3) Training- niatoono
it. trained replace-
meats for the 1st and 2d Companies and the cable platoon
before his defection.
b. Utilization of Stations - 25X1
each of the two terminal stations,:lwould be located at 25X1
or near the two subscribing- "Front" headquarters, with a maximum
of eight decimeter relay stations strung out in a linear chain
at intervals of 50 to 60 kilometers along the communications
route. Normally, however, only six relay stations would operate
in-the chain, with a relay station held in reserve at each end.
The"'j0 to 60 kilometer distance was printed in the training
manuals used in his unit and repeated by battalion officers during
their training periods. However, the distance between stations
was dependant upon the terrain features. During the field exercises
that this unit 7and August-1954, %hie 25X1
relay station was about 100 kilometers
from the closest station on either side . This was deso ite the
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th4a5gna1stp9 h*bbcStatioi uri g the field
c. Positioning of Relay Stations to Air Subordinate Subscribers - It
was pointed out during training that positioning of relay stations
in the vicinity of subordinate commands would facilitate the estab-
lishment of wire cos unications from any lamer headquarters to the
nearest relay station, inceases*uch contact was necessary. It
was also pointed out in training thtat maintaining the shortest
possible wire lines red*oed the possibility of interception by
enemy wire tappers
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