MILITARY TRAINING IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000200030049-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 49
• Publication Date: April 12, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
Military ' "ral.in in Czechoalovskia
DATE D I STR. /a APR 1954
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANINS OF TITLE 10. SECTIONS 79
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This report is for the use within the USA of the ligence components of the Departments or
Agencies indicated above. It Is not to be transm overseas ithout the concurrence of the
originating office through the Assistant Director of the Office of Collection and Dissemination, CIA.
1. Between the east "levakinn village of Micbalovae and the city of' Oahuroy ''l' th r.v i't
a large forest in which both `"sssba and Soviets hold j e rtJla: raa tn'all UiI ib, i? of
Soviet -yoatk from the Carpatho-Ukraine also crarticii>itas .
.in the spring of 1953 there was a meting betwe n ~'>saah a1rd vs ss.t O,rr;^at*c af'fiei is
on the question of the exchange of some army u tilers for better rs~)tstuzJl niiitlsa n7
training. is a beginning 330 to 340 Czech officersrb were sent to ':;apt Bea r..^~ny irnd
300 to 520 Volkspolissi officers to various Czeahoeiswsak zaarrissons. 4n other 114
Csesboslovak staff officers were sent to the USSR for courses of three to six months
in Soviet 'Ailitary asadeades.
4, gran-military training of Csechoslovaak girls was undertaken at th4, close of the
1953 school year in ooa eetion with various wom-entz 0rganiar9tion14. 41!n4 genuine
volunteers were accepted.
9) So luring the saner of 1953 the lIinistry of iducatiun .asmod1 an order, according
to which pre-military training would begin among stwi.ente at the beginning of
the 1953 end 1954 school year, and reluiring all ssltoolgiris over 14 to oartioipate.
+. Older girls are given a kaager pre-ailitat7 training eider saran officers. The
coursee are split into general military odwoaatior, and teohnical trsUning. Tho
ceursess include general training in shooting, target practice with small caliber
rifles, soralausnicatioas service tralnl g on radio and telephone, map rcadini ,
aaedical service, air defense.
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