POLITICAL EDUCATION IN THE ARMY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000200070075-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 75
• Publication Date: June 7, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Raaania
SUBJECT Political Idtoation in the Arch
DATE DISTR. (o Ju lyl954
AND 7ee. OF THE U.R. CODS. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO ON RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IR
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANINS OF TITLE 14. SECTIONS 793
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1. Ths Mp litiCal eduoatio ' whieh his loss forded at part of the
trsininj of the Ztetlstttitn ;Azq (as is-the case in all- Coanist
1$ der' wiag xtexded erther sad further, so as to ssoure the
rea~ desired ty the 6simist leaders.
?here was first of all, the school at Cotrooeni, near Btcharest'.? Vast
the Qentsr'for Political idnoation at Breasa-was crested. The p dose
of this oentei- is to lee. final political edaoation to the students
of tth ailitai'y schools. The rat-.4210"t Coss fists give leotd1.5
here. sv n sash" am- as= lima Constant meson, losif =ishinevski, and
illhe hs Apostol have spOu t before the stawea$s.
_ Still' other, schools concerned with the political . duaation.,ot the
military forois have -since been opened. These - are under the .DSPA
(~Iitperior Politiesi-'_Direction of -the -Array) , -which is part of tom
Stiaistryr 4f Arnsd heroes.. These schools..irrt
a. Slehool for Political Officers, xo: 1, Inca. Deius
-a. N M N N
No 3, breaim,
d. '$sbool for Political Woaoesaissioned Officers, Breasa
All these schools are 'upder the Direction of Instruction, In the DSPA.
Certain other sehools, and oiatsrs for political-?educstion not clearly
identified, appear to have been set up by various Communist leaders.
This tepott IS for d,e we with'n the USA of the Int.Il g n:e e m -n nes of the Dep?emeett or ApR*m ind;cated abom Ti I. not ,eo be tstwasiteed Oversees
without the concurren a of toe orig'naclnR office throuq', t' c it
Drectot of the Office of Col: d'on and D atm nation, CIA. AIL tap #bob of the eogtents,
however, m:.y be i.,,d by 1:1e sb u: ;a 'z.ur,n~..n nc. nl receiving over.W d.,w' uton providing the publication bears the caveat "ta OFFICIALS
ONLY" and the citation, if made, teters only to "CIA Source".
U.S. Officials Only.
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4. At the h.sd of'the system,.akuad of all other schools and centers, is the
-Political Academy of the Arq of the Ruaaniaa People's Republic. This
i$ legated in Bacharest,'in the building formerly Used by the old
fl r war athpol:'at C44r'ooeai. fe present commandant of the academy is
Colonel ?Ore Dnstitris... The ace trains political staff- officers.
After completing the course at the icalap, which requires two years,
..tfisers.are sont'to various units. They serve as staff officers of
the political apparatus. T! take charge of all other special political
courses of instruction pursued in the military units themselves.
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