1. WARTIME EVASION AND ESCAPE POSSIBILITIES IN THE USSR 2. SOVIET MILITARY AND CIVILIAN MORALE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000400090003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 13, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL : 1NT;E1Lt~.Eta1CE..?A~.EIs1~CY:.
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET 25X1
This material contains intormatlon aRecting the Na- ~ ? `} ~~
tlonal Aefense of the Vnited $tatea within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Tltle 18, V.B.C. Secs. 783
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorised person is prohtbited
bq law.
COUNTRY USSR (Ukrainian, Kazakh, Kirgiz SSR~~ REPORT
Austria
SUBJECT 1. Wartime Evasion and Escape Possi- DATE DPSTRo
bilities in the USSR
2. Soviet Military and Civilian Morale NO. OF PAGES
PLACE ACQUIRED
REQUIREMENT NO,
THE SOURCE !VALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS, TENTATIVE.
(fOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1 September 19~~+
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25 YEAR
RE-REVIEW
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COUNTRY ~TS3Ft (LTkrain3,an, Kazakh, Kirgiz S~R,s)Austria DATE DISTR. 16o Jnl~ 1854
SUB]ECT 1. Wartime Evasion and Escape NO.OF PAGES ~
Possibilities in the ~3R
2. sa9let Military at~d Civilian Morale
DATE OF INFORMATION
REFERENCES:
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. Evasion ~.nd Escape:
a.
the degree oP success in eluding the. 1MiVD
wpul~largely d~rm3.ned by the individual's ]a94xledge oP
-the Russian language and c?~preher~sican of USSR geography.
>~'nder mime emndi~~.v~s, during yes population movements,
~?a~eone baying a. fair grasp of the Ru~>~ian language, or knoxl-
edge of. some other language spoken in the Soviet IInion, could
possibly forestall detection by .potting as a nor--Anssian Soviet
national.. Epee sa, it xould only be a mattar of
t ime b
hel
~ I one cou
willing friends among the worked and peasant classes if circr-
stances were such as to permit ve assistance Without
s" e
b. Should cireumtttancee com eI an evader to retreat into the
hinterland past Soviet policiett of displacing
whole popu a ons ur rig emergency sit~ati0ns
folloxing routes to civilian evacuation areas xhere confusi~-n
3EGRE~
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. vale~at a~ad the probabilityr n~? recngnitian i~,
con~eneeally pry likel t7n tlae
~'. questinx~ o.f proa~xring f ?mti,
appraaching small ise-lated villages or small
o cozy w erne telephon3,c cor~eunications are usually ~anaa-
exist
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- no wey to alert the MOB ar spread are alarm. Bazaars,
which e
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its practically every Soviet town
P s. war, epee e.l MAD railroad guards "raper-gruppy"} checked
all tr'a3.ns scrupulously far atorraways . Healthy looking, young
mc~n ot~t df utaifort~ are rare eights in rear areas duri~r~x wartime
a~ad arouse i d~ e. ~ ~9~~~i i ~~ ?~ f
o er n given we.s
v ma appear ton tidy or clean. Moat T~ussiabg are unkempt
about their pets?r~a1 appearance seed rarely wear ~aeclcties .
M?reover~ one should promptlyr shed all vestiges ?f dlstir~ctl~r
Western clothes cr parts of unifcarra~ easily d3.scerxaable as
non-Russiaaa? Typical Russian clothes should be Scauired l~tir
hmok or cr ok a e t r n t
the easiest way to avail arrest is to take advan-
tage of tkae critical roan-shortage in the Soviet Union and de end
~n a mistress ter f4ad and shelter.
this could be lane rel~~ly easily
a
n
rovi
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p
e a realistic serlutioxa to a desperate situation.
`C~A491!!a Awe wa.ereBee^~.__ _
---s- ~~~ .v vK.`a. V.i V.Vi
giving one r8 self up to a rear echelon officer an
i
y c~
cer
away f~?om the imt~ediate frr~nt). Combat troops miglat Wert find
the patiernce to "fool armund" with a prisaner~-c~?--war snd decide
to expedite the solution with a pistol shut.
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maps ic2a are "extreme yr, ifficu
Qs yo other ite~as of great value
bringing watches, gold (c?ins or ewe ry , aza ergs a~ae-un s
of rvblee, Rt~ssia~ns can be bribed. Such items are very market-
ab~.e azad can be exchanged far whatever services cane may der~arnd,
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