METHODS USED BY THE NKVD TO OBTAIN CONFESSIONS FROM PRISONERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000200200010-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: November 29, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Methods Used by the NM to Obtain
Confessions from Prisoners
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used by the :NKVD in obtaining "confessions" from prisoners.
only the Gestapo was on par with the RKVD in this resp6ct.
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on 16 Apr 43,~ the NKVD arrested an
assistant professor of medicine at the
Krasnodar Medical Institute for his anti-Communist feelings.
the NKVD headquarters in Krasnodar. This building incidentally
was also used by the Gestaao during the occupation of Krasnodar
*by the German army during 1943, and was completely destroyed by
the Germans before they were driven out of the city. The building,
was constructed of red brick and was three floors in height. It
contained man eatianlnin rooms wards and vario t s of #~ urge
chambers.,
the NKVD's first line of interrogation
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is psychological in which they use terroristic methods to threaten
the individual or his family in an attempt to have him conf7 s what
they desire to hear* a ward 25X1
in another section of a RKW headquarters* The ward consisted of
20 beds which were cramped together so that sitting and standing room
was at a minimum. During the night, ARVD agents came to the ward and
would awaken everyone regardless of whether they were required to report
to the examining room for further interrogation. As a result of these
frkquent interruptions= were never able to sleep, and, of course, 25X1
during the day were required to stand in a bent position with hands 25X1
behind our back. This psycholo ical treatment of the individual was
designed to break his will. required to stand 25X1
for six hours during which time being interrogated. If these
psychological measures were not effective, then the NKVD resorted to
violence. Special chambers were constructed which were so small that
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other violent method used was the beating of an individual's
bare feet with a rope or a rifle butt. Electric or chemical totture
methods were not used because they were unnecessary, since the other
methods were effective. the NKVD has a e ecial vaccine
which rendered an indivi u s will helples
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