SOVIET MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 6, 2013
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 3, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
USSR/Germany (Soviet Zone)
Soviet Military Personnel Policies
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I know of no demobilization of officers -bating place. I was demobilized after
World War II only because of the intercession of a friend of mine who had influe,10,
once. Later I.was called up again as there was a great demand for AAA officers.
Students with two years college or university are deferred from military service
until sdhooling is finished although first year college students are called up for
service.
This, of course, is only my opinion, but I believe that the military planning of
the USSR envisions not just enough officers for the present Soviet-army, but also
hopes to produce enough to man an International Army in the future. 50X1
not observed any such training in the Soviet Zone of Germany.
However, during World War II, women did Work in both defensive and offensive AAA
and those who were technically qualified, were registered, on demobilization just
as other military specialists and are sdbject to call up. Therefore, it is not
impossible, that some of them may have been called up for service. I do know
that large nuMbers of Soviet women were brought to the Soviet Zone of Germany but
they were only used to replace German personnel as waitresses, typists and clerks.
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About 100,000 although there are rumors that the nudber is greater.
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I would estimate that about 15% of the officers are on leave in the USSR at any one
time. About 9,000 offAcers go on leave each month. All officers go on leave through
transparent-on-order Zeig/ and Brest..LetoreskoiC, There are two trains daily for
officers going on leave, One starts from Berlin the other from Frankfurt-on-Oder.
About 75% of the officers going on leave will take their leave during the period o
3anuary7July, The remaining 25% take their leave during October-December. Officer
replacements take place during the October -December period. About one-third of the
officers are rotated each year. Troop replacements are not made on the two trains50X1
described above. About 250 - 300 officers pass through Fratkfurt-on-Oder daily.
There was a big turnover in 1949 at which time about 50% of the personnel was trans-
ferred.toOtherwise there are yearly changes in the fall, comprising about 20%. Replace-
ments are on a Man-for-man and rank-for-rank basis except when an officer has just
finished school, in which came the Gadre Section makes assignments where necessary.
In other words, there were no restrictions on duties and ranks of those transferred.
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