ACTIVITIES OF FAYSAL ASALI

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Appearance. of City
1. The main street of Rovno (53-3811, 26-15E)is Stalin Street,which is asphalt
surfaced -from the military compound to Shevehenko Park. Street lights on
Stalin Street are on all night; lights on other streets are turned off at
-or? before 9 p.m., exee-ot at vital roints like the entrances to adminAstra-
tive buildings or movie houses. Lamp ports with metal shades on Stalin.
Street are spaced a3-2-oroximatc,:tly 30 meters apart. On some- streets, the
lights are suspendecl from wires.-
? 2. The -Pollowing Rovno streets have asphalt surfaces:
a. Mitskevich Street. This street has asphalt as far as the bottom. of
the hill; uphill it continues as a cobblestone road.
b. Dubenska Street. This is a. highway leading to Dubno.
Lenir. Street ?
a. Kaganovich Street
Road to Zdol-ounov-
Most of the other streets in. Rovno. are of "cobblestone construction, All
roads are in poor condition.- Even. Stalin. Street has holes which have not
been repaired since the war and which force traffic to move only one
way in certain spots- The section of Stalin. Street between the Bela Street
intersection and, the Mitskevich Street intersection is closed to trucks.
All trucks there are routed to _Karl Marx Street
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Street names are located on the corners of the buildings at intersections
and appear in Ruesia.n. Source believes that low building numbere on Stalin
Street are near Shevehenko Park and increase toWard the military compound.
Source believes that all streets branching off Stalin Street begin with
low numbers at Stalin and increase as they lead toward the edge of the town.
The tall.eat buildings- are located.elong Stalin Street and on nearby streets.
The majority of the buildings-in-Ramo have three stories, though there
are some-foursatorted. buildings and many two-storied ones. Buildings
are conetrusted of brick or stone which is cemented over and then, in most
cases, painted yellaw. Some buildings are gray. Roofs are of red tile,
? shingles-covered :with tar-paper, or "plain shingles. There is no area in
the city where all buildings are of one type or color. The only new
buildings constructed since-the endesf. the war are the three apartment
hOuses located near the railroad staticasp CovernMent administrati-sre
offices are located in-the' talleat and best buildings.
5. The greatest de/Sage suffered by. the city during World War II was near the
railroad station and..on-Strslin Street Y. Three bridges in town were destroyed
but have -since been recon.structed. These 'bridges, including the one on
Stalin Street, are constructed of iron .and cement. The cityls onlyeirooden
bridge (22 on map) is located close to the edge of town near the electric
power plant and the village of Tutkovichis
Shevchenko Park ba e full-figure statues of Stalin and Lenin and a bust of
Sheschenko. statues and photographs of Stalin and. Lenin are found all
over the city, including in the park adjoining the prison and on the
bulletin board .next to the movie house on Stalin Street. A picture of
Gerki is on a bulletin board near the railroad ments .club. Source has
seeu a few other monuments,? all small busts, in the city but does not
krtow tWir Identities. A small park near the oblast CP headquarters has.
a, tank set up as a memorial to fallen Soviet eoldiers.
L9pulati
Source estimates that there are 30,000 to !I0,000 inhabitants in Roirria.
The population baa 1.riereased since 194-5 .as the result of the constant flow
of Russians to the 4.tysivhere they, occupy the best positions and quarters
and obtain the most ,tate aid. The number ? of new arrivals greatly exceeds
the number of old iribabitante who have moved- away, it is believed that
the Russians form the largest pure ethnic group in Rovno? even though the
Uttswainiaus are in greater numbers. This is due to the fact that the
Ukrainians in Rovno are emigres from the Fast Ukraine, Poland, and
? Czechoslovakia and differences exist among them. Numerically, 4-0 percent
of the poptilation is Ukrainian, Russians next in number, then Jews,. Poles,
and Sloveks.
Military Ser Tice
? Men are called in for training by the Voyenkoxnat AU Ukrainian male civilians
up to 50 years, of age, who did. not participate in the last war have been
issued military naxds and have been. classified, M. -the senorsi'veserves.
The second .reserves are those forces whose reliability is questioned, and
who will normally be used in ,rear areas. If used in battle, they will
have armed units behind them to push them into action. They are given train-
ing in either infantry. or machine gun enits. Young men just coming. of
age for military service who are not accepted in the regular army are
trained in mechanized units under the Dosarm. The term Dosamrt was still
iri etrrent use in the Ukraine as late as Mine 1951 and. referred to a trained.
reserve not actually a part of the regular 'armed forcets. ?These Rovno Men
in. this eategory who are selected for artillery and automotive units are
given three months training at the military training hool in Ramo
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Political education is also included in the first three,-month course.
A, second training course, also of three monthe duration, .was to be a
practical ,course. Gther men receive artillery, anti-aircraft, machine gun,
infamtry, and motorized unit training, aasses tae conducted in old
wooden brracks, and school:equipment consists of 2 GAZ MK (li ton.trucks
one antis>ircraft-gun,-one*eannon, one L.t-34 tank, and. one Samo1010010. (self -
propelled) gur- Large equipment is stored in one corner of the7Frad ,
which Is under constant guard, The rest of the grounds are fenced off
with only :one entrance lea:di:Ty: to the school> building., This entrance is
.not guarded, -as it is aasumed the instructors 'would recognize any
new face-. Two groups of 37 men each study at nigh4 and one group, number
of men nOt known, studies in the afternoons and consists of those men who
Itark the night shift and cannot attend evening classes. While in training,
all are urged to -become regular members of the Dosarm, but only Komsomol
members '0-olunteer'. MeMbers.of the Dosarm are gi-,Jen membership booklets
pay dues. Several days(' absence from military training results in a
0* month& prlson term or six montlee work wtthout pay. Women are given
firSt aid training at their places.of.employment?
Railroad Facilities
. The one railroad station-iL-the city was completely destroyed during the
last war.. Reconstrucilonws-begun in 1950, but by the summer of 1951 only
the foundation-and.:framewoTk- for the-station had been. built. Temporary
facilities-are located in a F>mall. wooden structure coW-Aining.one small
waiting 'room-and-Atree-t1C.ket windows:. These windows are about 10 meters
Apart ald.face-the.damKged.sation, ahe left window is for military
tiCkets -the -center one-fw.' civIllan_ticketm and, at the right window,
tickets sre.sold witha,-surcharge-of one ruble for the privilege of not
1i log to-stand in line -at the rf,gulsr window. A. wooden fence :runt along
:both sidehrof-the temporaxy-station to,p4eent people from hopping trains,
Railroad -police walk about-tbesta,Lior. "heir black uniforms have stand-up
collars with a purple stripe on each side and white piping on the jacket.
The1.7! hats and. epaulets are putple, They carry short swords and pistols.
10. There .are railroad comeicions ftom".5:.a-Tno to Zdoibunov, h, transfer point
on. the way to 7hiomt o Saray, also a transfer poiat for Zhitomir; to
Yovel and: points soutb,4 to u' 'ft' and Lwovl and to PUbho,
Airfields
11.? On the rOsd.from EWA() to DUbno? approximately 5 tn from Rovno, there is a
small cirillan airfield .1 Most of the planes pirked at this field are of
the double-wing tYPe. The greaiest number of planes seen at one time Was
fifteen. The airfield is patrolled by guards on foot.
12. The airlines office in :Rovno is located directly across the street from
the Rovno Auto 7ransport Repair Shop (A,T..) and faces on Stalin Street.
The airlines chart Posted on the front of the ticket office shows
connections from Tiovna to Odessa, 1harko7, and Lvow. Passengers
are picked up at this office and are driven to the airport in airlines
busses-
? Local Tr!usp9rtation
13. .There are two interurban bus limes, one from Rovno to Ilubno and one frau
Rovno to Vladimir VolinSk 7ria Lntsk, Busses on these routes are of Czech
manufacture, type Praha- City busses tralel along Stalin Street? approxi-
mately seven bus stops on this street>, and Dubenska Street to the cemetery,
*which is the and of the line for the city busses and a check point for
interurban busses. All bussea must stop at this poin4.9where drivers', identi-
fication papers atd.vehicle registrAtioms are thoroughly checked. The check
is made by civilian and MG3. police. T40 guard booth lOoated here has.
painted in liorge 'white letters on the outside. Motorcycle police are
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14. Busses also travel along Belal Mitskevich? and other stree* Source
does not recall exact routes but estimates that the busses complete
one scheduled ITn every hour. 17,,,us stops are indicated by yellow n]ar&erks
on which are printed the words Avtomobilca Ustanovka. The City haa
approximately twelve busses in operation. Busses axe painted green;
some have white canvas tops, and othemhave green rounded metal tops.
Fares are collected by women fare collctors after passengers are seated.
Busses are crowded on market days. Bus operators do not have a special
uniform and most of them wear old army clothes which, they purchase on
the black market.
15, -Taxicab stands are iodated on Stalin Street near Partisan Writ
Theater, and in front of the railroad station. nere are approXimately
fifteen cabs in town. Mbst of theM are Gi,V, 20'a or Pobedas. They vary
in ctaor, some yellow, some dark gretn, some blue; but all have a checkered
stripe consisting ,of a, double nig of black andvbite squares above the
fenders0 The word Taksi is painted talellow Vertically on the WIndshield
of each cab. Cabs are l'..;sed only by government officials or wealthy
-fisitors. Source does not know whst cab fares are charged.
EMplsolent ard Worki Conditions
i6. Most of the city's population is employed at the brick factories located
on the, edge of the city. Railroad employment is the second Moat Important
enterprise,? the work imyoling mostly the unloading and loading of freight.
Others are employed In hauling ,gra,4e1 for planned reconstruction of damaged
-roads. In 1949 and 1950 many people were employed in the construction of
the nev electrical power plart which was being built beside the old plant.
.A few civilians are employed at the 26th Aut0 ?,',ePn'ir shop for military
.zebicles. Also, ,soloce beard that amew auto repair building .was under
construction near the cemetery.
17. At the, Hovno.A&T,O Transport Repair Shop for goernment vehicles
.wtere source. vas employei for three months, a-reCord of work days and
tardiness is,mainfAined by having eCh. employee .,,,,issianeA. a, specific
.-numbered metal tag. Bach movning the employee picks up his talg from
one .rackland transfers it to another rack. At 8.a.m, all tags that
have not been transferred are picked up by the guard and an employee
?arTiving late has, to request his, tag from the office, Every tardy
exriyal meame.eithez, a fine or work, without pay. When sOurce arrived
ten minutes late because or a.deRayed. train, 15 percent of his salary
:was deduated for one month- -Identification cards bearing the Vorkeres
photo have to-be shown to the guard at the entrance gate before one is
permitted to enter any shop or installation. Each year employees of the
AT receive new identification. cards.
According to law, every worker must put in tight hours a day? six !days a
week. Actually, a ;worker must be at his work early every, morning to
-attend political lectures. These la et five to ten minutes and always
deal with-the.iMpending war being instigated by. the Ame/jcams.'' The
worter also receives his daily paper,whLch he is expected to.read before
working tours. .Every worker must donate fifty hours each .year for igbvern
ment.vorkfor which be is not paid. On important church holidays, practically
everyone-is..required to dp extra hevy.and,disngreeable work. This is
.yerticularly:trut on .aster Onn&.y. Labor regulations in force iii:Rovno.do
.liot differ materially from those in other Ukrainian cities,
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Salaries vary according to.wOrk categories. Yomeomol and Party members
? receive higher wages in all categories. As a fourth-class .chauffeur, source
received 190 rubles per month. A, locksmith, fifth -grade, earns a gro
salary of 330 rubies per month but, after deductions for taxes and due
receives about 280 rubles. Sometimes deductions total 100 rubies- per month.
Income tax, bachelor tax, trade unioix fees, and publication dues for a neWP--
PaPerpvtether one wants to be a subscriber or notpare al) deducted from
gross earnings.
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Electricity
20. Electric current is limited only by the number of outlets available in
a billet. Sources landlady had one room and a small .kitchen with only
one ceiling Light and one outlet for the two rooms. NO meters are used
in private billets. The light is always dim and at times grows dimmer
than usual. Sources landlady had to buy four or five bulbs per year
Marketing and Biackmarketing
21. Goods are not rationed. aoweJer? certain items never appear in the local
shops and can only he purchased at the bazaar for prices at least three
times greater than those quoted in the shops. Sugar and bread are two
items which are never seen in the local shops and must be bought at the
bazaar. Sugar is sold at the bazaar at 3:rubles for a water-glass full.
Both of these items are brought to the bazaar from the kolkhOmy. Each
kolkhog_mmat turn over to the government a. certain amount of moneY Yearly
in addition to the products it raises, and this money en be obtained only
through the sale of surplus product a at the bazaar.
22. in 1950, ovioshopaiere full of merchandise, but no one had money to
buY.anYthiag. Czech-made shoes cost 3149 rubles Soviet-madelppots coat
475 rubles but are never availlable in shops. The cheaper grades of goods
are never seen in the shops and can only be purchased at the bazaar, A
pair of rubber-soled-camas slippers priced.at 180 rubies in the shop is
_sold at the bazaar for 450 rubles. Until late 1950 when collectivization
was completed in the Rovno area, some purchasing from individual farmers
was still possible and. helped the situation. Food prices at the bazaar are
cheaper after a goodlbarvest-
23. Minimum prices at the Povno bazaar include the following
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Unit
Price (in. Tubles)
least (before holidays) 100 grams 1
Bread I. kg 2.0
Butter 1 kg 30
,Iard. 1 kg Ito to 5o
:Beef 7-8 kg 70 to 75
Leather. soles .1 pr 120 to 130
Leather half-soles 1 pr 50 to 6o
Leather dress shoes 1 pr up .to 1,500
Men's socks (average quality) 1 pr 50
Shirt (average quality) 1 115
Jacket (cloth, Eisenhower
. type) .1 229
Coveralls 1 pr 240
. Sunday .suit 1 550
24. The government encourages bazaar sales. During the last few months of
sourceb stay in Ralino, SundaY was -declared a market day in addition to
Mondays and Thuradays. Any item can be purchased at the bazaar if one
has .sufficient money. Cheaper grades of goods are purchased by racketeers
at local shops and sold at the bazaar for a higher price Wives of -.- ?
CoMmunist Party members and relatives of the police are .major participants
In the racketeering. On occasion, .arrests are made, but releases are im-
mediate and the offenders become active again in some other area. The laws
to combat blackmarketing.aPlAY only to non-Communists.
25. Single people .cannot live in the 'city, on their own earnings andmust
either have aid from .relatives in the country or resort to speculating,
stealing?,orybartering. In 1949 and 1950/ people were ao desperate to
,obtain inoit0 'that they sold .whatever they had.
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26. The lowest room rent is 65 rubles per month forene.individual, Families
pay .120 to 150 rubles for a peivate billet Of two rooms, Rents are .lowest
in .the government housing projects, but these are allocated. Strictly to
Party memb*rs. The Nirpechniy Zavod#4.has.one large building in which
tea families are housed:, each family. being assigned one room. Families "
often include in-laws, and inamany cases a total of seven persons live in
one room. Average quarters for a, family of any size in Rovno is one room
and a kitchen. A two-roan apartment ie in most cases shared. with at
least one other family. Communist Party and Komsomol members are given better
quarters. They are not billeted in any certain sectionof the city.
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27. Seurce does not know of any hotel in Rovno although, he assumes that there
4 is one to house visiting government officials and ..other important vieiters.
All other persons .arrieeing in town stay with friends .or relatives, and all
.register with, the police even though they arrive for only a one-night stay.
28. There, are a number of cafee zakusechnaya) and beer rooms. (pitrpaya) in
town. One is near police precinct station #2, on the left side Of Dubenska
Street in the direction ,of Dulano. On the same aide of this street but
,closer to Stalin Street is another cafe. Others are located (a) near the
Officers" Club; (b) on Stalin Street between 1 May and Kopernika Streets,
on the same side as the military compound; (c) next door to the bread shop
on the corner of Overetska and Stalin Streets, and (d) on Stalin Street close.
to Bela Street f:talro -beer balls). A. large restaurant is located beyond
the ATren Stalin Street. Close to the railroad station is the Stolova
Restaurant ,which. has more than ten tables, stating four at a table. Beyond
the bridge, on .the same side of Stalin Street as the church, Is a large
? restaurant which occupies two rooms and has approximately 30 tables.
,., 29. ? The average beer place or -cafe has .only five tables, each .one for' four
persons, and One long ,ceu.ntex. Women wait on tables. Beer places and
cafes are frequentod chiefly by the militia, soldiers, and Communist
officials, since these -are the only people who can afford to . spend. time
and money at such places. The average person may buy a beer -occasionally
but cannot afford to-eat in a restaurant.
Periodicals and. Radio
.30. Source knows of four daily papers in Rovno. They all consist of two
.sheets of newsprint and are published in the morning. They are known
as g Claervoni p1:1127,, KOmsomolakaya Pravda., and
Radyanalca Ukraina. These newspapers sell for Five rubles
per month are deducted from each worker's salary for a newspaper, whether
or .not he wants it. The average .worker is not interested in arlY
because they all carry propaganda of the same type. - Every student must
buy a paper, single copies of Which .cost 20 kopecks. Newspaper stands
are located at the movie houses, the brewery, and near all large buildings.
?31. The magazine Perete, a Journal devoted to ,criticism .of the Western World,
is -also print:a:WC:RI:nu? Ts publishing house. This magazine is put out in
the RuSsian and Ukrainian languages.
32. Amplifiers can be purchased at both department steres in the city, but
few people buy them because they are too costly and because nothing can
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? be heard except Soviet propeganda., Only the few people who are completely
above seepicion are allowed to have radioe. EVen Komsomol menabers are not
permitted to own radios fee fear they would become disloyal. Unauthorized
Persons having radios are sentenced to prieon.
Commucleatione and Mail Facilities
Source never saw a phone in a private home or any public phone booths on
ithe street. There is a, phone booth in the ROTLIO post offices. NO
identification documenteeleeeeec es saryeeten sending telegram. Telegrams
are sent from either of the tvo Rost offices, both located, on Stalin Street.
Medical Facilities
3. ROVILO has a clinic and hospital located., on Deoretska Street .toward ZdelbunoVe
Tbe law provides that, each, iedevednal is entitled to, free medical. treatMe
Rewever? th4f_leeeeLprecticed .except among .high. Cpmmunist officials.
other patients sr obli ed. to furniab their own beddi and fo?A - ? 0 ..feel
must elso be furnisbed.by the pa.e_ent".s family. .The heepital prevedes
? only black bread _for alleeatienes, eicept the privileged few. All medicine, '-
except aspirin .must be purchased by the patient. Doctors prescribe all
the newest medicinese including atreIbES'Fil717-buto when the patient tries
to puiT;11-1315-7t7IMEH-rtethe _eve:eye_ s to d thae_ebe medicine _is foreign
(Amerecan) and cannot be purchased in the Ukraine. If the7Patient is willing
to pay ',en times the terns 1 coat or tbi-iiardIne? he can find it on the black
marks t,.
35. ? Communi.174 Party members are sent to health resortsand are given all
privileges in the hospitals. Source's brother wee hospitalized in. the
:Kiev tuberculosie eanitorium for six months, NO ,one can remain here
longer than six months a year; patients must re-apply for. admission
each year. The boy. had to Weite personally, to the Miaietereof Health,
stating tbet he .was an orphan. The family had, to pay.his .way to Kiev and
to -forward him food parcels .constantly.
36. . In order to ,visit the no .clinic, source had to receive '.e. .a revIce from
the director of his atm. The director refused to iesue it, ming that
the source was feigning illness. A, frqnd advised source to visit the
firm's representative at the Obkompartia. Source went to the Obkompartia
building and, after first obtaining a pass in an adjoining building, was
permitted to speak over the phone to hie firms representative. 'The rep-
reeentative instructed source to return to the. director and said that a
vka 'would be issued. The director was freeleue at source but" issued
him the necessary paper anyway.
Education
37. Schools in Roveo inclede the following: elementary school on Shkolna Streets
located in a oneeetoried building; commercial hegh school, teaching courtes
in purchasing and selling, located, on the left side of the highway, to Kievan
Ii a building surrounded by a fence; medical school. on Stalin Street;
pedagogic institute; school of music on Lenin Street i adjoining the Orthodox.
Church.
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38. The Drama Theater is located opposite the Orthodox Church, It is on .a
smell aide street, but the marquee can be seen from. Stalin Street. This
is a large theater and has one balcony. Source knows that performances _
are given on Saturday and Sunday nights but does not know about other nights
nor about the price of tickets. The theater is patronized by Communists.
39. In summer, outdoor concerts are given in Shevchenko Park every night except
There is also an outdoor dancing pavilion here, the entrance fee
to which is 3 rubles. Two movie houses, krasnaya evezda and the:Partisan?
have showings from 2 p.m. to. midnight.
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Religion
40. There ' are about four priests assigned to the one Orthodox Church in Rovno.
They get no assistance -WhateYer from .the government, although the Soviet
newspapers publicipe that the government is giving aid. to thelChnrch and
the clergy. . The Boman Catholic Church has the second largest following.
. Churches are very heavily taxed. In 1950 the church in Gl.insk was taxed
30,000 rubles for one year. All churches are treated alike by the Soviet
regime.
41. The Jewish synagogue is located on Shkolna Street. . There is a great deal
of animosity between Jews and Christians, because the most important
positions n town are held- by Jewish Communists.
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1. Milita corn 0 d (Voenn4 Gorodok). This compound covers an area
of approx mately, one square kilometer. The compound is set Off with
.concrete posts and iron fencing. Six gates lead into the col4pound,
three f Stalin Street and three from Dubenska Street. Tanks,
large n bers of trucks artillery) mechanized units, and some
infantry. units are holiteed here. Most of the servicemen there have
black-trimmed uniforms; some have red trim. Maneuvers are condUCted
about 20 km from Rbvno between the villages of Aleksandriyev and
Kbstopol. ..The :estimated number of men stationed in the military com-
pound is 5,000; the total number from various military compounds parti-
cipating in maneuvers. is 15,000.
Stalin. Street-
26th Auto Re ir Sho . This is a repair shop for militapOr vehicles A
mainly for ZIS-5's. It is enclosed by a wooden fence topped with
barbed wire fencing inside the wooden enclosure. Guards are at each
gate. In one building, vehicles are taken .apart and overhauled;
in the second building, vehicle parts are manufactured, including
starters, valves, -I:etc. Seat covers are also made in one section of the
parts manufacturing building. A pass is necessary before one can
drive a vehicle into the repair shop. A conveyor liner is in operation
in the repair parts manufacturing shop.
4 DuhenBlta street.
5. Police statiolet
6. Officers home. Entrance to the building is on the corner of Stalin
? rutens6 Streets. An armed guard is on dutY at the door.
7.1(0perniks Street.
8. 1!/12mur_. The building is fenced off and has a guard at the atrance,
Light beer, both bottled and draught, is manufactured here.
Ra s olkom EXecutive Committee of the Ra on Communist Party. This is
large t ee-stor e.:. .ing on 1 May tree
?10.a Rovno Auto- Trans OR Re ir Sho ATK . Until 1948 the director of the
ATE: waS Novohat fnu . e was rep ced by Tsioma (fnu). The
'technical enginee is Shevehenko (fnu), and the supervisor is
Xbrzhinevskyy (fnu). Directors and chiefs are always armed with
pistols. The shop handles all -bites and other government vehicles.
? 10.b ATK office. ?
10.c Private residence.
11. g4rl Marx Street
12. Unidentified rded"_strea. This Ors a fenced off area behind a row
of buildings .on ,Karl Marx Street. No buildings are visible beyond
the high 'fence except two tall :towers on Bela Street in which guards
are posted. The -towers .are made of tell wooden, poste with wooden
enclosures set on top. Source does not know what activity or material
is guarded here but saw ,military vehicles enter through .the gates on
Bela Street and paw in .the distanc- tops of buildings enclosed in the
area. ?
13. ?Bela Street.
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14. Military Political School,. This, is a yelloWepainted stone building
tvo .or ee storiee igh. While riding on top ,of a truck, source
saw into several rooms where ,officers lire seated in rows, .with .one
officer at the head- of the group lecturing. The rooms looked like
classrooms, and source saw .only officers enter the building.
15. 0eanaries. There is a number of tall grain warehouses. A railroad
line goes from the granaries to ,the 26th Auto Repair Shop, (Rail
sidipg- not shown on .maN
16. :Fleur .mill. This consists of a large group of buildings fenced off
E5' a isalwa fence two meters high. There is a guarded entrance on
Bela Street.
.17, Railroad tracks. Source does not recall exact number of tracks but
states Mere are quite a ,few?
18, ItEaged railroad siation. It is located about 300 meters north of
Stalin Stree
18.a an,lka....2_22.d.2sarlajlulliS. This now serves as waiting roomea and. ticket
office.
18.b Freight wsrehouses. These extend for approximately 130 meters. Some
of the buildings b.ve 'tin. roofs. All are constructed of bricks set in
checkered fashion, i. e. openings between brieks.
Reusing do-velour:at? This consists of three large buildings constructed
since the -war. Eh.ele building is about 50 meters long, 20 meters wide._
Most of the occupants are railroad employees. .
20. Miliarye ui. ment d ot Only when riding atop a truck could source
see anyjr.Efeg et thin ti enclosures which covers approximately 1 km'
of -ground. Source saw two tall, three-storied buildings and rows of
tanks .under canvas shelters. The canvas was fastened to concrete
poste and formed a .roof for the rave of .tanks. There were. rows of anti-,
aircraft guns, applioximately twelve in a row. It was rumored about the
city that a mechanized- unit was located here for immediate use in the
event of emergency. The entire area is bounded off by a high wooden
fence,, topped with barbedwire, and a separate barbed wire fence in-' -
side the wooden enclosure. The whole enclosure is bounded by trees
hiding it from view. There is a watchtower on each corner of this area
and guards equipped with submachine guns.
21, lea.,,e2.2.2.-tal,c 222gl_m-L, it was still under construction in 1951. The
, incomplete 'structure. vas .28 meters high, and another story was to be
added. There is also .a new office building for the electric power plant.
22. Weodea jalaE. This bridge !spans a etreamsthe name of which source does
not recall. The bridge is approximately 10 meters wide and is strong
enowAh to support heavily-loaded trucks. Although the bridge is built
level with the ground, it is five meters above the water because of the
high, banks on either side Of t1W stream.
.23. Gasoline Alm. This depot supplies gasoline for the entire Rovno Oblast.
There are approximately ten large gas tanks in an area bounded by a
wooden fence topped with, barbed wire.
23.a EILL.112.9.I. TVII? .undergroundeoil tanks are located here.
24. Partisan Movie Theater.
259 Auto cool (Oblastna Poito Shkola)
25.a22,L1145, Vehicles from the auto school are parked here.
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26. Residence. This bu lding has eight rooms and is divided into four
apartments.
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27. Roman Catholic Church.
28. Auto razir Eau. This is a branch of tbt (#10 on map).
29. Oblast Court, Prisoners from Rovno Oblast are brought here for tri*1.
It is fin-four-storied White building set away.from other building&
and can be seen from Stalin Street. Prisoners arrive here in prison
cars,which are dark green in color and are large enough to hold at least
30 peuons.
30. Police station Precinctil- This is a.threp-storied white building
approximately 30 meters off Karl. Marx Street. The area around has
been hambed and ruins Cleared away. There is no gusrdoutside the
building, but two soldiers axe on duty In a small room close to the
entrance. One soldier operates the switchboard and the other stands
guard. The military registration office and passport office are
located in this building.
31. yvenkomat building. Tbe entrance is on Titovska Street.
.32. MitskevIch 94-reet mb4s street leads toward Aleksandriyer and to the
bazaar on the edge of Eovno.
33. Sh. ,:,novsky-LAlcob.olic Pottlii2g:Works, Building .entrance is on Stalin
.g1717Tet7 The-hOme-"offT-JeOrthi's fla is in Shp.-novo, 6.km northeast
'Eovno. The Romp firm director-is Lukhovoi (fnu)Dwbo,a1Ways dresses in
a, BoViet uniformwithoat trim or insignia. He was about 5?8" tall, round
face, balding dark hair, dark eyes, average build, gold teeth on upper
right, side. ?The firm his the following trucks' 13 GAZ AAJ 2 GAZ #54
1'LIB #5; 2 Mercedea.Benzq.1 6-cr1in5er Ford; I Opel B1iz. 1 Banomach. (01.0
(passenger carY.. In the fall source hauled potatoes from nearby Xolkhoty
and warehouses for this firm,
34. Ukrainian Orthodox Clburch. The entrance to church grounds is on Stalin
Street. The grounds are bounded by an iron fence,
35.a-School of music. This is the large white building adjoining the Orthodox
Church groundi. It is about 25 meters away fran the street. The school
Is fenced ,off on two sides by a, wooden fence.
35.b Beadquarters for vehicle inspection. This is located on Lenin Street,
but there is no direct entrance from street to building. To get to
'4t this building, one has to enter' the gate to -the music school and walk
behind and to the right of the school building. Source believes the
VIVD.is also in this buiITing? because he was told to come here to obtain
a. vehicle inspection certificate from the Oblast MVD.
36. -aorta arelen. There are .facilities here for football, volleyball, and
.track, Seating capacity :le not known.
37- Obla$t Committee of the CoMmv.nist Pfirty.(atkara tis). This is a three-.
EfCa?r'11-dinirc7C-riar?rOvTala. Street, t.6ree bu ldings from Lenin 'Street.
To enter the building, one must first obtain a pass from the office of
the police detachment OtSia on map) located in.fraatof the Obkompartia
building. Bead of the Obkompartia is General Behma (or Bea) (Mu).
.Source saw him on Stalin Street accompanied by two armed soldiers.
Behma is about 55 years old, of average height (5'10"), well built.,
with extremely- good soldierly posture, a round face, turned-up dark
Whiskers. ,He hada red stripe on his uniform trousers and .red piping
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on the jacket and.cap. There is a gold star on .his epaulets and an oak
leaf on his .collar. Also located in tUa building are the headquarters
,of all industries in the Rofno Oblaet, Representatives of each in-
dustry have offices here.
Military training school - DOSARM.
38.a :Rarracks. Theme are used as classrooms for the noapam school.
38.b Officer's billet. This 1.6 a one-storied building occupied by an
army major.
? 38.c Equipment storage area. 'This area has aecanvas shelter under which
are kept t5eantiagZ'raft guns and the tank.
39. bureau for Parly conferences. (Bur? Partinoye Sebraniye). The building
is painted yellow and is Aro or three storia-EIgh. In front of it is
a large billboard. -which is lighted at night. 'The billboard can be
:seen, clearly from Shevehenko Park.
40. Unidentified guarded building. Source believes this building on Stalin
:
Slreet houses tbe MaPeoffices and an MGT court. The entrance is heavily
guarded, and persons are not permitted to loiter on the .sidewalk nearby.
Prisoners under heavy guard have been seen to enter. The guard on duty
is armed with a short Soviet automatic gun. Ee wears a.regular green
uniform with bright red epaulets, two rows of military buttons on front
of jacket (yellow buttons with Soviet star design), two such buttons
on back waist of jacket, hat has band of bright red, black boots, no
rank shown on epeulets. The building itself is fenced off along the
side near the peek by a.mooden fence liemeters high. People feel
must be some high administrative building.
41. ROVIO Prison for men. Guard 0 are stationed at the three guard booths
along Stalin Street. They are armed with automatic rifles and machine
guns. The prison is also enclosed by a -wooden fence with barbed wire
on the inside. Electric wiring may be connected with the barbed wire
fencing or with the wire strung along the wooden fence. Prisoners
sentenced up to 25 years are kept here.
42. Rayne Prison for women. The enclosure and guard facilities are the
P
same here as at the men's prison.
43. Medical clinic. The entrance is on Stalin Street.
44. Pedagogic Institute. A four-storied building painted white and located
on the erde of a hill, which allows it to be seen from a distance. A
small narrow road leads up teethe institute.
45. ?NedicaleInstitutee Atbree-storied building with an entrance on Stalin
Street,
?46. Movie House Krasnaya Zfeada.
? 47. Publishing house. About five daily papers and several magazines are
published here,
48. ?apartment store Detski Svit.
49. Dem e tment St ore Mai verma
50. Post Office. The telephone and telegraph offices are located here
also. It is a large gray stone building of five stories with the main
entrance on Stalin Street. It has large windows and a beautiful
Interior with marble pillars.
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51. Tower. .5ource saw parachute jumping done from this tower. He believes
military personnel practice parachute jumping here.
52. 1131_11La.L.. masa...21m.
53. Bakery.
54. Post Office. This is a three-storied, gray stone building
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