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MILITARY POLICY
resources of the country, and it cannot be maintained
however, and less progress has been made in establishing
effectively unless Soviet aid is substantially increased.
a permanent Communist-indoctrinated cadre.
Thus far, this aid has included some equipment and a
The Rumanian Air Force contains no Soviet equipment.
large amount of propaganda. Key Albanian officers are
By Soviet order, all units are inactive, and individual
studying in the U. S. S. R. An estimated 2,000 Soviet
flights by Rumanian Air Force personnel are permitted
troops have entered Albania since the early part of 1946,
only with specific Soviet approval.
and have been supervising road construction and the build-
ing of coastal fortifications.
Hungary
In January 1945, when the Hungarian Army was re-
Bulgaria
formed under Sovit auspices, it was intended that it should
The present Bulgarian Army of approximately 66,000
be nonpolitical. Despite this, there has been some Soviet
men is expected to be reduced under the peace terms to a
penetration and control. The Chief of the General Staff
maximum of 55,000. This compares to a prewar limit of
is a Communist, and two other important posts, those of
20,000 under the Treaty of Neuilly, 25 which was raised to
the Chief of the Military Political Section of the Ministry
some 51,000 in 1938 after that instrument was abrogated.
of Defense and Commander of the Frontier Guard, are
The future Army probably will be supplemented by the
held by men with Communist sympathies. Little Soviet
Trudovak, semimilitary labor organization, which can
aid has been rendered.
train approximately 36,000 men a year.
The present strength of the Hungarian Army is approxi-
With the considerable reduction of Soviet forces in
mately 26,000 compared to 35,000 in 1938 under the limita-
Bulgaria in recent months and their contemplated com-
tions of the Treaty of Trianon.26 The draft peace treaty
plete removal within 90 days after the new peace treaty
allows an army of 65,000, but the future strength will be
becomes effective, the Soviets have been pushing a purge of
determined by the amount of Communist pressure, which
Bulgarian officers not in sympathy with Communist
aims to keep the army small and the internal police force
ideology. Lectures by political commissars are part of
large.
the daily training of the soldiers. Relatively little mate-
rial aid has been given the Bulgarian Army, apart from
Czechoslovakia
the training of a small number of Bulgarian officers in the
Since VE-day the Soviets have agreed to supply equip-
Soviet Union. It appears that foremost in the Soviet
ment for some nine Czechoslovak divisions, and in the re-
mind is the establishment of an enthusiastic Communist
cent military accord concluded in Moscow they agreed to
cadre which will bolster the sagging pro-Soviet regime
furnish additional equipment on long-term credits. It has
after withdrawal of the Soviet forces.
been suggested that as many as 10 additional divisions
Of a total of nearly 400 combat aircraft in the Bulgarian
eventually will be equipped by the Soviets. Advanced
Air Force, nearly 300 are Soviet types. Tactical organiza-
training is being given Czechoslovak officers in Soviet mili-
tion follows that of the Soviet Air Force, and training of
tary schools. The OBZ, which is analogous to the Soviet
Bulgarian pilots in the flying of Soviet machines has been
MVD security forces,27 is controlled by Soviet officers. The
conducted by Soviet instructors.
industrial militias are likewise under Soviet influence.
Rumania
Despite these activities, the trend toward Sovietizing the
Czechoslovak Army is slow.
The Rumanian Army of 140,000 men compares with
The Army now stands at about 140,000 men, compared to
a prewar force of 212,000 in 1938. It is proposed to limit
187,000 in 1938. There are indications that strength is
it to 120,000 under the draft peace treaty now under con-
being increased, although this is contrary to Communist
sideration by the Allies.
statements last' May advocating an/army of 105,000 men.
Soviet aid has consisted chiefly in the training and
Of 300 or more aircraft in the Czechoslovak Air Force,
equipping of two complete divisions, which make up the
over 100 are Soviet types. At present, the Air Force is dis-
bulk of the tactical striking force of the Rumanian Army.
organized, and it is not yet apparent how much its tactical
These two divisions are kept at full strength, and the
organization and methods will be influenced by Soviet
Soviets supervise the assignment and training of their
policies.
personnel, from which recruits are taken from the Soviet-
equipped Internal Security Force. Attempts are being
Poland
made to Sovietize the remainder of the Army by means of
The Polish Army is under Soviet control. In theory
officer purges and propaganda. The effects of these activ-
it is headed by a Polish Marshal, but in practice a Soviet
ities are less noticeable in Rumania than in Bulgaria,
26 Signed in June 1920.
25 Signed 27 November 1919.
27 See page 85.
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