Order from the Chief of the General Staff M. Zakharov to Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces Comrade V.I. Chuikov

[General Staff letterhead]

DECLASSIFIED

TOP SECRET

Copy Nº [handwritten: 3]

PERSONAL

27 September 1962

Nº Org/3/61832

Moscow

TO THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE GROUND FORCES

MARSHAL OF THE SOVIET UNION

Comrade V. I. CHUIKOV

                                                                               Copy: to the Chief of the Main Operations

               Directorate of the General Staff

The Minister of Defense has ordered:

1. Prepare [the following] by 30 September to be sent abroad:

- 10 passenger buses, including: 9 from those stored in war reserves in the Belorussian Miliary District and 1 from the Ministry of Defense motor pool;

- 21 Volga automobiles, including: 10 automobiles from the reserve of the Ground Forces and 11 automobiles from the reserve of the General Staff;

-  31 enlisted drivers, one for each vehicle.

2. Be guided by the requirements of the USSR Minister of Defense Directive Nº 79602 of 13 June of this year for all questions connected with the assignment of drivers and vehicles.

[signed]          CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF

MARSHAL OF THE SOVIET UNION  - M. ZAKHAROV

[handwritten: to Cde. Kotov: in package “B” (illegible signature) 28 September 1962]

Authenticated: Chief of the 3^rd Department

General-Major          [signature] I. Bolotin