Execution
| Personnel involved | Number | Proportion (%) |
|---|---|---|
| State security personnel | 8,215 | 10.8 |
| USSR MGB Interior Forces troops | 21,206 | 27.8 |
| Republican MGB Destruction Battalion troops | 18,387 | 24.1 |
| Communist Party activists | 28,404 | 37.1 |
| Total | 76,212 | 100.0 |
Deportation was to be physically performed by small nine–ten man operative teams, which included three USSR MGB agents ("troika"), two republican MGB Extermination Battalion soldiers and four or five local Communist Party activists who were armed by the MGB.
Additional 5,025 submachine guns and 1,900 rifles were brought in to ensure that these operative teams were sufficiently armed to carry out the operation. Unlike the June deportation in 1941, the families deported in 1949 were not separated. Since the people had already experienced mass deportations, they looked out for arrival of fresh troops, vehicles, trains and attempted to hide. Therefore, the Soviets later organized smaller actions to locate those that escaped the first Operation Priboi in March.
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