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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP06T01849R000100040033-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2012
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: March 26, 1979
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: THIS IS IR NUMBER:
1, (U) COUNTRY: ROMANIA (RO)/SOVIET UNION CUR)
2. (U) REPORT NUMBER:
3,. (U) TITLE: MORE FLOGGER REPORTED IN ROMANIA
q. (U) PROJECT NUMBER: N/A
5. (U) DATE OF INFORMATION: 790322
6. (U) DATE OF REPORT: 790326
7. (U) DATE AND PLACE OF ACQUISITION: 790322, BUCHAREST, RO
8. (U) REFERENCES: T-1D3-49494 (CONTINUES)
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9. (U) ASSESSMENTS: B?2
10. (U) ORIGINATOR:
it. (U) REOJEST EVALUATION: N
12. (U) PREPARING OFFICER:
13. (U) APPROVING OFFICER:
14. (U) SOURCE:
15. (U) SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: DIRC?NO
16. (C) SUMMARY: ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER CONFIRMS PRESENSE OF
MIG?23/FLOGGERS IN ROMANIAN AIR FORCE, MORE BASES CHECKED AS
SEARCH CONTINUES.
22. (C) DETAILS: A. ON 790322 SOURCE POINTEDLY REPORTED THAT
HE HAD FINALLY OBTAINED AUTHORITATIVE CONFIRMATION OF MIG?23'S
BEING IN ROMANIA. HE WAS PRESENT AT RECENT MEETING BETWEEN
R AN D F NSE MINISTER COMAN AND SOURCE'S DEPUTY DEFENSE
MINISTER. AT THIS MEETING COMAN VOLUNTEERED THE INFORMATION
THAT ROMANIA NON HAS 22 OR 24 MIG?23'S. COMAN TJRNED TO HIS
DEPUTY GENERAL COLONEL IONEL FOR CLARIFICATION, AND IONEL
RESPONDED "24, THREE OF NHICH ARE TRAINERS, THE REMAINDER
FIGHTERS." THEY ARE DEPLOYED AS THREE SEPARATE SQUADRONS OF
SEVEN FIGHTERS AND ONE TRAINER EACH TO THREE DIFFERENT
BASES.
8. (C) ON 790320 FRENCH MILITARY ATTACHE RECONNOITERED TIMI?
SOARA (45.49.00N D21.19.30E) AND ARAD (46.10.40N 021.16.OOE)
AIRFIELDS. THE FORMER IS STILL CLOSED, AND ITS MIG?21/FISHBED
REGIMENT IS STILL DEPLOYED AT ARAD. AT LEAST EIGHT MIGG021'S
ENGATED IN LOCAL FLYING ACTIVITY FROM ARAD THAT DATE,
C. (C) AND FRENCH MILITARY ATTACHE CHECKED
TITU/BOTENI C44.38.46N 025.36.32E) AND PLOIESTI/STRANJNICU
(44.55.30N 025.57.30E). BOTH AUXILLERY AIRFIELDS CONTINUE TO
SHOW NO INDICATION OF JET AIRCRAFT DEPLOYMENT. TITU HAS NORMAL
COMPLIMENT OF TWO AN-2/COLT, TWO IAR?330/PUMA, AND FOUR IAR?316/
ALOUETTE. PLOIESTI ALSO HAD NORMAL COMPLIMENT OF THREE AN?2%COLT
AND SEVEN IAR-823 SPORT PLANES.
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