THE GUARDING OF THE RUMANIAN-YUGOSLAV BORDER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500790194-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Sequence Number: 194
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2006/10/20: CIA-RDP80-00809AO00500790194-7
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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DATE DISTR. /3 Jan 1954
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1. Ever since Titols break with the Cominform the work of fortifying the Rumanian-
Yugoslav border-has progressed steadill.-. The closed area along the border varies
according to the geograpl;iy, being narrowest in the Carpathian mountains, but the
usual width is 12 km.
2. Within this closed area numerous concrete bunkers, machine gun nests and gun
positions have been built, many of them connected by communications trenches.
3. Timisoara now has a border guard area command of divisional strength. Some 15
battalions of border guards along the Yugoslav border are under this command, with
a total strength of some 9,000 men. There have been numerous rumors of maneuvers
of strong army units in this area, but they are completely untrue. There have
been no major troop movements for the last five months.
4. TimiaQara also has a corps command of the Rumanian Army, with troops of all arms.
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