MILITARY - GROUND, AIR

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• Publication Date: November 17, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION 1945 - 1950
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
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,tree's of Flces~'i. The cit:; T,o whi?.h these men belong is not known to the
a0?Ut ce. The Soviet trocps are quarhere: =n c.he barracks formerly occupied by
Rlm~.;ac `reops who have been move; and now are quartered in temporary billets.
-:Y*e is a Soviet unit, uoknown strength and branch; quay er-ed in a
>rv. _'00 x 50 i"eter building (the former headquarter. s of the officers
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A Soviet antiaircraft unit an quartered in the forsuzr hospital on via Trrian,
opposite the public gardens (on the northern edge of Galati). The armaaxnt ob-
serwed inr.l.udrs 20 to 25 80-millimeter pieces with muzzle brakes, mounted on
carriages with four pneumatic-tired wheels and some G11C trucks, three-axle and
two i.fferentials. There is s, roiling guard at the entrance armed with a drum-
fed. -Automatic rifle.
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There are unidentified armored units quartered at Galati in barracks on
via 1 May (formerly Tecuci). War damages to these barracks is now being re-
paired; the source heard that the repairs have been completed.
Soviet units are quartered in the "Tres Pionleri" barracks on via Trains.
The complex is surrounded by a 2-meter-high white stucco wall.
About 100 men assigned to guard duty at the medical supply depot are
quartered in a four-story building on the former via General Bertealu.
The Soviet headquarters in Iasi are in a former civilian building, threa-
story, on the former via Carol between the Carol Foundation and the university,
800 meters north of the railroad station. The headquarters are on the east
side of the street and many low-ranking officers have been seen there.
Soviet troops, at least more than 3,000, are quartered in the Socola dis-
trict (near Iasi) in a large number of wooden barracks erected near the rail-,
road station. Socola is an important Soviet center.
There are persistent rumors that three Soviet divisions and a large staff
of Soviet officers will be lccsted at Iasi. The supporting evidence of such
rumors are:
1. On 23 -- 24 April, the 24th Rumanian Infantry Regiment evacuated camp.
2. On 21 April, all Rumanian officers who had been in the former IV Corps
headquarters began to move.
3. The large hotel, formerly the Tralan Hotel, which was to be remodeled
for civilian use, has remained vacant upon direct orders from high authorities.
The remodeling has not yet started.
4. On 10 April, the displacement of all ammunition and materiel in the
Danic depot was under way.
The headquarters of the Soviet Command at Bucharest is located in the
building formerly occupied by the German Embassy on cale.. Victoria near the
Ministry of Finance. There Is a Soviet guard at the entrance. Many American-
make automobiles are parked here, and high-ranking Soviet officers have been
seen.
Soviet. troops of unkrdokn strength and branch are located in Timisoara.
A large contingent of Soviet troops of unknown branch is located at
t,rziceni. The source learned this indirectly.
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An unknown number of Soviet officers are quartered in a score of small
country houses in Pare Filipescu, on the northern outskirts of Bucharest. All
the streets leading to this section are blocked and guarded.
A unit of Soviet truck-drawn heavy artillery (perhaps a regiment) was
billeted in the Generale Bragaline Barracks at Medgidia. The barracks are
500 meters southeast of the railroad line to Bazargic. The source observed
about 30 pieces of artillery of undetermined type and caliber which had
muzzle brakes and were mounted on two rubber-tired wheels. The pieces also
have limbers. There were ten "I A S" AZ?7 3- and 5-ton trucks for hauling
the pieces. There was a sentry at the entrance with a drum-fed submachine
gun. In the center of the yard, there was a 7- or S-meted wooden pole sur-
mounted by a red star which was illuminated at night. A red star, illuminated
at night, over the main door was flanked by pictures of Stalin and Lenin.
At Sforia, Soviet soldiers (branch and strength unknown) are lodged in
about 200 cabins in the former seaside resort. These soldiers have been seen
riding in heavy trucks and American jeeps.
There is a Soviet military unit (branch and strength unknown) lodged
ON in about 50 cabins on the shore at Mamaia.
(Galati)
There are Soviet tank units in the barracks on strada Traian. Infantry
units of unknown strength are lodged in the barracks on strazi Traian and
Tecuc i.
(Bucharest)
The MVD headquarters is in the former Regi Mihai I barracks at Otopeni.
The above information was given to the source by a Soviet naval officer.
General Zabelin, commandant of Soviet forces in Bucharest
Captain (Navy) Kisilov
Major (Infantry) Vesiliv of the Soviet Commandatura in Bucharest
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The Soviet Liaison Office is located in the building of the Minister of
Defense in Bucharest.
An undetermined number of Soviet troops are housed in the "Voivoda Mihail"
barracks at Otopeni. The barracks are located about 1,000 meters south of the
town and 500 meters north of the Bucharest belt line railroad. The source
saw medium tanks and small-caliber artillery pieces in the yard of the barracks.
The source believes that there is some headquarters here because the officers'
activity is greater than would be expected from the number of troops.
There is a Soviet headquarters in the Iasi railroad station. The commander
has the grade of %a4or and the post has control of all railroad convoys.
LI}.;ln n +h +.min t},,.t a ta4lne him to Ttnl_., tho arn~rro nhanrvaA nno
or two Soviet officers or men boarding the train a-: the Focsani, Buzau, and
Ploesti stations.
were garrisoned at Focsenl_.
The airfield at Pipera, 2,300 x 1,50D meters, is occupied by the Soviet
Air Force. Most of the buildings and installations were destroyed by war
damage. Th9 field has a natural surface without a landing strip. There is a
2.5-meter high wall of cement around the field. There are five iron hangars
with semicircular corrugated sheet-iron roofs an(_ the approximate dimensions
50 x 20 x 10 meters.
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There ere two brick buildings of undetermined size with.three or four
stories. In these buildings are housed the field administration, various of-
fices, and a part of the personnel. The rest or the personnel is housed in
wooden barracks near the Berastau railroad station. The officers and pilots
live in requisitioned civilian dwellings.
There is a Soviet soldier, armed with a PPSh submachine gun with a drum
ngazine, on guard at the entrance to the airfield.
Five or six single-engine, two-place biplanes have been observed at this
field. These machines are of wood and fabric, with wooden propellors, similar
to those used by RATA (Rumanian Civil Airlines). The exact model is not known.
there is a night-flying school attached to the field.
The field is equipped for night lighting with three 1.5-meter reflectors which
are used only for landings and takeoffs. If the weather permits, flights of
one or two ships take off at night for a 30-minute flight. There are successive
flights during the night. The pilots, number unknown, who are taking night
training are all Soviet Air Force personnel.
Uniforms, olive drab; epaulets with insignia of two hawk wings spread;
olive drag cap with black leather chinstrap; metallic ornament with a varnished
red star and a her and sickle in gold.
The airfield near Buzau is reportedly occupied only by Soviet Air Force
personnel and ships.
Convoys of armored vehicles pass through Galati two or three time a
month on their way from Reni to the west. The railroad convoys which formerly
were very frequent to and from the west have now dropped off to almost nothing.
In October 1945, the source noted lighters loaded with armored vehicles leav-
ing the port of Galati for the vest. Each vessel carried 10 to 15 medium
tanks.
In 1943, many rail convoys of troops and vehicles passed from Chitila to
the Yugoeia; border via Pipesti. Bucharest had no Soviet units left. The
source reports rumors that these troops were sent to Turnu-Severin. About the
end of December 1949, the source noted some Soviet convoys sent from Chitila
toward the east.
south, Giurgiu, by road and railroad. No additional information.
(rumor that Soviet and Rumanian troops
are massed along the Rumannian-Yugoslav border.
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Socola)
mhnra is a large Soviet logistics center at Socola. The Socola railroad
ctation is the terminus of the Soviet-gauge railroad and is the main depot
and distributing point for materiel. Four Soviet-gauge lines have recently
been completed, coming from the recently annexed Bessarabia. Large brick
warehouses, barracks, ramps, and all other installations necessary for the
proper operation of a transshipping point have been erected at Socola. The
standard-gauge lines are integrated with the Soviet-gauge. Most of the ma-
teriel, weapons and ammunition, equipment, and provisions Coming from the
Ukraine for the Soviet troops in Rumania, Bulgaria, and probably Hungary are
transshipped and classified at the Socola yard. The goods of Rumanian origin
for the USSR are also transshipped at Socola. The barracks which have been
erected for the troops are prefabricat d wooden buildings.
Numerous railroad convoys of Soviet equipment passed through Bacau. The
convoys came from, Iasi (the end point of Soviet-gauge railraod) with a destina-
tion of Focsani, Ploesti, etc. The convoys were composed of tanks and artillery
and moved only at night with covered cars. The source obtained the information
from some railroad workers.
Convoys of troops, heavy tanks, and artillery of various types and calibers
passed through Cernavoda in the direction of Medgidia. The source affirms
that such movements of men and equipment continued during October toward Bulgaria.
A military train passed a passenger train on which the source was riding
near the Barlad railroad station. The military train had 35 flatcars, 12 meters
long, on each of which a covered, medium tank was loaded. The source noted
the muzzle of a gun on a tank and thought it was about 75 millimeters. The
cannon bad a muzzle broke. In addition to the 35 flatcars with tanks,there
were also 15 closed freight cars. The train was headed toward Barlad.
This train stopped at a station about 20 kilometers from Tecuci (between
Tecuci and Barlad), where another train of exactly the same size and freight
had also stopped. The two trains were on a side track. Soviet guards with
PPSh automatic rifles patrolled the right of way beside the train. On each
flatcar, the silhouette of a guard with his automatic rifle in the "ready"
position was visible.
During the past half year, many rail convoys have arrived in Rumania,
especially in Ra.dauti, from the USSR. The convoys brought mainly rennona,
tanks, and other war materiel. The source heard that the destination of these
convoys was the Yugoslav border,
Rail convoys from the USSR with the destination the Rumanian -X-u;oslav
border, according to rumors, have passed through Iasi during February. The
following convoys were observed:
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46 short flatcars each with an antiaircraft gun, identified by the sources
as as O _millimeter, Model 33, Bofors guns. The military escort, under command
of a captain, rode in two boxcars at the end of the train.
30 long flatcars each with a Stalin-type tank, armed with a 75-millimeter
gun, The military escort was carried in two boxcars, one at each end of the
train.
26 long flatcars each with a tank. Some of the tanks were T-34 and some
were lighter.
30 short flatcars, each with a new ZIS truck. The small military escort
rode in a passenger car.
In March 1950, a restaurant for the exclusive use of Soviet soldiers and
their families was in operation on strada Gamuglia in. Galati.
paying 300 lei for the green feathers of ducks and 1,000 lei for goose own.
The Soviets respect neither season nur place in their hunting. They have
exterminated all the game in the royal park of Smoviste, which is about 10 kilo-
meters from Buftea on the highway to Stalin town. For Rumanians, there are
strict game laws, and violations are heavily fined. Each Rumanian hunter must
nhv a huntina tax and give part of his bag to the "General Hunting Association
of Rumania." one hare or 500 lei or two rsooii skins
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