PAY, LEAVE, BONUSES, LIVING ALLOWANCES, RATIONS AND HOUSING OF AIR FORCE PERSONNEL

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• Publication Date: April 16, 1953
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
Ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form Is prohibited.
COUNTRY Rumania REPORT NO.
SUBJECT Pay,, Leave, Bonuses, Living Allowances,, DATE DISTR. 16 April 1.953
Rations and Housing of Air Force
Personnel 25X1 C NO. OF PAGES 3
DATE OF INFO. REQUIREMENT NO. RD
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PLACE ACQUIRED REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
Pay
An officer received the pay equivalent to the rank of his position called
for in the T0&E of the organization. In the ve'ri isolated cases where the
o.f 'iccert ?, actual work was higher than his position called for, he received pay
25X1X corresponding to his permanent rank. For example, _ a first lieutenant 25X1X
(locotenent major) _performed the work of a lieutenant colonel and received
a lieutendta:t 6olonells pay; ieee9 21.,,150 lei,
Leave Po1ie
2, Since December 1951, the CFAM Headquarters (Rumanian Air Force Command) has en-
forced the ruling that all Air Force personnel be given leave only during the months
of January., February, and March and that only two-thirds of the personnel may be
away from the base at one time. Only medical leave or emergency leave was
granted arty, other time of year.
Medical leave and any time taken beyond a 1i.8--hour weekend pass were subtracted
from the yearly leave allowance. This obtained for both officers and NCO e s.
The leave time was computed as follows; Officers with over la: years f service -
30 days/annura; officers with less than 10 years t service - 20 days/annum; officers
with less than two years'service - none. Leave allotment for regular INCOfs
(Subofiteri) was computed the same as for officers. Soldiers (three-year conscripts)
had no official annual leave allowance. They were granted leave, but only as a
reward for exceptional duty. A so-called shock worker or politically alert soldier
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ml,ght re, lVp f' , yri ,,o Li 40 d g leave, per yeax.m In ad.ft ta,o t 3.8ave,
a soldier was rewarded with money prizes up to 5,000 lei
and/or material gifts, such as billfolds, cigarette cases
and fountain pens. I recall that the 6th Bomber Regiment
at Brasov had 240,000 lei (pre-January 1952 money) in.its
prize fund. Prior to 1951, it was Air Force practice to
release the three-year conscripts during the summer so that
they; could join their families and help with the harvest.
Supplementary Allowances for terformance of .Du.t
4, In addition., officers also were eligible for money and material
gift prizes as a 'r?eward for outstanding performance. I wish to
emphasize, however, that outstanding performance meant excell-
ing in the political field and that the actual professional duties
of the individual were hardly considered unless they directly
reflected credit on the Party.
Bonuses for.Heroism
5,. As of March 1952 there was no provision for rewarding heroism in
the military line. However, the title and medal of 'Hero of
Labor" (Heroic Muncii) have been awarded to military personnel,
although, as the name implies, they were mainly used in civilian
life to reward workers, Lt, Maj. (fnu) DUCA, Chief of Staff of
the 6th Bomber Regiment, had received the "Heroic Muncii, Clasa
II" medal for a distinction. (I cannot specify what it was.)
DUCA was very active in the Union of the Working Youth (Uniunea
Tineretului Muncitoresc --u UTM). The medal had three levels of
distinction, namely-. "Heroic Muncii" Clasa I. Clasa II'or Clasa
III.
Living Allowances
6. Living allowances, properly so-called, did not exist in the
Rumanian Air Force. Officers and regular NCO's ~NC.O's actually
reenlisted every three years) received a yearly firewood allow-
ance", which served as a small additional income in the follow-
ing manner-.
a. Bachelor officers and NCO's received free 1,000 kgs.
of firewood and had the privilege of purchasing, ration
free and at market price, an additional 1;000 kgs,
firewood, The market price in 1951 was 1,740 lei per.
1,,0OO kgs. If they had no use for firewood, they re`(
ceived the equivalent in money.
Married officers and NCO's also received 1,000 kgs.
of firewood free and could purchase.. ration free, an-
other 2,000 kgs. at market price,
c. During the winter there was a continual and extreme
shortage of fuel. Civilians had an annual ration of
3,000 kgs. of firewood. In Brasov (Orasul Stalin)
I always saw long.queues at the lumber depots, even
though 60% of the homes in Brasov used natural methane
gas. The military were given fuel from military stocks,
which were ample, and not from the civilian depots.
Ration Norms
7, Military personnel received no civilian ration cards for food,
clothing or fuel. Food was free and mess facilities were avail-
able at the installation. Although boasting a diet of 4,500
calories a day for its flight personnel, the Air Force, which
is the best-fed branch of the services, served very poor food.
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The diet consisted mostly of bread, beans, cabbage and very
little meat, the sum of 4,500 calories being arrived at by
offering large quantities of the above-mentioned foods. Ac-
tually offering, large
rate and abdominal disease rate in the Rumanian
Air'Force was high. Married, personnel who chose to eat their
evening meal at home received a weekly food allotment from the
military food stores.
Clothing was issued by roster at the clothing store where mill
tary -
personnel presented a coupon book which, served more as a
double check for the clothing store bookkeeping than as a ration
book.
Dependents of military personnel were in no way favored as far.
as rationed goods or ration card classification were concerned.
If the wife of a member of the armed forces was not employed or
was not issued a ration card by her employer, the military unit
issued her a Class "C" ration card, which covered the category
of office work or light work. Children obtained a Class "D"
ration card through the military unit.
Dependent Housing
.10. Married military personnel obtained housing through the military
garrison's housing office which was given certain allocations
by the township of Brasov. Housing was very critical for both
civilians and the military; however, next to Party leaders, the
military had the highest priority. Adequate housing for a couple
was an unfurnished single room, sharing bath and kitchen facili-
ties. Two rooms were considered adequate for a wife and to
children. State employees and the military paid 15% of the.rent
established by the Rent Control Office, utilities not included.
Rent was 500 to 1,000 lei (pre-January 1952 money) for a single
room, depending on the location.
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