TRACTORS IN RUMANIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001900130009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2010
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 31, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/02/01: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA001900130009-8
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.
SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
SUBJECT Tractors in Rumania
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 31 July 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. It is estimated that at the present time Rumania possesses 16,000 to 20,000
tractors broken down into the following categories:
2,000 to 2,500 new tractors constructed at Sovromtractor works
29000 to 2,500 old Soviet tractors sold to Rumania after repairs
129000 to 15,000 tractors left over from the pre-war tractor pool
It is hoped that by the end of the First Five-Year Plan the total number of
serviceable tractors will reach 259000.
2. Only one-third of the existing number of tractors in the whole country are at
work. This situation is the result of the large number which are worn out
through excessive use and having been worked after more than the stipulated
300 working hours after repair and before the next overhaul; lack of spare
parts and indifferent repair work; and lack of trained drivers. In the village
workshops for instance repairs are normally carried out by hopelessly unqualified
mechanics,
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