REDUCTION IN MILITIA PERSONNEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005100160010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 26, 2007
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: October 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2007/08/05: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005100160010-0
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY--,-
INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.B.C. Seca. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an. unauthorised person is prohibited
by law.
SECRET/U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
SUBJECT Reduction in Militia Personnel
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 8 October 1954
NO. OF PAGES 1 25X1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
25X1
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
A reduction in the cadre and ranks of the People's Militia was decreed by
the Rumanian Government in line with the present econoiv drive. The re-
duction is reported to amount to 50 percent.
2. In Bucharest the Militia was reduced from 20,000 to 12,000 members. The
discharged men were sent to their places of origin in the provinces where
they are free to enter any profession or trade they prefer.
3. Similar reductions in the Militia are taking place in all the larger cities
in Rumania.
SECRET/U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
(NOTE: Washington distribution indicated by "X"; Field distribution by "#".)
Approved For Release 2007/08/05: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005100160010-0