LIVING CONDITIONS IN SIBIU RUMANIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005800150003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 19, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Living Conditions in
Sibiu, Rumania
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DATE DISTR. 19 January 1955
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NO. OF PAGES 2
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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Living Conditions
1. The question of obtaining enough food is of paramount importance to all the
population of Sibiu. Bread, meat, lard, sugar and rice are still rationed
and must be supplemented by purchases on the black market. Although there
is still a large anti-communist sentiment among the people there are no
outward signs of this. Because of the material advantages which it offers,
many people have attempted to join the Communist Party but few are accepted.
There is a long waiting period while an investigation is made of the
backgrounds of applicants and then, as a rule, they are turned down. There
is little or no difference in the treatment of the lhnmanian population. and
the Volksdeutache. All young men of draft-age are called for military
service under the same conditions.
Woodworking Plant at Sibiu
2. The average wage of the workers in this factory is about 300 lei per month
although, by producing over and above the norm, the monthly pay may reach
the am of 1,000 or 1,200 lei. One young girl was able to make 1,200 lei
per month and at the. same time was named NStakhanovist5 by the following
manner: Assigned to paint furniture with-a spray pistol, it was customary
to give each piece of furniture three coats of paint so that the color would
be the desired shade. The young girl added extra pigment to her paint and
was thus able to paint the furniture only once. Six months after having
delivered a number of desks to the local Iycee, the Director of the Lycee
complained that all the desks had warped and that the paint was cracking
off. It was evident that tie wood had not been properly seasoned. The
director of the factory said that was not important but to submit an, order
for new desks as the factory was not busy at the moment and he was not
permitted to discharge the workers.
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The factory also produced discuses which were destined for various sports
clubs in Rumania. These, too, were made of green wood and when they dried
the director discovered that they were much lighter than the required
weight. To remedy this the director had the discuses soaked in water and
stored in a damp place until delivered.
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