MILITARY ORAGNIZATION OF RUMANIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005800250008-6
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 21, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the meaa-
Ing of the 14plcnage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 7f0
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which In
any manner to an unauthorised person Is prohibited
by law.
SECRET/U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Military Organization of Rumania
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 21 January 1955
NO. OF PAGES 2 25X1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The Rumanian Army., which is under the Ministry of Armed Forces of Rumania,
has been under the command of General Bail Bodnaras since 28 December 1947.
Before the Paris Peace Treaty of February 1947, Rumania's police, frontier
guard, and fire brigades were grouped with the land army, and totaled 25X1
138,000 officers and men. An additional number of-12,000 men belonging to
the Corps of Public Guards (Corpul Gardienilor Publici), brought the total
number of men in the land army to 150,000.
2. After the Peace Treaty was signed, in order to circumvent its provisions
regarding the size of the Rumanian armed forces, the police, frontier guard,
and fire brigades were separated from the Ministry of Armed Forces, and
placed under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The *MAI Troops Command"
was set up in October 1947 under the coE nand of General Victor Draganeacu.
Special units were later formed, such as the Guards of Intervention and the
MAI Air Units, which largely augmented the strength of the armed forces
without any infringement of the Peace Treaty provisions.
3. In the spring of 1948, the communist regime began steadily to increase the
military strength of Rumania by creating new units and supplying them with
modern war equipment. By the end of 1953, the armed forces of Rumania had
approximately the following strength:
a.
Land Forces, Navy, and Air Corps (all under the
Ministry of Armed Forces
2110,000 men
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Frontier Guard (under MAI)
55,000 men
c.
Security Troops (formerly the Guards of Intervention,
belonging to MAI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60,000 men
d.
Directorate of Fire Brigades (under MAI) . . . . . . ... .
10,000 men
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4.
e. Militia (under MAI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,000 men
f. DM (under the Ministry of Constructions and
Construction Materials) ? . ? . ? . 100,000 men
Total 505,000 on
The following paramilitary units do not belong to the Ministry of Internal
Affairs nor to the Ministry of Armed Forces, but are incorporated neverthe-
less in the operational scheme of the Soviet High Command:
a. The Guard Corps (Corpul de Paza), which are units of
workers trained to fight the guerrillas . . ? . . ? . . ? 40,000 men
b. The Forest Corps (Corpul Padurarilor), belonging to
the Ministry of Agriculture and Silviculture . . . . . . 3,000 men
c. General Directorate of People's Security (Directiunea
Generala a Securitatii Poporului) is the former General
State Security, belonging to the Ministry of Internal
Affairs. It is impossible to estimate the strength of
this organization, because aside from its office personnel,
it has countless numbers of paid and armed agents all over
the country.
d. WA (Gets pentru Munca si Apararea Patriei, Ready for Work
and Defense of the Country). This is not an established
organization but a "Sports Complex", through which all the
young people of Rumania must pass, regardless of sex or
occupation. The number of youths who have gone through
the 01A c etitions (sport exercises necessary in military
instruction) mubered 1,250,000 at the end of 1953.
5. By the end of 1953, the communist regime had at its disposal approximately
548,000 Rumanian, excluding the General Directorate of People's Security
and the W., who were well instructed in the art of warfare and who were
supplied, to a large extent, with modern fighting equSnment. Therefore,
the strength of the armed forces of Rumania was 1100,000 over and above the
limits set by the provisions of the Paris Peace Treaty. Although only
about half of this umber belonged to the Ministry of Armed Forces, the
100,000 men belonging to the DaSM are exposed to full military training.
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