DESCRIPTION OF TRAVEL IN A RUMANIAN FRONTIER ZONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005800660016-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: January 27, 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 mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws. Title 18, U.S.C. Sea. 783
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited
by law.
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SUBJECT Description of Travel in a
Rumanian Frontier Zone
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 27 January 1955
NO. OF PAGES 3
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN MIS NOWT All 0111FINITIVE.
TNI APPRAISAL OP CONTENT 18 TENTATIVE.
(POE. KEY no REVERE.)
1, In order to be permitted to leave Bucharest and travel to one of the frontier
sones, a R snar.an oitisen must obtain a travel permit from his Raion Militia
Ccsmnander. The form requesting approval for travel to border areas contain
the following information:
a. Comrade Commander:
The undersigned living at _ employed at
____
which is located'aa- , requests approval for travel to
in Regiun? or a following reasons:
1. Personal: (Death in the family, other important family matters, trial).
2. In the interests of the office.
La lupta pentru pace!
(Let Us Fight For Peace)
(signature)
Addressed to: Raion Militia Carmander
Raion
b, The application is made according to a typewritten formula, posted in each
Militia Raion Office. The application is made on plain white paper and is
not stamped. Two photographs must accompany the application. There is
usually a lapse of 15 to 20 days while awaiting the results of the corres-
pondence between the Bucharest militia office and the provincial office.
If approval is granted, a stamp is affixed to the "population bulletin"
(buletinul). Upon reaching his destination, the traveler must go to the
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militia office to have his booklet stamped again. In case the travel
is of ar official nature, a duplicate form must be made and both the
original and duplicate are signed by the respective official.
2. In traveling to Turnu Severin, the train route usually passes through Pitesti.
The railroad station is located on the right, as the train enters the station.
Many persons board the train in Pitesti. The next principal stop is
Piatra-Olt. The train route passes through Slatina, a small station on the
right, and then arrives in Craiova, a principal city in the regiune. Railroad
personnel and a militia post may be seen in the Craiova station, As a rule
there are no identification proceedings and travelers may board or leave the
train without difficulty. Travelers may leave freely through the main gate of
the station by showing only their railroad ticket stubbs. The next stop on
the route is Filias, which is a town of no particular significance. The next
stop is Strehaia, which is the place where the train check usually starts,
especially for those who hold tickets for Balota, Simian, Turnu Severin,
Orsova, and Baia Herculane. The officials. conducting the inspection require
that the'"population booklet" (bu]s tinul de populatie) and the train ticket
be shown... Persons traveling to one of the border zones are required to show
their travel permit as well. All military personnel, whether officers or
enlisted men, pass inspection easily without being requested to identify
themselves. All train checks are made by uniformed militia men, accompanied
by the regular train personnel,
3. All raion centers in Bucharest have a rectangular glass plate outside the
door which is lighted at night and which bens the following in black letters:
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Militia Raion
There is a militia man posted outside the entrance to the militia raion
headquarters. He asks all visitors the nature of their call. Visitors who
are there to receive a permit or to go to the "oontrolul strainilor"
(visitors' control office), are immediately allowed to pass. A list of the
militia raions in Bucharest is as follower
a. Stalin Raionr Located on former Strada ('toga Cantacuzino, now known as
Alexandru. a a, in the vicinity of the People's Council headquarters
for the 1 Mai Raion.
b. Oheorghe Gheorshiu-Dej Raionr Located behind the Ci snigiu Lake on Strada
bur boy o , near a uigi Cassavillan.
c. Grivita Rosie Raion: Located on Bulevardul Bucurestii Noi, the second
stop arter the onstanta bridge, when taking the No. 6 streetcar. It
is near the Daoia Cotton Spinning Mills.
d. L
ANEFO enin Ralonr Located behind the Republicii stadium, formerly known as
on the other side of the former Military School for Infantry
Officers,
e. Tudor Vladimiresou Raion: Located on Strada Sf, Ionica, near the
a qua'e, and a first block after Strada Calarasi,
f. 23 Au et Raion: Located on Strada Agrioultori. To reach, take street-
car No, an get off directly in front of the building*
g. 1 Mai Raion, To reach, take streetcar No, 16 from the former Arc movie
ea el", now called gala Patria, and goo towards the Obor market. The
building is on the left.
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h. N Balcesou Raionr Located on Strada Servan Voda, near the Natiunii
Square. a aeetcar No. 12 f'roa the Regis, building or the North
Station and streetcar No. 21 from the Natiunii Square.
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