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July 10, 1957
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/24: CIA-RDP80T00246A035600500001-1 This material -contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title R, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. S-E-C-R-E-T INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY NO. PAGES REQUIREMENT NO. DATE OF INFO. PLACE & DATE ACQ. 10 July 1957 STATE ][ ARMY x PROCESSING COPY NAVY # 7C AIR (Note: Washington distribution indicated by "X"; Field distribution by "#".) INFORMATION REPORT INFORMA.TION REPORT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/24: CIA-RDP80T00246A035600500001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/24: CIA-RDP80T00246A035600500001-1 S-E-C-R-E-T I. COUNTRY: Rumania Date Distr: 20 Jww F-- I SUBJECT No. Pages: 7 DATE OF 1. ? au une uzau Airfield a great 25X1 number of Soviet jet aircraft,bov'on on the air of own n 25X1 these pianos were a new type that 25X1 S-E-C-R-E-T Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/24: CIA-RDP80T00246A035600500001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/24: CIA-RDP80T00246A035600500001-1 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. S-E-C-R-E-T -2- large number of Soviet military trains in and near the train station and Soviet personnel on the streets. the Municipal Committee had to procure quarters for 20,000 additional soviet troops who were ere-were to be 200,000 additional Soviet troo a stationed in the Braila, Buzau- Foosani (N 45-42, E great many Soviet troop trains and r1a rsarsa loaded with S-60 tanks, artillery weapons, and vehicles. similar trains between T-ae,21 Ra N 4 -1 (191 2 - 2 and Braila. in a wooded area on the south-southwest side of Braila an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 Soviet military personnel and an unknown number of 5-60 tanks and artillery weapons. Many of these personnel were of Mechanized Infantry units. These military personnel appeared to be seasoned troops. the S-60 tank was 7.05 meters long, meters wide, and weighed 60 tons. From personal observation, the tank had shielded tracks and the muzzle opening was approximately 12 to 14 centimeters in diameter. No further information was available, S-E-C-R-E-T Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/24: CIA-RDP80T00246A035600500001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/24: CIA-RDP80T00246AO35600500001-1 S-E-C-R-E-T -3- 11. 12. very heavy as the Soviet personnel were usin heavy cranes for the unloading. the boxes containing were covered with canvas it was very unusual for Soviet military personnel to unload trains as this was a job usually delegated to Rumanian civilian laborers. 0 this unidentified equipment was stored on the group about 10 kilometers from the Soviet airfield near Timisoara (N 45-47, E 21-13) equ pmen which was in very long boxes and appeared to be 19. Soviet radar station on Gurga Hill near a own o reaza 47-21, E 24-04) it,_h5d a_parabolic.antenna. another radar station on t e ostila mountain range near Busteni (N 45-2L;E 25-32 believed to be, the headquarters of the Breaza station. II: ' LIHHlian 1. 2. for the State, so-called "voluntary" labor, but in reality, it was forced (corvee). Villagers were obliged to donate four weeks per year. Those who had horse carts or trucks had to lend the vehicles to the State for ten days annually. However, in most cases the State did not return them to the owners within this period but kept them for an indefinite time and when they were finally returned, they were in a state of such disrepair that they could no longer be used. In this manner Socialist polio eliminated private ownership of vehicles, the Ministry of Defense planned to disband labor units in September 1957. A registration of technicians, doctors, engineers, and other technical personnel was held at the beginning of 1956 and again at the end of the year in connection with a population census. In both oases special gray cards were filled out for technical and professional personnel. In government enterprises and institutions, this double registration was taken care of by the personnel or cadre's offices. Radio amateurs had to be registered and had to validate their registration at the end of each month. People in rural districts had to do a certain amount of labor mostly of the old bourgeoisie who had been arrested previously because?of their social status. There were no new restrictions on travel. On the contrary, travel was freer of restrictions than it had been formerly. There had been no increase in document checks. n a su en increase in arrests by the Security Forces during April and May 1957 there had S-E-C-R-E-T n December 195b and January-19-5T Soviet military personnel unloading unidentified Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/24: CIA-RDP80T00246AO35600500001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/24: CIA-RDP80T00246A035600500001-1 S-E-C-R-E-T -4- 3. There were no shortages of essential goods, generally speaking, but in May 1957 it became increasingly difficult to find foodstuffs in Bucharest, especially bread and meat, because of stockpiling in preparation for the World Youth Congress to be held in Moscow in duly 1957 and also, because of the increase of Soviet troops, as described in Section I, 4 above. Flour, bread, butter, and meat were more easily obtainable in larger cities, such as Bucharest, Iasi, Brasov, and Timisoara, than in rural areas. Occasionally, it was difficult to get bread and people were then asked to show their identity papers in order to obtain it. Such shortages were caused by the fact that persons in rural communities in the vicinity of large cities stormed city stores for bread which was cheaper there than in their own communities. Some peasants used to buy It by the sack and feed it to their live stock because it was cheaper than fodder. There were no shortages of drugs, clothing, sewing machines, radios, watches, etc., except that they were prohibitive in price although prices had been reduced on such items. There were more goods recently than there had been six months previously because people could not afford to buy them. There was no rationing. Prices of food and commodities had doubled compared to 1952 but wagested not increased proportionately. There had been an increase in the number of privately owned automobiles in the past six months. 4. In October 1956 the Designing Office for Chemical In Utsturv- v o ers from th Mi , e nistry for Civilian Construction to stop all work on civilian construction projects which were less than 60 percent completed with the exception of certain special ects considered essential, such as bridges, the reason for this order was lack of funds organization received a cu in the fund s 25X1 allotted for civilian construction. Also, the State plan which was published in April 1957 after it had been sub- mitted for approval to the USSR, did not provide any budget for many construction projects and only 30 percent of the planned investment for 1957 construction projects was grahted. For example, 42,000,000 lei were required for the construction of an industrial complex in Braila but only 8,000,000 lei were allotted. Most of the funds were allotted to heavy metallurgical industries and no money was provided for the production of fertilizer although there had been much discussion about this at the Party Congress in The one pro g submarines which was ~omnl,Ata~ awns w i" , nc4 ruc on on a nuclear research and development station "e ' - ar There was no stamp to indicate that letters had been opened but i t was obvious f ___ - ? - rom the S-E-C-R-E-T was the Man alia Base for n arc 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/24: CIA-RDP80T00246A035600500001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/24: CIA-RDP80T00246A035600500001-1 S-E-C-R-E-T -5- 6. 27-3 ) one whole floor of the building was occup a by a moon -itoring office whose employees were all women trained by the Security Forces to listen to telephone conversations. there were three degrees of telephone control. In one category, telephone conversations of the entire population were checked once a month. If, during such checks, a person's conversation aroused any suspicion, that person was moved to the second category and his conversation was then checked once per week. If the suspicion persisted, the individual was transferred to the first category of control in which all of his telephone conversations were recorded on a magnetophonic tape. This office was called the listening service (serviciul de ascultare). in a central telephone exchange in ctoria (N-4V--4-Q-- - 9 With With regard to telephone censorship No increase in censorship was observed. a very large one in the center of Bucharest which was completed in March or April 1956 under orders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and which was connected by an under- ground passage with a residential section called Parcul Jiano where all the important Conimuni at i aAAAra "&,4 A aA no air raid shelters built recently except p to the beginning of 1957 only doctors and military personnel had atomic defense practice but in late 1956 the civil defense organization, ALA, required that all persons attend ten sessions on practical and theoretical instruction in atomic defense. These classes were held twice a week and handled through the civilian places of employment. Employees were given time off in the afternoons to attend. Theoretical classes lasted two to three hours, and practical field instruction, four hours. People ridiculed the practical exercises because the instructors told them to imagine that there was a bucket red water which was contaminated. Some propaganda woo icnea into the lectures in which it was pointed out what Americans might do. There were no practice alerts but the alert machine was checked once a year. Immunization against typhoid-fever was obligatory and free of charge for all citizens and anti-tuberculosis vaccine was compulsory for all children. These agents were recruited from among former political prisoners, those who were sentenced to prison, and those who had already served prison sentences. 8. There were no restrictions on weather broadcasts. On the contrary, the number of broadcasts had increased. S-E-C-R-E-T 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/24: CIA-RDP80T00246A035600500001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/24: CIA-RDP80T00246AO35600500001-1 S-E-C-R-E-T -6- 9. 10. Moldova (N 46-00, E 27-00) had been foreeably returnp-.d to Yugoslavian border area in 1951 and resettled in e civilian population who had been moved from the s reverted to the Stalinist ideology after a short vacillation under the pressure of the Soviet denunciation of Stalin for which the Soviets themselves are now sorry, according to rumors in Bucharest. In the last part of March or early April 1956 a delegation of Soviet government officials came to Bucharest for four days to talk to officials of the Rumanian anvrawnmm?i, in e Baita -50, E 24-321 area were moved to yario us locations in the country in fall 1954. the reason for this move was that urani been discovered in that area. uranium had been discovered in la a or early 1957 near Oravita (N 45-02, E 2l-42) in all probability, the people there had also een move . since the beginning of 1957 a great i ens rica ono commercial relations with foreign countries and establishing of trade agencies had been in progress. There was a great need for qualified personnel to fill positions in foreign countries Rumania ha s or y afterwards,, the newspapers o announced that the armed forces and the Security Forces warn 4:n he -A-1 -A F_ I 25X1 25X1 approximately 20,000 of them had been rpiAmaaA a een recalled into the Securitate.?f these persons 11. In spring 1956 there was a large evacuation of Soviet dependents, that is, dependents of Soviet counselors and technical advisers (civilian personnel). Four large apartment blocks on Brezoianu Street were vacated by the dependents of Soviet civilian personnel and given back to the Rumanians. 12. 13. 14. 15. 'There had been a decrease in propaganda inciting hatred of foreigners and Americans, in particular. All pro- paganda has been directed toward developing better relations with all countries. S-E-C-R-E-T all persons who had lived Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/24: CIA-RDP80T00246AO35600500001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/24: CIA-RDP80T00246AO35600500001-1 Iq Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/24: CIA-RDP80T00246AO35600500001-1