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• Publication Date: July 10, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
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10 July 1957
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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submarines which was ~omnl,Ata~ awns w i" , nc4
ruc on on a nuclear research and development
station "e
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There was no stamp to indicate that letters had been opened
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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--
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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.
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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
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o announced that the armed forces and the
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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.
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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.
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