THE RUMANIAN BROADCASTING DIRECTORATE

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 27, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18? U S C Secs 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law,
REPORT
SUBJECT The Rumanian Broadcasting Directcrats DATE DISTR.
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PLACE &
la The Rumanian Broadcasting Directorate (Dir-ecatia Radicdifuziuni) is located
at Noe 629 Popo-- Street, former General Berthelot) 9 Bucharest, next to
the old Bucharest radio station.
Wh n the Directorate was re~crgan:ized in. 1 955 only the editorial work was
left o it and it was p1ac d and r of Ministers 9 while the
technical work such as d:~.ne and ei . bra. asts9 radio contact with
abroad eto09 was taken over by the rad.c department of the Ministry of
Posts telegraph and telephones, wh;Lh also supervises amateur radio sta-
tions. About 29000 persons are ~mp:i ti'adl by Rumanian radio stations, while
Directorate in Bucharest, has ahout `-,.000 emplDy,eeso (For organization
f D.Lrrect,~o.rate, 5, : Par. l:i
3. The Head of the Directorate has th. of President (similar in rank
to a Ydnister) and the three deputy d:sr t r_ are designated Vice-Presi-
dents, The senior deputy dire :t 3r is In. charge of the musical, technical
and sUpervisi,~,n. D, partnrnt
4. The new building of the Tiir~:ct ra e and o:of' the Bucharest radio station
consists of the following thr e ; wr ng
a o 4 six-story budding, pa -a ., 1 to Pccp:~,v Street, connected with the
old radio station and on thz7 l'attterls western side and covering an
area of approxima ely 12 by 30 meter-.-. (The building of the old
radio station is only igh) o
b. Parallel with Timiseana Street, identical in height and size to the
abomentioned . w .g
c o Connect s the two above =men . Lc,ned w: gs o The nine-story structure
covers an area of approx:imat _ly 1 . meters by 50 mt-ters
NOR NEW= M
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The cellar extends beneath the entire b-aildingy serves for storage and contains
a power and transformer station.
5. Radio broadcasting stations in Rumania are located in Bucharest, Cluj, Craiova,
Timisoara and Bod (near Orasul Stalin), The Iasi broadcasting Station was to
be put into operation in 1959. (No details available on further stations).
6. The section in charge of the Bucharest Radio Station is on the 8th floor of
the Broadcasting Directorate building. Entrance to the above mentioned~sbotion
is for the section's personnel and persons having special. permits. The
section is also in charge of the radio relay station in Tincabesti (on the
Bucharest-Ploesti road) and several stations located in the mountains, which
serve as relay or emergency stations. The mountain stations are connected
with their headquarters in Bucharest by radio only, and workers of the
Broadcasting Directorate who wish to talk to those at the mountain stations
can via the telephone exchange of the Building, which is connected with the
radio network on the 8th floor. Supplies of solid and liquid fuel, clothes
and food are carried to the mountain stations twice a year by peasants of the
area on their backs, because of the lack of roads
7. Most sections of the department of foreign language broadcasts, are headed by
political defectors from Western countries (except for the Russian program
section).
8. Until 1952 a Soviet supervisor was permanently stationed at the offices of the
Directorate, but since then no Soviet supervision has been exercised over
Rumanian broadcasts.
9. The Russians send daily by air a tape recorded in Moscow in Rumanian to the
Bucharest broadcast station. The Rumanians also send daily by air a recorded
tape in Russian to the USSR, containing news summaries from Rumania. Similar
exchanges are carried out with other countries of the Eastern Bloc.
10. Some of the personalities at the Broadcasting Directorate are as follows
a. Sara Alterescu was the deputy director of the Broadcasting Directorate 50X1-HUM
from 1949 to 1952
Melitfl P,nostol was head of the Directorate from 1954 to 1958
c. Barbu, fnu, is the Secretary of the Party cell at the Directorate.
Professor Naftali David, is head of the literary section and processor
at the Faculty of Literature at Bucharest University.
e. Doctor C. Dimitriu was the deputy director in charge of literary and
theatrical programs from 1951 to 19530
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f. Harry Dona was the deputy director in charge of the technical., supervision.,
and musical departments from 1952 to 195
g. Hincu, fnu, has been the director of the personnel department since 1957.
Iacob, fnu, has been the director of the Special Bureau since 1957.
i. Teodor Marinescu has been the deputy director in charge of foreign programs
since 1957.
j. Mira, fnu, (female) is head of the supervision department: previously hP,' uiinn
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1. Ion Pas has been the head of the Directorate since 1 58 but is only a 50X1-HUM
figurehead.
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m. Pietraru, fnu, is head of the Hungarian program section which is under the
department for home programs.
n. Ion Racoveanu has been the head of the technical department since 1957. He
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C. Ratiu is the director of the Cluj broadcasting station.
Mihail Rosianu was head of the Directorate from 1952 to 1951.
Reich, fnu, was the head of the technical department from 1949 to 195
Matei Socor was the head of the Directorate from 1919 to 195
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s. Vasile Teodoreanu (former name: Tunu Witner) has been the director of
the Secretariats since 1949.
t. Ovidiu Varga has been the head of the musical department since 1949.
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Oroand floor:
1.
Main entrance (for directors and masts).
2.
Entrance throw the old radio staon.
3.
Entrances for per soneersl.
4.
Entrance for censorship persoansl.
S.
Restrooms
6.
Elevator and staircase for persoan el.
T.
Elevator and staircase for VIPs
S.
Main elevator and staircase.
9.
Recording s*tiie (beneath it . tbo m Wary)
10.
Three recordist studios fin the old premises).
11.
Hall.
U.
Orchestra hail.
13.
Theatre ball , (tor recordist of plays).
14.
New auditorium {neder construction).
14.
Vices of the theatrical section.
16.
Popov Street.
17.
Timiseana Street.
i st floor
S. Restrooms.
6. Elevator and staircase for personnel.
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