MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY INFORMATION

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• Publication Date: February 13, 1961
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material ooatatna Information sQecting Lhe National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Fspionsge isws, Title
1>!, U.8.O. Sea. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which Sn sny manner to an unauthorized person ie prohibited by law.
COUNTRY Rxima~.a
DATE OF
INFO.
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DATE ACQ.
I~.scellaneous Military Information
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TNIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE ONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
taming information on the o1low~ng:
Antiaircraft Regiment in Bucharest.
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b. Training of SiEna1 Corns Technical Officers in the Academic
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c. Reserve Radio Officers Course at Buzau. This re ort includes a 50X1-HUM
sketch of the training camp.
d. Construction of Antiatomic Shelters in Bucharest. This report is
a detailed acc~~t of the materials used in the construction of
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COUNTRY l~lamania
SUBJECT Miscellaneous Military Information
DATE OF
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DATE ACQ.
STATE ARMY ~ NAVV X AIR
airlsrlg ].11 orma ion on e o o~nng:
b. CTraining of Signal Corps Technical Officers in the Academic
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c.~ Reserve Radio Officers Course at Buzau. This report includes a
sketch of the training camp,
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Su~iJgOT ~ Construction of ~tiatowlo 5lrltsra
its BoQhareat
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1. .Ln 19+5{~~ ~o atltlatoniic Narfarc: s'~elter~, were ;.wilt in Bu^hr~rest
.nta~ ttN at~jlervision of the :special Construction I.~epartment of the
~ a+s~al Staff. These ah~slters were apparent~.s ^o~npletel,?,~
irdantiaa7. cad mere tuilt exactly accorciin~ to the Mans.
Tt~s ylatis were :soviet, written iri Rueeiat., an ? senio7r
3vviot of=1oor~ vfsited the sites dai7.y to oversee t ~t ~Yur~c.
j 2. Ths alwltora ~nra designed for t"~e use :,? i:n >ort~it, .'ar+-r ~~~~~~'icial.a
~ and their tawiliea, They werE rr-i erred. va ;:,:; ''atAt;iateraic .> elters",
bttt tbia t~ did not appear vi."icia7.1. - :.~n am of tr~r ,Mans.
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3. Moth shelters were built near.:lakes. One was ou t3orki Street Haar
Lake ierastrau, about 300 :asters past the forever United States
xaal,assy building, but on the other aide of the street.
The other shelter vsts on vantrs Street near La4ce ~'l.oraasca, at a
street corner about 200 to 3t~} teeters northwest of the F'loreasca
tiymnasiunt.
!~. Details of the shelters' construction were as folloxss
a. t'hs main chas~bsr was 6xyx2.70 (height) meters iii size. Ttw
height of the floor Was identical with that of the water-level
of the latce.
b. The walls were 120c~n. thick and were cast in one piece. The
reinforcements consisted of txo parallel vertical frames in
which the rods were spaced at 20-cra. intervals. The xaain rods
were 1~.-ana. in diaFnater and the others 8 and 1G:mn. in diameter.
c. The concrete vas su~aplied by fGU~ mixers, each with a capacity
of one cubic meter, which vorkec~ without interruption. A
mini~utn of water and only washed quarry-gravel, with particles
of from 7-l~Euas;x., were used. ~'he cast concrete vas tamped with
v?rtie,-l.-type vibrators and was able to withstand a pressure
of veer 4.50 xilogra+n8 per square centi~aetsr. This aggregate
xas used throughout 1n all the concrete coa~panents?
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d. AtI ad4ltional Mall w8~ built within the thick outer walls
described above. This illner wall was 40ca. thick and was
reinforced similarly to the outer wall, from which it was
separated by a a0-cm- layer of so.r-e unknown i.nsulatin$ material.
e. the intler ceiling was d0 cm. thick and also contained tw
parallel frames of reintarcessenta. ~'he rods xere spaced at
2U-cra interval.a; the da-Aeters of tie anain otee ire 20 and 22~Y~ra.
and o.f the others 10rn~a.
f. The inner ceilins xae covered by a 60-cm layer of fines ioell-
taMped sand, and this in turn was covered by another concrete
ceiling, identical to the first except that its reinforeemESnt
contained rods of up to 30mrn. in diameter.
~. the second ceilin8 was also covered bit a 60-cm layer of sand,
and over this vas the outer ce~ilillgr exactly identical with
the itlnsr one. This was covered with an earth fill., hardy
Olle;meter deep, on which grass and tress had begin planted.
h. r.~ch ctiaaber could be reached through four entrances connected
to long tuuaela. Three of the tunnels ente~'ed the shelters at
y0 dogrees, chile the fourth was set off tale right angle. The
tutuisls were x ~seters high; 1.~ in~te2'e xida and' had walls and
ceilings of SO-em thick reinldreed concrete. They;:-wsre
hundreds of meters long ar~d began in the vestibules of vtrivus
Party leaders' houses in the rl.orsasca Ctuarter.
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i. Z'he entrances xere equipped with hydraulically-operated, rein-
forced sliding doors aparoximately 80c~n, thick. They were controlled
by push-buttons installed both within and outside the entrances.
~. racalators xith push-button controls were to have been installed in
the tuiu~ela.
k. The shelters were to be eyuiyped xith cOmplste sanitary Facilities,
aexa$s, airconditioning, an electric generstor, a xell to ensure
a supply of drinking xater, and closets which were to be stocked
xith food. Thep rere to be lavishly furnished and decorated with
thick, rubber carpeting and beautiful xall coverings.
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5. Attached are cross-sectional sketches of the antiatoreic shelters
in ~uchareat, with legends as follows:
F ~~,As Vertical Cross-Sectional Sketcyh of the Wall and Ceiling.
a. ir'ill, approximately one rester deep.
o. Outer ceiling, d?cm. thick.
c. Layer of sand, fi0cre. thick.
d. i~iiddle ceiling, ~tOcrA. thick.
e. Layer of sand, 60cro. thick.
f. Inner ceiling ti0cm. thick.
~?. Inner wall, 4t~cm. thick.
h. Insulating material, 2flcra. thick.
i. Outer wall, 120cn-. thick.
p'igure bi Horisontal Cross-Sectional Skstch of the Shelter.
K. Insulating ~eateriaZ.
1. ~7uter wall.
grows mark the entrances to the shelter.
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a Training at 8igrra~. Corps Teahaf.aal 4tYYeers in the
AaaQemia Blta
1. During the armmDer of igg6, the stvd~enta rho had finished the eecaad
year at the l~ult~ of Ele~ttries.2 Er~eering in 8u+~arest vere aa3led
up for s mr~nth * a course for a3.gua1. ac~rpa teeatusi.ciema xithin the fxam~e~arlc
of the aaa~e~md.c ruer~res. About #0 studsnts tack this aa~urse st the
barracks aY a Rumanian signals regimeat in the southern part of Bral,la,
on the le4"t-~aan~Q side oP the higlt'~r~r,Y goin8 'to Laeul Sas~at. A 8aviet
ArsR,yr untt ess Gamed n~earDy (details lacking) ,
2. In thrsummer of 1958, the gradw-tea of the fourth year of the abave-
mentioned Nulty mere aatlad ~- for a ~5 d0.Y aaurse. This time they
toaEk the course Frith the fourth y~r students of the Craiava fatty
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1~ had t~lcea their pre].imin~r eoureps sspeu,~atsly. Thia e~ausss 'was
laud in Haahsx~est, in barx~era~kr s~ the Lear pLwt is tit vis#a~ty oS
Qotrc~eena3. About 80 step tcso~c this aciurirs and t8ose Mw pa>teMd t~se
Qourere very to De sca~^3.etsic~d Firert Lisutsaaaats in the rms.
3. 3~Se sub~tts earve-red i,~s bads the e~-~-tican~sd. aa~xshteei eu~
ta].lonns
s. diem end ]i~'~sj
b. lntan't~c~r tae~tieas ~ ita the Vital lenrsls
e. in!lirridsset7. !xs].d Lxaint~i
d. e~l]~.arms ~ ripe, pistol, 8a~ist ~~ f
e. lLrinBC parossdtsre eund pre~.ae an the rands;
!'. si~uuls trsi,zttsag; psis Nas dersigoed to txstin erl~awal. s teedmisal
a!'f'lesrs (ew nppaMd to "aye~x~atianal" at~'S.aerrs e~ ors tewg~st
t~t~,rdcst groaedure, sorts ct~d~e, stet.) but pits ~~ ~e3a3.,
tha sus bung rsgwirsd ~-' to lQUnt hrnr to raplaets ririo~
parts uasd to w~srstan~d the p~rtisal op.ratirsn of the ~a3pssep't
ertudied {the ~M, Rte, 17AF, ~. Qi~9 sets, ~ P-Ilg tsla~oue, and
the a~-~ +,r~.~.
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1. In the susme:s of 1953 e~ ~SSE~ tke atti>ri~te o! the ~ua.ties of
Z].ettrteiiry .and E1eetro?st st the t~i~nsdti~s of Bu~nharest
and Gratova did pxaatioal signals tresnins d.thin tha frssss~rk of the
academic reserves. The training wM haSQ at ? bse~e-aks of a signals
unit, mar au air Sores barracks On the outaYirts of Busetu (see sketch
in paragraph ~)?
2. The number of the students` un: :~m6 U~(38. ~h traini.ng perriod
contimted for one month ana i:).,tt~~';I.Se('.4 two 3?-mari plstoons. The students
vrere eventually i;,~ serve e~ ~;~c*.e~ ~_ ~i~:na3_~ of'f'icers (rack ,r~ ~ atnon
coammuxlerl~ ? At the end ~ ~ .. _ . _ _ i . ~.~, 3. t. wes ~ e . ' , ~ ,. ~>y
stud~entr resa'rve books tYx~-i, i.die;;~ z3.~lc- ~r?sduat@d in Ini].ita2'y tre~de ?76.
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3. T!a tratatng course included the fbllo~ring sub~eatss
~. Cieaaex~al tactics.
b. flignals t3orps argaalaation in rar and peace.
c. Discip3.ine, behavior cad standi.r~ orr~srs.
d. ball arms ZH ri21e, TT pistol, PFB B.1K.t3. (inclu~ng rarrga
praetiees}.
e. 2ndivi~lua7., section and platoon field training tattaak and defsnse
e~oaraisss only}. ?ne atta+aking ,exercise in lornrtion iw-s
held In orlber to demonstrate the z~le of ~ compargr signals n+etraork
in coabat.
Y. Long rwsge radio ex~erciees.
g. The principles of cones trio detail}.
h. Line signals instruments t !"tell telephrnx a in ? 'balcelite box and
a 10-line g-10 held e~oal~asage.
S . Ratio instruments t Regim~sn'ta't. instrummrat, truck mauated, RAF-]CV,
compa~gr instr+sieent (z } ~I-l, cao~ny instru~asats (? } RBB, anal a
platoon instruxent A-7-B ~~sirmg on the operatoa's bank}. T,g
caxmeation with the a/m iastruts, special stress wue ].atd upon
their tfsst operation nand field r~,airs.
~. lbrse transmission and reception.
~. A number oY details of the orgr~sation of the Rt~anian Signals Qorps
are as YQll?vs~.:
a. A nu~er of independent signals unite are directly subordinate to
G.H.Q. (no details available}.
b. iSignals units ere essigwed as follo~ve:
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{1} 8igaai.s teeetio~n to as 3ai!'ltmtry oozy
{ $) Higsu~lr pLtoon to as intf~sitry battalion
. (;3 } ~t~als many to as is~!"aatar~r rrai~nt
{ ~) didaal.s battauon to an intles-try divi don.
b. ~e etandarlt si~a].s platooaat cos rises s radio s~tieni, tMO line
aao^emiaatioass seetscuu and serriaea (batt-sriq, -tors, ete . )
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seoticin. Larder aapaala ~d.ta are similarly dlvidrsQ then tba~r are
attached to intaatry init..
Details of the role of fuse * us~t.t in battle {see p 7}
are a !b].lori:
a. In ~ atta+ek the line of a~oaa~ications operates parallel to the
lase of adrance. date ibrrer does swt spread ont to the tlsnkt- sad
its aim is to mezntaist cvastaat bet~wan the asad the opera
ticaaa]. lire]. sad bettisest tie! latter sad the HQ. In as lftr as the
attaatl,ag force adranoes sad breaks thraug~h tlse enl~pr's line of
d~st~use, the lice of aaae~ieations etd~raaaes an+d estesids a1.o~ag the
suttee ].#xie at attack {Aee s:tgutre "A" i.n paragraph 7}
b. Ix~a d.s+mstw operratloa the sidaals wait is dsplo~nad along the
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~ depth of the lists. The line of eos~nioat9.ams sxtsztda
in 8egth trop the obarrratios- paste to the units and flrom tote latter
to Iihe HQ. Ise brea4th, it esctesads betveert the aoe~no-ies is the sit
tttsator, bet~wese n+eighboriaH sectors, etc. biers comem~niaations are
uswa7.'l~r smtintatsred tip er> cosgapr level { israltisdisrg obserratiam pasta
sad platoon podtivsrs) sad Tnim cus:paay level vsrvssds, m~'se ant!
coded x+edio ~tvatiaanieations are 8+~~~T ~]~? ~ "D"
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6. 'Phe leg+md to ].gyout slcetah of the s~l.gnsls Cos~ps Cam st Bum is as
ytoltoas as ~~ {{~~~~
J. a lYil~fi ~ ti4~ t~Mn ~e~
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3. Eatrs~ere to the 'mein" etaa~ (permsnaat buildings}.
b, t7i~erd room.
5. guile-story ~lsssroom buildings.
6. Stet dining hall.
7. Stores (hut.).
8. Billets (huts).
g. SQ f huts),
10. Stables.
ll. UnspsoS.i'l.ed huts.
7. ~s diagram of a signals unit in t is as follaeAr:
a. Diagram.
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