MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY INFORMATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Publication Date: September 21, 1962
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGES'
This material contains Information affecting the National Defense of the United States wi
16, U.S.O. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which In any manner
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COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Miscellaneous Military
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DATE DISTR. 21 September 1962
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reports containing information on the following:
a. Units of the Tudor Vladimirescu Division, and lst
Signals Regiment of Rumanian Army Headquarters.
b. .locations
Military Units in Rumania.
c. MFA Construction Units in Bucharest and Stei.
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NFA Construction Units in Bucharest and Stei
1. In aid-1960, an IFA construction regiment was stationed at
No. 13 Bulevardul Annatei Poporului in Bucharest. The unit executed various
construction projects within Military District II, including the construction
of warehouses near Slobozia for the river fleet. Officers of the regiment
included Col. Cornel Dabija, regimental ccrinander, Maj. Teodor Rodeanu, one
of his deputies, and Capt. Iordachescu, the technical deputy in charge of
construction planning.
2. In early 1857, an TITA construction unit was stationed in 50X1-HUM
Stei. The unit prospected for uranium throughout Rumania and had subordinate
units stationed in Ciudanovita, Liscava, Baita, Girda, and Fagaras; new
uranium ore deposits had been discovered near Arieseni and Girda. Opera-
tional squads were also occasionally sent to new prospecting areas, such
as Brasov, where no regular subordinate unit operated. The units at
Ciudanovita and at Liscava each contained about 300 men. Capt. Trifan (fnu)
ca:unanded the Ciudanovita unit. Uraniwn prospecting was carried out only
during dry seasons, i.e. about eight months of the year, and the prospectors
were always guarded by anned soldiers: by Soviet troops in 1956 and by
1Tumanian Securitate troops in 1957.
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: Units of the Tudor Vladimirescu Divi
sion,
and the 1st Separate Signals Regiment
Rumanian Army Headquarters
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1. In late 1959 the headquarters of the Tudor Vladimirescu Division, located
in Bucharest opposite the Military Academy, comprised a signals battalion
and a radio station that was equipped with an ST-104 trans-
mitter and a RAF receiver. The station communicated every three hours with
subordinate units of the division. Among the units of the Tudor Vladimires
Division were the 272nd Rifle Regiment stationed near the Ghencea cemetery
in Bucharest the 279th Rifle Regiment stationed in Bucharest (exact loca-
tion unknown , a tank regiment stationed in Slatina, and a
mechanized infantry regiment stationed in Caracal. In 1959, the divisional
commander was Gen. Tirca (fnu) and the divisional signals officer was
"Taj. INNarinescu (fnu). 50X1-
2. In early 1959, the 1st Signals Regiment was stationed at barracks
on the No. 25 streetcar route in Bucharest, adjacent to the headquarters of
the Tudor Vladimirescu Division. The regiment was an independent unit
directly subordinate to Rumanian Army Headquarters. Its peacetime T/O
included five companies and a total of about 550 men. Officers of the 1st
Signals Regiment included Lt. Col. Laurentin Moldovan, regimental commander,
Maj. Ionita (fnu), regimental chief of staff, and Lt. Fodolica (fnu), the
officer in charge of secret documents.
3. Attached to the 1st Signals Regiment and stationed at the same barracks was
a military district school for repair of radio equipment (reparatii materiale
de transmisiuni - RIT). The commander of this school was Capt. Vasile Butuc,
who was assisted by Lt. Cornel Banzaru and Lt. Maj. Gheorghe Oancea.
4. The military district radio equipment store was located to the rear of the
railroad station in Gaesti. The military district signals officer was Col.
Papaduta (fnu), and the officer in charge of radio equipment of Military
District II was Col. Raicu (fnu).
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Locations I I of
Miscellaneous Military Units in Rumania
1. In 1950, the 36th Antitank Artillery Regiment was stationed in the barracks
of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment in a suburb of Caracal.
Colonel in Dum1trescu was the commanding
officer, Lt.-Colonel Dumitrescu (fnu) was the administrative deputy, and
Captain Constantinescu (fnu) was the political deputy.
2. In 1950, a labor unit of the Ministry of the Interior (MAI), under the command
of Major Nicolae Bacoi, was operating in Transylvania. Detachment 14 of the
unit was building infantry barracks in the vicinity of Tirgul Jiu, and
Detachment 13 was digging irrigation ditches for various state farms through-
out Transylvania.
3. In 1954, an air force jet fighter regiment was stationed at a prewar airfield
in the northern suburbs of Tecuci. The regiment was equipped with NIG-17's,
most of which were kept in the open and covered with camouflage tarpaulins.
No Soviet military personnel were known to be at the airfield or attached
to the regiment.
4. In late 1954, an I;AI training uni was stationed at Dumbraveni.
The unit trained recruits for MAI guard troops (Trupa de Securitate -- Paza).
5. In 1955, a signals battalio was stationed in Timisoara. It
consisted of four or five radio anine-communications companies. Captain
Constantin Niculescu commanded one of the radio companies.
6. In 1955, an artillery school) Iwas located in Focsani.
7. In 1956, an armored unit) Iwas stationed in Sibiu. It was equipped
with T-34/85 tanks and a few 122::sn. self-propelled guns.
8. In 1956, a construction battalion of the Iinistry of A -med Forces (FA),
was stationed west of Mangalia in a military camp called Tabara "H" 50X1-HUM
because of the distinctive shape of the barracks. The unit was employed in
the construction of jetties, wharves, and ship repair facilities at IMMangalia
port. Captain Dunea (fnu) was the commanding officer, and Lt.-Major Popescu
(fnu) was the act linistrative officer.
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9. In the su-:uner of 1956, an artillery officers schoo was located 50X1-HUM
in Sibiu. The school participated in the training program o e academic
reserves.
10. In the summer of 1956, an engineers schoo was located at Ramnic 50X1-HUM
Valcea. The school participated in the training program of the academic
reserves.
11. In late 1956, the headquarters of the 3rd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment
was located on Uranus Street, Bucharest, and subordinate units were located
at the villages of Pucheni, Albesti, and 3uda. Four 85 an. guns and a radar
station were deployed in brick and concrete emplacements near the village
of Pucheni-Hari.
12. In October 1956, an I,FA construction unit was stationed in the 50X1-HUM
Aparatorii Patrie quarter of Bucharest. was emp oyed in building atom-
proof shelters near the village of Popesti-Leordeni. Lt.-Colonel Ion Popescu
was the commanding officer, Major Vasile Leosteanu was the political deputy,
and Captain Nicolae Vlatnisteanu was the administrative deputy.
13. In 1957, a training battalion of the 3rd Antiaircrqft A e 50X1-HUM
e invent was stationed in the Floreasca quarter of Bucharest. 50X1-HUM
Lt.-Colonel Tuliu (fnu) was the commanding officer, and
Captain Titoc (fnu) was the political deputy. 50X1-HUMI
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In 1957, an armored unit) I was stationed at Tirgul Mares.
In 1957, a school for signal officers) was located on Calea
,Ialinovsky in Sibiu. The course lasted 30 months, and the curriculum in-
cluded infantry training, familiarization with the various other arras and
services, chemical warfare and defensive measures, radio and line- ccr:ununica-
tions instruments, and horse telegraphy. Graduates of the school were
commissioned first lieutenants and began their military service as regular
army officers. Colonel Ionescu (fnu) was the commanding officer, and
Major Stoica (fnu) was in charge of training.
16. In 1957, an advanced training school for army officers was
located in Sfintul Gheorghe, west of the central square. consisted of
two administrative companies of enlisted men (clerks, guards, cooks) and
a number of student companies organized into platoons according to ranks
(lieutenants, captains, majors). No student held a rank higher than major.
17. In 1957, an MPJ stores company was stationed next to the barracks 50X1 -HUM
of a mountain infantry unit at 7 Vlad Tepes Street, Brasov. It was sub-
ordinate to the 1st Guards Regiment in Bucharest, and Captain Gheorghe
Stanila was the commanding officer. The company had no emergency stores;
most of the items stored consisted of rations for the current use of fAI
troops in Brasov.
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18. In August 1957, an infantry regimen was stationed near the 50X1-HUM
village of 11ihail Kogilniceanu, in the Dobrogea region.
19. In late 1957, a tank regiment
was stationed at Caracal.
20. In February 1958, an engineer workshop was stationed in a suburb of P oesti
and was subordinate to the headquarters of an engineer battalion
The shop employed about 25 soldiers and 25 civilians in various metalworking
projects, such as the preparation of components needed in the construction 50X1-HUM
of new barracks, the manufacture of safes and metal cabinets for military
units in the region, and the erection of lightning rods on military installa-
tions.
21. In 1958, antiaircraft artillery training uni was located in th,50X1-HUM
eastern suburbs of Ploesti. It gave training for the acadanic reserve on
the 85 mm. gun and the PUAZO-3 director.
22. In mid-1958, an MFA construction unit was building large storage facilities
for anus and ammunition in the wooded, mountainous terrain near Ilisesti.
The site was fenced and guarded by soldiers. All the buildings in the
storage area were made of reinforced concrete, had rounded roofs, and were
separated by a considerable distance one from the other. There was a rail
siding to the site, and in 1958 trains were unloading hand grenades, mines,
and artillery ammnunition, all of which was being stored in buildings already
completed.
23. In 1958, an armored unit was stationed at Basarabi.
24. In November 1958, a signals regiment
25. In early 1959, a military construction unit) was stationed at
Constanta and was engaged in building recreation facilities along the Black
Sea shore. The unit was subordinate to the MAI because its manpower was
supplemented by several hundred prisoner-laborers.
26. In 1959, a chemical warfare battalion was stationed in Husi. 50X1-HUM
The principal function of the battalion was derense against conventional
war gases, although it did have some modern protective a ui ent against
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During the course of lectures which the battalion personnel received in
1959, mention was made of modern war gases developed by Western countries,
such as Tabun, Sarin, and Sanan, but no means of protection against them
was suggested.
27.
In 1959,
an artillery regiment
28.
In 1960,
the Galati town garrison
Vranciu.
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