MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY INFORMATION

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CIA-RDP80T00246A069000340001-8
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February 21, 2013
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August 9, 1963
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REPORT
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/21 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO69000340001-8 2190 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 unauthorized5OX1-H U Mibited by law. S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM COUNTRY Rumania SUBJECT Miscellaneous Military DATE DISTR. 9 August 1963 Information 50X1-HUM NO. PAGES 1 i DATE OF INFO. PLACE & DATE ACQ. three reports containing information on the following: 50X1-HUM a. Ammunition depots in Valea Ursului and Strajesti Forest/ Date of Information: Mid-1958 to early 1960. b. Rumanian military units and maneuver Date of In- formation: 1952-1959. c. Antiaircraft artillery guns, 130mm., at Capu Midia, Date of Information: Mid-1958. esc.r1e o r-nce.r Lraeni,-~o Distribution 0-" ttachment: Army: Retention S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM GROUP 1 EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING AND DECLASSIFICATION STATE I X I ARMY I x 1 NAVY X I AIR ' I X I NSA X I OCR I I DIA IX AID 1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/21 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO69000340001-8 / Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/21 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO6900r0340.001-8 ' ' ~ ' V ! ~f,ln l{' P UA I -y1 IUIVI CHOW I ~~:'' ~~a awe dY; ou^ZiJ (AUNTR.Y a SUSIECT: DAM O INFO PLACE AO UIREDt SDURCE: Ammunition Depots in Valea Ursulu:L and Strajesti Forest Until mid-19S8, an infantry regiment 50X1-HUM was stationed in 50X1-HUM Buzau and supported by a number of field artillery units ands possibly, a tank battalion. When the Soviet forces were being withdrawn from Rumania in mid.-19E8, this infantry regiment was disbanded and its personnel were dispersed among other units that had been detailed to assume the duties of the Soviets. One platoon of the infantry regiment had been posted to an ammunition depot in Valea Ursului, in a forest near Pitesti.. The depot, used to store artillery and small arms ammunition, had been built since World War II and contained many- underground structures and modern technical facilities, such as electric cranes and electrically operated doors. When the regiment was disbanded the entire depot, with its stock and equipment, was handed over by the Soviets to the Rumanian guard company posted there. 'zMe transfer took about two months, after which the Soviet unit was withdrawn. E T Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/21 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO69000340001-8 00 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/21 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO69000340001-8 The Rumanians carried on with a reinforced company of vv.. about 250 men, all from infantry units. This company was still stationed at the depot in mid-1959. 2. In early 1960, the headquarters of a labor regiment (MFA constructie) was located in Craiova, and sub-units of the formation were dispersed rar ovo. throughout the " and Pitesti provinces. In mid-1959, one of the egimentbs sub-units with a strength of about 2W50X1-HUM men, was posted to an ammunition depot in the Strajesti forest, Dragasani district. The unit was assigned the construction of a number of brick and concrete buildings to replace the jerry-built wooden huts that had been set up there by the Soviet Army. &y January 1960, 30 such stores had been completed. Building materials were transferred to the site by a spur line entering the depot. Exc!?.w31 tr?r. s c a:i; Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/21 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO69000340001-8 cnv-i ui inn Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/21 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO69000340001-8 OUR' awk o d /Y?&# 'vats DATE 00 In 1952o a school :Sibiu. 2. In 1953, 19A P e w located on e 2nd Signals at Ceac , near T.a Soviet rolut-; *cad, Rosie street 50X1-HUM honed in ? Someee Lan Force located 50X1-HUM of a the O ng Officer, and Cot; ? Park-as ( n) was the officer in charge of `t ing. Zn 195%, the head' ers of . the 8Ict Antler. tin r. n '',',r= y t: q dadmitication Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/21 CIA-RDP80T00246AO69000340001-8 Llery Carps motioned on Woe a Olt tei.,, : hest, The 50X1-HUM Van responsible s1 oz . the ? defense of the air ice of areat. 014 Pon.1iu Zonesc z Vat the ' aorpe aom?n er until GROUP I Ezciadad tram aatan:atic Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/21 CIA-RDP80T00246AO69000340001-8 about 1957, en he -s pontt to the MR for trainer and e relieved by. Lt. Col.. Pono ?e ( u), A signals . battalion serving the corps was stationed at the headquarters. It was corm ed by Capt. hai motes who, in ,1956, s dii ,ssed from the service as a fdrmer t and was replaced by Capt. Ricolee Balosa. Zn '1958, Cept Ra lo.t Vas released (he subsequently became a streetcar driver 9 nn n~% I eat) and was replaced, by Cap the, Oltenia region. Some of the equipment Of the sigmas battalion was . p t r set up at the ba -eks, . vhile a comber of RV and R teed an sib. ai ound anti, at times - of aeries: Re rated from the berg k . opposite the Nilit r Aeadeqy of the division modol. Jft3eru () the ah; ,Lt. Col. jan ?nu), and, the Cori er of the motor tram personnel attended courses, int o six-month avers' course, in a forest near Otopen ., north of harei t, where cane of the corps ,sub-emits with. the code name of Trifti (clover) vas stationed.. In late 156, the headquarters ofa Tudor,Vladimireem Division company of the division was Capt. Don (fnu). The motor trance; coded the,..i site as the division; it fta equipped nth both light and heavy armored vehicles. In sept0i6ft 1957, 3 arge-fie naneuvers 'ire held In the last area. exercises ware modeled after the capture of the city by the met le organized so that reserve units the as Q17 P. 171 r `r F ^ Ezctram automatic and adoriacslication -These vehicles seldom left the. ), an officer Loa inetrints x956, some or the headquarters Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/21 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO69000340001-8 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/21 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO69000340001-8 JM Y r 6JFt a'; MEE 3 1, le the rem rivear1oroes ug under battle can t : The ft the Otty. The maneuvers be ,. east of the but exercise ' 5 reached a few ' at of the t ra men attack , force dalogd the To achieve ~ om St fe derd pe n ce, the reserve person el. vto had been caUed up for this oc 1on ,spent the fret ten da of the eeerciae trhintng and knitting together the various sub defend 1959) ereres In the ton a," oft jeet of before the met of ice 146 the lkwube in the Galati ear unde: ,a. This tablich a bridgehead across le conditions. Some eaf.tiee the tube. In September 19590 the er Being o cer of the reserve units in the Zast area vat Gen. t? tef e In 1957, the Sian Army introduced new reg -tions for the t ni shed m covering fire with live awvmition reserve oMeere, according to Bch nonooia t e cloned officers with ondary schooling v ho were signed combat unite were to and before their release from comp .dor3r service. A ourse for Some 100 noncom ei oned o: ,sere this category e hold in October 19. 57 vtth the framevork of a mechanized Fees, co n ( ), lsste:d. 45 up for me d of lteta in U G GROUP 1 E c;a`'od from automatic do;~ grading and daclassification Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/21 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO69000340001-8 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/21 CIA-RDP80T00246AO69000340001-8 field tang at the section,* platoon.. en& moany ills, ` a Mabi4 oS a night exercises, ~. sr tei is in the, eoiiB - ae subsequently received theft -lieut nt c 5Bians:? in the reserves* topography, rive r- retss :957, .en area re SAM, The 'eoer Of the Zn 1958, the hesdii ers of a labor r 'A Constraatie e to the M1u3, sere they eonstruated rest- 10. 'In 1959, consist at eight or nine '.e Sun batteries; the The unit was subordinate to a di Vision with h ;fai irtere homes, s factory, but separated frem the. f4t0tox7 by tit a barxocks 1acted: on the same ah Vas stattone 1 4 Motor tran rat :sect and. unit were billeted. in three three- unit (in t knew no details). The unit' a car ,tion s kept at un+ amwd istores, on the im street, oboat meters *om the barrack 50X1-HUM buildings. Officers who had. served the unit twInded Col. ,cu the c+ .ng officer in 1959 Capt. NlaolAe bi, the political deputy (in 1957 he transferred a quarters in last), cap on at .sia1 head- quarter ster officer since about 1958, and ftj? P. Zonescu,' the VAartermaster o .cer itii --- GROUP i c8'u ad tram auiornalic TTET about 1958. i davan?rading and ~. ,.. axnE^.l?t~ M f ..ei4iratjC!1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/21 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO69000340001-8 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/21 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO69000340001-8 FOE I S M DATE OF IM raft Azttt1e v at .d-1958, a Viler of:1 + . 1:? .t .d w e r e ocer at t h e an t r A z t ; ft*tMory f i r e . a i n Capu In use th the ah re of a caliber not. generally ,at tim by t a at - went and.Ploebti respectively.. GROW 1 Excluded from from automatic dof,Ingrading and declassification Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/21 CIA-RDP80T00246AO69000340001-8