MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY INFORMATION
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August 9, 1963
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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 unauthorized5OX1-H U Mibited by law.
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NO FOREIGN DISSEM
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Miscellaneous Military DATE DISTR. 9 August 1963
Information 50X1-HUM
NO. PAGES 1
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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
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DECLASSIFICATION
STATE I X I ARMY I x 1 NAVY X I AIR ' I X I NSA X I OCR I I DIA
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Ammunition Depots in Valea Ursulu:L and Strajesti Forest
Until mid-19S8, an infantry regiment
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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 When the Soviet forces were being withdrawn from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transfer took about two months, after which the Soviet unit was withdrawn.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Ezciadad tram aatan:atic
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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
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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
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daclassification
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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
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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 ---
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c8'u ad tram auiornalic
TTET
about 1958. i davan?rading and
~. ,.. axnE^.l?t~ M f ..ei4iratjC!1
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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..
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