ENTRY AND EXIT PROCEDURES/REPORTED AMMUNITION DEPOT AT PETRESTI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00280R000100160071-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 71
• Publication Date: October 16, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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Petr~eti, a small town with a population o! approximately live thous-'sd, 50X1-H U M
mill. The mill works three shifts per day: 0600-1400 hours; 1400-0200 hours;
0200.0600 hours. In addition to the pulp mill, there is a small saw mill
which employs about 10 people.
by truck or by means o! the M~i~hl.bacher (aic) river which !lows a1on~ tlmr
a large flo~wt or mllitnry installation across the MlShlbacher ri-5
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o t o spot Se by means o! .z wood bridge. I believe that the brides i?
about 450 lest in length anfl is wide oncugh s'or two automobiles. Ths depot
is about 1.5 miles Yrom the enfl of tl~o bridge. Thn Muhlbacher river has a
fairly sW1lt curront, because iL? ie used to carry pulp wood to the mill. I
flifl not learn its dopth or the cxt^nt to which it ie navL:gable.
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9. Living conditions at Petresti are bearable to the townspeople simply
because they to the lack of proper food and everyday
conveniences Grain is in very short supply, as is 50X1-H U M
meat. The people have to line up every Friday for meat that is avail-
able. No ration boo' but identification do
tomcats are re aired. 50X1-H U M
poop a ve small
vegetable gardens; however, crops from the larger collective farms are
taken by the Rinnanian government. Heating and cooking in individursl
homes are done by r..eans of saw d~:st briquettes obtained either from Pet-
resti or Sebes. The cost of them is about 80 lei per load.
10. Petresti has very narrow streets constructed of crushed gravel and sto-
nes. Electricity is aruilable in .the town provided Prom a power s~ation
at Sebes. Street lights are spaced cite a distance apart. A few of
the people have radios and reported that they have heard broad-
casts from Radio Free Europe. there are
only two telephones in .the town, one st the pulp mill and t e second at
the town hall. The town also has a very small post office and a tele-
graph station located in the same building. Transportation in and out
of town is by means of an old bus which covers an area of about 15 miles
from the depot as well as -r_e people who live in the town.