"TROOPS AT POGOANELE, ROMANIA"

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000100090065-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 65
• Publication Date: January 11, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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10 fha,11 srrao>les 1m 2ogoanele consists only of a number of peasants$ houses which
vcd bean eliized a altered for the purpose. Most of them are.not in good
s~a;ape an ' d the aaoomeloda.tions are of the most primitive kind. Strewn over an
&'a& Of 160 by 32:0 at there cares- a two-story building formerly belonging to
tlhl- owner of to astate, now used as a staff building; a two-story quarters,
bIv.lUng not really big enough for its purpose, with the* men sleeping in bunks
I r than, one story; a building housing depots and kitchen; a magazine;
some small r, > saa tsI, houses used as quarters, and a stable with a capacity of
30. tv 3.2 hi "x*s.
2. The bar? n the 3rd Battalion of the infantry regiment at Buzau,
25X1 B with thp, The staff consists of 8 officers and 12 to 14 ,men,
The ataf ' op an ? has a replaoement platoon, 22't6 23 men; a communications
p at? i, 16}to 19 men;*a edioal squad, 12 men; a scouting platoon which has
light shine gun squad, 16 to 18 men; a machine pistol squad, 20 to 23 men;
and a radio squad, 20 to 22 men, There are three rifle companies of 90 to 100
msn, ea* h di, rld,ed into three platog ns, each of which in turn is divided into
tarts aquacds. Baas platoon has the 11 ht machine guns, The company is equipped
1th, 15 chine pistols, 14 pistols. and 55 rifles,
`. The ePo holds large quantities of machine pistols, light machine guns and rifles
as & leohh111 ati0n reserve. Gas masks are available for all personnel, but they
rel ,in ? the aftanzine, The battalion has no auto park, but has 64 horses avail-
4, Racruits of the class of 1930 were called up in duct By. thib,end1bfl;Deo:~c52uV~oy
bad firnis.hed, their basic training. .Clothing is poor and morale is bad; the of-
ricers and men do not get along well together. Food is both insufficient and poor,
a leading reason for the low morale. The battle value of the battalion is at a
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