UTEMIST , UTM, OR UNION OF WORKING YOUTH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000100140058-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2003
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: March 5, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

SECRET
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COUNTRY Rumania.
SUBJECT oT3temist", UTM, or Union of Working Youth
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REPORT'
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DATE DISTR. 4A
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1. The Uniunea Tineretului Muncitoresc of Rumania is also known as "Utemist" or
as UTM. It is the Union of Working Youth of Rumania, controlling'political
work and . activities by, and among, Rumanian youth. It has a profound influence
over young people of all. classes, since it reaches Into all aspects of
their life.
2. Organization is, in general, based on that of the Soviet 'IKomsomols'" The
Central Committee of the TUTM, with headquarters at Bucharest, is organized.
into five sections:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e:
Section
0"
for Higher Education
as Secondary Education
" Young Workers
Military Youth
Pioneer Children (up to 13 years).
3. In a general way, the UTM prepares the cadres for the Communist Party, or
Labor Rumania ;(Fartidul Muncitoresc Roman.). once an individual has actually
entered the Communist Party, he,ceases to be an "Utemist," but he is likely
often to be referred togs a "former Utemist,R" The express purpose of UTM
is elevation of the ideological level of youth," and all activities designed-
for for this purpose are modeled on the general ideas of Soviet Communism.
4. The organization has various other, subordinate regional organizations. There
are eighteen of these, corresponding to the eighteen administrative divisions
of the Rumanian Peoplels Republic. The Republic itself has had. these
eighteen divisions since 1951. Each region.is,in turn, divided into several
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11rayonsV". The "rayons"' themselves have certain similarly subordinate
.organizations,'which depend either on the rayons themselves, or directly
on the regions. In addition to the local UTM organization for each city
or village, each Institution also has a base organization of the UTM.
5. The basic organizations of the different institutions are subdivided into
brigades. Each brigade has branches of its own to deal with such matters
as organization, propaganda, agitation, education, arts, culture,. sports,
finance, and. reconstruction. According to what local requirements may
necessitate, two or three of these different branches ofathe basic organization
may be combined, into a single branch. Each basic organization has a committee
that is in permanent contact with the Central Committee of the UTM which,
in its turn, is linked up with the Communist Party..
6. The members of the Central Committee of the UTM are:
a. First secretary; aheorghe Florescu, also a member of the Committee
for the Defense of the Peace of the Rumanian Peoplets Republic.
b. Secretary: Paul Cam, also a delegate to the Vienna Congress.
Secretary:
loannz (actually 'nos Fazekas, a Hungarian).
d. Members:
Kovacs ,or , f Hungarian origin
Ileana ZeJ+, of Jewish origin
Virgil. Trofin, of Russian origin
Florea C'hit~u, of dub.ous origin .
loan H.e~ , of Hungarian origin
loan Cornea. (not a relative of the secretary', in. spite of 'the-ir
common family name , and not a relative of 'the Loan Cornea listed ' below . )
Grigore Daia, major of the Rumanian Armed Forces, whose brother is at
present Rumanian Ambassador in Moscow.
Stefan Flo.rescu (not a. relative of the first secretary, in spite of their
common. family name.)
.Mircea..alitza, Major,. FAR (Rumanian Armed., Forces) of unknown origin,
Si erko Major", 'AR st 4JI t1 i n origin
Virgil oanid,'. off:icer,.FAR
Dumitru Ccan, officer,
loan iordachescu'
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SECRE2 .;,
loan Mihaileet_g; ..efr ucer, PAR,
CUC. butt sa il as a- sy~rbo1?, a member'. of the UTM
Vasiile i' nog president of t he very influential l Coinmun3 s
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Emilian Florea,
mr sl3a who 'has' had. by O inM fti'eb:"5t'andards, a brilliant career
Aura aM , a weryr a fire roman, wMo In die 'regarded .as the head ;of ` :'c
iPAYH.ih~: 4.9r. JI ?r L1u..~w.-.Yr .. ; . A.iJ
:lo .it'?a ( i
Ar te'n ; . .
Rica .Dumitrescu.
Pius ei
loan
$m e,na e,
(not Identical with the man previously listed under the
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ILLEGIB
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