AREA DESCRIPTION - MASLOC/LOCAL CONDITIONS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000500410020-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2013
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: December 31, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORM T1REPOR`f National Defense of the United States within the
meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U. S. U.S.C.
PREPARED AND DISSEMINATED BY -
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Secs. 739 and 794, the transmission or revelation
of which in any manner to an unauthorized per-
son is prohibited by law.
l1oc/ 0Caa1 additions
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be village of M$loc was located. between Timi8oara and Arad. On Ec1o$t e
A I have Awn the road and villages in this area. The umber of houses
in tie villages in early 1951 as follcx
Qiarmata 1500 houses
achiav k 300
700
Fibig
P~Mit*&-Xich 3.70
ebarlottenb1rg 270 '~
Alm 100 tt
Sao" 1 n
Ilia 1W tt
Chat
tr
X0100' 300
A1iof 00
$id..ggout 1000 rt
2DO
Firit+ `t
200 tt
{/ IDar 300 f4
Via railroad. running between Timiscara and Lipovae was SID914-trwJc0d ept
in Aldp# Vbere the tra vravido& for padding. In 1949 to 1951
tie Vere, three train. a dart' travelling in each direction from Lipova and
Timamaraa. The trains left in the early morning, around noon, and in the
late afternoone making stops at Giab m ta, Riaehia Garap Fibip, WAploc,,
Aliop,, flttegeut and it f lroad was in op ble condition and
I d tm:t recall having se any spare work performed on it after 1946
The main roads in the areas, imere, f Timisoa.ra to ilec to L pova snd.
fx 'ibis to Aradq war about 25 meters wide with a profile as follows
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a? 75 meter ditch - - m _ \ Cattle
Pal
12 EM&AU
Cattle
Path
Smwo was a little gravel on the road but, because there was little
Vehicular travel, the roads rained in fairly good. eba s. not
more than five or 10 vehicle per day used these roadSO
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a U na were dirty although there WOM a littlas gravel on the
A a s from dread to floc,. and f floe to
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road from loo to Co at 'lama roads were 10 to 12 meters wide o 3
road, from Coot to Ch arlottenburg, on 'which trucks hauled lnoabe3r for
loading on the railroad, was in poor shape and was not maintained despite
the relatively heavy traffic.
The area shown on the map is all cultivated except for the section shown
;a by forest. Crops grown were mostly wheat and included potatoes,
barley# beans, sugar beets and very good tobacco 0
W~ ~inn . and The t property in XsA oc was about 20 x 80
1 descri'l the town of c which is typical for the area between
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meters., although lots we twice as big. Almost all lots contained:
a one-floor brick house, a wood= barn, and had a vegetable garden in the back
of the plot. in 1951 all privately owned auimala. except for a few chickens
and gorse, had, been a;propriated by the goverment. By tradition, each lot
owner was responsible for maintaining the section of road. in front of his
house. Behind each house there was a five ter well which rarely ran dry.
Thee wells typical for the az*afebown in Enclosure /L apt t5rcaa the
area east of Comeat, which required meter wells
In 1,951 eve bo&v who wanted to work would gather in the center of the town
'sere he would be assigned to a given tarn or area for work. The farms
provided horse or tractor drawn cartes to take the people to work, up to as.
much as 15 kilometers from their own town. The workers vere usually h
by six p.m. The was no social life and most everyone stayed home in the
evening. Tho working week was six days. On Sundays everybody went to
church in the morning and gathered for the soccer matchae in the afternnoon.
The better soccer players had good jobs in the state farm system.
won the area championship in 1950. The soccer games were closely contested
and when the tease played in another town many of the villagers tr'avelle
along with the a Northwest of Remitea< Bich' there were hills for skiing
which were well known as for away as Satu wee
rationing systam in effect covered flour, sugar.. clothing, meat and
or two other things. ' rations allowed were
120 kilogram of flour per year per perms
0.3 it Std per person for two months
2 tv of Meat per mouth per person
one pair of shoes per year per person
One suit dress year per person.
grocer store or clothing store in each town maintained a ration list
with one number for each house In the village. If there were two or three
families in the house this was noted on the card. Each purchase of the
rationed coasmodities was immediately checked off on the list. It was not
always possible to get a rationd article even if sufficient money was
available. There was no black market in the village. I believe up to 2
of the inhabitants of Msaoc stole wheat at one time or another from the
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state gv? - in lam - oughout they area between Timioara
Lipesvat the pe~op1e Vfte 100% ethni and
until about 19 T when a :rev
Russians " lesswabi ," T ur k s and G y p s i e s t
people Vere settled in hOws apprs iateed frcm the .*Be
Plot of laud t the vi1 Maers au3d given
the state and the "cc~lotai,stas "~ ~ In 1981 the was tasl~en back by Were for'ceed to find Masses of their own.
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The C g P"nt in the area With a little R aanino The
Russian Unguage was Introduced in the schools about 1
9+? but rarely
ken outside of the schools.
ll a in 1949 ame'af the people
on in M 410a w orkecl on the
' aattttth side Preparation of rice beds 'In Sri on 12 thoid'a ' . n eat 9 ve about five kilam eters vast of Lipova.
mod black. soil, a dam system with valva ,
pp d for the rice beds. 2he ground leve3led, to within five
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ntia of a ply and was filled with river water to. a ntiaa i s for rice growing. valve ' M Of
drainage of the cultivated we. 2he tm provided for caViete
ptm ps to drag the mortar from the rim was two or tht?ee diesel ? red
12. Since 1895 it has been cuetomtaary for inhabitants of this region to carry
s tVO-inch by three=--inch ident3~icativu book which imalta a n nhatn to ~, ,~
physical description of the hQlda_
books *=opt when 1 Way Ift t People did not carry
sit 95 all i a going to one of the larger cities. Also,
births., and deaths registered both in village offices and. in the ch ch office. A dxWlia ate of the registration
easily Obtained by - nt of a fee and racogntsance by the city ter
church officio m
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- ,ug or storage of state farm 'seat,.. at the center
the town, Femur Mills wa located in the following villages,;
gaut Four mills m (one destroyed)
Fib
W Mill
earl "rl It
Giar ata sr it
'lottenburg n t:
chereatesa tt n
sfalu M tt
Nicholai Mica tt
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Palled FrCooae it tt
(the largest mill)
g A a Between Lipcva and TimsU`oar?a
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