YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS IN RUMANIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000100490009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2013
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: August 13, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Youth Organizations in Rumania
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1. Youth organ' s exerted a very active influence on younger
Rumanians. there was no chance for a child to
escape the power of these organizations for at the age of six
every youngster was forced by social pressure to enter a youth
group. From then on his life was constantly shaped and forced
into the direction these organizations compelled.
2. When a Rumanian child reached the age of six, he was elegible
for the Pioneers (Pioneri), a youth organization whose members
were from. six to 114. years of age. Although membership was not
automatic, it was, in practice, compulsory since a non-member
would be discriminated against for the remainder of his life.
For this reason, all school children joined the Pioneers, and
came under the supervision of the political teacher, whose
task was to indoctrinate them thoroughly in Communist theory.
The Central Commmittee of the Pioneers was located in Bucharest,,,
and the county organizations were directly under the Central
Committee. These organizations were divided into different
sectors; each sector corresponded to one school. In turn, each
sector was subdivided into groups and each group corresponded
to a school grade.
Children were taught by Pioneer teachers to report anything
in their parents' conversations which was said against the
State. l.hey iere repeatedly told that their highest duty was
their'devotion to Stalin. The Pioneer uniform consisted of
black, short'pants, white shirts (or black shirts), and red
neck scarves. The official Pioneer periodical, "Pionerul" was
published in Bucharest. Each group of Pioneers had a"president,,
a secretaryii agitators, propagandists; organizers, clarifiers
(lamuritoril, and newspapermen (for the wall newspaper).
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the Union of Dorking Youth (Uniunea Tineretului Muncitorese - UTM).
and-to remain in this organization until he reached the age of 25.;
Again, membership was not automatic, nor officially compulsory, but
There was no lapse of: state control over the Rumanian youth, for
when he left the Pioneers at the age of 14, he was expected to join
join us., but your conscience obligates you". This mild threat, _
of the officials of this organization; "Y?u are not obligated--
to all practical effect everyone -agreed with the -Yell-kno s
however, would not have been enough to enforcemembership had there
not also been the oDot rigorous persecution of those people who
were expected to join. and refused. In spite of the fact that there
was no practical alternative to joining this Union, intensive
propaganda was exercised to get the desired Rumanian youth into this
organization.
Not all Y*uths, wwe accepted in the UTM. First, in order to be
aeeepted,, a prospective member had to be a candidate for six months,
probably to have his background investigated and his attitude
scrutinized. During this period he participated in activities
After the candidate had been proven reliable, (le, free from unwelcome
connections with the past, such as bourgeois and anti-State activities)
and had shown hia -elf to be a good prospective member, he was- admitted
into the Union of Vorking Youth. The new member took his oath in
a secret meeting, and received the red membership booklets This
booklet, <ho i was carried at all times on the person, could
not be shown to any ne, including authorities. The penalty for
breaking this rule was dismissal from the Union. Members of the !
were students (no one was admitted to a university ass a UTX
member)', industrial and white collar workers,` farmers `and all members
of the armed forces? -All members paid a- monthly fee '(amount
untnown), The Union had different perio4icals, one of wish was
the "Young Worker", ' (Tanaral Nuneitor), published In Bucharest, F_~
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