SOVIET TROOPS IN BRAILA AND GALATI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004300170011-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2006
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: January 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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OPIC_..___- o Yiot Troops in 13 .,;SI,. and ^?. ~'eI
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b,, Gareee on Theater atree t , corner of olio on `Street: Six
trucks, threo busses, t,7o passencer cars and one jeer). e
by soldiers "earing black epaulets, r,ere observed.
c. Three-story building tat I.V. Stalin 1troet (formerly Calea
Calarasilor): .: signboard i'lith the T ussian and ''.umanisn' Ins-
cription "Post .:eadquartd rs of Soviet Troops in 2AILA"- 'ias
hung over the door4 3ont;ries in front of the building *-ore
black epaulets and carried submachine Guns o
d,, Barracks on the east, side of Stalin Street (exit road to
VIZITZI! - R 55/Y 90) , south of a railroad crossing: Occupied
by Soviet troops- gate guards -Tore black epaulets and carried
submachine guns m 4
e., Barracks on the r-e& t side of ;3talin Street, opposite the
above barracks:
(1) Gate guards ryore black epaulets., Eight trucks r'ere seen:
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The folly=fling information on Soviet troops in JTIAIT,A (R 55/'j 13)
and G. T I (r, 55/-Z. 25) 'ias secu, red:
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ao T ho-story buildinC, about .65x65 feet, at 3 PoliCon. Street
Apparently occupied by a headquartorso A captain wearing a
black-bordered can, another..oaptain ^?eariia ,a red-bordered can.,
soldiers ?earinC_ blue epaulets and 25X1
,::aere observed in front of the bull
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(2) A motor pool of eirht trucks and three tar-11: trucks bor-
dered on the barracks to the '"est.
(;) .'Abort t-o hundred 3tudeba :er trucks 1"ere blocked up in ro-
0ia a field near the barracks. :'he vehicles could not be av-?
proached because they -?ere ar ded,
f. farrtteks south-est of the harbor basin and -est of the
railroad tracks: Oceuniod by a tank unit. "lbott 40 troops
,wearin tank ins i ;nia on black epaulets 'ere seen. .^.n
unusually snail tank. -ith five borl.e -heels, front driving
sprocket and a gun -ithout nuzzle brake as seen.
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Streets of PT'..,"AILM. Soviet tank troops 7vere seen.
-h,, 'uel dump in a small "foods or. the .,.astern prrineter of ttte
torn, north of the exit road to 3:?rZATF (-; 45/7 31) : About 10
semi-underground fuel containers and about 40 fuel drums ..,era
s~een W 4 Guards -ore black epaulets and -ere arned -i tlh. subrnacli.ine
Guns O
i o -Artillery Barracks east of the pain railroad station: Occu-
pied by umanian troops, 'Soldiers "earinr black and purple
epaulets -ere seen.
a . 'orner un, anian military. os vital on, 'ra j an ~t Beet : ,en ,fir
tuns r. esuriably ...A r ans) an(. ten trucks "ere narked there.
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