SOVIET AND RUMANIAN NAVAL AND MILITARY ACTIVITIES

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CIA-RDP82-00457R006500830014-1
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 22, 2016
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March 3, 2011
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14
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Publication Date: 
December 20, 1950
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REPORT
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al Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP82-00457R006500830014-1 CLASSIFICATION -MM /coNTROL U. S. QF1ICIALs CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT 1. The Viitorul Shipyards in Braila REPOR 11 CD NO, COUNTRY Rumania DATE DI STR, 20 Dec. 1950 SUBJECT Soviet and Rumanian Naval an Military Activities NO. OF PAGES 2 PLACE OF NO ENCLS ACQUIRED . DATE OF SUPPLE MENT TO INFO. REPORT NO. 191$ AfIUUZ=W CM-41116 INVORE3&TlQN 31't'CTflx3ThE 3ATIQUAL'ORPE SA CM TW OIUWRD Pf% 3S 3Il1Ii1I TIIE BWIIIII70 OFF nil rSPIORAQff ACS E? V. 8. C. 3l WM 92'. A8 A08NgII,.}"Y. ITS YRRWOCISZ10I1 OR THE 6R0ULAYIOH op In COMM in AM fZ14R117O an UURAIMIORi8UO MOON Is IRO, 11! 4 OMPROMCIMM OP THIS YOM IS PI10IItgi1D. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION double bottom barges with superstructure for timber transport. barges are under construction, 28 The Gheorghe Dimitrov Cooperative has under construction two lighters and three tugs. This Cooperative has finished 31 oil tanks (4 by 4 meters) on Goverment orders, tracks,, large numbers of anti-aircraft guns were covered with greaicamouflage nets, Many wood cases, presumably ammunition,, were also seen3 Soviet troops, tanks, and artillery have been seen between Targul Mures and Cluj on trains which took 50 minutes to pass, near the village of Alunis Mures, along the railroad 50X1-HUM 48 Forty amphibious craft were seen at Galati (15 by 4 meters 5. Seventy-five Soviet mine layers were made at the Sovromtransport Shipyards last year. Four tugs, 800 ton capacity,, 20 meters long are under construction, Four 80 meter barges are under construction and six identical barges were delivered during the past year. 6, At Barbosi,, four. kilometers from Galati, on the right hand side of the Barbosi station,, four Soviet ammunition storage areas are located. Soviet ammunition dumps are also located near the confluence of the Siret and Danube Rivers. 7. The Janos Herlech Factory in Cluj employs 4,800 employees. Four hundred workers are Rumanian, and the remainder are Hungarian, For the past two years this factory has been making shoes for the Soviet Army. 8, The arsenal in Simeria is disguised as a swing machine factory. COsd' ilia"t'a'i inL CLASSIFICATION ' t?fCOPTROL - U. S. OFITICIALS ONLY From May to November 1950 Soviet troops and equipment have been passing through Arad steadily. The large Arad buildings were requisitioned by the Government for Soviet use. The Arad airfield is being enlarged and all transport facilities are drafted to haul cement and sand. Soviet troops are located in the Cetate Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP82-00457R006500830014-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP82-00457R006500830014-1 M 'CONTROL U. S. OFFICIALS ONLY .~ pia liv1l`i ~L 10. An unspecified number of Soviet troops were observed in Timisoara during October 1950G There was also searchlight equipment, guns, and tanks. On the roofs of several villas, nearby the village of 11alul Murasului, two Soviet soldiers with binoculars were observed0 CONFIDENTIAL e/CONTROL - U. S. OFFICIALS ONLY Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP82-00457R006500830014-1