SOVIET AND RUMANIAN NAVAL AND MILITARY ACTIVITIES
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CIA-RDP82-00457R006500830014-1
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RIPPUB
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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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CLASSIFICATION -MM /coNTROL U. S. QF1ICIALs
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
1. The Viitorul Shipyards in Braila
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COUNTRY Rumania DATE DI
STR, 20 Dec. 1950
SUBJECT Soviet and Rumanian Naval an
Military Activities
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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.
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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
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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
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