LOCATION OF GASOLINE DUMPS; SOVIET AND RUMANIAN MILITARY ACTIVITIES; ALCOHOL DISTRIBUTION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007400490001-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 11, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CE , LICE CE AGENCY REPORT NO.
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CCU(^ 'RV' Rumania DATE DVS 7k 11, April 1951
;UEJECT Location of (asoline Damps; Soviet
MACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO,
and Rumanian Unitary Activities;
Alcohol Distribution .
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about one thousand meters from the railroad station, is the location of
a railroad spur for unloading gasoline. The pipeline can be seen extending;
to underground tanks. It is believed that this gasoline is stored for use
of the airfield in the Focsani area. Rumanian soldiers guard this area.
gasoline is also stored at 7oita-i:oboe, three kilometers to the right of
the railroad line Buzau,-Ramnicul Sarat, noar the village of 7oita0 The
masoline is transported by railroad in barrels and then lorded on trucks
25X1A 5. At the boninninT of 200 Army trucks with Soviet troops, guns,
camp kitchens were seen in Constanta en route toward Bulgaria. The local
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underground gasoline dump is located in a
forest naar ?urnicosi. This is one of the largest dumps in Rumania. This
dump is guarded by about three hundred Rumanian and Security soldiers.
Railroad tank cars transport the Fasoline to this depot, from where a
pipeline takes it to storage tanks. There is no fence around this area
and no apparent fire protection devices.
2. 11asoline is also stored at 1'ascov. It is transported by railroad tank
cars, unloaded 600 Meters from the Bascov railroad stations, and carried
thence by pipeline to the storage area. This area is to the right of
the railroad station facing in the direction of Pitosti. Only Rumanian
soldiers r:uard this area, number not known. An entire train load of 60
tank cars can be unloaded at once.
3. On the left side of the railroad line outside Cotesti (toward Foesani),
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berraoka are full of Soviet troops. All the trucks seen were united
States nodels. that the Horia Close& and arisen
Mechanised Divis oat as merge w other units.
6. No Soviet troops were noticed at Pitesti but the Soviet Command is in
charge of the local railroad function. The Ru nian troops are not
numerous.
9. At Timisoara and Arad Soviet troops are ve nunerous. Soviet and
25X1 B Rumanian troops are training together, cannot estimate
the
8. At Orsiova Soviet troops were seen passing through to Calafat and
Corabia..,There are Rumanian Army units in Creiova.
9. At Calarasi there are five or six Soviet barges destined for unloading
at Silistra, Bulgaria. The cargo is unknown.
10, Turnu Serverin is patrolled by several Soviet and Rumanian units at night.
No details are available.
11. At Buzau only Soviet Air Force units were noticed,
Soviet Air Force personal wore seen at Foosani, plus other unidentified
Soviet units,
13. At Tecuoi there are Soviet and Rumanian Air Faroe units. The airfield
has one concrete runny.
14. A ne~v airfield is under construction near Trivalea, three kilos tatm west
of Pitesti. In Gavana, near Pitesti; there is an important concentration
of textile and tanning mills employing 4,500 workers. In Florioa (former
Bratianu Estate) also near Pitesti, 50 apartment houses,-seven 'stories
high, have been constructed. They are unoccupied at present.
15. There is a new road under construction from Cernavvoda-0vidiu, Havodari,
and Murfatlar (Hasarabi ). Road repairs have been made on the Stalin (Brasov)..
Pagaras and Conatanta.Cernavoda roads.
18. Nothing of importance was noticed in Caransebes and Ramnicul Serat.
17. Only military personnel are permitted near Orsova,
of important tank and aircraft concentrations in this region.
special travel permit was not valid here.
18. After the first extraction of grapes for wine, the remaining product is
fermented to produce dro.e, which is bought by Centrocoop and resold
to the Sovieb ,anion for further extraction of alcohol, and used for
military purposes. This information came from a Soviet specialist
collecting drojdie. Pure (white) alcohol distribution has ceased
completely since February 1951.
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