GERMAN OCCUPIED INSTALLATION IN BUCHAREST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009000460002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2002
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 19, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1, 11 Ju:. y 19,51;p the barracks installation on the west side of Uranus stre :t in
Bichares L was occupied 4:1y an infantry limit of about 1,500 troops who were armed
w:i th German rifles and raodel 98 carbines; :oviet submachine guns with drum magazines j
G(.3rinan and Soviet submachine guns with clip magazines; submachine guns with very
Maort carrels and -Iga magazines,, appar t].y of British orig ; li jht nachine guns,,
a;)oare,ntiy of 3ais: origin; and heavy water-'cooled machine Tuns,
?, A:aothe>? barracks installation on Mn elescu Street, with a side entrance on Ple iei
S-~ree1,.; was occupied by an infantry unit of from 1,503 to 2,000 mean, The arms
oil.:exnred with the -;.roops were of the same type as those observed in the installation on
U:'anus :"treet"
.3;, A third barracks installation, located in a park about 80 meters from Plevnei
Streat and surrounded by a '_r j~me war brick wall, was occupied by a motorized unit
w1rx ch allegedly nunsbered about 1,003 men. boldiers observed there wore black epaulets
aua% cc :' ar patches, and black-bordered caps. Truck..drawn AT~c'uns observed with the
wa~ t i esae of about 80 and 50 rya, mounted muzzle brakes,, aitFl fighter guns fitted
:. ?da -t-trail c s?rieges~ ZIS and Tatra trucks were repeatedly se-2n entering and
to vin I the billetin area, According to rumors, the barracks installation also
quarto ed a tank unit?
"xn A fourth barracks -Installation on Strada Virgil.l.u housed a gendarmerie school of
cbcut 1,000 traine..s and a gendarmerie unit of about 800 men,,
--iii QFrvr-,ral Staff building was located on utirbey Voda Street, opposite the Bucharest
b_?cadc;=).3':-,ing station,, Soviet officers were repeatedly seen driving up to the building.,
,fie Rw r.ian -"'Tc' Ministry was located on Strada Brezoienu,,
6o '"iic officer candidate school was booted near Stirbey Vocla atrect and vs!- attended by
alx:arcs of 19000 officer candidates?
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of daanco and am.iunition depot was located on Strada Uranus, opposite the Infantry
I1w:racks? Aa:? .ition was stored in roofed excavations in the -round,, Sentries were
firni,hed by th.a unit in the Infantry Barracks,,
+3, he military hospital was located at the intersrction of atrada Virgiliu and ;;tra3a
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