1. COAST FORTIFICATIONS AND BORDER GUARDS AT SULINA 2. NAVAL INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011100090009-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 26, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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'REPORT REPORT
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COUNTRY Rumania DATE DISTR. 26 March 1952
SUBJECT
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
1. Coast Fortifications and Border Guards
at Sulina
2. Naval Information
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND'794. OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON 15
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. Access b,r civilians to the beaches and shore line was limited to an area
of between 200 and 300 meters wide. There were Rumanian guards patrol-
ling the area day and night. Lining the coastline from Sulina to Sfantu
Gheorghe were wooden observation towers. The distance between the towers
was 1,000 meters; telephone lines connected them.. There were coastal
guns mounted on concrete casemates facing toward the sea, on both sides
of the Danube River near Sulina.
2. Most of the shipping activity on the Danube was confined to Soviet,
Rumanian and Hungarian river craft, barges and tugs. These were empty
when going upstream, but loaded with ore and lumber on the down river
trip. It was reported that some were loaded with ammunition and guns.
3. Three Soviet torpedo boats
harbor regularly.
destroyers in the harbor.
visited Sulina 50X1-HUM
there were ten Soviet
4. There were no Soviet troops in Sulina.
5. Opposite the cemetery in Sulina, there were constructed ten new barracks
and administrative buildings for the Rumanian Navy. Ammunition was
reportedly stored in this area.
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