BUILDING ENTERPRISE NO. II OF THE MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION, BUCHAREST.

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011800110002-1
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 30, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Building Enterprise No. II of the
Ministry of Construction, Bucharest.
DATE OF
INFO.
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ACQUIRED
TNIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 1B, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF TIE Y.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON 15
PROMIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
DATE DISTR. 30 April 1952
NO. OF PAGES 2
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1. A. well-known Bucharest architect called Callraanovi,,i, proprietor of a building
enterprise, handed over his business, complete with all installations and
materials, to the Ministry of Construction in 1947 in advance of thr coming
nationalization. He was a Communist. In 1948. this enterprise was amalgamated
with the CISSA, an enterprise belonging to five or six Communist architects
executing public buildings under the control of the Party, and with the
Municipal Enterprise for Popular Housingo The new company was called CIC
(Center of Construction Enterprises) and was attached to the Ministry of
Construction. Ih 1949 CIC was split into three. enterprises; Muntenia, Ardealul,
and Sovromconstructia. In 1950 Muntenia and Ardealul became independent .
enterprises working under the control of a department of the Ministry which
operated about ten such building enterprises in various parts of Rumania.
2. Building Enterprise Noe II has its grain office at Bucharest, Calea Victoriei,
next to police headquarters. In 1951, the enterprise was working on 20 to
30 buildings in Bucharest, which included such public buildings as ministries
and military buildings, and working the Danube-Black Sea Canal.. A large depot
(called Sebastian) for materials including timber, iron, cement, lime, and the
like, is located at Calea Rahovei. A railway-siding leads to the depot, where
200 to 250 workers are employed. The entire enterprise employs between 4,000
and 5,000 workers; nearly all of there: are men in their thirties. Tech-.
nice! and administrative personnel number about 700 employees with an average
agF. 45.
3. The enterprise ha 3 the following departments; Technical, Administration,
Financing, Bookkeep'ng, Trasport, Materials, Canal, and several Cadres.
4. Enterprise No. II concerned ia.ainly- with the 'building of houses. Among
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a. Palatul Scanteia., a bwyl.d,i. ehi _~'. Is not .yet 1'; _aishednor does it
seem likely to be for ano ?ea? in1 ? r'- art y-ea.rr
b. The palace of the l1ir.l o F orated on Blvd.
Elisal-.eta Yi ar i-:I:. during .~"siii. ..?.:.~.. 1951.
c. The barraoks In Cale),
d. The workg at the Danube' .1a: k Sea. Canal, which i.:_.- c a.'r,?r.?ied out by a.
special department
The planned sehedu.ie cf
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shortage of finished c'iuppiier and pitzibing equipment.
5. In 1950, work to a ,rat-:;e of ?,')00 milli rn - c.-i_ T; as planned but was not
completed. The
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Bank, to which a1..1. had
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