SOVROMCONSTRUCTIE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012000060001-5
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 19, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
COUNTRY Ruma' i
SUBJECT Sovrc.nic;constructie
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED 5TATES, 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 IS
PROHIBITED BY LAM. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
DATE DISTR.
19 May 1952
NO. OF PAGES
5
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATIC 50X1-HUM
Sovro,`iconstruct_ c,, a joint soviet and 'L"ui tanian enter prise engaged in
the building of various c:i % 1.1, industrial and military projects, ha;
is hna u.r.'tE rs on 4 Str cla bLtena in 'i3, chharesio. It is divided into
seven :indeF eoc'ent acirrJ_Ti?.str?%'tive u it.s called Directo...at.es. The
Directora',es which cover particula, eo ra,~ t:_ca.l areasy specialize in
the construct o"_ of special pro ject..s, bare branches in many districts
and towns of the counntrt,'. Followiit are the Directorates of Sovrom?-
con t.rructie
a. Sor'r-cmcon tructie No. 1 is located at, 33 ; trads+. CIcl ei in Bucha.
rest,. A develo::r;,,nt of the nationalization of the former Prager
Building Entenpri.ses, ti-xis Directorate forms one of the main
RuI rear i an, co_n~ ribut7 ons to the 3oovrcci7:canstructie agreerient.
h. Sovromconstruct.ic No. 2. with. of ion Strada RRegala in Bucharest,
rae its 'hteadquartc ?s in Arad. ~'hi.s Directorate was formed from tt1.e
nationalized assets of former Via Enterprises of Arad.
No. 3 has its offices at 11" Strada Stefan Cel
Marc. in Bucharest, where the liu7msr.v1 Enterprises were formerly
:~..c ca.ted. Its headquart A s are wry the town of Iasi.
(.: ~J L''(Jm c.nsL+ractJ~ No. I, i-1 1oev Ltsd at 19 SJrada C. A. Rosetti in
Bucharest in the office ;3 of the former Beton Monier Enterprises.
e. So >ror>:;otzstrt.ctie No. 5 is located at 44 t3uleva.rdul Dacia in
Bucharest. This Direc.},:oral : :i_.; en aged solely in the construction
of bridges and ar~7~ed7zr,t,,
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f. Sovromconstructie No. 6, located in Bucharest in the offices of the
farmer Derubau Enterprises at 114- Calea Dorobanti, is engaged solely
in the construction of roads and highways.
g, Sovromconstructie No. 7 has its headquarters in-Constanta.
2. All Directorates are organized in the following sections: the Ad-
ministrative Section, the Personnel Section, the Technical Section,
the Accounting Section, the Section for Materials, the Transportation
Section and the Special Works Section.
3, The Special Works Section deals exclusively with works of a special
character such as secret mlitary projects, In the Sovromconstructie
No. 1 Directorate the plans of the projects of the Special Works Section
are entrusted to Nicolas Tanasescu, head of the Technical Section, and
to an architect named Mircea Cristescu
4F. The Sovromconstructie also controls and operates the following plants
and offices:
a, A cement and lime factory at, Comarnic, near Sinaia.
b. A tar paper factory located at 2/4.0 Strada 13 Februarie in Bucha-,
rest.
c. Sovrom STUC located at 505Soseaua Giurgiului in Bucharest, This
firm controls the equipment, machinery and tools necessary for the
construction projects.
d. The Project Planning office locate- in the Nestor Building on
Calea Victoriei in Bucharest. This office, previously located
at 188 Strada Stirbey Voda, provides the plans for all projects
executed by the various Directorates of Sovromconstructie. Works
.of a special character, however, such as military or naval projects,
are planned by the Project Planning Section of the ministry which
orders them.
5. There follows a list, of various projects executed by Sovromconstructie
in the past two years:
a, An aqueduct at Arcuda, near Bucharest, was completed in autumn
1950. The aqueduct i3 constructed of reinforced concrete, is 1.20
meters in diameter and 13 kilometers long. It carries water from
the Arcuda filterin station along the sane route as the older
aqueduct which was inadequate for the city's needs.
b. A new dam was built at CrivA:r a for the diversion through a canal.
of the waters of the river Arges to new filters and water reservoirs
near the village of Rosu, pr1 the outskirts of Bucharest,
c. Two factories, one at Beresti near the totes of Suceava" and another
near Botosani, were built for the Office of Cotton and Hemp. These
plants will ret, break and scotch flax.
d. Two thread spinning factories were built in 1951 at a cost of 400
million lei each. One is located in. the to,m of Iasi, and the
other in the town of Botosani in the buildings formerly occupied
by the gymnasium near the Stefan Cel Mare, barracks.
e. An expansion project which cost two billion lei was completed in 1951
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of Sta.~_l,r (formerly rira::ic .) . W project the power of an electric plan h ..en a ., r_ "tl orr
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of junction roads, the j1.',_ J
as wall as the cons i._,. . 1. n of workshops Ond an W: r' r ball. The
floors in moot of the plant builOnL-,
of .. Van
centimeters j x -u in . Omar t.
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potrae line link: nZ it r.jt .. he ..ioToo. __ a = .l.e?. ..v 4?:: x7 ..a,,.u as
installed E
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in 1949 in the vi_1.l c' i 1:.!1(-.._.. ana.'
calls for an expandAturm of two bUIP;
completed in 1152. T ,.,....IS
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a tunnel three natics in i l7 _ ;:
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