RUMANIAN TROOPS AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN SIBIU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012300200003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 25, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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Rnr'anian Troops and "ilitaiy Tr_stal'.at;_ons in Fibiu
~trA) a an?'!l1F~E see below ON AM7 f'1O AIM t"t
prior to Dece,* (,,- 1951_
DATE OF CONTENT_t Dec 9 .~.,.
DATE OBTAINEDJ
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ENCLOSURES Q1O. & TYPE),
l0 Prior to the :um~er of l9'51, Itamanicn soldiers wearing black collar
patches and caps v:_th black bands rer(: grzarter'ed in the former A Ttil lc ry
Barracks in Sibiu (R 35/P. 20) on the rest side of the rtad to Rnsinari
(R 35/7" 19). The barracks installatio & consisted of two old multiple
story huildinrs ' h:ch had been recons?.ructed,0 `(1) Prior to Decerler 1.C,':.:,
-no troops were stationed or exercines corrueted in Cisnadie (R 3/' t ,7.2;).,
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that sen at the ace
of .21 were registered for the draft, n most of them were inducted is.
the sane yearn, t',th;nic Gerranswere incucted labor +uaits:, Prior to
late 1951, ethnic Gernans of sour .o f s acquaintance, w o had served with
the former German Armed Forces were not irduct.edo (6)
Prior to early December 1,x51, a hhr er {drawr= unit, Whose personnel wore
black collar patches and caps with t u.;:ck nds, was quartered in. the
former Artillery ?). rracks in Sthi ; oi-t the road to nasi.rari., (1)' Prior
to the fall of 1951 rotor vehicle.; of all. ty es, but 'nc; armored ,re?za
and runs, were -ar';ed in the yard of Ln in. tallati on near the f orner
Artillery Barracks on the east side o: the rc 1 to asi rlarl ? 'lost of tin::
Rmanian soldiers there wore faticue sniformro (2) Prior to the 1"a11.
1951, an ar>riunitio deprt was located about r'hr southwest c
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perimeter of "ibiu, in the so-called -ount, .for-st on thc. -wrest m icie of the
road to Rasinari and about. 1 km south of a cloth .f actor -o .``everal lmr
brick buildings were noticed. in the a: ,on of the depot w ich was rurroc idea.
by a barbed vrire fence r:i.?hh concrete .nstss Ti eras ;-:uar6ed by Ruranian
soldiers. Trucks o:cupied by soldiers' ?:rere sr,*times se"en plyinry oetw!en
the town arid. the depot, Prior to 'ovenber l9 Rumanian air force
personnel were quartered i,n the barracks i.rst~llation in the Cibinul
itiver0 This installation consisted of four old nuultipl_e-story bu)ldi n ss
around a yard `source rep at.e=iiy observed about 2C0
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rihin.. They were b=lieyed to be rovie': officetsL, At th. , tine,
ith Sze municipal
dwelling office, that drrell.i;i space r;ac tc
foreign-uilitary personnelQ ;r)
6a Prior to January 3C7j1, long harreleC 71.1i of not' less than 1C, mim Z' ra
noticed in the former Arti_ll,=ry i3ar.'Packs in ^:.b:i_t on the road `,o Ravi-
nari o The ordnance perk did ?.nt con-lain or.cgeneKus equipment., (.1)
Prior to January 191, a moot or vehicle repair fire.p for Rumanian
vehicles was located at the drill. ,rnund on the t pad to lia ,9_rs.rri. .e:
pilot training had been conducted prier to "..*r old' ::ar !I,.
To Rumanians and ethnic Gerr!ans had to sere-a for tw Hear. sA the ethnic
Germans were inductee into labor units, Inductio'Fs took place in fa_.\.
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and spring in phases which extended over pcrtods' of several weeks
Prior; to January l9?t;3.~ only a contingent of the ethnic Germans of the
1927 class re-re inducted, and the me .hers of ::net 192.8 rlas;3 were not
inducted at all, (6)
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later than Ruman.i.ans
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(1) The .urtiia~till(ery ?ersonnel -rear, 1 laclt ser, ice color; hence the
report confirrr.s previnus infornatior. from the stts?er of l915-1 indicai-ing
that this barracks installation was occt: ?ivd V artillery units it also
houses an artillery 'officer cari&.date srboo , rhich possibly is an elenert
of the large officer candidate c tool. it the "oiler officers trrinirig
school on the road to Poplacao ti: 25X1
(2) Another source eccrt,c d numerous rotor t -a cles )arked on Lhl west side
of the road to Rasinnri in the surirer of' 1951,, A miltor vel cle r: atr:.t,3iiar;ce
unit was alleged to Y~ave been located on the aa:#t side of the road to 25X1
Rasinari prior to Jul?_r 1951 but was ti:) 1, transferred fror tltereJII
1 -1 It car.nct be dete r nThec. 25X1
*ether the rotor ve iiclee; anent one in the pre1ont report r belong to
units in the ,raillery Barracks ` or to the rotor maintenance 'gait-
(3)The report con# nrevio i.nf'err,,ntfor o C'ctcber 19.rl s atLnc that
ti, ` ?!,:s i nstal:lation was occupied by rumarttian Air l^ i, rce persc;r.nel
(4) The the o3 f?_ce el the It i iani_rnn ecurity' sf 7^t'i ce cn r trada
1 re~nr V corLa ':oroschilov, ferr'enl r Pchet _, $'treet. 25X1
(5) This is the first report to c;enti on pei e - nnel in .'l t iu in 1,;11,
(~t) The report substantially co?-firms rrovi,us information coricar..,inC t.-.rrr, t
service and inductions. It Is establ.ishnd hevrever, as ear a,, l951that
Rumanians of 20 ears of ago and some n" 19 Teats of I, -c- rare a1.so 25X1
registered for the draft an -1 inducted
standard procedure appears to have baen ..n zrrditCe or xnc i_ , et :.;ii.c
Gerisans , Avail-able inf r;rmat t on indicates that: tl` ey rrore u."ua.1.1y i.rK' gored
1051, but was not carried out in December. In this moril,hl} some Soviet
officers and soldiers were seen in Sibiu for the ?first .?.re