THREE NEW MUNITIONS FACTORIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013500310009-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2002
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: August 21, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 25X1
CLASSIFICATION SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
CD NO.
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Three New Munitions Factories
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
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 IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
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1, The following three new munitions plants in Rumania have started
production:
a. One plant is near Ploesti, producing automatic pistols and light
machine guns. Reportedly, this plant has 39600 workers,
b. An arms plant is located in the village of Nucet, near Targoviste,
and reportedly employs 1?6Qsn,
c, The most important factory is at Fagaras. It, makes bombs for the
-Rumanian Air Force, It'operates twenty four hours per day. Re--
portedly, 16,000 workers are employed at this plant,
2. All these factories are controlled by Soviet engineers and are pro-
tected by the Securitate units, The factory areas are treated as
military zones. Any movement in these regions must be approved by the
authorities and then further approved by a Soviet commissar. Other
military regions of this sort are Stalin (Brasov), Craiova and Timisoara,
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