SOVIET AND RUMANIAN UNITS AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN BUCHAREST

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• Publication Date: December 8, 1952
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PACES ENCLOSURES (No, 6, I'VE)
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I? in mid-September 1951, a soviet quartering area was located in the northern section
!of: Bucharest between Bul. GeneralisUul !-;talin and i'iata Dorobantio It was bordered
on he north by Ing,Gh Bois -treet, on the east by Bul? Franklin hoosevelt and i'iata
Doran-Intl, on the south by Aleaa Vulpacl-e and 'Alkai, and on the west by Cap, .v.
Vircea Strnot, It w-s not pine 6 off limits or s.:ecially guarded but Soviet sentries
rtn.:ed with suiDmachine -uns wer? posted at individupl s quartering area
was inhabited jr hussisns and tneir families oftices were also
located in this area. Of 'leers in uniform wert ox ten seen there.4.
2 In nidLneptember 1251, a Sovie office was on the west side of SoStanal Kisselef
'n'i tIr side of itvovtei Street which crossed this road in a mest-east direction.
:umerous ::oviet officers and cvilirns more seen at the build th on the south side
of I orovici treet whih was marked by a sign board, Mimercus ofZicers wre also ob-
served enterinf- and Jeavin the well-kept villa 1:), (-site .the office on the north
ride of l'oovlci Street, A sedr mar rarking there from time to time. The =,oviet
enbastty was on the ea n.t side oseava Fisselef, just north of rinca !-.treet, .
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, prior to mid-Septenber, a Soviet export and import
conrercial o22ice was in a multi-storied buildinr on the northeast side of i iata Nat,
Tiv 11;e r, hussian civilians were 'eeen in or near this building which was 1.1arded by
Rumanian Police. Pieta Nat, Unite, with a 1ar?1 monument for (Aalin ma on the north
end of Bul? Generalisimul !,talin? ource knows of no barracks insta112tions which
quartered [,oviet troons in TucYarest. Air force :,ersonnel wore frequently. seen, :1 -est
all nambers of soviet ad:-'nistratioa offices w. re laln clothes, Very dirty motor
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carrying 5';07.et soldiers someti;res red in the town,, They obviously
frm the.countr7 and cfld rot remain long qcharestr,L
4,o mid-Septerlt,a, 1951, a aumanian sentry ;suarded the buil',i4.1 of 41e "rehd-
-,r;.,ers of the former II Rumanian Army.':orps, on the north side of Calea Lrivitei
-r4r..,ou,; 300 meters west of Calea Victoriei, individual Rumaran soldiers it no units
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ir,faotry unit was located thero The soldiers more olive-green unforms, ionv
troulers and laced boots,
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ln Sp?,ptember 1511 Rumnian infantrymen 7lere obrerved near the barracks installation
-.7/ tie forner Infantry hegiment on the south side of Aghelescu 3treet, "G nlotor
%1-,hicles or heavy weapons Arere noticed the
rt was ar, infantry unit A4 [-rior to September 1'51, mounted
ox ii1drawnlamainim units had been ,DbeTTed oy nersons rassinr the 'herrn= ..(s
installarion of the former H!Fse Cuards ',3egiment? at the intersection of alea
loviel and virr:iliu f,treet.,
6, in "c-^teTber 1;51, a Rumanian army bedica depot was located in the north section
the town between Bill, nrasti and Bul- Filantropia. The area of the medical de-
prt was bordered on tho southeast by raresal Avereseu Street. Arhulances were seen
rt tneinstallat1on.1.n arbloyee stated that about 100 ersons worked in the r.Aidcal
(spoi; which Was a diltributing point and depot for military and civilian rnquirementq
Prior to the suomer of 1951, no medicines or ical items were 4.n stock because
sivilies from the UH'i.SJi., Czechoslovakia and Lastern Germany had to be isoued at
i,nce. 4
7, In September 1951, a cartographical institute, Where military maps were made., Av,s
southwest of the area of the army. medical. depot, There were observation towers
in this area,
8-. In the fall of 1951, a militia unit of 3 or 4 companies, tnnrinE blue uniforms, was
sccovJolated in the roljce ha racks just east of the foreign nUice on the north side
ofr ,oseaua Bona carte. This installation had been renovated after war daralee, The
unit had emergency v-ahicles carrying 38 to 21) ailitta men? The militia units received
infantry-training,. TAey wore a red star laa their viarr-tyce car2s. Otl,,,r militia Lnits
of about battalion strongth vele quartered in the 'crarracks installation just w-2,:st
of the 'olice '.-,eadquarters Alich quartemd a militia detail in December 19510
9, in early 1950, ;In 4PX1
of the TN,. Division were quartered in the former King illexsnder barracks and the 25X1
fnrmer Queen waizabeth barrack S; Jxr1r mid-Lecember 19511 solOiers
fAr?, Division in the streets of Bucharest. They wore a device with t-.e. Aunanian
tonai colors and the letters T.V. on the unpor half of the left sleeve. 25X1
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in .5uchrest at that bine :4
10. In rld--;.Vay 1950 or early 1951, the Lltasrador 14ote1 was relinwished by the RuSsians
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to the quartering area near the Soriet
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11, Uuring the ;:eriod from Deceber 1951 to late 'arch 1952, new detached buildings resemb-
ling villas and two rows each of barracks bnildins were observed from the ?;.1 camp in
Gtencea on the rest ede of the town, Rumanlans stated That nese buildinza wore COM-
Oeted in the fall of 1951 and were oconnied by a Rumanian artillery school.
The 17'; caro and the new build .ns waot of it
were located on the rot edre of Chencea, south of the road to Domnesti 14.3/4/C 53)
west of an old barracks installation Durin:. the 17eriodli.om Decemr 1951 to :arch
or :.1`-34-trpe tanks were seen'oractcinp? with infantry' in the area .in
of the F carp, They arrived there 2 to IL times a we and left the train.5.ng area
in. the direction of the torn, -hile the tanks rracticed drivin.q:? infantry carried out
rifle and machine gal firirc practiCe,I lthere had been intensive 6ana 5X1
training activity in the sarm-r of 1951 Red, at that tires the nwiber of tanks was ?
larger than in late ,Ninter 195?5
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12 Yn t.1 crinr. of 1951 aid.n learch 195211
nntry trainint7 rith ',-.anks of unidentified nationality on the trairainc zround
near the cam.7.;, The i..1fantry unit wore olive-green uniforms a nd.tataled about
1100 t50C .r.on ?o 21 t,an.ks 1.-.1ad been observed tl-ere in the sr:rin-- of 1951.
is arainst 5 tnraks arc1 1957- The infantr,yrnen wore steel helriets, had
two cartridye ,4.1&.-tes and oarried field pae?.:s. They I.ere armed with short-beled
rifles with 1' -3Ce (I ay011e soh:machine uns and heavy ?Taxim-trpe :-echine runs
::o nationa1-1V markinf:: va,--fs on the P'ravish blue T-34-type tanks.
13 At the end of Deceraber 1951, the old ordnrAlre depot on the east side of tranus
`tre.et,, vtich was .eL.,vif?.7 damaged durim orid ar IT, had not been rebuilt.
whica were used ar3 a jail for ,:olitical convicts Wens, in
nort`. section of imitallation? *'ch had remained intact.
111.? In De ...ember 12521, a-/e.:...truiting office was In an L-shaped buificting omite the
oil the west side Di. Uranus ,`?treet, Younc; men were often seen tl-,sre?
the former Mihai iliteazill Barracks and the former Infantry
icers1 'chool on northern side of Calea 13 September were intact and
cupied by a amnia:. military ri1ts lo motor vehicles were seen,
16, In mid-October 195'4, P. multi-storied building housing a military office was at
the intersection rf ? Bal.,. Anna Ipate sou f once rl:. ul ',Asper Catargiuy and Oh.
nnu Etreet? The ..'ailding *ATVS' guarded by Rumanian sentries wcarine: olive-greei
uniforms. tS7r ry.trid floor served as quartei.rs f or s olCiers.
17, In October 1551, a lare.e buiidin s7i..te was at the bifurcation of. Sosenua 7'oLosoai,
and the road -?..;,; floesti 143/4/4/C 69") on the north end of the town? It was known
as the s'te o' the new buildinc: of the Rumanian state 1.rintirw Cffice, huff: bull-
dth Jill a toner was on the orerises.
Inust 3951? a large military office was located on the south-west ride of
Camrineam -Street, near ;tirbei. Voda Street, and the former Carmen Lylva
where nur-lrous offteers, r;:otor vehicles and military drivers -were seen. It
5 or 6-stalqed stone .tuildin which had 1-keen erected after + i ource
o'nservc=,A that it tas occupied in the sum:ars s-,f 1950, Rumanian soldiers f,:,irirded
-t.7-le on-ranee on Carapilleanu Street,'D
Q In the fall of 1951, a rAlitary medical school for young medical officers rims
? tee- southwest of the nurtern railroad stnticn,, Rumanians st;:.ted t1?7:t there were
se;arate warc. for sold tors and civilians,; Resid- nts stated that a school
-;;-.z.h quarters for t3-1.0 militia mer was nrrth of the militrry t,tediCal schools or:posite
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:.?0. In the fall of 1951, militia units wera iu!:4rteted in the building of the former
Tnspectorate f the Cendamer1..e, on the north side of 5oseaua efan Cel,.7rare.
units were seen. Iraininq, activity was conducted in the area behind the buildinf
e4.
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the humani,)n pre" the Ar'.bassador Hotel Was derequisitioned by
the :ioviots. The Cafe DucurwAi clone to the hotel was also vacated 14- the Soviets,'
NFL) worden low huts, just northeast of the northern railroad station,- at t.he inter-
on of Calea Urivitei and Gh. Duca, .which had 'been used as transient
rters for noviet soldiers pas.,im. throu-7h '3ucharests were removed in the. e2rinc.
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Coment, It is - lauSible tl.!st pusrtere and are :Located in
nt;71-AF-a'eaion acharet th'ich had alga's 'leen occurAed hy
units or offices are n thl city,
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25X1 omment., In July 1954
iflx, e Earrans install-tion
inStellation on Strada Tri-i1
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a motorized unit was quortered 25X1
on Calea ,leonei and a gendarmerie unit in a Irarratks
T+ llolieved that source ob:,erved the ;7,enotar?
Comment. The report confirms that in December 1954 the 1st Tan!: Avision
iiTr913=rencu" was in Bucharest, :-reVious reports also mentioned c ;..7 tank
corps in Bucharest. The HCC Division or 2nd 'Itz or :ecz Div Rorie (71osca oi Crisan
ems still to exl st ns in July 1951 nother refugee knew its name,
Comment. 17 ase are presilM017 units +IT the T.V.Jivison. However, other in?
_orma Ann incaccted a school for mechnnized and tank units in Ghencea, nne the un'its
nartici, atin in the tminin- mav hav,,, been det?ohed from it.
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