MILITARY TROOP MOVEMENTS IN RUMANIA AND BULGARIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 6, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY R ia/Bu1 garia
SUBJECT Military Troop 2lovata
in Rumania and Bulgaria
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arms movement from Iasi and Galati, cancelling of railroad traffic in the
Timi oara area beta'ee~t 15 and i6r ate 1960, heavy troop movements from
Rumahia to oelav and Bul ian borders or increase in railroad guards in
Rumania*. Tu Soviet end Satellite troop 50X1-HUM
movane to are current each spring corresponding with the end of training
periods. it is difficult to judge whether these movements 50X1-HUM
mask other movements calculated either to build up a of nerves or to
prepare for ccncreate actio.
ruw ets lave been noted:
On 2a 4, and 6 March n merous convoys of` Soviet materiel were observed
passing at night frm Ursiosni tward Bucharest.
b. - On 11 March flatcars of 40, to 60 taws capacity for loading Soviet tanks were sent empty from Bucharest to Iasi.
a, On T, 8, and 9 March a train each night Hof about 15 flatcars loaded
with heavy tanks travelled from Rosicrii-do-Vede- through Corabia I
destined for Caracsl.
d, From 18 to 21 March six trains of tanks and one train of Soviet
infantry were reported leaving Vida tcxvard the west.
a. N neraus Soviet barges moving up the Dsmebe were reported at Oltenia
in March.
f. Trains (prelebly military) left Brasov Par Arad in Mare
g. On 1 April the movement of 18 to 21 March mentioned above was confirmed
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with additional information indicating probability that the trains came
from the USSR,
in. On 18 May aa. column (unidentified) was reported spread out over 40
h. On 1 April. 1450, 50 to 80 ton cranes on flatcars were moved toward
Pascani and Iasi,
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i. On the same date Rumanian railroad switch-yards were warned to maintain
ready for military transportation all reserve locomotives (1,100
locomotives reported available).
J. At the end of April Rumanian General Headquarters were studying with
the Technical Suction of Rumanian Railroads the modifications necessary
to transport very long explosive machines (sic) on freight cars,
k. Also at the end of April the Directorate of Rumanian Railroads (CFR)
urgently ordered the immediate reinforcement of the Bumbe uti-Livezeni
line (Craiovaa-Pcrt;rosani) in preparation of anticipated heavy traffic.
1. At the end of March and in early April the Bulgarian Defense Ministry
was informed that a Soviet Army was soon to arrive in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria has mobilized great numbers of doctors and organized civilian
sanitary services. Civilian defense organizations also were activated.
two Bulgarian divisions Were
On the same date there vas F
kilometers between Vladaya and Zurek (sic), Bulgaria,
At the end of May
and Straits 50X1-HUM
heavy traffic of military material between the
USSR and Bulgaria v Giurgin-Ruse. This traffic has greatly increased
since March, Materiel contains infantry arms and munitions, artillery
ammunition but no artillery guns. estimates mterial 50X1-HUM
=far superior to requirements of Bulgarian Army and estimates Soviet 50X1-HUM
stockpiling o ration against Thrace
o. On 25 June
southward.
go further than massive infiltrations of Partisans now grouped on Yugoslav
frontiers at Kaposvar and Lake Balaton (Hungary), at Florica near Fite ti
(Rumania) v at Petrich (Bulgaria )p at Durres and Graspa (sic - Grapsh ? ).
estimate the total strength of Partisans at 50,000, all well trained
in guerrilla warfare.
leaving Shumem moving
n important arrival of
despite numerous
depots and Bulgarian troop movements, Soviet action against Tito will not
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