THE TANGANU AMMUNITION DEPOT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007400790001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 18, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2008/06/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007400790001-6
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
which In any manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited by law.
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The Tangaan As mmition Depot
SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE
APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
located eight ometo" east of the rail-
le The Tangaan nation depot and. on the Bucharest'Oltca" railroads,
road line that encircles butbarMt ad station. There is uO spur h
1 h of the Tangen there ic,,
'X00 meters tion depot brit t there is a higb 44 "W The in-
track to the the railroad eta barbed
free the reed connecting Tas~gasm and surrotcaded by and is
of 100 by 200 asters
ttered
es an area
located
astallatisaowrs Around the installation are cult 1 lightssca
wart. Wooden Vatchte"" equipped
of trees. o f the depot.
at each corner an Air Force and
is under the jwrisdiction of the Rumani
wXa= depot 2. The comp comprised the following buildings t
4 meters, with an earth
in
a. god vsderground concrete They cos ntain the follrnrin62 aerial b
thick. The a co. and ineesdarY
crate
, 1.5 including high 0*1oetVe bombs; aerial mines' a red
crates, inc sates an aerial- bombs
circle an aerial
bombs. Jl green eirele on a orate a 'It*
indicates a high M plosiV0 bomb,
mine and a bream circle an incendiary bomb.
covered with tarpaper, 15 by 8 asters, with
sb'allss
be S evuken brick barracks Thw contain rockets' tracer
a three meter a asscl~ inceendiat9 shellse,
armor p3.Woing
Two o1?ated concrete storage romes, 10 by 10 meters, above,
fuses e g for 1or
Go W by an earth emba?laeeaat? Ther contain
and sotto
bombs and signal rockets Which are easily set off -
d. A twv-story Pm-dhow-0-9 20 by 8 meters.
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 1s July 1955
NO. OF PAGES 1
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