RUMANIAN MILITARY INFORMATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 16, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INT LLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO. 25X1A
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Rumanian Military Information
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1. There is a Rumanian division headquarters located in Roman. This division
replaced 7 Division which moved to Braila in the spring.
2, There is an anti-aircraft regiment of 6 Division which moved to Cernavoda
six months ago. Between Fatesti and Cernavoda are located a few heavy anti-
aircraft guns and same small caliber guns. There are four guns emplaced
near the Boroea and Danube River bridges. On the small hills in the area,
there are some medium caliber guns in fixed emplacements,
3, Prior to June 1950, there was a sizeable amount of Rumanian military traffic
through Roman toward Cernauti, but since them only sporadic traffic has been
observed in this area. Eaxiy traffic iunoluded about forty Soviet tanks.
There were no Soviet troops in the Bacau and Roman areas. There is only
one regiment of infantry and one regiment of Rumanian artillery in Roman at
the present time.
4, Roman is a quartermaster supply area.. Supplies include saddles and other
leather equipment, tents, and mechanical supplies for Rumanian Army Corpse
The barracks of a former cavalry regiment are used as a warehouse. These
barracks are guarded by 100 Rumanian soldiers.
5, A dump is located across the bridge and near the railroad station of Bacau
on the Moldova River, which contains wagons, tires and field pieces to
equip two field artillory regiments (old Skoda 75 mm. pieces).
6, 'There is an agricultural school located on the Baosu-Roman road. Nearby is
a forest to which there is a trunk line coming from the main line between
Baoeu and Roman. This is the location of 20enall ammunition dumps which are
open and surrounded by earth. There was no anti-aircraft defense seen there,
but the dumps are guarded by 150 Rumanian soldiers,
7, .Near the Pitepti railroad station on the Roman-Baca road and near the
Bistrita River there are some wooden warehouses surrounded by trees and
which .re about seven hundred meters north of t_Le station. There are 10
dumps here containing war materiel. The area is guarded by Rumanian soldiers
and is enclosed with barbed wire.
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S. On the road to xn9oani, about two hundred motors from the Raman railroad
station, there is a factory Which was an ordnance repair shop during th?e
last imr. It is n raking; agricultural equipment and employs about ono
thousand ei hundred people. iohind the plant is the Itartan airfield.
Two months ago the factory was ordered to partiAlly convert to war produ:tion.
9. About thirty one kilt notern above the road to Pa a ni at the "funcel railroad
station, in a wooden hill about six kilometers above the station. Six Ynoxrths
ago, 60 hectares were cleareed in the center of the forest there. It is
rumored that an airfield is under construction on the plateau, and thre
hundred vroxicors are employed mere. O ent and lumber Is carried to the
site which was inspected several Mimes 'by Soviet officers.
10. On the Ile ,u.Duohareet railroad line at ga'cegti, 28 kilometers from Rcmm,
there is an airfield scheduled for oanstruoti,on.
11. There is an advanced infantry reserve offioars'training center at Raman
where they are trained in the use of Soviot weapons,
12. There Is a Rumanian infantry regiment located at Baoau which is a part )f
the division at oo iuli, an Array Corps Iieadquartere at la i. some divisions
at Roman and Bac u,/: n infantry regiment at Bot atini whi is a part of the
division at Roman, some infantry battsijons at F .oent,, :l ohoi, and
Sucesava and an infa ry regiment at Pjat r?, IIe which is a part of the
division at Focyani.
13. The Soviet controlled airfield at Tecuoi 1 has six large hangars. About
twenty-five fighters and light baiberq were observed on this field. An
airfield at Foogani r;zioh was built by thep Germans is not in operation now.
14. Across from the railroad station at Bu>wb i there Is an airfield under Soviet
control vihioh contains seVen snail hangars. At this airfield about fifteen
fighter planes and light bombers Wore pbagrved.
15. Iiilitary bakeries at I.organ are producing 7,000 loaves of bread daily which
are supposedly better than that rzade for atvilians. There are two flour
mills in Roman, one p oduoing; 200 tons ` .n 24 hours and the other 100, tons
in the one period. There is also a suer refinery at Roman which eap1oys
3,000 people and produces approximately''Wo thousand five hundred ton ton
carloads each quarter (October to January). Part of the production is routed
to the woviet Union.
16. !Ieembere of the Tudor V'ladimireesou Division soon to be appearing throughout
Rumania. These are usually officers and non-oannissioned personnel who are
still wearing the insignia on their tunics.
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