BORDER GUARD TRANING CENTER AT LUGOJ

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2006
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: December 17, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 4
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SECURITY INFORMATION 25X1
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Border Guard Training Center at Lugo)
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DATE DISTR. 17 December 1952
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10 ZB rifles, 2 automatic pistols of Spagin type, 4 ZB automatic guns. The
other squads of Platoon Number 1 are identically equipped.
6. .Platoons Numbers 2 and 3: Commander of Platoon Number 2 is Lieutenant Gheorghe
Maftei; Commander of Platoon Number 3 is Lieutenant Gheorghe Alexandru. The
squads have the same number of men but have different armament. Squads
Numbers 1 and 3 of Platoons Numbers 2 and 3 are rifle squads. Squads Numbers
2 and 4 of Platoons Numbers 2 and 3 are machine gun squads, having two ZB
machine guns each.
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7. Battalion Number l: armament consists of rifles, automatic rifles and m ,-Chine
gins. The armament of the Antitank Company consists of 12 Soviet-type
antitank guns. The Mortar Companies have 9 -porters of 60 mm and 120 mm
caliberj There is a rear platoon, composed of 50 soldiers, which is part
of the training center.
8. Means of tran.sporta.tion: four trucks, three "luxury" type Skoda cars. The
wood barracks of the training center are located 1 km. east of Lugo, ,
at', the former airport..
9. Training: the training period lasts five and a, half months.
10. Infantry Regulations: the men are taught the position of attention, and
r~ri11 turns, from standing and marching positions; administrative regulations
for the ind: vid`ual garrison; target shooting; topography; aerial defense;
and football. (soccer); special frontier training and training in tactics.
11, Tactical Training, Individual battle training, squad training in attack
and defense. The platoon and the company in attack and defense. There is
more emphasis on attack than on defense training.
12. `rontte Tray ring scouting, patrols, sentry duty and control. All this
training takes place on grounds where a mock frontier has beon improvised)
13, Daily Schedule, C5aO to 1a3.L^O, training; 1600 to 1800, political training;
1600 to 2000, lecture in conference hall and readings from military
regulations.
14, Political Training: a few subjects are established in advance and the
commanders of the company hold lectures such as government institutions in
the People's Democracies; government institutions in the Western countries,
Including Yugoslavian structures of the Rumanian People's Republic (BPR)
and the USSR Democracies.
lae Morale and Political situation: the discipline and the soldiers' morale are
very weak. The soldiers do nog respect orders, especially those their sub-
officers give. During the five and a half months of training, forty soldiers
of one company were given jail sentences for non=execution of orders. Because
food is very bad, soldiers have rebelled on several occasions. Bad food
was also one of the reasons morale was weakened. There were also cases of
brutalities by the commanders.
16,. Oourse on Tactics: after training at the center, the soldiers were distributed
to several militery frontier units. One hundred soldiers were selected for
a special course on tactics which lasted two months. During the tactics course,
the subjects previously taught to all soldiers at the center were repeated in
more detail. After this course, the soldiers were sent to tie frontier units
as tactical instructors. There were no Soviet instructors, either at the
center or during the training.
Comment. Apparently Battalion Number 3 is taken in here, since
Battalion Number 1 is composed of rifle companies. See paragraph 2, above.
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