MILITARY ACTIVITY IN RUMANIA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 22, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 18, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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.CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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Military Activity in Rumania
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code. as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
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The following troops were seen along the Danube River during August and
September 1952:
1. Orsova:
Rumanian troops were stationed here and were quartered in private homes which
had been requisitioned by the Rumanian Ary. The following troops were seen:
Soldiers with green epaulettes, believed to be border guards*
be Soldiers with crossed gun barrels on black shoulder boards, believed to be
artillery.
Soldiers with red epaulettes and shoulder boards with an exploding bomb,
believed to be infantry.
Soldiers with blue epaulettes and blue caps; on the shoulder boards were
crossed rifles and an oval emblem with the letters R.P.R. (Rumanian
People's Republic). They are believed to be members of the security
service troops.
2. Turnu Severin:
The following Rumanian troops were observed:
a. Soldiers with black epaulettes with crossed gun barrels.
Soldiers with black epaulettes and elliptic emblems consisting of jagged
lines,$ probably members of the signal corps.
c. Soldiers wearing black shoulder boards with elliptic emblems consisting
of crossed hammers.
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Soldiers with black epaulettes with crossed spades on the shoulder board,,
believed to be engineers.
Soldiers wearing red shoulder boards with the exploding bomb design,
believed to be infantry troops.
f. Soldiers with green epaulettes, believed to be border guard*
g. Soldiers with blue epaulettes and blue caps with a red band and the
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R.P.R. emblem$ believed to be security serv
Soldiers wearing gray blue uniforms and shoulder boards with browli
triangles and crossed spades. they Were military
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No Soviets at all had been observed in Turnu Severin until. 19 September 1952,
when members of the Soviet Air-Force were seen. Only one Rumanian Air---Force
soldier and-one civilian pilot were observed in Turnu Severin.. Although
the number of troops could not be determined, the approximate percentages
are as follows: artillery, engineer;, and signal corps soldiers made up about
30 percent; the infantry another 30 percent; the border guard about 20 per-
cent; the security service troops about 20 percent.
3. DanubRiver, 24o kilometer mark,-,
About 30 Rumanian soldiers were observed undergoing training on the shore, and
other soldiers, presumably engineers, were being instructed in the use of
Kovacs-type motorboats. There was probably a camp on the left side of the
rivers, but it could not be seen.
4. Danube Rivers 238 kilometer mark-.
About 150 pontoons with bridge parts on top.were observed as well as about
50 Rumanian soldiers who were working on the pontoons along the left bank.
5. Braila:
The following Rumanian troops were observed:
a. Artillery, engineer, signal corps, and infantry troops, but neither the
number nor the exact location could be determined.
A few border guards and security service troops.
Air-force personnel wearing coats with open collars, white shirts
and neckties. Their shoulder boards were blue with pilot emblems.
Soviet pilots were also observed in Braila. It was said that they are training
Rumanian pilots at the airfield outside of Braila. The following Soviet
troops were seen:
Soldiers wearing black epaulettes with a yellow tank emblem on the shoulder board*
b. Soldiers with no emblems on the shoulder boards.
The number and location of Soviet troops could not be determined.
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