ARMAMENTS PRODUCTION
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Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP81-01036R000200050062-0
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
Document Creation Date:
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date:
February 2, 2011
Sequence Number:
62
Case Number:
Publication Date:
May 10, 1954
Content Type:
REPORT
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U.S. Officials Only
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMA'iION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFFNSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN T'?_MEANING OF TITLE IN. SECT IOhS 793
AND 794. OF THE U.S. ^UDE. A. AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR "',E-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON S
PROHIBITED BY LAW. TI.E REPRODUCTION OF THIS REPORT IS PROHIBITED.
THIS Is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1. The Sovrometal factory at Resita delivered to the Rumanian Army in January
1954s as the remainder of its quota for 1953, 1,785 infantry'accompanying
guns with split trails'and rubber tires, At the some time 20'452 reserve
barrels were delivered. The January delivery was 394 pieces.
2. The 1954 quota has been set at three thousand 125 mm howitzers with 4,000
reserve barrels.
3. The factory has an order for 2,000 Roics type flame-throwers,
five hundred ousand 6o mm mortar shells, two hundred thousand 125 mm
mortar shells, and three million mortar shell fuses of various types.
4. Armaments production in Rumania is much hampered by a shortage of nickel.
Only 2.5 tons arrived from USSR during the last quarter of 1953; the need
of awrometal for the same period was about 50 tons.
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