1. RUMANIAN TROOPS IN THE BANAT 2. CONTROL OF THE YUGOSLAV BORDER

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 16, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: July 25, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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9G?ntrol o9_f.kae ycAro~lr~ Border
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Arad (R 16& o6l
la No Rumanian Army troops were observed in Arad up to 27 June
1950, The district recruiting headquarters was on arasti
Street, at the corner of Numa Aompiliu Street.
2, The Arad border guard battalion, subordinate torteab border
guard regiment in Oradea Ilare (R 48/P 65),, a
sector along the Hungarian border extending to the west
as far as Beba Veche (Y 7/T 36)a
30 A building opposite the tovm hall housed one battalion
of the Lilitia or the Seourity l-olioe0
Liq adn~m 6 )
4, No Rumanian Army units were observed in Li;k;ova up to 27
Juan 1950 E>
5,, The school for political officers and NCOS in Radna
graduated about 1.00 trainees from each 6 -month course0
colonel Neculoe p (fnu) a was commandant of the school
It was not learned whether the school belonged to the
army or to the troops of the Ministry of the Interiorb
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7.
The HQ 4th Border Guard Kept was identified at 2 Butea
Dr,, Babes up to 13 June 1950-
A Militia detachment Was at 24 Bulv,, LAhai. Vitaezul, at
the corner of ~~u~3,t~~ejB ~ess~ta.~1o~~~.r~~ylEo~ui'i~,ewac~r~~y
(Compan.i.e de S ~99
Babes next to the Bega sanatorium.
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8o A reserve officer from Timisoara, who had completed the
reservists4 training period with a Craiova (R 33/314/A 83)
unit on 1 June 1950, stated that in all political classes
it was said that there would soon be war with the Western
lowers.
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9,> i mounted artillery regiment wh-ch had been in Arad up
to the fall of 199 was identified in the Artillery
Barracks on liemoranduliu Street and on Sfo Jon,Square
u; to 13 June 1950,, The regiment, commanded b Lieutenant
Colonel Jacobini, (fnu)? was organized into t;o battalions
of three batteries each and equil.. ed with 75-mm guns It
was subordinate, to the military district headquarters in
Cluj (d.R 26/L
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l0. An engineer unit, also assigned to the Cluj military
district headquarters, was in the former "'ueen Maria
Barracks in the block bordered by Louis Barthou Street,
i-ievnei Street, a.*iarasti Street and Marasesti Street,
11,, The headquarters of a border guard unit was in a house
near the railroad station, A training center for offi-
cers and COs of the border guard forces was also
located in Lujog. The trainees were billeted in the town.
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12, The 31st Iu,tz AT Arty Bn was identified in the barracks on
l:,pisco, kopezu Street, next to the cathedral on kiata Mare
Square, up to 17 June 19506 The battalion was commanded by
Captain Barabuta, (fnu), and was organized into three
batteries of three klatoons each. Bach platoon was equipred
with three 75-mm AT guns of Rumanian type Resita-1948 There
were two other AT artillery battalions, organized like the
31st L'.tz AT Arty an, whose posts were not known,, Officers
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and NCOs of the three battalions had come from. a BaMixed
Group" which had been located in Caransebes prior-to
dissolutiono
136 Infantrymen, engineers and fire fighting troops were ob-
served with a unit in the Dragalina Barracks near Draga'
lina 1 ,ark. This unit, w~--ich was referred to as mixed
regiment, furnished troops for observation kos tB and
katrols in the vicinity of the town,,
14, Horse-drawn artillery trool.'s with 75. guns bivouacked
in the area near the old airfield on 17 June 1950
15. Reserve officers and. r:COs in Caransebes were inducted
for service with units of the _Anistry of the Interior
from A ril to June 1950,
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Control of the Yu oslav Border
16~, Rumanian border guard troops were on duty in the J.usti.nis
(R 16/T 60)-Fooni (R 16/Y 58)=Tower (Y 18/Y 77) border
sector up to 5 June 1950. They &arformed their duty from
field positions along the border or from ti^ratchtowerso
17. Rumunian border guard troops were also observed in the
T'olvadia (Y 18/Y 77) oravita (Y 18/Y 95) sector and in
the Beba Veche (Y 7/T 36)-Lunga (Y 7/T 43) sector up to
the latter .art of June 1950,
18,t Field fortifications of emnklaoements and communication
trenches were being constructed along the border. It
was rumored that concrete pillboxes were also built.,
Heavy weapons of border trlsuch as
Tarska~e~s~o~itions~
AA guns, were ,perman&ntly emplaced
25X1A4 Coim eenta The information irobably refers to the
2d "lioria Closce si
so!call ~.th Lr'ltz Special B17 of the
Crisan so lu tz Inf Div which was identified in Caransebes
in 19)48 a No reliable re,,oats on elements of the 2d iitZ
Inf Div have been received since the beginning of 1949.
It is believed that the division was either reorganized,
or deactivated.,
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