CONSTRUCTION WORK AND MILITARY MEASURES IN RUMANIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008500490011-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 2001
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION R EPO RTI CD NO.
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Construction Work and Militar7 Measures
in Rumania
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DATE DISTR. 5 September 195].
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1. Two small warships called "monitor boats" have been completed, and two more
are now under construction.at the Braila shipyardso These vessels are 45-50
meters in length with 2.00 - 2.50 meters draft. Each ship is equipped with
four guns, two fore and two aft.
2m Barracks-type ships Pre under construction at Braila and Galati. These vessels
resemble bargbs, with quarters.fore ' and aft, and a sliding deck amidsbip
which can be rolled back to expose the hold. wech ship is estimated to
accomodate 400-600 men.
Wooden sloops 20-25 meters long are now being manufactured in assembly-line
fashion at the Rumnnipn shipyards in Oltenita. The local inhabitenta refer to
these sloops as fishing boats.
Black Sea Canal
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b. Progress has been slow on the construction of the Danube - Black sea (;anal.
Flood waters in Cernavoda inundated various works connected with this canal,,
Although most of the manpower for this project is supplied by political
prisoners,. some volunteers have signed up for canal work in order to avoid
compulsory military training.
Rumanian Munitions Factory
The Franco-Romano factory in Braila is currently engaged in manufacturing
artillery shells, bullets and gunpowder.
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6. The Rum mans are building r!-i lroad cars in Stalin (Brasov) for delivery to the
USSR. These cars are equipped with adjustable axles Which permt their passage
over Rumanian reilroad lines and also over the wide gauge soviet mils. The
road c: i rs are dispatched in lots of 35-40., via C alati, Rumania and Reni,
USSR.
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security Measures
7. on the Soviet-Rimztanian border, a 20 meter strip along the bank of the Prut
River has been plowed and is kept harrowed as a security measure- Soviet
soldiers patrol this area- In the vicinity of Reni guards are posted at
50 meter intervals, each guard having access to a field telephone at his
post.
8. Rumanian officers are forbidden to tell members of their families where
they are stationed, or to mention unit locations in corrc;spondence. It is
forbidden also to place forwarding addresses on the private mail of military
personnel.
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