SOVIET MILITARY AND AIR ACTIVITIES IN RUMANIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008600210003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 10, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY 1himania
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Soviet Military and Air Activities in Rumania
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DATE DISTR. 10 Sept. 1951
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1. Ozft of the G-Mffiek a s was re-Interrogated on 6 September 1951 at
Lavrion, Greece. The Rumanian Air Force lieutenant
was an electrician specialist at the Popesti Leorde
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25X1A and lieutenant attended school together in 1926, and have _ seen _ each other on
various occasions since. The last time was in August 1951 in a chance
meeting. The lieutenant stated that the informant was wise to leave Rumania
"before war breaks out"., The informant did not dare ask questions when the
lieutenant said "many" bombers end other types of Soviet and Rumanian aircraft
are ready to attack Yugoslavia soon. The lieutenant did not ask informant
to repeat the story to the Greeks, but pledged him to secrecy while in
Rumania..
2. Prior to the 23 August holiday., informant saw over Bucharest more than
fifty Soviet "large" aircraftl in formations of five or six. An aerial
meeting was held that day at the Baneasa airfield and several hundred
parachutists were dropped. The parachutes were of various forms and colors.
3. mother informant was also re interrogated. On the last Sunday in August, 1951,
the informant drove with a Securitate sergeant to the . negov area. ;Jhile
passing opposite the Baneasa military airport on the main road to Otopeni, for
a distance of two kilometers inside the forest of Beneasa, informant saw three
rows of tanks, each tank about six meters long, at right angles to the
forest, parked four to five meters apart w., - guns pointing toward the
forest. The informant could see only about fifty meters into the forest
because of the foliage. Behind the tanks and along a two-kilometer length of
tanks in rows, heavy artillery and anti--aircraft guns were observed. Behind
these, trucks cnd automotive vehicles of various types were observed. The
tanks and guns were covered with tarpaulins. The informant could not give
a better estimate of the number of tanks seen than "several hundred". Both
were astonished at the numbers but the informant avoided discussion. The
forest was not more than twenty meters from the main road at E?ny_point in
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the area observed. Informant was positive that the soldiers he saw living
in the tents throughout the forest were Soviets. The informant returned by
the same route, but at night. Driving by this area was permitted, but
Soviet guards prohibited stops.
4- The forest of Chitila is about thirty meters from the Chitiha railroad
statimno The civilians are not permitted further than ton meters from the
station.. Soviet and Rmanian soldiers are on guard, with Soviet troops
encamped in a different area but next to the Rumanian troops. The Soviets
are encamped in wooden barracks extending about one kilometer. The informant
believes that these troops man the fortress in the area.
5o In the Pantelimon forest informant observed about sixty truck drawn anti-tank
and anti-aircraft guns. The Soviet troops lived in tents located among the
vehicles and guns in the forest.
10 amiaent: Probably these some fifty Soviet "large" aircraft
were use to cop the parachutists at the Baneasa airfield.
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