REPLACEMENT OF RUMANIAN TECHNICAL PERSONNEL BY SOVIETS IN THE OIL INDUSTRY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009200280009-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 16, 1999
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 6, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SLC V~ U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
CENTRAL IAi? II DEDIALREPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Replacement of Rumanian Technical Personnel
by Soviets in the Oil Industry
DATE OF
INFO. September 1951
CD NO.
DATE DISTIL. 6 November 1951
NO. Of PAGES I
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
25X1X ,
to The recent discharges of skilled and other personnel in the oil industry,
especially in the Ploesti area of Rumania is not ascribed to economic
measures or to measuree against sabotage, but to a plan which provides for the
replacement of the Rumanian personnel by Soviets, who will be sent there for
this purpose from the Soviet Union.
2. Ivan Visinsky, a Soviet engineer, is the director of the large refineries
at Vega and is reportedly responsible for working out this plan.
3. Such Soviet experts9'especially in top-ranking jobea have been holding
important positions in the 6ovrompetrol Company oil enterprises.
4. The skilled workers of the oil areas receive 40 lei per hour.
5. In many cases the workers express dissatisfaction concerning working
conditions and wages. Consequently, the Militia have the laborers under
constant observation.
6. Three shifts work day and night in the oil industry throughout Rumania.
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