1. RUMANIAN TROOPS IN BRASOV 2. RUMANIAN TROOPS AT VARIOUS POSTS 3. GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE RUMANIAN ARMED FORCES

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• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 5, 1951
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3. Gen~j~l.X Inf ormati on on the Rumanian Armed Forces
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Troops.. in Brasov,
1. The old Rumanian barracks installations in.Brasav (R 35~X 37) were in the
same condition that they had-been in the war. No destroyed buildings were
seen. No buildings were newly constructed up to July 1951. #
2. A mountain artillery unit was located in the barracks installation in the
northern sector of Brasov on the west side of Boulevard Woroschilow,~f ormerly
strode Lunge or Langgasse. Elements of the unit were frequently observed
marching through the streets of the city. They were taquipped with machine
guns an pack animals and small guns on two-wheeled carts. The men marched
with slung rifles. No motor vehicles were seen.
3. Billets quartering a mountain infantry unit were located on both sides of
Lenin Street, formerly calea Victoriei or Brunnengasse, leading from the
center of the city in the direction of the railroad station. The section
south of the street included a small barracks building and large stables
and the big Partisanul Rosu cloth factory. Strada St. Petru ran into Lenin
Street opposite this installation which quartered one or two companies
and an unidentified number of horses. The opposite section on the north
side of the street was far more extensive and included one three-story
building, 1t0 to 50 meters long, and other buildings of the same construction
at the rear of the street frontage. This section also quartered mountain
infantrymen. The unite located in the these two barracks installations were
frequently observed marching through the streets of the city. They consisted
of six to eight 50-man to 100-man detachments with vehicles and single
horsemen. No motor vehicles were seon at these units. The men wore blouses,
ski trousers,, mountain boots and visor-type service caps and carried rifles
and submachine guns.
Other billets were located west of the railroad station on the west side
of the road to Sanpetrul (R ~.S~X 3~}, north of the railroad line. Acc~rd-
ing to sources acquaintances, 1-,he billets quartered mountain infantrymen
;and an officer candidate school.
'.Phe barracks installation on Ba7.cescu Street,~f ormerly Schwarzgasse, also
quartered mountain infantrymen. It consisted of a three-story building, !a0
to 50 meters long, fronting Balcescu Street. The two T ale wings of the
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building and:;~lze stables in the reax section partially. enclosed a large
rectangular courtyard. The rear of the installation was an Pavlar Street
2f'~~,`^~erly B;urggasse.
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generals was also located in the_ city.
7. The main seat of the militia 'in Brasov was a large building compound on
Piata Emineseu (or Enescu) and 7 November Street near the market place.
(23 August Square). Two companies were frequently observed marching from
the market place through the gateway to the administration building on
'7 November Street. The militia personnel, who made a good impression on .
sources were estimated to be from 21 to 25 years old. They wore gray: blue
unif orms, long trousers or br~echess and visor-type service caps with red
bands. Occasionally, militia troops wearing the green uniform of the rural.
militia were also observed. The men carried rifles. They were assigned
general checking 'and other police missions.
8. The security (Securitate) off ice tivas located on Strada Prundului in a
mansion near the so-called Saguna-Lyceum. The garden of the .mice was en-
closed by an iron lattice coated with boards. One Iszaah or Calauszek,
(fnu), was in charge of the so-called Securitate office, vrhere individuals
wearing army or militia uniforms were observed.
b2is~]I~eous Pasts with Rumanian Troops.
9? Rumanian troops in old barracks installations in Cristian
(Neustadt, R 35/X 27) and heard from acquaintances that Rumanian troops
~rere also located in other old barracks installations in Rasnow (Rosenaus
ft 35/X 27) -and Cadlea~`(Zeiden, R 35/X 28). Mountain units were located in
these installations prior to the war. The actual occupation of the instal-
lations was not identified. A Rumanian air fords unit was located in Medias
(R 36/R ~3).
10. During a visit to Petresti (R 26/Q~71} in the summer of 1950
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an ammunition depot about 500 meters west of the town. The gates at the
.entrances to four galleries o:n the eastern edge of the woods west of Petresti'
were distinctly discerned from the village. According to an acquaintance
who had been working on the construction of these galleries, they were
driven deeply into the hillside. No information on the size of the depot
and the storage of ammunition was available. A smaller barracks installation
including several buildings was located on the edge of the woods about 2 km
south of the ah ove mentioned galleries. According to sources relatives,
the installation quartered a mountain unit. ;,~-
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11. 2C3n v Transylvania in 1950 and 1951,
about Soviet troops. Moreover, no ov~:et troops were seen during
visits to Ploesti (R 1~3/t~I~./C 69), Targoviste (R 33/3./0 l9), Pitesti (R 33/
3!~/$ 79) and Ramniculvalcea (R 35/w 32).
Gener~~~~~.f ormat~.on on the Ruman'3.an Armed Forces. '
12, the discipline and the appearance of the Rumanian soldier s
ze .saw recen~ y had essentially improved. No modern equipment was observed
at the Rumanian units located in Transylvania. Nor was a modernization of
the-armed forces noticed after the war.
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13.. Residents- of the city and the area around Brasov who were subject to the
draft received a sur~unons from an agency located in a former mansion on
Armata Rossi Street,, to report to a specified unit in the city, Those
found fit for military duty were inducted two or three weeks after the
examination, They allegedly had to serve for three years. Recruits were
inducted once a year, in 1951 in June. The Cammunist.Party~ the labor
unions, and the youth organization, called UTM, influenced the examinations
and inductions. After checking the parents political and private
conditionsi they almost exclusively recommended sons of workers-and farmer s
in a weak financial situation and intellectuals for induction.-Other
draftees mere either deferred from active duty with the remark stquota filled"
or assigned to a labor battalion {batailon de mu:nca),._ Most ethnic Germans
came under this category. ReserFrists were called up f'on-refresher courses
at irregular intervals. The rate of the reservistst inductions was increased
in periods: of political tensions as ~:n 195Q. The. refresher courses lasted
three DSO sic waeks~ occasionally. even three months or an indefinite period
of time. Inducted were former Rumanian reserve afficers and specially
selected reserve officers of German origin as-well as former Rumanian
2~~ier`s. Political. and social viewpoints-played a big part at these inductions.
C.pmment, 8rssov is carried: as a mountain troop post.
~F oui~en According to a previous report, the Petresti ammunition depot
~ne~uc,e~~ammunition storage galleries-and is designated as~Depot No 85.
See MGL~ ?283
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