1. MILITARY INFORMATION 2. PETROLEUM REFINERY AT DARMONESTI 3. REPAIR OF RAILROAD LINE

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• Publication Date: March 21, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
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ENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
~IDEIVTI~L
SECURITY INFOR1AATtON
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT l? Military Iaxformatien
2, Petroleum Refinery at Darmonesti
3. Repair of Railroad Line
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THI S DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF. THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 19j
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1, There were stationed in Braila the following military unitse
a< 2 Rumanian Border Guards Regiment.
b, 13 Rumanian Artillery Regiment,
c. Rumanian Marine Engineers Regixn.ent.
d. Soviet Infantry Regiment..
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e, Soviet Tank Regiment. Part of this unit is located in the bax?-
racks occupied formerly by ~8 Rumanian Infantry; another part is
housed in_the barracks occupied formerly by a Rumanian Pontoon
(sic)- Regiment.
2. Every two or three days there would pass through the Braila railroad
station various sizes and types of new railroad cars and locomotives,
50 of them would go through Braila in a three 50X1-H U M
day period, Some of these cars had a 50 ton capacity and were mounted
on narrow gauge temporary wheels, At Galati, these wheels would be re-
placed by the wade gauge and the new rolling stock vaould then head for
the Soviet Union. Railroad cars from Resita, Arad, Stalin and Bucharest
(from the former Malaxa factory) have been passing through Braila-for the .
ast three or four ears on their wa to the Soviet Union. 50X1-H U M
these new ears had fewer wheels than
the old type. this was done ;~~ that
there would be fewer wheels to change at Galati when the change to the
wider .gauge was made.
There was a petroleum pipeline running from Ploesti to Rena which passed
through the outskirts of Braila. The piping was between ten and twelve
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cax, in diameter and xaas b9aried undergrvend. (various pumping
called Qarbosi ray roa ju.n~:tion) and another about, two and a half
kil:dc~eters fxc~m the Braila rai.l:~~oad station. Sec:u.rity police were on
guard at the pumping sgat.ions,
!~. On ?~ September 1951 #,wa traa..ns of 60 cars each
which had ;?ame frcam Reni and v~hz.c_ b?lere headed far Faura~.. The trains 50X1-HUM
carried Soviet,, tr~c~ops and tanks belieued t,o be T34~$5 and
SU85 types. On 10 September 1951 another^ tram of
b0 cars which als? carried Soviet mops hea ng ~n the same direction.
b, Anew pet--,raleum refinery" plant was Gonstructed'at Darmanesti9 at Valea
IJzuluip appro~i,~aat,ely five kilometers from tyre Darmanes~,i railroad
station. The refinery employed 240 workers and a ~l.arge numbex? of guards
and Militia. Productican is estimated at b~,0O0 tons dailyA inclucli.ng
gasol.ine~ refirded oS,ls ~ Lubricating oils ~, et- cetera. The new name of
the refinery is Petx^olifera Mri,dava Va1.ea LTzulua..
7, There were many xiew petx?c:+.leu~u wells being dril7L.ed a.n the Adjud.~ Chires~
vaia (-si,c)g Darmanesti and Moanest,i. areas. There follows a list of
same
a. Tw^:~ y}lel.7..s near the railrc,ad line at Viisoxa vi.1.l.age.
bo One well in the center of D~oinesti v:t,l,lage.
c, Seve~iteer~ wells oi~ the northern part ~Jf Moanesti village.
d, A large number in Zemes vil7.agea seven kilometers nortkz of Moin.esti
village, In}~~abitant,s of the village were being evacuated and wells
were drilled right in the yards, of the dwellings,
$, Attached are two sketches ~ one showing the layout of the refinery;
the other showing the r~a~.lwag line c;ob~,nect.i.ng Luna de Sus and Mihail-
eni and the rebu~.lt viadu:ts wha.c.h had been destroyed by the Germans,
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Appendix I ~- Legend tr~o Sketch 1
1. Viaduct ~~ 1~ eight to n~..ne mets:r~,s high.. Metalt.ic cons~~ru~:tion can wooden
~aa~ers. Un 15 July 1.94$ the viad.u~?.t was sti~.:l under c,ons+,,ruction, Three
cont,rete piers vaere pro,~ec.ted, (Type A)
~, Viadu