PEOPLE'S BOARDS, OFFICE FOR CONTROL OF FOREIGNERS, MAI AND MMS MINISTRIES/NEW ID CARD/DEPARTURE FORMALITIES

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• Publication Date: June 30, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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MAI end MS MinWries/New Id Card/ Dapartur~
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Rumor is
's Boards Office for Cofltrol of 4gnera,
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED -INFORMATION
DATE D I STR. 30 Jun 1954
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> ople ? s Boards. or orgota-lZA agna1 chart of People 16 Boards, see Enclosure g.
I don o n0VT i= glo'mrnn eut13. body Isupervises the People to Boards, n{IIOa do I
know how many regions eMiat in the RPR. I do know the Boards in the Bucharest
region, however. I believe the4 the FM party supervises -the People's Boards,
but how,eind through what channel, I do not know. Every People's Board, inclu-
ding the Central Bucharest City People's Board, has the following -Sec Lions :
a. Agricola (agricuI.t 1)
b. Spatio Locativ - thx. housing oMee,, formerly called 'Officiul de indhirieri',
a. Car'tele (ration cards )
d. Personal (peroonnel)
e. Stare Civila (civil status); this office issues various documents, ouch as
birth and death cartifi.catgs.+ etc.
f. Sanitexa (as ltIation)
g. Economica (economic); thin ,action has itii own inapectoro, in civilian clothes,-
and economic police.)
h. Financierul (financial); this seo't#on is the only one which has separate build-
ings or premibes,LProm the Central and nub People's Boards); there are also
other sub-cityasector Financial Sections., which arm responsible to the main
city,aector Financial Section. This suction handles all income taxes.
i. Adminiotrava (,wdministx'at)
J. Comerciale. (Cc arcial) ,'supervising private eibopp, and authorizing private
business activity.
It. Industria Locala (Local industry, duvervieing-ractivities of private buoines?s4
(small trades people).-
1. Cadre (personnel
m. Peneii (pensio s
n. Trusturi (trus'he. . This nodt1OI ooritroUed tram I.C.3,. State Stores and State
Commercial 1 uterpri ten..
o. Culturala (oulttusl)
p. Educative Fixica ui Spott ( soul. education and spots )
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r. Comunnl~ (ccmmuril); this section de-1c with taxation, water, electric power,
etc.
s. Sociala (social); this section also supervises the 'Bratele de munca' (employ-
ment office).
I remember the following peop in the City Central People's Board:
Niculae Doncea, a General in the RPR Armed Forces, is the President of the Svcha-
reet Ci y Central People's Bocl,rd.
(fnu) Levi is Director of the Coiamerce Section of th? Bucharest City Central
PeopleTs Boe.rd. He is 45 year; old, medium height, 'blue eyes, bald, of Jewish
origin, comes from Bacau (Moldavia region), member of the PMR Party. By pro-
fession he was, formerly, as ambulant street seller. He is hated by all the re-
maining private shop owners.
`. "MAI Ministry for Interned Affair.i) and ,dlitia. for organization of MAI, see
Enclosure P/. During the fall of 1953, t e ',7flon Building was evacuated and re-
occupied by the newly established Directia Metroul.ui Bucuresti (Bucharest City Un-
derground Directorn%,). The project of this underground, failed, however, and the
offices were closed. The building was then occupied by the MAX. (The DGM, Ge-
neral Directorate of the Militia, occupies two buildings on Victoriei Street: the
Cretulescu Building which is in line with the former Royal Palace, now the Repub-
lic's Palace - near the Cretulescu OrthodIx Church - , and the Dragomir Iliculescu
Building, formerly the Dragomir Niculescu Food Commodities Shop, which IS now cal
the Romarta Store (sic7). The entire area around the Republic's Palace is the
fortress of ? the Commiiif~ls C,cr~ez2R1t5, ~Ori'~~iC,siit~:i~ttt~eti~ ae::t Tfi~I"-Ministry,. the
Wilson Building, another unknown Directorate of tha;MAI Ministry, and the flSS Mi-
nistry (located. on N. Balcescu Boulevard - formerly Bratienu Boulevard). The last
occupies the former Ministry of Air space.
"Nowadays pedestrians and vehicles are permitted free access to Boteanu Street.
This was not permitted in 1952 and the spring of 1953-
4. "The main DGCS (Directia Generala Comtrolu.l Strainilor - General Directorate for
the Control of Foreigners) Office, located in the Prefecture Palace (formerly the
Pr..fectura Politiei) on Victoriei Street,together with the CMOs (Comand Amentul
'?'ilitiei Orasului Bucuresti - Headquarters V the Militia of Bucharest) Office,
supervises the DGCS Office on Nicolae Filipescu Street. I am certain of this,
because when I departed from the RPR and went to pick up mrW visa and passport
from the DGCS located on Nicolae I'il1.pescu Street, that office had to send to
the ROCS Office in the Prefecture Palace for my case file. Normally, no foreign-
er has enything to do- with the DGC;; on Nicolae Filipescu Street, or with the one
in the Prefecture Palace. All formalities are taken care of by the City Sector
-Circa Militia Office for the Control of Foreigners.
5. "The Circa de Militie P.O. (Guard and order Militia): this organization, located
on Sp1 alul Utz re S eet, etireen, 1 narie and Sinter Streets, had various sec-
tions /-indicated on Enclosure B, the P.O. sub-section dealing with order, the
judiciary one with thefts, etc. The Militia Office personnel, including the chiesls
of the various sub-sections, numbered approximately 12 - 14 persons, all of whom
belonged to the MAT. Some of them -wez-e uniformed, others wore their civilian
clothes. There were come women In the Mili ia; some of these wore uniforms. Nor-
mally a Captain, a II-nd (nd Lieutenant?, or even a Lieutenant was in charge Qf
the Circa. Chiefs of the sub-sections were either Lieutenants (Sublocotenent), or
860ge=t :ajors (Plutomier Major). The total personnel, In numbers, cannot be es-
,.ime:ted, since besides the office personnel, militia men, on duty on the streets,
supervised by the city-sub-sector militia who were in charge, taping care of traf-
fic, etc., should, be included; and I do not know how many of these existed.
6. " Tnterest'!g is the fact that in the same city-sector Militia where the Office for
the Control of Foreigners existed, there was an MSS office. (There was always one
Office for the Control of Foreigners in each city-sector Militia). There was, of
cours',!, no in&aription on the door, but I was told that this MSS (sub-) office was
there, by a member of the Militia itself. This was a man whom I used to brib;~ ('tom
gat) by giving him, from tire to time, 100 Lei. Every Office for the Control of
Foreigners had a so-called 'Cercetari pe teran' (gpmund investigations) section.
This section was in charge of collecting all kinds of information ae eciall when
v. person was applying for an exit visa from the R?A11.
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Following are the Militia personnelli
Gheorghe IIauca: argeant Major of the. Militia; m '0"; Chief.,:'O'fice for, the
Control of Foreigners of Ghe Circa M4litie ..oc Cd at O Calea Serban Voda. He
is 26 or 27 years old, green eyes, blond hair, 172 c:n. 'tall. He comes from the
Transylvania region. He is a good man, and is approachable with money. He is
married.
;,argeant of the Militia,; position: in ch 'ge of the investigations
for t ze uil' ! r.e for the Control of Foreigners of the Circa Milltie, #50 Calea
;,.roan Voda. He is 22 yews old, black hair, black eyes, married.
(fnu) Parsan, Captain in the Militia; position: Chief of the Circulurtie (Tgaf-
-In Conr. o :;action of the Circa Militie located onR orghe,." Cosbuc Boule-
rd. IN- is 29 or '30 years old., medium height, blon ~.iir, blue eyes, red face.
(fnu) Hauu, r'ajor in the rgilitia; position:Conm*ndantAdjunct CMOB (II-nd in
Commru, o_ the r.MCi13 ), ages. j6, 172 cm. tell. blond -hair, dark grren eyes. He
comes from the c, t,ltal, is r married, and usually waczrs civilian clothes.
Militia personnel :.ire usually well-mannered with foreigners. There have been
canes of oeing tortured or beaten by the Militia, however.
7. "'L;. ::inist. This Ministry is located, as stated above, in the former Air
:Ii.iotry on Pl. Balcescu Boulevard, near the former Singer ;erring; 1-1achine store.
The ' ...., has a khaki uniform, the same as that of thq' Militia, except for he
ribbon :round the cap, which is blue for the MSS and red for the Militia or MAI.
think t fiat the ,Fire-brigades are dependent upon the 14W. On duty (at a fire),
the Tire-brircade personnel have the acme uniform:ras members of the RPI? Armed Forces.
1?:cy wec~-r helrtetky and are armed in the same way as soldiers of the RPB are armed.
of?.o%,ing :ire addresses of the MSS geragen :
- on Pievnei Street
- on Vn.nile Conte. Street
- near the Republicei Cinema (formerly Scala), occupying the ex-Ciclop garage,
on r;. -3alcescu Boulevard
- on 1 fln.i Boulevard (formerly Filsntropiei Boulevard) opposite the Main Drug; 4
.;tore (!)epozi tul Stanitax Central)
-on Radu"VOdf1 ' $bj i7 K' eta
- on ..,orbnn Voda Street, at the Street Car Stations numbers 12 and 17 (called
Static Cutitul de Argint)?
The 'ircl Mine :;ufiicipality Building,, at the cozener of iiahovei and sr. Aposteli
streets, opposite the Iyceum'Mihall Emineseu', was changed into an 1155 tempo-
rary detention prison (for comes under investigati.on).
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The 2nd D lack Municipality Building, at the corner of of. Vineri. Orthodox
Church on f.::larasi Street, is ria do Pace - Raion T. Vla-
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dimirescu (Peace Court, T. Vle.dimirescu Sector). Thus have the former muni-
cipality buildings beeii transformed under the new regime.
8. "Issuance of new ID Curds to Forei s: During Cctober 1953, the Office for
tie Coin"of TIofieigners o: ? ie city sub-seciors Militia), began to with-
draw the old'Muleverinta' and replace it with a new'Carnet de Identitate Ientru
Cetateni ..traini"(Identification Ca-rd for Foreign Citizens). My memory of the
deter is of the new card is poor. It:,meaaurea about 10 by 7 cm.; the cover sheet
is red,.prOwn cardboard inscribed wiPh gold letters as follows: Carnet De Identi-
tate Pentru Cetateni Straini. All inside pages,. approximately 10 to 15, were
green, d had a filigree (water-4vark?Jal1 over them - the PI ipacrip-
'ion. LWe presume this means that PMR F'as the, water-mark which ran all Aver the
pa e:. On the first page, inside the ID card, was ?MAI_DC-C.yJ in black prr~nteid'
letters,, then the picture of the holder (new size, having a blank right corner
for the affixing of the pressed stamp), his name and surname, address and all per-
sonal' data. All the remaining pages were divided. into two parts, and wle?lB..tw 1 for
visas (text reads: "the affixing of visas"J, when permitted. Visas were issued
with special authors ration, following writtem application, and allowed one to
go out of the Bucharest region, (text'reads: "to go out the Bucharest region out-
skirts"-7. The lant page contained ce$ta.in regulations governing the use of the eavd.
With the issue of the'new lp cards for foreigners, the following taxation fees
were applied:
- Lei 150 for all foreigners who were not in the field of labor, and for 'co-
mercianti' (private business men).-
- Lei 50 foreigners who weile fin the-fleld labor
One's passport remains in possession of the office for the Control of Foreign-
ers. The new Ip card replaces the old Adeverinta, has one year validity, and
is the sole identification card granted to a foreigner.
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son. :orktnig tools ( of a tailor, shoemaker, etc.) could only ,-F, taken out of
the country if the appliccuzt could produce a certificate proving his profession-
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Ariong the personal belongings forbidden .to teilce Irings, ex-
cept~wedding ring;(no o er silver or gold ite , ickel wrist
wctch ;elcctr.ical appliances (radio - iron - ); typewriters; carpets; crystal
C,oods; paintings. Pictures of one'-s own family could be Laken - up to ZJ per per-
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. ; t.pac 1.ti.es ,wa ranted the taking of his tools with him.
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7IC1..O. U.11: ! ORGANIZATION OF PDOPLR'S > t18 +~ BIIC .
i' ?(:; )i :u: 1ITLt:I, AI. CA PITAi.Iii
'"he Cci.trr.l 'roole's Board of the Capital
Au-Yrcr,s: ]'lv. ..cpublicei (farmer'ly Blv. Carol),
oppo::itc the University
r('`U? ~ n4oi P CE x u
d(rccs : .,plciul Indipendentei, bettreen
'-ui ;;were exd I.ihai Voda Bridge
on the Danbovita River; occupies the for-
;.er 'inonce t`.dministrction Offices of the
;rc3 .;luc ..?,.nicipnlity.
SFATUL PC:~_'ULAR - RAIOIi ::TALIH.I
locr.tion un:r own
IAIO11 'T'UDOR VLEd)II:IRi;I.ZCU
; ddre s : PLafurnllui street, in the I'Ialn Traian
City :;-etcr; occupies the premises of c. newly
constn,.cte(i four-storey buildinC, finished in
195,
11 Jl it - , i .. --
;.ddreca : .. .et. .. ouare, over the 'Teetrul Na-
tionr.). - .,tt.ulio' (t'ational Theater ;studio),
in the for:,cr 1st Yellow 1:unicipc 1ity 11ui 1.dl.n,.;
?JFATth . - :3A.ION GRIVITA RO U
,:ddres n: ':t.nta Street; occupies the premisas
of the f_ir:-cr 4th Green i-:unieipA .ity
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ST-ATUL POPULAR - . 1 CTIA FII'A:ICILflA-
OII N. BALCBUCU.(Finencia1 :jectimn
of People's Board. Address :.Itrac:..
oiennru Bordea, nerr Apolodcr :;t.
VATUL POPULAR - SIsCTIA FII'AIICIL1;1t-
1U.-ION STALIN. Address unknown
SF'ATUL POPULAR - SECTIA FT__IiuICI!
RI.ION T. VLN:IMIRE U. Address : !!e,~-
ru Vode . treet, near the :.:ort i:.c .
'ATUL POPULAR - 8t'!.'IA 112TAIIC
RAION 1 I?.AI; Aucress r Rome Street,
in Vulpr.che Pest: (formerly Bor-r _)rxte
1 ILcl- - -_-
L'ATUL POPULAR
RAZON GRIVITA HU:i. ' . Auclre#& t c,cn.
Vladoi:anu Street (near nana unkrio,; n ),
occupies the 4th Green rinence
n3.alirR~.1L~
SFATiIL FIIdl;;ICIILi2'.-
RAION 23 AUCU..iT, Addresj: occupies
building opposite People'o Board, t
an-Wv ila and tr f
7,17T-UT, i3ATOD ATIGUIN
(Idress: :3'v. )imitroff (formerly Blv. Ferdinand),
,: buildin;.: or. the right hand side towards Lfecing J
:ihai Brr_vu I
Address: Cobc.lcescu Street, at the corner of
11 Februerie ,,treed occupies premises once used
by the R yptian Le ation
,;F A TUL i OPULR - RATON LRIIIN
Address un tnozm
SFATUL POPULAR - 8ECTIA FINA:;CIARi -
RAION GH. Gl1EORGIfIU-DB