ARMAMENTS PRODUCTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500820070-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Sequence Number: 70
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2006/11/03: CIA-RDP80-00809AO00500820070-0
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CENTRAL IN] ELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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1. The Sovrometal factory at Resita delivered to the Rumanian Army in January
1954, as the remainder of its quota for 1953, 1,785 infantry accompanying
guns with split trails and rubber tires. At the same time 2,452 reserve
barrels were delivered. The January delivery was 394 pieces.
2. The 1954 quota has been set at three thousand 125 mm howitzers with 4,000
reserve barrels.
3. The Bocsa Montana factory has an order for 2,000 Roics typo flame-thrower
five hundred thousand 6o mm mortar shells, two hundred thousand 125 ffi
mortar shells, and three million mortar shell fuses of various types.
4. Armaments production in Rlunania is much hampered by a shortage of nickel.
Only 2.5 tons arrived from USSR during the last quarter of 1953; the need
of 33rrometal for the same period was about 50 tons.
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