MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ON THE BAIA MARE, RUMANIA

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• Publication Date: September 27, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the #spionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.O. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person ks prohibited by law.
SUBJECT Miscellaneous Information on the
Baia Mare, Rumania
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
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1. Baia Mare is the capital of the province of the same name. Baia Mare pro-
vince consists of the following districts: Somcuta Mare, Satu Mare,
Sighet, Viseul De Sus, Iasi, Carei Mare, Cehul Silvanieti, Tasnad and
Tirgul Lapus. With the exception of Iasi, whose capital is Negresti, the
names of all these districts are identical with those of their respective
capital cities.
2. The city of Baia Mare is about 75 kilometers from the Hungarian frontier
and about 65 kilometers from the Soviet frontier. Its population numbers
40,000, equally divided between inhabitants of Rumanian and Hungarian
origin; in 1946, the population was only 20,000. The growth of Baia Mare
is due in part to the increased exploitation of the 16 non-ferrous metals
mines in and around the city, the expansion of the Gheorghe Gheroghiu-Dej
(formerly Phoenix) Chemical Combine and the establishment of the city as
the provincial capital.
3. The following are streets whose names have been changed:
Old name
Piata Finului
Strada F.D. Roosevelt
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Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
STATE S ARMY NAVY X[ AIR
New Name
Piata I.C. Frimu
Strad: 21 Decembrie
Strada 1 Mai
Strad: Malinovski
Strad: 17 Noembrie
Strad: 6 Martie
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DATE DISTR. 27 September 1960
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Old Name New Name
New street Strada Progresului
Strada Morii Strada Tustin Georgescu
4. Public institutions in Baia Mare are located as follows:
a. The Provincial Council is located on the right side of Strada 6 Martie
when coming from downtown. The buildings it occupies are former
barracks.
b. The Municipal Council is on Strada Malinovski. It occupies the former
city hall, a two-story building.
c. The Provincial Securitate is located on the right side of Strada 21
Decembrie and before the Provincial Party Committee when coming from
Piata I.C. Frimu. It occupies one large, three-story building and
about five small buildings that were constructed around 1954, The
compound is separated from the street by a concrete wall 50 to 60 cm.
high and topped with a railing about 70 cm, high,
d. The Provincial Militia is in a Iargerts sryrbuilding,onn8tr&da.;
Tinb'etului, behind Strada Iustin Georgescu, which was formerly occupied
by the city garrison commandant.
e. The City Militia is in a former private residence, one story high, on
Calea 23 August at the corner of Strada Petofi.
f. The city, provincial and military courts and the notary public's
office are located in the old law court on the left side of Strada
Crisan when coming from downtown.
g. The city and provincial prosecutors" office is located in a new
three-story building on the right tide of Strada 1 Mai when coming
from downtown. The building was completed at the beginning of 1960.
h. The Collective Office for Legal Advice is opposite the law court.
i. There is no prison in Baia Mare; the closest prisons are in Satu Mare
and Sighbt. Persons held for questioning by the authorities are con-
fined in the Securitate and the prosecutors' buildings.
j. At the beginning of 1960, the post and telegraph offices and the tele-
phone exchange were still in the old building on the right side of
Calea'23 August when coming from downtown. During the first half of
1960, they are to be moved to the new building which is on the right
side of Strada 17 Octombrie when coming from downtown and is parallel
to Strada Tineretului. This building, which is very large, has four
stories and stands about 10 meters from the street. After the exchange
is moved, the semi-automatic telephone equipment will be replaced by
fully automatic equipmente
k. The amplifier station is on Calea 23 August opposite the old post
office.
1. The jamming station is believed to be situated in one of the Securitate
buildings.
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5. The organizations of the Rumanian Workers Party are located as follows:
a. The Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial UTM offices are
located in a large, three-story building on Strada 17 Octombrie at
the corner of Strada 21 Decembrie, which formerly housed the Mining
School. The offices of Pentru Socialism and Faklya, the Rumanian and
Hungarian language organs respectivey of the Provincial Party Com-
mittee and the Provincial Council, also occupy this building,
b. The City Party Committee and the City UTM offices are in a three-
story building on Strada 17 Octombrie at the corner of Strada Nicolae
Titulescu.
c. The Provincial Trade Union Council is in an old two-story building on
Strada &Lhai Viteazul, above the I.C. Frimu Cinema.
6. Military installations in Baia Mare are located as follows:
a. The provincial military commissariat is in a large, two-story building
on the left side of the passage from Piata Libertatii to Piata Maxim
Gorky and Strada I. Mai.
b. The city military commissariat is in a two-story former private
residence opposite the provincial commissariat.
c. The fire brigade is quartered in barracks on the left side of Strada
Malinovski when coming from downtown. The barracks previously housed
a Frontier Guard regiments which was transferred t? Sighet.
d. An underground air raid shelter for senior army officers and local
Party and government officials is situated about 60 meters from the
corner of Piata Nicolae Iorga and Strada Avram Iancu. A two-story
building with an observation post on it stands above the shelter and
the area is surrounded by a high concrete wall. According to rumor,
the shelter is connected by an underground passage to the Securitate
and the Provincial Party Committee offices.
70' Industrial establishments in Baia Mare are located as follows:
a. The Petru Gheorghe plant for the processing of non-ferrous ores is
on the right bide and at the end of Strada Victoriei when coming from
the city. It employs about 11,000 workers. A technical secondary
school for mining is located within the plant's compound and the
workers' quarters are approximately one kilometer away.
b. The central garages of the Mining Trust are located at 73 Strada
Orivitei, the site of the former gold and non-ferrous ores processing
plant.
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c. The former Firiza smelting works is now known as the 1 Mai smelting
works and is located in the village of Ferneziu ch is adminis-
tratively part of Baia Mare. the 1 Mai and
the Gheorghe Gheorghit;-Dej plants export close 00 tons of ores
daily to the USSR. The 1 Mai works employs' between 2,000 and 2,500
workers.
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d. The Mining Trust offices are on the left side of Strada Jozsa Bela
when coming from downtown. The trust employs approximately 140,000
workers in 16 mining enterprises that include several gold, silver,
copper, lead, zinc, etc., mines, which are no longer worked.
Reportedly, some of the mines such as the non-ferrous ne tals mines at
Valea Rosie and the mines at Baia Sprie, Cavnic, Strimbu Baiut, Nistru,
Baita, Valea Borcut, Jerapan, Borsa, Ilba and Herja will reopen
shortly.
e. The central workshops for. the repair of the trust's mining equip-
ment are located on the right side of Strada Malinovski when coming
--from downtown, several tens of meters before the beginning of the
highway to the village of Ferneziu.
f. The Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej chemical plant is situated north of the
railroad tracks and immediately past the Fabrica railroad station.
It occupies a very large area, stretching almost to Strada Horea, and
employs 11,000 workers in three shifts. It includes a smelting plant
and produces more than 40 chemical products including tanning sub-
stances, such as Vicromat.
g. In 1951-1952, a group of Dengineers erected a large power station
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h. The old power station is located on the left side of Strada Nihail
Eninescu when coming from Piata I.C. Frimu,
i. The Petra Nicolae and Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej plants maintain their
own power stations.
J.
Baia Mare was linked to the national electric grid in mid-1959 and
apparently receives its current from the hydro-electric station at
Bicaz, which is not yet in full operation. Baia Mare still suffers
from power failures because the transformers on the poles in the
streets are very old and therefore, particularly during the rainy
season, break down frequently,
k. The bakery, which supplies all the city's baked goods, is located on
both sides of Strada Mihail Eminescu.
1. The Ferometal plant for the production and repair of work implements
is situated on the left side of Strada Mihail Eminescu when coming
from downtown. It employs about 1400 workers.
8. Educational and medical institutions are located as follows:
a. A co-educational secondary school is located, on the left side of
Strada 17 Octombrie and after Strada Andrei Muresanu when coming
from Piata Libertatii, In 1959, a new Wilding was added to the
school to house a department in which language of instruction is
Hungarian. Simultaneously, the separate Hungarian-language school
was closed.
b. A technical secondary school for mining is located within the compound
of the Petra Gheorghe plants.
c. The state hospital occupies the building of the former Social Insurance
hospital on the right side of Strada Malinovski when coming from
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downtown. It is a four-story building and contains the usual wards
with the exception of contagious diseases, TB and maternity wards.
b. The contagious diseases hospital, the blood bank and the Sanepid
offices are located on the right bank of the Sasaru River and after
the bridge which spans it when coming from downtown.
C. The TB hospital and clinic occupy a number of single-story houses
between Petofi and Valea Rosie Streets.
d. The children's hospital is behind the state hospital.
e. A large four-story clinic for adults was built on Strada Progresul
opposite Strada Avram Iancu in 1954-1955. The maternity hospital
is on the top floor.
9. Hotels, restaurants, theater and cinemas in Baia Mare are located as
follows:
a. A very large building bounded by Strada 17 Octombrie, Strada
Teathului, Piata Libertatii and Piata Pacii contains:
1) The Ardealul hotel
2) The Ardealul restaurant
3) The Minierul cinema, containing 710 seats
4) The central government shops.
b. The Rumanian and Hungarian State Theater is located on a small
street between Strada Crisan and Piata Pacii. Since the Hungarian
theater moved to Satu Mare early in 1960, the Rumanian-language
productions predominate. The theater can seat .00.
c. The Flacara cinema, with about 300 seats, is behind the Provincial
Militia.
d. The I.C. Frimu cinema, with a capacity of 300, was erected on Strada
Mihai Viteazul in 1959.
e. There is a cinema in the village of Ferneziu.
f. Another cinema is situated within the compound of the Petra Gheorghe
plant.
10. Transportation facilities
a. A civilian airfield was bui,],t near the village of Recea around 1950.
Two or three flights leave daily for Cluj, Tirgu-Mures and Bucharest.
b. The IRTA bus terminal is on a little street opposite the Provincial
Council. There are four bus lines in Baia Mare:
1) Piata Libertatii - Strada 17 Octombrie - Strada 6 Martie and
return;
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Piata Libertatii - Strada Malinovski - the village of Ferneziu
and return;
3) Piata Libertatii - Calea 23 August - Strada Victoriei - Uzinele
Petru Gheorghe - the village of Valea Borcut and return;
1) Piata Libertatii - Strada Crisan - Strada Closca - Piata
I.C. Frimu - Strada Mihail Eninescu and return.
c. Baia Mare has three railway stations:
1) The large station on Strada 6 Martie, located almost opposite the
Provincial Council;
2) The small station, for passengers only, located north of the
railway tracks just before Piata I.C. Frimu;
3) The Fabrica station, just before the Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
chemical plant.
1) There are four trains daily in both directions on the Satu Mare -
Baia Mare - Oradea line.
2) The daily express to Dej, Cluj and Bucharest leaves Baia Mare at
1600 hours and the return train arrives at Baia Mare in the
morning.
3) There are two trains daily in both directions between Baia Mare
and Cehul Silvaniei.
I) There is one train daily in both directions between Baia Mare
and Jibou.
11. The following are members of the security and Party organs in Baia Mn*At
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a. Daszkal, fnu, a blacksmith by trade. Daszkal
L He was demoted to the post of per-
sonnel director of the Provincial Council in 1959. The First 50X1-HUM
Secretary of the Provincial Party explained this move by claiming
that Daszkal was vitally needed to put the Council's personnel matters
in order.
b. Retezaru, Lt. Col.
command of the Provincial Securitate.
c. Hretianu, Maj or
Provincial Securitate since 19 2,
Retezaru is second in
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political deputy of the
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since 1951-1952.
d. Stern, Captain Ludovic
vincial Securitate's lock-
He is in charge of the ro-
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e. Szasz, Colonel fnu Commanding officer of the Pro-
vincial Militia since. 1954
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f. Coca, Major fnu He has been director of the
economic department of the Provincial Militia since 1954 or 1955.
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g. Orban, Captain fnu Director of the gold and foreign
currency section in the Provincial Militia.
h. Petrut, Thu
1951-1952.
i. Iosif, fn
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J. Ulgar, Iosif He has been First Secreta of the
Provincial Party Committee since c. 19
k. Medvesan/
Committee since around 19
1. Low, Paul Third Secret of the Provincial Part
Committee.
in. Pope.. Cheorghe
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l Chief provincial prosecutor since
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jpresident of the Provincial Court
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Second Secretary of the Provincial Party
Chairman of the Provincial Council since
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the various installations mentioned in the above report.
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