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318 EEN _No_10387/52 4914 ¥g919 1705 1912 3005 ‘RUMANIA LABOR Youth Recruiting of ilanpower ARAED FORCES | Military Labor Units Military - Work - Unite (DsGu) SOURC: TRIESTE: An Italian citizen from BUCHAR-ST, spe~ cialised worker in the brick manufacture. Lzpelled from Rumania in June 1952. e DAPE OF OBSERVATION: June 1952 ane Throughout the Rumanian factories manufacturing cement~ bricke as well ac in other constructions being executed under the control of the People's Boards of each town or of the jinietr, of Construction, use is being made of the socalled military-working units organized by the "Direc- tiunea Generale A or Toe sor uncli - D.G.5.u" (The ft ieneral Direction of the “orks Services.) These wilisary unite or detachments are composed of young- stere perforning their military duty, but who are of "kulak" origin or intellectuals, persons not considered reliable 4 by the present Communist regime. They wear grey-blue uniforne and have the ease rinks as other soldicrs. Vor-ing schecule is of eight or 10 hours per day (effective April 1752, all Brick pants of Rumenia have e 10 hour workin.; schedule in) order to increase the production) and although the: + youngste o are paid accordin; to the rates of yay siniler ‘to dher civilian worscrs, they cannot draw their pay, which ie rather collected by the administ ative office of the unit and not by each indivicual. Lach unit is cumpose: of 240 to 250 men. During the m nth of June 1952, accordin; to the new pr ovisions all units wich number leos then the above number will be dewobilized. Persons (aembers of these units) who work eight hours ,er day set 3,200 calories, the ones working 10 hours, 3,500 calories, but for certain heavy work not even 5,000 calories would suffice. Each unit was its o.n kitchen, and the number of calories is care- : fully checked by the office s. Soldiers have to work almost alwoye cear-n; their uniform. If the factory, which they are a..igned to, doos not supply the. with overalls, it muet re“und to the Command of tie unit a certain asount of money for the clotitin; (this in acdition to the normal edary.) Prior to bein; assigned to some works in factories, these | soldiers are given ailitery trainin, but most one hour of theoretical-politic:1 training; a ‘ter wort, they aust also (over) , ITEM Ro _10387/52 RUMANIA a j attend one hour of politiccl instruction. The output of these solicers-uorsers is not too good according to what! source affirms (who has worked tozetier with one of these units) since they are always hungry and thus cannot and do hot want to work. EVAL. CO:MENT: General Direction of work Services (D.o.S.il. gonfirmed by various sources. See Items: 9066/52, 1355/51, 5346/51, 1066/51. qe the factories, the labor battalion men share the working hours ené norms of the ordinary workers, but on ounstrue- tion zrojects they sezetiaes have to work up to 12 hours a day. the payment for their work gdes to the re ginentel pey= master,not tc the zen themselves see Item 9399/52 and statenents of Italian refugees from Rumania, which ere in the files of this office. The new Provisions are UNCO

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