Telegram from the United States Delegation at Bucharest, Rumania to the Department of War

DIVISION OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS COPY TELEGRAPH BRANCH DEPARTMENT OF STATE INCOMING TELEGRAM 3-N REPRODUCTION OF WAR DEPT MESSAGE TO STATE FOR INFO DECLASSIFIED Info: E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) S- Paraphrase not required OSD letter, April 12, 1974 U By NLT H NARS Date 2-16-25 EUR OCD Control 5793 ITP EUR/X Rec'd November 19, 1946 FC 5:56 p.m. FROM: US DELEGATION ACC BUCHAREST RUMANIA SGD SCHUYLER TO: WAR DEPARTMENT FOR WDGID NOR: R 101 15 November 1946 PRIORITY United States Naval Officer of this delegation, assigned to Constantsa, has furnished me the following items of information concerning that city which may be of interest: I. The Russian population of Constantsa has been con- tinually on the increase throughout the past six months. The majority of the newcomers consist of Russian families (all civilians) who appear to be taking over more and more of the available houses in the city. A Rumanian housing committee, accompanied by one or two NKVD representatives, is at work continually inspecting all buildings in an effort to find additional quarters. Many Rumanians are being dispossessed entirely or crowded into one or two rooms of their dwellings, the remainder of the house being turned over to new Russian arrivals. 2. There is no observable increase in shipping or other industrial activities in Constantsa to account for the presence of so many Russians. The Russian mili- tary population remains approximately as heretofore recorded (estimated at 253,000 to 300,000 for Constantsa Oand vicinity). Most of the new arrivals appear to wan- der about the streets with little or nothing to do. 3. Lawlessness is also on the increase in the city. Responsible police and officials have informed my officer that it CM IN 3145 (19 Nov 46) Shored