UZINELE DIN REŞIŢA ÎN PRIMII ANI AI REGIMULUI COMUNIST (1948–1955). O INTERPRETARE A DOCUMENTELOR DIN ARHIVA CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE REȘIȚA METALLURGICAL WORKS DURING THE FIRST YEARS OF COMMUNIST RULE (1948-1955). AN INTERPRETATION OF DOCUMENTS FROM THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY’S ARCHIVE

Summary/Abstract: The present article brings forward a series of unedited facts and information regarding the situation of the Reșița industrial complex at the beginning of the communist regime in Romania. My interpretation is based upon the exploration of a wealth of recently declassified archival sources developed within the analysis department of the Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.) of the United States of America between 1948-1960. These documents have been elaborated through the exploitation of a wide range of primary sources, and their interpretation is capable of offering a new perspective upon the topic. After their nationalization (1948), followed by their transformation into Sovroms (1949), the factories from Reșița have massively contributed with finished products to the payment of war repairs owed by Romania to the U.R.S.S. Also in this period, large amounts of weapons and military devices have been exported on a monthly basis to Moscow. Since the mid-1950s, after the establishment of the Reșița Metallurgical Combine following the Romanian government's repurchase of Soviet participation, the Reșița industrial complex has experienced an unprecedented expansion of production capacity, continuous development and diversification of its activities in relation to prewar standards, which transformed it, towards the end of the sixth decade, into one of the largest industrial complexes in South-Eastern Europe.

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