FRONTIER PRECAUTIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500780099-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Sequence Number: 99
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2006/10/19: CIA-RDP80-00809AO00500780099-4
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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1. Bulgarian frontier guard posts are now located two to three kilometers inside the
boundary line. They are about five kilometers from each other. The Bulgarian
word for them is Zastava? Some of the guards are in observation towers, others
in secret observation posts. In frontier villages they are supported by Commmmist
groups called Voyni GruPP1, made up of militant Communists or carefully selected
agrarians, who have rallied to the support of the Communist regime. The latter
are selected with especial care. Each village has at least a "platoon" belonging
to one of these groups. The platoon has about thirty men.
2. Passage from one village to another requires a special document called "Otkirt
List," issued by the militia. To puss from one district to another, this document
has to be turned in to the district militia high command. People over fourteen
years of age in frontier districts must either have a birth certificate or an
identity card from the militia. These are called "Litchna Karta." There are
three kinds, depending on whether the bearer livesclose to the frontier or at a
little distance. With a card stamped for zone one, one may travel in zones two
and three (behind it), but not vice versa.
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