SABOTAGE IN BULGARIAN ARMY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500790106-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Sequence Number: 106
• Content Type: REPORT

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Approved For Release 2006/11/05: CIA-RDP80-00809AO00500.790106-4
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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1. In early Aug 1953, fire burst out in the attic- of the barracks of the 7th
Infantry Regiment at Kolarovgrad. The fire was brought under control before
it had spread very far.
2. There was a discreet inquiry. Political officers of the regiment could
learn only that the fire was incendiary and was set by "enemies of the
people." Several persons whc were interrogated were not seen afterward.
This included some Bulgarian officers.
3. A short time before, the 7th Infantry had had to break off its maneuvers
near Preslav, and return to barracks. The reason was that the horses of
the regimental artillery and the supply platoon from the Intendance of
the Army, had been killed.
4. In this case, the investigation was carried on with the utmost secrecy.
Arrests did not begin till after the fire, which broke out after the
regiment had returned from maneuver: its barracks.
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