FORTIFICATIONS BETWEEN ELKHOVO AND THE TURKISH FRONTIER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500800030-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 1, 2003
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: February 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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'.long the main rood from Elkhovo to the Turkish border and in the countr;j
ndjoining, n c,yutem of, fortifications has been establiohed. *.est of the :cork
won done by the Trudovaks (Labor Army). The main works are n-zar the village oC
iiny:.izhevo, r+bout ten kilometers from Elkhovo. They are near the big bridge
(teroo:; the Tund2rr;x saver, which is regarded as the second fined brie? c to
Bulgaria, These fortifications extend as far as the village of- ')rer.aig/
three kilometers out;; of Knytazhevo.
CENTRAL INTELUGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
Hctwoen these two viiJ.ages, seven antitank obstacle;: have been constructer on
thc? rr.ui 1t:;t?lf. ;ome of theoe obstacles are moveable, cont;ioting of concr,.t
hlockn, wh:tah e,ln be left by the side of the road, out of the way, and yet
put into pc+i;. t1on on the road, swiftly and easily.
In oJ.l C+':: 10onv; the rnaa, emplacements have been dug out for AT guns. The cl.. f:'
C.,rr, from ten to fifteen persons, and observation paste.
!Jong the: top of the c.l.iff, machine grin 0 tvo been t;cn:;r?uctcd and
trnrcoht::t (!,P met;:rl,; deep) hove been dug. t?eporta emplace:nerit;;
In the c ;ff ('or mort,.,"?a.
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Fortifl.c9ttons H(.t:;reen -:lkhovo and the Turkish
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This report is for the use within the UQA of the Intelligence components of the D : ;:), tmonts or
Agencies indicated above. It is not to be t' an 31tted overseas without the concurrence of the
originating otlbbs through the Assistant Director of the OMoe of Collection and Dlasominatlen, CIA.
Approved For Release 2005/08/17 : CIA-RDP80-00809A000500800030-7
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