363,340 DECARES REFORESTED IN 1950; TO GROW TROPICAL PLANTS.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600390633-6
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 2011
• Sequence Number: 633
• Publication Date: June 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION 'coNFENTIAL CONFIDENTIA[
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY
Bulgaria DATE OF
INFORMATION
1951
SUBJECT
Economic - Agriculture, reclamation, machinery
DATE DIST.
/.. Jun 1951
PUBLISHED
Daily newspapers
Sofia NO. OF PAGE
S 2
DATE
PUBLISHED
4 - 24 Mar 1951
LANGUAGE
SUPPLEMENT
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
363,340 DECARES REFORESTED 11 1950;
TO GROW TROPICAL PLAINTS.
REFOREST TO HALT FLOOD DAMAGE -- Sofia, Zemedelsko Zname, 23 Mar 51
Soil erosion and floads have taken a heavy tall in Bulgaria, and the
problem is still acute in the southwestern part along the southern slopes
of Stara Planina, in the eastern Rhodopes, and along the Mesta and Struma
rivers. The government has undertaken an ambitious reforestation program
which has been vigorously pursued., in 1947, a total of 174,929 decares were
reforested; the following year, 234,743 decares; in 1949, a total of 320,000
decares; and last year, 363,340 decares. This means that in only 4 years
more land has been reforested than in all the 60 years immediately pre-
ceding.
Sofia, La Bulgarie Nouvelle, 8 Apr 51
During 1951, the Ministry of Forests plans the forestation of 50,000
hectares of land and the reforestation of about 12,000 hectares of destroyed
forests.
REPORT RIVER-REGULATION WORK -- Sofia, Izgrev, 4 Mar 51
The Sofia Municipal People's Soviet has commissioned the Vodstroy
(Hydraulic Construction) Enterprise to carry out the regulation of the Slatina
River in Sofia Okoliya. The river used to flood the neighboring city districts,
causing major damage. The regulation work is already nearing completion, and
heavy-duty dredges are: hauling the remaining mud and sand from the river bed.
A large concrete bridge connects the two banks of the Slatina River at the
Botevgrad Highway, where 1,500 meters of the embankment will be protected by
concrete walls.
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TO PLANT TEA PLANTS IMPORTED FROM USSR -- Sofia, La Bulgarie Nouvelle, 2? Mar 51
Several thousands of tea plants, imported from the USSR, will be planted
this year in the village of Kosti, in Michurin Okoliya. L stfyear, 150re ngly
eucalyptus trees were planted near Sozopol. The Department
received fffrom the USSRR7 20 kilograms of bamboo seed, which will be planted
this year in Michurin Okoliya.
TO IMPORT TRACTORS FROM USSR -- Sofia, La Bulgarie Nouvelle, 23 Mar 51
The Ministry of Agriculture plans to import 1,200 tractorss,, 50000scombiinnes,
'00 threshing machines, and 200 binders from the USSR during the f half of
1951. Much of the above machinery has already been received.
UNIFORM STATE PRICES LOWER THAN FREE PRICES -- Sofia, Izgrev, '.4 Mar 51
Uniform state prices are much lower than the present free prices. fFor
example, uniform state prices are 20-25 percent lower than free p
goods~cent for cotton knitted
knitted 30-40
for woolen clothes,
percent percent
le and 10~3O 16-22
goods,
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