POLITICAL - RESISTANCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700140101-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 101
• Publication Date: October 7, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTED
SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY Bulgaria, Hungary, Rumania
SUBJECT Political - Resistance
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily, weekly newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Athens
DATE
PUBLISHED 12 Jul - 16 Aug 1953
LANGUAGE Greek, French
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REPORT
CD NO.
DATE OF
DATE DIST. 7 Oct 1953
NO. OF PAGES 2
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RESISTANCE IN
SATELLITES, 12 JULY - 16 AUGUST 195
RESISTANCE ACTIVITIES IN BULGARIA -- Athens, Stratiotika Nea, 16 Aug 53
According to information from reliable sources, 2,200 tobacco workers
recently participated in demonstrations in Plovdiv and 1,500 tobacco workers
in demonstrations held at Khaskovo. A soap factory was also set on fire at
Kostin brod and a section of an Eliseyna mine burned. Meanwhile, many
civilians and military personnel escape daily across the frontier. On 25 July,
noncommissioned officer Stanko Gorev, who was in a special confidential unit
in Sofia, escaped to Yugoslavia.
PROCLAMATIONS DROPPED IN BUDAPEST STREETS -- Athens, Stratiotika Nea, 12 Jul 53
According to reliable reports, on 8 and 9 July 1953 thousands of procla-
mations were dropped in the streets of Budapest by secret anti-Communist
organizations which told the people that "a new intense struggle is starting
and only by such struggles and sacrifices can freedom be earned."
ANTI-COMMUNIST DEMONSTRATIONS IN RUMANIA -- Athens, Le Messager d'Athenes,
12 Aug 53
It has been reported that various anti-Communist demonstrations have taken
place recently in Rumania. Also, posters with the following message were found
on the walls of the Metallurgical Institute of Bucharest: "Citizens, be patient;
our deliverance will soon come!" Many arrests were made among the personnel at
the institute.
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RUMANIAN FREIGHT TRAINS GUARDED -- Athens, Le Messager d'Athenes, ll Aug 53
It is reliably reported that for some time, freight trains, particularly
those which pass through the Carpathian Mountains, are escorted by special
militia units. This measure was taken as a result of numerous recent sabotage
activities.
SECRET TRANSMITTER DISCOVERED IN RUMANIA -- Athens, Le Messager d'Athenes,
11 Aug 53
Rumanian authorities have discovered a secret radio transmitter in the
vicinity of Sibiu. Many arrests have been made.
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