1. SOVIET MILITARY PERSONNEL IN BULGARIA 2. MOVEMENT OF TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 30, 2009
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 23, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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'8 4:*RAL INTE' IGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
Ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT 1. Soviet Military Personnel in Bulgaria
2. Movement of Troops and Equipment
REPORT
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Soviet Military Commands
23 March 1954
1. As of July 1951) a Soviet military command which is allegedly responsible for all
Soviet military personnel in Bulgaria, was located in a I.-story bu-J-1ding situated
at 25 Mitsiva Street in Sofia, and covered an area 4OC) sga,-;.re Trf_~ters in size.
fulfills the duties of chief of staff.
officers are stationed at this command.
Colonel Vasi ev,
200
3. The commanding officer generally uses a blue ZIS-110 and Colonel Vtlsi.lev uses
a light brown Moskovich car. The command is also equipped with approximat eltiy
60 Pabeda, Moskovich. Molotov, and ZI S cars, which are parked in the following
garages;
a. An underground -;aara e with an area of 300 square trletors, located at 12-14
Denkoglov Street and 25X1
about 60-70 vehicles are parked I'leree
Lit 103 Rakovski Street
A. garage located in the, basement and the Around floor of a 6-
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2.
An unidentified. Soviet rn'?.litary command has been located in Dul:nitsa since
10/ 9-l950 in. a 2-story building approximately 20 x 15 meters in sizeq situated
in the center of the city, in the square formerly called Aleksarndur Todorov
Square. 25-30 officers are stationed here*
an unidentified Soviet military command was located in
Kyustendil in the former Balkan Hotel, in front o_L' the city hall, in the center
of the city. The highest ranking officer observed here was a
colonel.
6. An unidentified Soviet military command was located in a 2-story building in the
square in front of the Gorna Dzhumaya raiilroad station
In many of the larger cities of Bulgaria, Soviet
officers may be observed in transit. This
on Yugoslavia.
for the zone boniering
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an unidentified Soviet unit, strength unknown, but not over 200 25X1
men, occupied part of the barracks where a Border Guard unit was locates-;, in the
southern outskirts of Sveti Vrach,
Movement of Troops and Equipment
2?-3 military trains from 4:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.; and
b. 2-3 military trains from 8.00 p.m. to 12:60 midnight.
10. These trains were always composed as follows:
es. 10-12 second class cars witl-, a number of officers, noncomriissioned officers
and, with them, people in civilian clothes; enlisted icon, aLciut ec,ual in
number to the officers and noncommissioned officers, we.~c also on these cars; and
b. 5-7 box cars.
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passing in the morn,ng two trains made up of approximately flatcars oacio with
Stalin and T- --propelled guns, These tra' ere drawn t I WO
.oc;omotives# at Dobri ch, 25X1
all Soviet military trains were considered as "spacial. treinst" and lead to I:;
granted the right of way.
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one day 5-6 military trains composed of 50-60 box cars passing through the station
and going in a southerly directions
the
passage of Soviet military trains ferried across the Danube on ferry, boa s.
in Aytos 5-6 trains,
composed of 0-5O boxcars, heading toward the interior of Bulgaria. These trains
were called "heavy tonnage trains" by the station employeess
the goods were loaded on the cars at Burgas.
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on the Plovdiv-Pazardzhik
n:ig way' heading toward Fazar z I ....qe' or two columns per day of 20-25 trucks
covered with canvas and loaded with unidentified goods. The vehicles were
Praha and ZIS 3- and 5-ton truck$....!7`wo or three trucks in the column were
naoulin_- uns
Fa to ;F'l.. n:_ 20-G, co1i n of tLi
the columns were going to Peshtera,
columns of trucks of the same composition as those
described above were observed on the Mezdra-Vratsa highway, going toward Vratsa..
A total of ar~,uroximately lO columda passed during the above peri oc
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