THE VERILA LUBRICATING OIL FACTORY

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 5, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 8, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY B gar3.
SUBJECT The Ver .1l Lubricating Oil Factory
PLACE ACQUIRES
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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THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. The Ve ?i,: ' Faetory a GbverrxfmA-6wned enterprise wha3.r;h manufactures thin lubri-
x?~a the ~imete open Ool .1u;;~?Ir fi~ ~ appro tely 20 meters from the? Sof~.a--
catingPlc~~rd~,~r railroad oil, railroad line p ~, in
s pp etere northeast of the Robertovo station,
and about five Idlometer, s south of Robes tovo village. The - greirelroad.- w o ...
coz=ects Robertovo and the Sofia,-Plovdiv.high. ay goes by Roberts o station and the
factorye The factory grounds are riot fenced, and entrance is not restricted, alp
though there are two l ighut watchmen. (See App radix, pages I& and 5;. for a sketch
of the factory inatal11ticna.
2. Acdrd..niatration, ma rci st .ngs and distrr:Ub .tton for the factory are handled in he
Sofia office w .W.0% is boated in the first floor of No. 68 Rakoveka Street.
3., The factory o Ls one automobile and 5-ton truck. , For any additional transport,,
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other
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`n rail.,. wagons and o+ is from Robertou1o village are hired.
Pr or to it a rr.a ~ ..cx~ra%: a a n in 19117, the factory was owned -by Stefan.
Gun ee .r ,kov of Sofia,
Product:uo. n,
weekly and two or-three dal _7.y trips are made by the 5-t i truck,. About tkiree;...
carlbads of hb es, which w ?e the pr3ncipml raw material, are used by the factory
ever' 15 or 20 day o
r t nrr Vz: t ~aL t . :ca ~ : a On Cem t the f Lctc
two to three railroad tam cars of tin ,oyma oapaci y are dispatched
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6. In addition to the ani
l b
ma
ones, mineral oils which are by-products of other
industries and hydrochloric acid are used to manufacture the lubricatin oil.'
The hydrochloric acid is shipped from the Yana railroad station (N 142-I , E 23-3l).
The only by-product of the Verila Factory is a small amount of tar.
Personnel
Ivan llleksari rQV Mi khazrl ntr w" mans oar ~,s Of 19L9
8. Ivan Boter is assistant mana er.
Stefan Seferev is chief accountant.
10. Sava Nikolov Savov is the assistant accountant
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St an Marinov StO AAA---. a1S6j&ss gtam -aa&am
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12. Iliya Fetkov Stoilov is a draftsman.
13. Peter Milanov Petkov is in char on of r ,nniTr
14. Katya Nikolova Bakurchieva is the chief cashier.
15. Peter Dimov Petrov is the assistant cashier, ti
16. Mariyka Georgieva Petrova, Mariya Gandeva, and Boyan Shumkov are typists.
17. Geor 3 Khibaum Slavomirov is the c
18. Nikolay Kovalyov is the chemist.
19. There are three chemical technicians, one checker (for a ty of product), and
four laboratory workers
20. Of the administrative personnel, only the assistant manager, the supply official,
and the assistant cashier have their offices on the factory grounds. The others
work in the Rakovska Street office.
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21. The factory employs approximately 100 workers,'ell'believed to be from Robertovo
village. They work in two shifts, one from 8s00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and the other
from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
22. All employees of the plant are Bulgarians.
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head ZTRM7gover irnen petroleum agency) office - at Noe 8 `Rakovska Street 25X1
handled produotionD transportation, administration,,rand technical problems
for the factory. A 'check of the Sofia telephone directory shows that PETROL
has its main office building on XI Avguet Street. Rakovska Street is parallel
to XI Avgust Street and the PETROL building does not actually go through to 25X1
Rakovska Street.
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1. Steam Plant. The steam plant is in a 1-story brick buildings 10 to 15 meters
among, 10 to 12 meters wide and six to seven meters tall, located near the
center of the factory grounds. It contains boilers and other machinery and
provides steam for the factory. There is a stack on the southeast side of
the building which is about 30 meters high.
2. ~Livin quarters. This 2-story brick building, reinforced with steels 15 to 20
meters long, 15 meters wide, and'seven to eight meters tall, is located at
the north of the factory grounds, and had not been completed'in 1949. It was
to have a movie theater on the first floor and living quarters for factory
officials' families on the second floor.
3. Refinery. This is a 1-story brick building 10 to 15 meters long, 10 to 12
me ers ide, and six to seven meters high, divided into two parts. One of the
parts is for processing the raw material and the other is for refining the
finished product.
Loading latfarm& This platform,, which is attached to the south side of the
refinery, is about five meters square and has cranes for loading drums on a
truck.
Storage tanks. These concrete tanks, which are about five meters square and
Ito 12 meters highh, are part of the refinery and are connected to it and
the loading platform by pipes.
Distillery. .This is a brick building about 20 meters long, five to six meters-,
ode affix to seven meters high, used to distill the refined oil. It is
connected to the refinery by an unknown number of pipes, some partially buried
and some overhead.
8 & 9. Warehouses. These buildings, which are about 30 meters long, 14 to 15 meters
wig e'10 to 12 meters high, have a capacity of over 100 tons (of bones),,
and are used to store raw material, drums$ and other items.
10. Pripe~e. This pipe, which is partially buried, is 30 to 35 centimeters in
diameter and 30 to L.0 meters long. It connects the concrete storage tanks
with the railroad loading platform.
11. Railroad loadin platform. This platform, which is on the railroad spur, is
used to "loa cargo
12. Plant offices and laboratory. A 2=story brick building about 20 meters long#
10 meters w e, and me ers high, which has a laboratory on the first floor
and offices for the technical personnel, the head'of supply$ the assistant
manager, and the assistant cashier on the second floor.
13. Kitchen and dining hail. These rooms are attached to the north side of the
'pant otfice building in an annex about 15 meters long, five meters wide, and
five or six meters high.
Ili. Road. This gravel road, four to five meters wide and 150 meters long,
connects the factory with the highway and the Robertovo railroad station.
15. Robertovo Railroad Station.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Bulgaria REPORT
SUBJECT it, The Plovdiv-Stara Zagora-Burgas DATE DISTR. 8 May 1953
Railroad
2. The Belozthi azanl .k Highway NO. OF PAGES id
3. The Bolyarino Agricultural Cooperative
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tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.Q. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
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by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
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The Plovdiv-Stara Zagora--Burgas Railroad - 1949
l. This is a single-tracks normal gauge lines in good conditions and has no tunnels.
It has two bridgess, as followss
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a. An iron bridge about 15 metors long and five to six meters wide, with a concrete
arch and concrete abutmentss which is located approximately one kilometer west
of Manole station (N 42-11, E 24-56);', and
b. An iron bridge with no abutments, xbb - 2$ r.)sdlea~sgrand five to six meters
wide$ is'located approximately two kilometers east of the Skutare station.
(N 42-lis E 24451).
2:. A branch line approximately 15 kilometers long leads from Manoleto the airfield
southeast of Plovdiv which was built by the Germans in 1942. Freight traffic is
predominant, but two passenger trains go each way between Stara Zagora every 24
hours, and live each way between Stara Zagora-and Plovdiv' paseing'Belozain
station (N 42i