FORTIFICATIONS IN THE BURGAS AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001400270004-3
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 29, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 8, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Bulgaria
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
Fortifications in the Burgas Area
This Document contains Information affecting the Na
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 70.7 and 794. of the U.B. 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.
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 8 June 1953
NO. OF PAGES 3
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. Trenches which are approximately 1.5 meters deep and 70-80 centimeters wide, some-
times excavated in a single row and sometimes in double or triple rows, and situated
200 to 300 meters apart, are located, along the hills near the following villages:.
a. Strandzha (N 12-03, E 26-58);
b. Gorska Polyana (N 112-07, E 26-56);
c. Voden (N 142-05, E 26-53);
d. Malko Sharkovo (N 142-06, E 26-49);
e. Momina Tsurkva (N 12-09, E 27-01);
f. Fakiya (N 42-12, E 27-04);
g. Bolyarovo (N.42-09, E 26-18);
h. Golyamo Krushevo (N 142-12, E 26-56);
i. Meden Rudnik (N 42-27, E 27-24);
J. Cherni Vrukh (N 142-27, E 27-20);
k. Zvezdets (N 142-07, E 27-24);
1. Malko Turnovo (N 141-58, E 27-30); and
m. Between Pomorie and Sarafovo (N L2-3)., E 27-314), along the sea north of
Burgas.
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2. Semicircular spaces of a size large enough to hold a man are located in the
trenches, at five or ten meter intervals, Machine gun emplacements, covered
with earth and trees, are located at the high points in the trench line.
3.
the location of 10 cylindrical-shaped bunkers, each with four
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embrasures, located as follows.,
a. Three situated southeast of Debelt (N 42-24, E 27-16), as follows:
(1) One located 1.5 kilometers west of the Burgas-Elkhovo highway;
(2) Two located approximately five kilometers east of the Burgas-Elkhovo
highway.
These bunkers were built in 1942 or 1943 and, although neglected, they are
in a serviceable state except for the barbed wire entanglements which have
been destroyed.
b. Four or five bunkers facing the sea at a position approximately one kilometer
east of Meden Rudnik village, between Hendren and Burgas lakes; and
c. Two located on either side of the Burgas-Momina Ts4rkva highway, just north
of Fakiya.
(A sketch based on a free-hand drawing showing the approximate
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