1. MILITARY UNITS AT PLOVDIV 2. PARTISANS IN NORTHWEST BULGARIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 29, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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DATE OF I1 O.
PLACE ACQIERED
Bulgaria
1. 1i litary Units at P],o,div
2. Partisans in Northwest Bulgaria
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Twits at Plovdiv - Noveoaooaber 1952
1. The cam and of ai3oviet and Bvalgajan d vision (4) is located in a 2-etW building
on Saidinenie Square in Plovdiv. The building is enclosed by a"barbed w
and has a garden opposite the entranme; ameeeff is forbidden to aiviliana,
the divisional o nd to be for both 8ooiete and? Bulgriaaas because
numerous of sets of -both n,atio alt4ss 90im- to work In the bui iAng.
guard unit cots fists of Bui ri.$a>'a ea d with bl po d,ae a r~' ord~i.aa y re-
peater rifles. The Naritea Riv . The ec~la~'ader is an
unidentified Soviet genera]. and BUI g ,an Was"I and numerous
other Soviet and Bulgarian offi. .
2. Other units at Plovdiv are as fo33ogu s
a. Unidentified infantry units oaoupring barracks on Pasaz'dmhik Street;
b. Unidentified tank units oaoup Ing bawrackae an the .Istanbul hl.ghlray in the out..
skirts of the city;
c. Unidentified artillery units oee -ing banks attached to the tank barracks;
d. Unidentified engineer unite ocoupyipg barn ilk' the outskirts of the city
an the TAtanbul hig1u ay, Zonated apprcx1mate37 300 meters before the tank
barracks; and
e. Unidentified cavalry unite Qo g barracks in the western outskirts of the
city in the road to P.eshtera ~?.p2, $ 21 ?15).
hMW in Northwest MidKIA - . August )$52
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22.140) in August 19$2. The anti-COMUnist groups' bad o ed and were living in
the frontier area in order to have better ohancee of iisaa and ireRtigulg in
Yugoslavia. ..During the'encouzter, nor M peasants were arrested.- ~ iddi-
tione a neutral strip 10.20 1dlametare deep- was. set' up along the ' borders in which
all civilian nova sett was forbidden. The surveillance of this border strip is
entrusted exclusively to the Militia and all military waits were withdrawn because
they were not sufficiently reliable.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
IN R"TION REPORT
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Bulgaria
SAWT 1. Roppitals is P1o,diy
2. Drug Supply and Production
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1.. A'ailitary hospital is located in the Ssdiyski quarter at Plovdiv, q
1,500 meters frog the o enter of the city. It consists of a a.~gg7
about 200 by 40 voters in size.
2. Personnel is as follows,
a. Lieutenant Colonel (Doctor) Ansh director;
b. Lieutenant Colonel (Doctor) DrasoT, head of the surgery depart^sut;
a. Major (Doctor) Verred, assistant head of the'surgery departma*tj
d- Major (Doctor) Earabaaher; chief of the dermosyphilitic departmient;
a. An unidentified major (doctor), chief of the dental office;
f. Captain (Doctor) Oranor, chief of the radiology departnsnt; and
g. Major (Doctor) Usonov, chief of the eye department.
3. The hospital has a capacitry of 300 beds. It is equipped with aodewsrva-
reehnt- construction, ?inclu tus of
ding a radiology offs ae, three iators$7.
an operating rem, a dentist' a -office, and an eye office... The
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sufficient food, tre23, prepared, notably better than that given in the aivi3
bOSPI tales Medical once and, assistance at the hospital is the best possible in
'Bulgariap coacidering the b aA' y ct'.~ and .1a*., ',~~;g 7 , .
local doctors.
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4. The principal ~h pital of Plovdiv ie Zooate ba Ba' d?? Pte' ' ' , ~ is
of nrinsroue separated buildings, as fu
a. Tree treat Batt buildingsj
b. Tbree or four surgery buildings;
o. One bolas t ex*maaaiaAW'IdAAfi2.'
d. One otolarangologt buildin
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e. One ephtba3arlogr building;
f. One deimos;vkd itioal building;
g. One infeotioue diseases banding; in *erga+ois a seho4 3,ooatsd In tie
immdiate vicinity of the hospital can also be used fbr sous 4I ee;
h. one gynooology building;
i. One building used for administratiTe ot=i0e0;
One btit3lding used as a laundry; and
k. One building used as a kitohen.
Doetor Panayatov vas director of the hospital until 1951: The # 'dixeot 3s
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oa dssar was Doctor Zb istanoY who was later transferred to the civilian ho td]
at Sofia; ' informant does not ]mow his replaosaiett.
The hospital has over 1#000 beds and is equipped nith the fo11o`42gt
a. Two radiology and radioscopic offioes,o cut of reorder bbebhleo. of''dI':400 LTe
. work;
be Two dental offices;
A oardiograd apparatus (brokNOO,>
A pne othoraX- apparatus; and
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the incision daring surgery.
7. The facilities are overoruirded and every day mmW patients have to be teaed =W
beeause of the lack of beds. lan?T patients are also discharged f the hospital
before they are suffioient3wy recovered, causing relapses and e,on det'he
Be The food at the hospital is iru#Uffiaieat and, patdents are very dis0cate ed. The
follomizg aedioinee are in shortage at the hospitals
a. Preparations for the treataent of heart ai]aente;
be Cortison (cartigene) for heart and kidneq ailnests;
a. Tuberculosis preparations, esposially PAS (Para Amino Bs3.ic7lia Mid);
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Streptonyoinr a$ ible. Lr~g 1a sa ~~.1. /.tQ,d~l;
e. Aspirin and allergy products.
Fem. ' gpidal aar : vsoay Sergi ts' nts, _btth. trove ?pa'odaoed
in B ulga,j and iuported frm the So et fton, are of very poo s
Se?oa IM- Civilian HO!Litai
30. The, secondary civilian hospital in Plovdiv' is located on Ivan Yaaov-
vicinity of the railroad station. Its personnel is as fobs= ~ ~~ in the
a. Doctor KIM' Nikolov, director;
b. Doctor Rimalovaki, chief of the radiology office;
.as Doctor Rubenov, chief of the dentist's oft* d. Doctor Tarpomanov, chief of the internal medicine depart pt,
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e. Doctor Bakrarodg, 1hitef of the ophtha3j ology departaa i ; and
f. Doctor Saaokovreev, chief of the eye department.
U. The hospital has a capacity of 60 beds. Its food and aedima oars are
at the principal civilian hospital. the slime as
DRUG SUPPLY AND PRAT]
Medical Factories
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dica7. f actories in Bulgaria=
a. Galenus, in Sofia, which is the principal, factory of its xaxW specialties not produced direoed at the a the oodtstacd
the Galena trade mark is substituted for the OOritg5nal; arrive ftma woad ~
be The Sof yuko #pteolano Predpriatie (Sofia Medical
barprise) faboratayI
c? The Yalev Factory in Stara Zagora, which produces allergy trey ts and Awve
sedatives;"and
d? Ape ici].3 .factory is alleged3yy under oonatructio s in Pao y; ip
furnished by the U BM,
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the drug eftuation
cillin$ available only on a doctor's preeoxdptio;
produotions poor quality, less in daapd than the hmerioan otf ivYiet
be Street JLR, found only in li .ted quantities ava3latbhe
prescription, but not allrays in stock; T with a dootvarrs
c. -Hemifau, a tuberculosis' preparation, not on sale; available only thro r
request to the Ministry of Public Health
d? PAS, tuberculosis preparation, oo le
e. "Cortigene,R heart and kidney treatment, ccePletedr lacking
f* Aspirin and a23s r9r prvduota, . almost o
oaplstely lackjMg;
g. -Hmidagea and dressings, not in abundance or for free nacre; and
1s. Ali, special, pr'eparatiotua, in vary short miPply.
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