1. PROJECTED AIRFIELD NEAR PLEVEN 2. TANK UNIT, (SANITIZED)SOFIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001900460004-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 30, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 28, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SECURITY "i0q MATiO$
COUNTRY $ulgar~ a
SUBJECT 1. Projectbd Airfield near Pleven
2. Tank Unit
Sofia
PLACE ACQUIRED
This Document contains information effecting the Ne-
tienal ENtense of the United states, within the meen-
IT41 of 'Title to, sections 793 and TE4, of the U.S. Code. as
MnSpdod. Its, trefls,miMlon or re?els,tion of its contents
to-c* "ipt by an uaauthOeiSed person is prohibited
by, iiw: The reproduction of this form 10 prohibited.
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DATE DISTR. Z8- July 1953
NO. OF PAGES 2
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERPICES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) .
Pr o l ec ed Airfield near Pleven
1. On 1 April 1953, construction of a new airfield near Pleven was scheduled
The airfield
to start. This work was to be oompleted'within six months.
is to be located between Kamenets (N 43-18, E 25-00), Pleven Okoliya, and
Letnitsa (N 43-17, E 25-02), Lovech Okoliya, The airfield is to have a
central runway with two auxiliary runways of adequate length to handle
jet planes.
subordinate to 25X1
2, The Trudovak B Briri ~gaaddee ion m Pleven, is ems oyed on the construction
Trudovak
,
of the new Pleven airfield. o al of approximately 61000 Trudovaks are
to be used on this project.
officers in the'Trudovak Brigade:
a, Senior L eutenant Mikhail Petrov MIIQIAIWV; commander
e. Junior_Lieutenant Khristo Todorov KHRISTOVj
So
An unidentified tank unit is stationed in barracks on
4. ~ 2 _ road.
the Sofia-Gorna Banya (N 42-41,
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5. During the spring of 1952 and June 1952, the tank unit conducted training
exercises near Slivnitsa (N 42-51, E 23-01), Sofia Okoliya. During
April 1953, the unit took part in maneuvers near Smolyan.
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