MILITARY UNITS AT SLIVEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002000120010-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 5, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP80-0081OA002000120010-5
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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
INFORMATION REPORT 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.
SECRET/CONTROL--U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Military Units at Sliven
DATE DISTR. 5 August 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCI IVALUATIONS IN THIS RIPORT ARE OIANITIVI.
THE APPRAISAL Or CONTINT 18 TENTATIVE,
(NOR KEY Sit RIVERS!)
1. The 3 Trudovak Division in Sliven, strength approximately 2,000 men,
is commanded by an unidentified colonel. Its barracks are located
approximately 200 meters east of the railroad station.
2. An unidentified motorized unit is located east of the artillery barracks.
Four of its tanks participated in the parade on 9 September 1952 and
were described as followes
a. Two were small, each with a 4-man crew; and
b. The remaining two, 15 to 20 tons in weight, each had a 6-man crew.
All four tanks were full-track vehicles, each having one gun of
unspecified caliber as main armament.
3. An unidentified infantry barracks is located to the north of the
Hospitalnii Kisartal quarter.
4. Early in 1953, a large number of new officers arrived in Sliven which
gave rise to a rumor that a larger headquarters was to be established
there.
5. Ammunition depots are located one kilometer northeast of the military
hospital.
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