THE BULGARIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2006
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: September 4, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT The Bulgarian Textile Industry
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The Bratstvo Knitwear Cooperative
1. In 1945, ten former industrialists organized the Bratstvo (Brotherhood) Knitwear
Cooperative in a 2-story building at No. 42 Strandzha Street in Sofia, and began
to recruit new members. The cooperative now employs 400 men, 350 workers in two
shifts and 50 administrative employees end staff members, in its 24 retail stores.
2. The cooperative has two large warp looms 10 circular looms, and 40 sewing
machines. It has an annual turnover of 8,000,000 leva.
3. The Cooperative is controlled by the Tsentralen Kooperativen Styuz (Central
Cooperative Union) which allocates its raw materials and sends it the production
regulations of the Ministry of Light Industry. The cooperative sends 80 percent
of its production to the State-owned Obleklo i Obufki (Clothing and Shoes) enter-
prise and the remaining 20 percent to its own retail stores.
Textile Factor.es in the Sofia Area
The Proletar Knitwear Factory is located at Pavlovo,, approximately five or six
kilometers from Sofia on the road to Knyazhevo (N 142-39, E 23-15). When the
textile industry was nationalized, this factory received the best machinery
available from the dismantling of privately-owned enterprises. It employs 2,000
workers, and most of its products go to the Army.
The Boyandzhiev Stocking Factory (former name) is located near; the Proletar
Factory.
6. The largest knitwear factory in Bulgaria is located at Gabrovo. It was formerly
the property of Pencho Semov and employs approximately 3,000 men.
7. The I May (formerly Prince Kiril) Spinning Mill is located about 500 meters south
of the Kurilo railroad station. It has 10,000 spindles and employs 1,000 workers.
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8. The Fortuna Factory is located in the Nadezhda district of Sofia, approximately
500 meters from the Voenna Rampa (Military Ramp) railroad station. It produces
woolen, cotton, and silk goods and has all the equipment necessary for finishing
processes. It employs 3,000 to L.,9000 workers.
9. The Tiger (former name) Cotton Mill is located approximately 500 meters from the
Fortuna Mill. It has 109000 spindles.
10. The Telman Cotton Mill is located 500 to 600 meters east of the Voenna Rampa
station. It regularly receives additional workers (sic), and in May 1953 employed
at least 3,000 workers.
ll. The Bulgaria Cotton Mill is located at Knyazhevo. It employs 1,500 to 2,000
workers.
3.2. The Gloriya Factory is located at Poduene, approximately 500 meters of the Is Our
railroad station southeast of Sofia. It makes woolen, cotton, and silk goods.
13. The aniline dye factory which is located approximately 300 meters east of the
Iskur station was enlarged considerably after the war. The factory is Soviet-
controlled and employs Soviet technicians.
14. The Elbeka (former name) Factory is located approximately four kilometers south
of Sofia on the road to Samokov. It makes cotton and silk goods and employs 300
to 100 workers. Goods made at this factory are dyed in the 23 December dye works
in Knyazhevo.
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