INDUSTRIAL UNREST IN BULGARIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002501100009-6
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2013
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 16, 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
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COUNTRY Bulgaria REPORT
SUBJECT Industrial Unrest in Bulgaria DATE
DISTR. 16 Oct,ober 1953
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1. During the second half of June 19530 there were a number of anti-Government
demonstrations in Plovdiv. Theme were staged by workers unemployed, because of
the suspension of work at a number of plants as a coneequence of the lack of raw
materials. At the Vasil Kolarcv plant, one of the directors was 'assaulted on 23
June; his oar was overturned and destroyed, The director himself was so badly
beaten that be is now in a critical condition$ he was saved frim death by the
arrival of the Militia who biltd been oalled in because of the ineffective:lea of
the factory police.
2. Simultaneous outbreaks oeourrod all evor Plovdiv okoliya in, 0';'"a53. TheMilita
forces in Plovdiv were quite hs 4" kwAvy re.
inforcemente arrived in late June arAi;. although a miniatorl had ,c,1110 d.hr3 from
Sofia a few days 'previously to arrange for the distribution of extra food to the
unemployed and to tell them that the It:o41 leaders would be puni3hed for their
inefficiency's the Militia reinforcements made many arrests and deportations among
the unemployed themselves.
3. During the last week in June 19530 heavy damage was done in the copper mines of
Eliseyna. The administration buildings were burned down, much of the machinery
was sabotaged, and the mine is now closed entirely. This trouble started when
workers were refused their repeated requests for larger bread rations and overtime
pay.
? On- 11 June 1953; a soap factory ,at .FaiTiwenlwasl.luxtnticldcyrk,iatict.taI4.44Aroyed by
rioting workers who had not been paid their salaries in full or given the extra
rations which they had been promised.
5. In mid-June 1953, the Chilov Chemical Plant at Kostinbrod was damaged by fire
and a heavy explosion. Workers inside the plant =dewed two members of the
factory police 'Odle large crowds of townspeople demonstrated outside. The
explosion killed several of the workers and demonstrators.
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6. During-the second week in June 1953: 1D500 workers at the Pavlov? (sic) tobacco2
raotory-tiere dismissed without pay because the factory lacked raw materials and
had to close down. Small demonstrations took place, but were soon brought under
control.
7. In late June 1953, the large explosives plant at Kazanlhk was closed down for
a few days as a result of food riots, and Militia reinforcements were brought
into the area. The aircraft factory at KazanIfik was sabotaged at the same time.
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Comment: Anton Yugov, deputy-4'1ms minister, was reported to have
attempted bo Quiet rioters at the tobacco factories in Plovdiv at this time
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