INDUSTRIAL UNREST IN BULGARIA

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CIA-RDP80-00810A002501100009-6
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2
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December 23, 2016
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August 6, 2013
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9
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Publication Date: 
October 16, 1953
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REPORT
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/06: CIA-RDP80-00810A002501100009-6 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. 50X1 SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY 50X1 SECURITY INFORMATION COUNTRY Bulgaria REPORT SUBJECT Industrial Unrest in Bulgaria DATE DISTR. 16 Oct,ober 1953 NO. OF PAGES DATE OF INFO. REQUIREMENT NO, RD 50X1 -HUM PLACE ACQUIRED REFERENCES THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE, (FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) 50X1 -HUM 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. SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY STATE ARMY NAVY AIR FBI AEC Note: Washir.kiion niztributicr. Zy "X"; Field ;444...ion y Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/06: CIA-RDP80-00810A002501100009-6 ? Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/06: CIA-RDP80-00810A002501100009-6 SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY -2- 50X1 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. 1. Comment: Anton Yugov, deputy-4'1ms minister, was reported to have attempted bo Quiet rioters at the tobacco factories in Plovdiv at this time SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY 50X1 -HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/06: CIA-RDP80-00810A002501100009-6