INSTITUTES FOR GEODESY AND TOPOGRAPHY

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 8, 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 783 and 794. of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorised person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form Is prohibited.
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COUNTRY Bulgaria
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Institutes for Geodesy and Topography
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DATE DISTR.
8 November 1953
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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Geografski Institut
1. The Geografski Institut in Sofia, located in a 2-story building on Ruaki Boule-
vard at the corner of 6 September Street, charts military topographic maps on
scales of 11100,000 and 1:25,000 for military schools and makes wall maps for
other schools. This organization includes sections for mapping, astrdnomy acid
aerial photography and has a printing press. Maps printed after the war have
only Bulgarian. names and keys to symbols. Entrance to the building, which has
an armed military guard, requires a permit from the head of the Institute.
2. The aerial photography department, one of the most important, haathe,following
equipment:
a. One stereoscope of Zeiss manufacture which reproduces views with three dimen-
sions.(longitude, latitude and sea-level and is used for military topographic
maps on a scale of 1:25,000;
b. One Vild A-5 machine of Swiss manufacture, imported in 1951, which weighs
about one ton and is used for both aerial and ordinary photography;
C. One old Vild A-1 machine, which is much smaller than the Vild A-5 and is used
for ordinary photographs;
d. One multiplex aeroprojector of Zeiss manufacture which is used for stereo-
scopic photographs of a certain area; and
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e. One not of large SEG-1 photo transformers of Zeiss manufacture.
The head of the institute is Colonel Abadzhiev (fnu), about 50 years of age,
short, healthy, and the author of a book on military topography. Stefan Trifonov
is an accountant at the institute; he is a bachelor about 26 years of age, tall and
thin, is a surveyor-, and is not a Party member. The staff' of the institute consists
of enlisted men and career army mend The activity of the institute is growing,
and every year new employees are added, consisting mainly of graduates of the
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geodesy department of the Stalin Polytechnic College with a personal recommenda-
tion from a professor. Colonel Abadzhiev takes part in the final. examinations
of the geodesy department.
).. Informant believes the institute will be transferred to Troyan, in the center of
Bulgaria.
Geoplan Proekt
5. The Geoplan Proekt is a surveying and topographical organization located at 15
?Stambuliyski Street in Sofia. It is controlled by the Supreme Administration
for Geodesy and Topography (GUGK; Glavno Upravlenie po Geodezia i Kartografia),
which carries out orders received from the Council of Ministers. The GUGK is
located at the corner of Klementina, Stalin and Sveta Nedelya Streets. A new
building or block of buildings is being built at Boyana, near Sofia, for this
organization.
6. Geoplan Proekt, which serves mainly the Ministries of Electrification, Construc-
tion, and Agriculture, produces maps for various purposes on scales from 1:1,000
to 1:10,000. Maps of small special areas are made to order for these ministries,
sometimes in connection with single building or development projects. Basic
data for these maps, obtained from the Geografski Institut, are military maps of
1:25,000, special maps showing trigonometric points, and in some cases aerial
photographs of the area to be mapped.
7. Serious difficulties are usually encountered when material. is requested from the
Geografski Institut. It is almost impossible to get aerial photographs, and when
they are obtained, only senior members of the Geoplan Proekt are permitted to
handle them. However in some special cases where existing; photographs did not
show the necessary detail, special aerial photographs were made by the institute
at the request of Geoplan Proekt. There are certain areas for which maps are not
given to anyone by the institute, not even on a direct request of the GUGK.
8. In 1951 the Ministry of Agriculture prepared development plans for villages near
Turgovishte, and maps for this purpose were requested from Geoplan Proekt. In
this case the Ministry of Agriculture applied directly to the Geografski Institut
for the necessary military maps but was refused. A second request, this time by
Geoplan Proekt through the proper GUGK channels, was also turned down with no
reason given for the refusal. Informant believes that the Turgovishte area
constitutes a restricted area for which no maps are issued except to Army author-
ities.
9. Geoplan Proekt has a staff of 500 to 600 engineers and technicians. It is con-
trolled by Colonel Abadzhiev, head of the Geografski Institut. Micho Michev
is the head of the Geoplan Proekt; he is about 50 years old, tall, thin, a
surveyor, and a Communist. Marinov (fnu) is the assistant manager; he is about
40 years old, a surveyor, and a Communist.
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