COOPERATIVES AT SOFIA AND POPOVO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003300530009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 7, 2010
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: January 13, 1954
• 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 tr6nsmission 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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COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Cooperatives at Sofia and Popovo
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 13 January 19,54
NO. OF PAGES 2
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
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of Western Europe,, 'espB cially Austria, Eastern Germany, and
Popovo Branch of the Egg Cooperative
Viand poult;r?' CocaerativeL Sofia
I. i"Yaitae Koop' (Egg cooperative) headquarters are located at Noe 56 Alabin Street
in Sofia. The organization acquires, by voluntary transfer$ eggs and small numbers
of live poultry from peasants and poultry farmers. About 35 workers are elployedo
The director is Savov (fnu), a Bulgarian.
2. Branch offices of the Egg Cooperative are located in 30 or 10 of the major tcwa
throughout Bulgaria. The branches carry out the following aotivitieus
ae The collection of eggs in their respective districta9
be Export to foreign countries,, upon orders of the central headquartereB and
c. Shipping of the remaining quantities to the central collection depot at Sofia
for distribution to the sales cooperatives throughout the country.
3. A large percentage of the eggs collected b the branches are exported to countries 25X1
The Popovo branch of the Egg Cooperative is located in a small masonry building at
No. I Stalin Streets The building houses both the offices and the storage space of
the cooperative. Normally two clerks and six workers are employed, and an additional
10 to 12 workers are added during the peak season.
Food Cooperatt,vep Sofia
5. The headquarters and administrative offices of Koop Khrana (Food Cooperative) are
located at No. 16 Pozitano Street in Sofia, in the vicinity of Sveta Nedelya Church
in the center of the city. The cooperative is composed of 12 former restaurant
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proprietors and waite:r?s. The president of the group is Khari Ilieva a Maccedcnia,n,,
who is a former waiter.
6* The cooperative procures viscera from the slaughterhouses for the preparation of
`,ze Bulgarian national dish known as 14Shkembe Chorbaa'
(Viscera Soup). It sells
the "Sbikembe Chorba41 at the refreshment counter of the cooperative for resale to
the public in 10 or 12 shops scattered throughout the city. A normal portion costa
0.80 leva and a double portion costs lo60 levao
7. When the cooperative was formed (after nationalization of the restaurant industry),
the members contributed the equipment of their former property and floated a loan
for initial capita.; this loan was later repaid out of the profits. At present the
member.-as have to pay in 700 leva for working capital,, with monthly payments of 20
lava withheld from the;ix .fled sa3ary (600 leva per month). The retail shops do
a, good busineos and bring In "good" profits to the organization, In 1952, the net
profit, was 25,9000 levy,
At the close of the ;fiscal, year, the profits are div ded as followsa
ao Twenty-five percent to the National Cooperative Union;
be Apprcvcimatelly 1000 leva to each of the cooperative members according to his
contr but:1,ons to the profits j and
cA The remainder of the profits to the exrbarpriee as capital funds for improving
the facilities and equipment.
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