SOFIA RADIO STATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003500320006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 2, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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n the Communist Party, is the
Bulgaria
Sofia Radio Station
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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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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
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1. Radio Sofia has a general manager,, an assistant to the general manager who heads
the technical and administrative departments, a director of foreign broadcasts to
'.he Satellites, a director of foreign broadcasts to the West and the United States,
and various technical departments. It has a staff of approximately 850 men.
2. The general manager and the director of foreign broadcasts to the Satellites are
responsible for local broadcasts. There are editors in each sectiqn (e.g. labor,
economics, culture) who compile material in their own fields and submit it to the
general manager, who together with the director of foreign broacasts to the Sat-
ellites either approves or disapproves the broadcast. This arrangement was
initiated in September 1953; formerly the editors submitted the material only to
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3. Mikhayl (Misho) Nikolov, well known i
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eneral manager.
Anna Bulgaranova is the assistant to tgeneral manager and administrative mane er.
5. Andrei Andreyev is the director of foreign broadcasts to te
and the United states. He is
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25X1 n reyev Is the chairman of the committee for the enrollment of new workers, and
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of the station. He is known to frequent the circle of Dimo Kasabov, former Minister
of Propaganda and now Director of the Ministry for Printing and Printed Matter.
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6.
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Todor Komitov is the director of forei
gn broadcasts to the Satellites.
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7. A short time ago' the head of an Albanian delegation visiting Sofia was invited
to the radio station to make a recording., but when he arrived there was nobody to
receive him. The Albanian sent a letter of ccmplaint to Vulko Chervenkov., who
summoned Nikolov and Komitov and reprimanded them severely.
8. A few months ago., some members of an East German delegation visiting Bulgaria were
invited to visit the Sofia radio station' In their conversatio.~.. with the
employees., which were recorded., the Germans neither made any mention of the "large
Soviet assistance to Germany" nor recalled any; Soviet or other Communist leader.
The Bulgarian woman liaison officer with the delegation asked Komitov to explain
the German attitude., which had left a bad impression on her. He replied., "Why
do you ask questions? If they have forgotten., it is your duty to remind them and.,
at the time of the translation$ to add some words yourself."
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