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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004100340010-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: May 6, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
o. "Vulko Chervenkov"Enterprises Sofia, employed about 1,300 workers in two 8-hour
shifts per day; constructed an unknown quahtity~of agrioultiiral and textile
machinery;
d. "'mimitur Blagoev"State Enterprise, employed approximately 900 workers; produced
textile and agricultural machinery;
e. "Red. Flag" Enterprise, Burgas, of recent construction (1951), now employs
approximately 1,500 workers, specialized in the construction of freight cars
of national production;
f.' State enterprise of Kazanluk, located in the outskirts of Kazanlu6c, occupies
an area of 200,000 square meters, connected to the rail line by a spur line and
also has a considerable number of trucks at its disposal for the transport of
materiel; produces all parts of airplanes, except for s.gines) the airplanes
are single- and twin-engine planes of Soviet typed strict surveillance is main-
tained inside and outside of the factory, and antiaircraft batteries are located
in the immediate vi.c4ity$ .about 3,500 workers are employed., including some
Soviet specialists;
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4-axle vehicles '*ith faldin& doors, separate cab for the oonduotor, internal
ventilating system, and moveable windords; all the parts of the vehicles, in-
cluding the motors, were constructed by the enterprise;
"Zavod No. l2""GeorgiDimitrov"Enterprise, located near the central station of
Sofia, employed app3'mately 3,000 workers in three 8-hour shifts per day)
constructed two steam locomotives, three electric locomotives, six 4-axle
railroad cars, three heating oars, and electric motors for trams, trolley-buaemp
and their respective bodies;
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.B. Code, an
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.
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 6 May 1951
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
During 1953, the following machinery factories were in operation,
as "91 September"State Enterprise, with about 600 workers, constructed about 10
on E x
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The "Vagrianka" State Enterprise, equipped particularly to construct: textile
machinery, trailers, and farm wagons; approximately 700 workers were employed
in a single 8-hour shift;
he The "Tsvetmetprom" State Enterprise, equipped particularly for the construction
of farm tractors, dyeing machinery, and textile machinery; approximately 600
workers were employed; and
i. The "Machine Construction" State Enterprise, located in Troyan, equipped parti-
cularly for assembling electric motors and other small machines; it is connected
with the "Elprom" enterprise of Troyan, and the two together employ approximately
700 workers.
2. The following metal-working enterprises were in operation during 1953.-
a, "Georgi Genov" State Industrial Enterprise;
be "Chervena Zvezda" State Industrial Enterprise;
c. "Metallurgiyat' State Industrial .Enterprise;
d. "Luv" State Industrial Enterprise;
e. "Avram Stoyanov" State Industrial Enterprise; and
f. "Oborishte" State Industrial Enterprise.
3. The following chemical enterprises were in operation during 19538
a. The "Pobeda" Chemical Enterprise, located at No. 141 Stalin Boulevard, Sofia,
telephone 61.830, covering an area of approximately 10,000 square meters (of
which 4,000 square meters are covered by the factory buildings); it comprises
five sections and produces various products such as tannin, carbonates, dyes,
etc.;
be The Reka Devnya enterprise, located about 34 kilometers west of Varna (now
Stalin) on the rail line to Dobrich (now Tolbukhi.n),, produces soda and similar
products; the enterprise extends over about 300 decares, has several dozen
pavilions, and is equipped with modern machinery; the method of work, produc-
tion plans, specialists, and machinery are Soviet; the local power plant uti-
lizes the water of the Ludetina River, drawn from its bed by a canal 4.5 kilo-
meters long, and furnishes electricity to the village as well as to the factory;
c. The "Stalin" Enterprise, Dimitrovgrad, produces fertilizers of chemical nitrates;
it is now being enlarged, and is powered by the "Chervenkov" Thermoelectric
Plant (also being enlarged and allegedly to be the largest in the country); its
production is still small, but it is planned to be in total operation in 1954,
with approximately 5,000 workers, and will produce explosives;
d. The "Lakpromr State Enterprise,, producing lacquer products;
e. The "Gorkhim" State Enterprise, producing chemical combustibles;
f. The "Verila" State Enterprise, producing carbide and allied products;
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g. The "Asen Zlatarov" State Enterprise;
h. The "Vasil Levski" State Chemical Enterprise; and
i. The "Eliseyna" Enterprise, for the processing of State mineral ores., located
near Vratsa, en loying approximately 700 workers.
4. The following establishments for construction materials were in operation during
1953:
a. "Zsida" Stroiobedinenie (State construction agency);
b. "Sofia Kamenina" Stroiobedinenie;
c. "Trod" State Enterprise., for the manufacture of ceramics; and
d. "Cherno More" Cooperative, Burgas.
5. The following cotton textile industries were in operation during 1953:
a. The "Pturvi Mfl" (formerly"Asen Nikolo) Enterprise., Varna; the director of this
factory is Ivan Kovaohev, who studied textile courses at Brno, Czechoslovakia;
approximately 3,000 workers are employed; the enterprise is divided into the
following 12 work sections:
"Vasil Kolarov" Section, 55 looms, produces approximately 34.,000 meters
per month.
- "Georgi Dimitrov" Section, 63 looms, produces approximately 36,000 meters
per month.
"Trod" Section, produces cottons for Trudovaks} has 40 looms and produces
approximately 25000 meters per month.
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- "Cherno More" Section, 41 looms and silt looms, produces 25X1
32,000 meters of cotton per month.
"Nadezhda" Section, 65 looms, almost alll produces 25X1
approximately 38,000 meters per month.
? "Lyuben Karavelov" Section, 40 looms, manufactures cotton for mllita~y udfca+ms.
"Armiya" and "Ivan Mikhaylov" Sections., 45 looms each, produce clothing
for children.
Four sections, closed and awaiting special orders.
b. The "Stalin" Textile Enterprise., Burgas, located in the Pobeda District, along
the Burgas-Sredets~?Malko Turnovo highway; covers an area of approximately 50
decares, near Lake Vaya; comprises eight :ibuil.dfngo; has 220 looms, and employs
approximately 900 workers (500 of which are women);
c. "Bulgaria" State Textile Enterprise., Gabrovo; still in the process of being
enlarged; connected with all the other smaller factories of the city, so that
Gabrovo may be considered the major textile center of Bulgaria;
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d. The "Te]man" State Textile Enterprise, Sofia, one of the largest textile plants
in the capital; together with the "Dilnitrov" Factory, is in almost all of
the textile industry of Sofia;
e. The "IX September" State Textile Enterprise, Ruse; has 700 looms and employs
approximately 1,500 workers;
f. The "Vasil Kolarov" State Textile Enterprise, Plovdiv; has approximately 900
looms and employs 1,700 workers;
g. The "Sokol" Textile Mills Vratsa, with approximately 1,000 looms and about
200 workers;
h. The "Boris Sotirov" Textile Mills Karlovo, with approximately 900 looms and
ls200 workers; end
i. The "Balkan" Textile Mills Karlovos with approximately 800 looms and 900
worker3.
6. The following hemp., linen, and silk enterprises were in operation during 19531
a. The "Dunavska Koprina" Enterprises Ruses hemp processing;
b. The "Vasil Kolarov" Enterprises Turnovo, linen processing;
o. The "Svila" Enterprises Sliven, silk processing; and
d. The State hemp enterprises Khaskovo.
7. The following leather enterprises were in operation during 19531
as "S*xp i Chuk" State Enterprises Gabrovos Down also as "Zavod 16," located
approximately three kilometers north of Gabrovo,; employs 850-900 workers and
produces 1,000 pairs of shoes for the military and 200 pairs for civilians
per month; connected with an enterprise which manufactures goods for the Army;
b. The "Georgi Kirkov" State Enterprises main headquarters Sevlievo; and
c. The "Dimitur Blagoev" State Enterprise, located in Etropole.
8. Of the 16 sugar factories in ex.stence in Bulgaria, prior to World War II, only
five are still in existence. They are subordinate to the State Sugar Factories
Directorate, which is located in Sofia. The factories of Silistra, Tutrakan,
Svishtov, Nikopol, Oryakhovo, Somovit, Lom and Vidin were dismantled; their
machinery was distributed to the five ~g'faftories. Theis are:'
a.
Ruse Sugar Factory,p da admg approximately 24,000 tons per year;
b.
Kamenovo Sugar Factory, near Gorna 0ryakhovitsa,p
g 14,000 tons per year;
a.
Dolna Mitropoliya Sugar Factory, near Pleven, pro
g 11,000 tons per year;
d.
Plovdiv Sugar Factory, prv&vdM approximately 16,O00 tons per year; and
e.
Sofia Sugar Factory, pi toting 20,000 tons per year.
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