SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS NEAR ASPARUKHOVO, VARNA OKOLIYA

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 17, 2007
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: July 19, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Special Constructions Near
Asparukhovo, Varna Okoliya
DATE OF INFO.
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.
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
19 July 1951
NO. OF PAGES 3
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The area iii which the special construction projects described below are located
begins approximately 200 meters west of the last house in the Asparukhovo
Quarter of Varna,!crosses the Benkovski-Priseltsi Highway and continues to the
village of Galata. This hilly area extends approximately five kilometers from
northwest to southeast. Approximately 10 similar constructions have been 25X1
completed or are in the process of being erected in this area.
2. I Iconstruction located west of
Asparukhovo and one located approxima
tely 150 meters from the road which
runs to Priseltsi, near Asparukhovo.
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construction project in the Gyundyuza
area, west of Asparukhdvo. The camp for the Trudovaks who worked on the
project was located approximately 100 meters from the last house on the
western edge of the Gypsy section of Asparukhovo. The construction was
located about 100 meters west of this camp, 300-4400 meters northwest of the
highway to Burgas, and 800-1,000 meters south of the Chayka road..
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5. The special construction project near Asparukhovo included the following
installationst
a. A double tunnel in the shape of a horseshoe, whose sides are each about
70 meters long,, about 1.8 meters wide, and about 2.5 meters high;a shaft
designed to house huge petrole un tanks made of iron, has been built in
each wing just before the bend in the tunnel; the shaft for the north
wing is large and can hold a 15-ton capacity iron tank; the shaft for the
south wing is smaller and can hold an iron tank whose capacity is 3-4 tons;
in the bend of the horseshoe-shEped tunnel, there is a wide area (as a
hall) which is 20 meters long, 10 meters wide, and 10 meters high;
b. The walls and the floor of the tunnel, including the shafta and the interior
hall, are made of concrete 80 centimeters thick and are strengthened with
reinforced concrete 20 millimeters (sic) in thickness; and
c. It was reported that all the tunnel walls would be covered with 40 x 60
centimeter asbestos-cement slabs fastened to the walls by meals of screws
and that the tunnel floor would be covered with beech parquet(sic).
6. The tunnel was designed to have water and electrical installations. It has been
excavated in clay soil and in sparsely located rock. The layer of earth above
the tunnel is at least 15-20 meters thick and above the central area (the hall)
about 30-140 meters thick. Reinforced concrete shields are built above the
entrance. It was reported that some kind of radar installations would be housed
in this tunnel.
7. A system of antennas has been built on the outside, above the central area of
the tunnel* This system consists of 114-15 masts which are 10-12 meters high
and are arranged in a circle and are placed on reinforced concrete bases which
are 140 x 140 centimeters in size. A strong electric light which throws a red
light is installed at the top of each of these masts. A cable about one
centimeter in diameter connects the upper parts of the masts. Some of the
masts are connected by one cable and others are connected by two cables spaced
approximately 140 centimeters apart. Each of the cables has a porcelain insulator
near each of the masts. Each of the'masts whidh have'two cables between then
is equipped with an iron ring.
8. The masts are spaced approximately 15-30 meters apart. Four cables (each of
15-20 strands) of three series are hung perpendicularly from various heights
a stake which has a reel with a handle-~ tightening it.' 25X1
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9? In March 1952 special installations
of the type described above were to have been constructed in the valley between
the new "VMS" (Voenna Morska Sila: Naval Forces) barracks~(at the corner between
the highway to the Chayka seaplane base and a branch road running from it to the
new road for the VMS ammunition depots) and the VMS ammunition . In March
1953, construction material was stored here. about 200
cubic meters of gravel and about 7-8 carloads of broken stone deposited here in
front of a stream. At the same time it was reported that Trudovak Company,
Podeleri e 214-70, subordinate to Trudovak Battalion, Podelenie 24-140, of the Varna
Trudovak Brigade, Podelenie 214-00, would be assigned to work on the new construction
project. However, it was said later that the construction of the project would
be postponed temporarily and that it would be resumed in the fall of 1953.
10. In March 1953, another special construction project, located south of Karantinata
(N 43-10, E 27-55) was started. Lumber was brought here, but the construction of
this project was also temporarily halted. In connection with the construction of
special projects, the area from the "Morski Zvutsi" Hunting Lodge had been declared
off limits.
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Special Construction Project Near Asparukhovo, Varna Okoliya
A. Antennas placed over small underground bases
B. Underground tunnel and base of installation.
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