1. CIVIL DEFENSE COURSES 2. ASSISTANCE GROUP, SVETI VRACH

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CIA-RDP80-00810A004600500020-7
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July 30, 1954
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REPORT
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT COUNTRY Bulgaria SUUECT 2 Vv Gimcwelagi-Coar*npoti ovo ttl!..'SdOsstum" 4rK00U$-$t sVraoh This Document eantalne Intonation aS.ettne the N.- l1on-1 Defense of the United State.. within the nean- InR of Title it Sections 793 and 194, of the U.S. Ood.. as amended. Its tren.nl.non or revelation of Its content. to or receipt by an unauth "reed perwn IS prohibited by Law. The reproduction of this ante I. prohibited. REPORT DATE DISTR. 30 July 1954 NO. OF PAGES z 25X1 REQUIREMENT NO. RD REFERENCES 641245 This is UNEVALUATED Information THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 1S TENTATIVE. (FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) Ciiil Defense Courses 1. In the fall of 1952, civil defense courses were being given by the D050 (Dobro- vo]na OrganiAatsiya za Sifdeystvie na Otbranata; Voluntary Organization for De- fense Assistance) in Petrovo village (N 41-27s E 23-30) to train the villa e antiaircraft defense group. The instructor of this course (name not known) was one of the school teachers who also taught another course in Sveti Vrach (now 25X1 Sandanaki). Approximately 40-50 were enrolled in the course, mostly men and women about 50 years old who were members of the Fatherland Front, but also in- cluding some young people of the DSNM (Dimitrovski Suyuz na Narodnata Nladezh; D STldtrav Union of the People's Youth). 2. Participation in these courses was urged very strongly. whether there were any drills, what type of training aids equipment tie course had, and had never heard of any drills given in the cleaning of house attics, storing of sand, or installing of alarm signals. 4? an assistance group (grupa za sTdeysttie);ihl anovo village (N 41-26., E 23-29), Sveti Vrach Okoliya, consisting of seven or eight men. The chief of the group was Boris Stovanov Khadzhiev STATE x IARMY X JNAVY I x AIR X Fnl lac