PORT OF BURGAS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004800410007-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 7, 1954
• Content Type: 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 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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DATE. DISTR. 7 September 1954
NO. OF PAGES 2
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
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1. The northern dock of the port includes four cranes, with a capacity of three
metric tons, in very good condition and of recent construction. In the center
of the dock there is a vault of brickwork and cement with a wide embrasure
facing the entrance of the port; it would be possible to install a 100 mm. cannon in
it. The dock is serviced by two railroad tracks adjacent to the warehouses,
behind which there are two more railroad tracks.
2. The eastern dock of the port includes a crane larger than the above-mentioned
one, also in very good condition, and is serviced by two railroad tracks.
3. The mooring point for military craft of small tonnage is located at the foot of
the western dock. Near it is a building used as a barracks for about 300 mili-
tary personnel,' used by the Bulgarian Navy. On this dock there is a pipeline
about 120 mm. in diameter used for unloading fuel to tanks, the location of which
was not noted. The pipeline is above-ground and readily noticeable. At the
head of the dock there is a gun emplacement for a 20 mm. machine gun and a hand
operated winch to draw in the nets used to close the entrance to the port during
the night. Outside the port area,, to the north, there is another reinforced con-
crete vault and an installation for a telemeter.
)4. Military craft in the port include the f ollowingo
a. Five formerly German motorbarges carrying drainage equipment and armed with
one or two machine guns of. 20 min. caliber.-
b. Two small scoops of war of about 100-150 metric tons, armed with a 76 mm.
cannon and two machine guns of 20 mm. caliber;
c. Four formerly German sub-chasers on which torpedo launching tubes could be
easily installed,. armed with 20 mm. machine guns;
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COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Port of Burgas
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d. Four smaller sub-chasers, also armed with 20 mm. guns; and
e. A sloop of, war, about 300 tons; armed with cannons and machine guns., observed
at the entrance to the port.
At night the port entrance is blocked by nets.
The port of Burgas gives the impression of being a preeminently Russian port. How-
ever, among the population there are people who sympathize with the West and who
live under a continuous nightmare for fear of deportation.
7. From-Cape. Kaliakra to Burgas, along the coast, there are a number of fortifications,
but it-is not known whether they are of recent construction or whether they were
originally built by Germans.
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