THE CITY OF BURGAS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005100150003-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 26, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 13, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION 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.
SECRET--U. S. OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT The City of Burgas
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 13 October 1954 25X1
NO. OF PAGES 2
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
This is UNEVALUATED 25X1
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT All DEFINITIVE.
THI APPRAISAL OP CONTENT IS TINTATIVI.
(FOR KIY SIR RIVIRSI)
a. The Osvobozhdenie Shoemakers' Cooperative, located on 9 Septemvri Street, which
employs approximately 35 workers; and 25X1
b. The 8 Septemvri Textile Mill which employs approximately 20 workers; its looms
are operated by hand.
mately 150 workers.
2. industrial cooperatives
industrial plants in Burgas:
as The 8lavyanka (formerly Rosen) cotton products factory, located on 9 8eptemvri
Street in the Komluka district which consists of two large 2-story buildings
and four or five additional small buildings; it employs approximately 3,000
workers in three shifts;
b. The Veriga (former name) metallurgical works, located near the central rail-
road station, which produces agricultural implements, cogwheels, and tractor
parts; it employs approximately 500 workers in three shifts;
c. A freight car factory (Vagonen Zavod), located near the old railroad station,
which employs approximately 700 workers in three shifts;
d. The Kambana soap factory, located on 9 Septemvri Street near the Slavyanka
factory, which employs approximately 600 workers; and
e. An edible oil press, located near the Kambana factory, which employs approxi-
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Hospitals in Burgas
3. Burgas has four hospitals and four medical stations. The following hospitals
are known to informants
a. The Durzhavna Bolnitsa (State Hospital) is located in a large 3-story building
at the end of Kiril i Metodi Street, not far from the army barracks; it has an
air raid shelter in the basement which extends the length of the hospital
building;
b. The Rabotnicheska Bolnitsa (Workers' Hospital) is located in a I or 11-story
building opposite the central railroad station; it was established in 19148
or 1919;
c. The Katolicheska Bolnitsa (Catholic Hospital) has a surgical ward only; and
d. # large hospital, name unknown, located near the Rabotnicheska Bolnitsa.
Miscellaneous Installations in Burgas
4. Three large floating fuel tanks are located in the harbor near the old rail-
road station. Fuel oil arriving from abroad, in particular from Rumania, is
unloaded into the tanks, and Bulgarian ships fuel from them. A pipeline connects
the tanks with the railroad station, where fuel can be pumped into tank cars.
5. The underground air raid shelter, which is located in the municipal park, is a
reinforced concrete structure in a zig-zag shape. It is approximately 2.5 meters
wide, and the height is approximately the same. It has three entrances and is
equipped with installations for water and electricity. A certain section, which
is wider than the remainder, has been set apart for an emergency medical station.
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