SABOTAGE AT THE DEBRASHTITSA-BATAK HYDROELECTRIC COMPLEX

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005600640003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 23, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 5, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ' AGENCY""
INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
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Sabotage at the Debrashtitsa-Batak
Hydroelectric Complex ,
This is UNEVALUATED
Information
During the month of September. 1951i,'unknown saboteurs caused considerable damage
to the hydroelectric complex under construction inthe.Rhodope Mountains, in.the
Debrashtitsa (N 42-06,E-24-15) Batak' (N. )41-56,:. E 24-i3) area* 25X1
2. In,particular, the opening of.the. main dam of a microdyke, done at night, caused
the flooding of a tunnel to be.used.as a pressure. water conduit. The excavation
of this.tunnel between Rakitovo.(N L1-59, E 24-05) and'Dorkovo (N 42-03, E 24-08)'
had been recently completed.
3. This ' flooding. resulted. in the, loss of a?large quantity ?of equipment, machinery,
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tools, and , miscellaneous materiel, and the death of eight workers and three
technicians who were sleeping. in .a shed located immediately in. front of the 25X1
The four guards of the tunnel did not notice what was: happening and were still
asleep in the morining. It is believed that during the banquet held the previous
evening to celebrate the completion.of the tunnel, a sleeping potion was given
to the guards.
exit of the tunnel.
The Bulgarian police 'arrested about 40 persons, among $heno the four guards, in
spite of the fact.that the latter are considered to be most trustworthy and are
former partisans.
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DATE DISTR. 5 January 1954
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