LOCATION OF MILITARY UNITS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005800540008-4
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 21, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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any manner to an unauthoriacd person to prohibited
by law.
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COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Location of Military Units
DATE OF INFO.
DATE DISTR. 21 January 1955
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the location of the following military units:
a. In Sofia.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
The 14 Tank Brigade.
The 1 Army Staff.
Yosif Stalin People's Military Political School.
An unidentiflArl reserve to an unidentified military command (equipped
with Katyushi and 225 mm. heavy artillery).
Vasil Levski People's Military School.
b. In Plovdiv.
(1) The 2:Army Staff.
(2) The 17 Tank Brigade.
c. In Sliven.
(1) The 3 Army Staff, Podelenie 65100, commanded by Major General Dahurov.
Lieutenant General Soldatov is the Soviet adviser.
(2) The 13 Tank Brigade.
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d. In Yambol.
(1)
The 7 Infantry (Strelkova) Division Staff, Podelenie 65300, commanded
by Colonel Asenov. Lieutenant Colonel Tomov is the political
commander. The Soviet adviser is unknown.
(2) The 82 Infantry Regiment.
(3) Division Artillery Regiment.
(4) A tank battalion, subordinate to 7 Strelkova Division.
(5) A military airfield for jet planes and "izstrebiteli", located three
kilometers from Yambol.
e. In Boyanovo, Elkhovo Okoliya.
(1) An infantry regiment, subordinate to 7 Strelkova Division.
(2) A summer military camp of 7 Strelkova Division.
f. In Elkhovo.
(1) An infantry regiment, subordinate to 7 Strelkova Division.
(2) A Border Guard Otryad Staff.
g. In Mamarchevo, Elkhovo Okoliya.
(1) The 72 Heavy Machine Gun and Artillery Battalion, subordinate to
the 7 Strelkova Brigade.
h. In Fakiya, Sredets Okoliya.
(i)
The 83 Heavy Machine Gun and Artillery Battalion, subordinate to
the 7 Strelkova Division. The following are subordinate to this
battalion:
(a) The 1 and 5 Compamr and antitank battery at Gorska Polyana
(N 42-07, E 26-56).
(b) The 2 Company at Momina Teurkva (N 42-08, E 27-01).
(c) The 3 and 4 Company, "zaniten" machine gun platoon (D.Sh.K.)..
Podelenie 70750.
i. In Burgas.
(1) The Naval Base Staff.
(2) A Interior Troops Regiment.
(3) Staff of an unidentified division attached to a corps (korpusa).
(4) Two unidentified regiments.
(5) An unidentified tank battalion.attached to an unidentified division.
(6) An unidentified regiment attached to an unidentified division,
located in a village east of Burgas.
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j. In Aytos.
(1) A regiment attached to "korpusa."
k. In Kolarovgrad (formerly Shumen).
The 18 Strelkova Division Staff, commanded by Colonel Dupekov.
The 29 Infantry Regiment.
The 47 Infantry Regiment.
Division Artillery Regiment.
GAP;""Gaubichen" (Howitzer) Artillery Regiment.
Georgi Dimitrov People's Military School.
1. In Tolbukhin (formerly Dobrich).
(1) The 46 Infantry Regiment, Podelenie 65240. The 46 Infantry Regiment is
a "1--+.driran" regiment which in the case of war, and after mobilization
will'be transformed into a division.
(2) The 8 Cavalry Regiment.
(3) The Staff of an unidentified Military Air Division and an
airfield for jet planes.
(4)
A Border Guard Otryad.
in. In Balchik.
(1) A military airfield for jet planes,
n. In Silistra.
(1) People's Military Communication School.
(2) People's Military Cavalry School.
o. In Razgrad.
(1) The 7 Cavalry Regiment.
p. In Ruse.
(1) The Staff of the Danube River Naval Base.
(2) An unidentified Border Brigade Staff.
(3) People's Military School for Supply Officers.
(4) An unidentified battalion, Podelenie 65070.
(5) An unidentified artillery regiment.
q. In Svishtov.
(1) People's Military School for Engineers (Inzhinerni troops).
r. In Pleven.
(1) A Staff of an unidentified division.
(2) A Interior Troops Regiment.
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s. In Dolna Mitropoliya.
(1) People's Military Pilot School.
t. In Nova Zagora.
(1) An unidentified antitank regiment, Podelenie 85210, attached directly
to the main military command reserve.
u. In Bozhurishte.
(1) A military airfield.
v. In Maritsa.
(1) An infantry regiment subordinate to the Khaskovo division.
w. Khaskovo.
(1) A Division Staff.
(2) An unidentified motor transportation regiment.
x.
In Dolni Chiflik, Stalin (formerly Varna) Okoliya.
(1) Corps (Korpus) Staff.
y.
In Stalin.
(1) Staff of Naval Fleet (voenno morski flot).
z.
In Zvezdets.
(1) The 14 (T) Strelkova Brigade Staff, commanded by Colonel Vasev. 2
aa.
In Michurin.
(1) An unidentified infantry battalion.
bb.
In Lynbimets.
(1) An unidentified heavy machine gun artillery battalion.
1. Latest available information indicates that this would be the 3 "Chernomorska"
Rifle Division at Burgas.
2. Latest available information indicates that this would be the 16 Mountain
Rifle Brigade.
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