MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005900100006-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 1, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains Information affecting the N a-
tional Defense of the y II iteW%tatee within the mean-
mg of the llipionaae~ 1W TI-'tie 18, U.S.C. 9sa. 700
and 704, the tiwa unen? or revel tlon of which in
any manner to an authorised p ison Is prohibited
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COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Miscellaneous Military and Economic
.Information
PLACE ACQUIRED
REPORTI
DATE DISTR. 1 February 1955
NO. OF PAGES 2
REQUIREMENT. No. RD
REFERENCES
This is UNEVALUATED Information
THE SOUICI EVANIATIONS IN TNN RlPDRT ARE OMINITIVE.
THE AP-EAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATNE.
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Deteuse Gi rou,,p
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the Bulgarian-ftmanian border, two different kinds of defense groups were
in every village located in the first border zone on
a.. Groups for Assistance to Border Guards. These groups were usually
composed of 15-20 persons, with both Communists and persons without
Party: affiliation participating. These groups were trained in the use
of weapons by Border Guards. A group was formed in MalikPreslavets
in May 1954.
.b. Fight Groups. These groups were formed by the militia. They were
usually composed of 15 persons, consisting entirely of members of the
Communist Party. The groups were trained by a militia officer, and
their purpose was to help the militia when necessary.
the Groups for Assistance to Border Guards were formed
and out of the. border zone.
only in the first border zone, while the Fight Groups were organized both in
Bulgarian-Rumanian Border Zone
there was no second border zone on theBByulgarian 25X1
Rmianian border. Border Guard permanent check points were estaYblished in
every Danube port except Ruse. These. soldiers 'checked the documents of every
traveller on a Danube river ship. In order to visit any village in the first
border zone or to travel by,river ship, a person had to receive an "Otkrit list"
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from the militia, or if he was a resident of any village in the first border
zone, to possess a "Lichen passport" with registration for residence in the
zone.
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train travelled every day. Around 1 a.m. every day, this train passed over
the new Danube bridge.
If a person wished to visit a village located out of the first border zone,
it was still necessary for him to have an "Otkrit List." If he wished'to go
to a village without an "Otkrit List," it was necessary for him to travel by
state bus.
Sofia-"lo.scow Exprese Train
after May 1954, when the Ruse-Giurgiu bridge had been
completed, a new Sofia-Moscow express train was put into operation. The
Mlitarv Ships on the Danube
5.
many military ships,
flying Rmanian flags, near the xumaraan-ianubesacte. The ships were well
camouflaged with willow-tree branches. there were
approximately 100 such military ships, and claimed 'that they were located
from Silistra to Ruse. Where the Rumanian side was comparatively steep, such
ships could be observed every 200-300 or 500 meters. At other places, the
ships were spaced at a distance of about 1-2 kilometers.
ATZ "Stalin"
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the ATZ "Stalin" in Dimitrovgrad presently produced some
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explosive materials.' Tom a man who visited the "VVlko Chervenkov" motor
repair plant at Gara IsAr this
plant was presently producing some military motor reserve parts for military
vehicles and tanks.
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