FRONTIER TROOP ADMINISTRATION (UGV)

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• Publication Date: November 21, 1955
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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Sees. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law25Xl
COUNTRY Bulgatia
REPORT
SUBJECT Frontier Troop Administration (UGV) DATE DISTR. 2], November 1955 25X1
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
NO. OF PAGES 19
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REFERENCES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Border Guard Headquarters (UGV)
Border Guard Training Units k tached Directly, to UGV
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Officers from Border Troops Sent to Soviet Union for Specializatvjva
Otiyaas b'irectlyr Attached to the UGC'
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W- Kontrolen Propuskatelen Punkt (Control Point for Transients) 18
Granichna Morska Okhrana ( Border Sea Guard ) 19
Reserve Regiment of Border Troops - Belogradohik 19
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BORDER GUARD HEADQUARTERS (UGV)
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1. Until January 19L5, Border Guard Headquarters occupied the building that the
Criminal Militia formerly occupied located on Georgi Dimitrov Street (formerly
Mariya Luiza) near the famous Lion Bridge in Sofia. It was. situated between
Sveti Kiril, Metodi and Bacho Streets just opposite one of the bWadings of the
Supply Section of the M (formerly occupied by the Economic Militia), The
UGV was a 3.or 4-story, all-white building occupied only by the Border Guards.
The building has no balconies. The building?s entrance is on G. Diaitrov Street
and leads to a court yard behind the building.
1. Lion Bridge
S1 r 371 6 20 Militia Hqtre
3.UGV
CO
4o MVR Supply section
5o Sveti Kirii.? & Metcdi St
6o,Bachp Kira at
70 Go Dzitrcv St
80 Sve Nedelya (To)
20 In January 1955, the UGV was transferred to l r?venitsa, Sofia and + equentlyo
the building described above was occupied by the MYR of Sofia 0krukr, In the
DUrvenitsa quarter, the UGV was set up in one of the large barracks of the Bor.
All sections of the,UGV were transferred to D~venitsao.For the officers working
in the UGV, there were two basses which left Sofia at approximately 0630 or 0700
hours and returned at 1700?,1800 hours* The busses left from in front of Tear
Boris (now Khrieto Botev) Technical school on Graf Ignatiev Street a ctly at
the point where the street car No. 2 makes a, curve.
Sections
3. The UGV had the following piectionss
a. Operational
b. Combat
co Border
do Cam, elements (etroeva)
e. Secret
f. Espionage
g. Political
ho 9th Section (DS)
i. Medical
3. Veterinary
ke Financial
1. ATS (Artillery Technical. Supply)
a..Motor Vehicle seatioa
no Eadri
oe Construction
p. Coast Guard(separate section)
Chief, a Lt, Commander
qo Publishing
re Service dogs
Be
Supply
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Soviet Advisors
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there were at least four Russian advisors in the UGV and 14
more in the different Border 0tryade (one for each otryad wltlm the exception of the
4th and 16th Border'0tkyads which together had ore Soviet advisor, Of the Soviet
advisors attached to the UGV,
a0 Colonel,CHUGUNOV v advisor to the Commander of Bulgarian Border troopsg
b0 Colonel. SEVASTIYANOVICH - Soviet advisor to the Commander of the Bulgarian Bor.
der Guards;
c* A third Soviet advisor
name unknown) was attached to the RS section of DCVO
d, A fourth Soviet advisor was attached to the UGV Secret section, He was a code
cipher specialist.-All ciphers used in the Border Guards were Soviet which
were sent directly from:-the Soviet Union, Every year the oommo men attached to
the different otryad'b-and Kommandaturas were. called in for one. month of train-
iag0 This training` took place in Sofia under the direction of the,Soviet .
advisor who explained the new::;ciphers= and showed; them how to encode and decode,
Before 1 February 1955 there were so Soviet advisors in the Border Otryads, After
this date, one was seat to each gtryad with the exception of the 4 and 3.6 Border
0tryads which received one advisor for. the two m Colonel SAIM0LYUK or SAMOLYUS
Persona
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almost 150 border officers
worked in UGVO because of the busses carrying them
every day from Sofia to Durvenit/sa and back. every morning at least four
busses left Sofia, each one loaded with at least 30 officers
ama a ma comomanding personnel of UGVa
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Personn (continued)
a. Major General (Generalor).Slavi CAAKUROV; Commander of the Border Troo
from September 195 to September 19540
bo Major General (General-Wysr) DIMITROV (fm);~
of Staff of UGV f-
c. Colonel VANKOV; Chief of the 1 Section (Operations) of UGV
do Colonel VLADIMIROV; probably the Chief of. the Border Seotiomol
e. Colonel KOPAROV Chief of the RS Section of UGV; he occupied this post since
early 1954;
fo Captain TSEKOV; president 25X1
of the Border Committee. His responsibilities in the RS ection were the 4 and
16 Otryads.
g. Lieutenant MIEHOVSKI; served in the RS section of UGV;I
h. Major KOTSEV or GOTSEV; served in the RS section of UGV;~
io Colonel STOY'KCV Chief of the 9 (DS) section of UG 0
Jo Captain AVRAMOV; served in the 9 (DS) section of UGV- during March or A it he
can, to the 10 Zastava from the 16 Border Otryad of the 2 Komoandat~araa, r
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Personnel (continued)
k. Colonel Slavcho RADOMIBSKI;
Otryad, Devin;
former c er of the 4 Borer
1. Colonel TRICHKOV; prior to 1952 served in the UGV$
a- Colonel ARABADZHIEV; Deputy Chief of Border Troops in the Strom Chaet.~
me Colonel BASHADZHIEV; supply officer of the UGV.
Oo Colonel DAVIDOV; he was a precision weapons
pa Colonel PAPALBZOV; would No assigned as
Otryad ccmmmander of the 16 Border Otryad re acing
q. Colonel Kiril YANKOV; political commissar of UGV prior to 1951 subsequently
dischar ed
r. Lieutenant General KARAEACHANOVa Deputy Minister of the MVR troops (Border
Guards and VV - ginin).
so Colonel KONDEV; political commissar
toMajor NENOV; assistant to Colonel VANKOV in 1 (Operational) station of YIQVQ
u. Major ALADZHOV; Chief of Medical section of UGV,
v. Captain KANTAREV; served in the Medical sedtioa.
w, Captain TRENDAFI1ON; nerved in the Medical section,
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a. Major Ln1yu DIMITROV; editor of the G y newspaper .m the man or of 1953
until May 1955a one Of the .~a+.,..~
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y. Captain Khriato PANCHEV one of the editors of
01PIRIAM se
column about the Border Guards from 1953 until ~rapape~ manager of the
May 19550
a. Captain GEORGIEV; one of the editors of
UWU
sewapaperp attahhed to the berms
der guards from the spring of 19550
as. Captain Iva" VL.A,DKOVJ One of th
bb. Ma3or ILIEV nerved is the Political Section of UGV
cc. Colonel RADOSLAVOV; served in the Political Section of tfGV
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dde Major TERZIEV; served is the political Section of UGV p
member of the Border Troo
officers mane 1949$
ee. Captain MADZHARSKII Chief of the Service Dogs Section]
ff. Senior Lieutenant IGNATOV Chief of the Service Doga Seoties i"r~,~
1954 until may 1955.1 ~inter of
gge Captain DRAGANOV; served in the political section of t1GV
hhe Captain GEI~tGIEV~ probablT .ember of UGVoa Caaabat 3ecstissg~
ii. Captain PESHEV9 during .1952/2953 was company co wander in the in border offioera$ Subaeauent3v treltaf-A t
-1 school for
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Persons (continued)
JJo Captain TBRZIEV; probably member of the Operational section of UGVg
kko Lieutenant DENEV; Deputy Chief of the Service Dogs Sectioreg
1951 4% +h. . nerved in MV since
11. Captain GAGOVSKI; served in the UGV and was on the staff of the newspaper
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Granicbur; wrote political art -1--_
ano Captain TODCROV; served in VGV politi
sectiom from 1952 until May 19550
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nn, Captain 2LIlTAn3lCI; Party Secre
of the B011111 of
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coo Major XIEOLOV; member of the UGY Political sectioag
BORDER GUARD TRAINING UNITS ATTACHED DIRECTLY TO UGV
Central Training Scheel of MVR . Simeen?ve Saw Oke1j
the Central Traini School of the MVR Is a Mohool for
agents intelligence personnel all kinds of a onto and
intelligence personnel are trained hereo _
matic personnel are trained hero f
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igence responibilititi
ses ousdeof the country. RS officers received additioa+Ll
specialisation training at this school; that officers from the Militias DS, VV
and Border Troops receiv
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sense type of traini h t
ngereooo~
the nmw"Mma "4-- U
as Senior Lieutenant y?1JKOVs,
b 0 Lieutenant Steffan (ln)
c o Senior Lieutenant TSANICV (tl~u) p,
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Central Training School of.MVR (continued)
Sikh ADRAKHIANOV
(2) Akhmed KYUCKUKM
there was another special training school in Simeonovo (former
American College),, Sofia. This school was attended primarily by women. There the
students were'trained to be Morse code ?nnaisliste monitoring as )of
foreign (illegal) transmitters. Every day busses leave Sofia for the school.
The busses :are bearded on Serdika Street at the corner Just opposite the main bath
house.
There were only two busses. many of
the people who atte ed the school at Dolni B?yerev had already graduated from the
code school ir# Simeonove. There was a large buildings,
in Dolni.Boyorov guarded by W troops where a iZrge ale ism was installed
here was thri illegal radio transmitters and
Jiginning eta ann. -This- spec io stations, was equipped
with motor cars with some type of mechpniem inn ed. one cars were used in
the location of illegal radios. Th;y{'nrould move in the direction of the illegal
radio on the direction of one of the specialists.]
Also in a area was a mach e
operated one parson. a mac e c wally and operated on a 24 hour
basis. the machine could pick up radio transmission.
The Ministry of Interior Training School for Fereian LanauaSeg
This school is located in the as called Cultural building,
Dome. Kulturata of MVR. The building was the former movie hall Royal on R.akov-
ska Street just opposite the =all garden in front of the Sofia Military club.
During 1943, this building was destroyed' by a bomb dropped by plate; it viii later
rebuilt and given to the MVR. Now, the movie hall is under the name, Romthlaa
belonging to the MVR1 only occasionally are movies shown to the Sofia public. The
appartmente over the movie hall are owned by MVR too. The top floor (peat house)
of the building is the MVR'a school of Foreign Languages. This school was attended
by Militia, DS, W. and Border Troops. Only effi''dere were admitted; no enlisted
men. The course was 1 year in duration. The students in the school learned one of
the following languages; English, French, Germans, Greek, Turkish, and Yugoslavian.
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Languase School (continued).
Most of the students here learned English. one Border Troop
officer admitted to the achool.l women were. of a m '.tt*l in the school o
The above, mentioned }order Officer was Lieutenant STANK (iAW)
LO. The movie hall was used by the training school and very often by the DS and Militia.
There were projected ieteii 4"cue shows and training shows; after each show there
was a discussion.
.1. I I the Border Troops s wa& vet .short ..of gvualii'iod tran at rso
Often correspondence arrived asking for soldiers who spike a foreign language.
another training gchool for foreign languages was to be eetabm
fished in Bulgaria, During March 1955 it the Obshtegranishnata party conference
Lieutenant General KARAKACHANOV say to CHAKMOV that a new school
for Foreign Languages (eepeUally for the Border Troops) would be established in
Bulgaria.
Training School or 'V ?Gran icl~nr~ Tlchiliahteg
.2. This school is located in the D&venitsa quarter of Sofia,
til 1953 there were two training schools for border officers Durve tsar
a. 1 year training school for SStMsyi Border Guard officers
b. 6 months training school for political Border Guard officers
Subsequently, these two schools were combined in one general training school. The
reason was due to the fact that the Border Troop Csmumder,? realised that the polity
ical officers were poorly trained in troop functions outside of the political field;
consequently, the two schools were merged. This took place in September 1953
is now; probably the barracks of 99-6O~cThe training period was 1 where the of g p year, . Most o of the
people admitted to this school were civilians who had completed their military
obligation in the past. These students simply received orders from the Party to
attend this training school. Also admitted to the school were youths serving their
regular military service in one of the Border Guard units. Never were students
selected for this school unless they had completed the training batt
alion, Bahl
or Komandatura. This group is selected from volunteers And the seleution is
" mostly
based upon political reliability.
first few wee s all now candidates receive ' general training
prescribed for s or s; su uont17, they were separated into the fellow.
ing specialisationes a. Strome officers, b. Political officers, c. Supply officers,
do.Intelllgo4ce officers.. and, 9. Chemical officers. Until the end of their course,
the candidates received training in their particular specialization plms training
of a general nature. The general training was directed at the officers In a non?comm
mend function so as to enable them to take command of the unit in the absence of its
commander. With this system the Border Guards received more qualified political offi-
cers.
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3.
the training period in the school for bord
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er o
icers was M i l l w o o d to be in-
to ears. Previously, in October 19549 a captain
had completed high schoolid that the youth recruited immediately after they
as part of the re the 3 year period would be counted
regular mil serviced After completing this course, the graduates
would be assigned as officers to one of the border units,
iod the candidates do not receive any money," this three year per-
the differences between the old and new schoo and also represents one this in one of
of the means
by which the Bulgarian Conmunist Par
one saves money, Presently, the candidates in the
year course receive 700 Lsva (siaa) and some additional mon
olonel
DAVIDOV. served in' the t1GV and
t
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use
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eat new officers on their weapons
ability. He was known as a very good weapons specialist,
a recent graduate from the one
ea
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ool, Lieutenant Man m Petrov
AAMVP political coa?ander of 11 Zastava of 3 lronandatura, 16 Border O
tryad Dospat,
Refresher Course for 3 oevi Border Guard Officers
It is located in the WV area in D~venitsa probably the barracks of 99_60 , The
duration of the course is 1 year and the officers are intergrated in the school
from the various Border units. No political officers are sent to the school. Upon
completion of the refresher school, the officers are usually sent back to their
past assignment; however, in some oases, officers would receive new assignments,
When an officer received orders to attend the refresher school, his records were
transferred to the school; he also received his pay from the school, Promotions
were not received as a reward for completion of the course nor did the graduates
get a diploma.
owing officers l~e~ . ~.. during the
month Of MW 1955 the fol-
a. Senior Lieutenant RADICW1!V _-_ - ^ov~ Wo+ W `WU w TA6 rsn esner sohool8
be Lieutenant Velko PETROP c. Lieutenant ARSOV
d, Lieutenant Boshilov
Refresher Course for Border Sercr n s
The refresher school for sergeants is located in Ardino, It was established in March
or April 1954. Supposedly, all sergeants are to attend the school at one time or
another a +L- wwL w_9 7
Upon completion of the ,curse
the
t
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sergean
s usually returned to their old un
There were no chancre in +Jka Zvi- its.
_~. __d._ _ ,? _
-m-...... +,vm ??aaLera, to Border Otryad, Dos-
pat, attended the school (Sgt.l/o ATAIASOV of 14 Zastava). This school was intended
for career sergeants (usually those with
many years past service) and those sergeants
who are serving their regular obligated tour do not attend.
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Training School fcr Border Junior Sergeants (Shkola sa Mladshi Sershanti)
18o Until 1951 the school was named Khadshi.Dimitur? subs uentl the odelenie gibers
were established and the 'school no longer had a named
in 1951 the school was located
somewhere in Bankya0 Sofia; in 1952 in DurvenitsaD and during 1953 and 54 in Ardino,
during 1953 and 1954 the recruit classes of 1933 and 1934
started their training in the school during the spring (probably in February or March)
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This training started after they had completed the'Otryad?a training battalion,
Around September they came to the zastavas for 1 month of gtash(practical training),
After this,, they returned to Ardino where examinations and g:..-omotions were given
and subsequentlthe'new graduates were sec to the sastavas for regular serviced
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Ser eant?s School for Service
Slushebni Kuchetai S HISK
!0, Until 1949, the school was attached to the Militia,-It occupied the barracks between
the Seminariata Quarter and the railway station in Seminariata, In 1949 the school
was transferred to the Border Troops but remained in the same barr?acks,,In October
1950 it was moved from the barracks to the railroad station,,, Zeman,, Radomir Okoliya,
It?s new building was located 500.600 meters East of the Zeman railroad station and
beside the high school,-Here, in Zeman, during the fall of 1950,, the first training
period began. The course was 6 months in duration and ended during March 1951, Until
the beginning of 1952 there were no more training periods$ however,, during the sum-
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.raring this second training period the men and dogs were at summer
camp somewhere close to the village of Debeli Lake Radomir col ,,During the month
of October 1952 the third ]Period of aining begun,
This training period was also six months in duration was over
on 25 April 1953, By the 1st of May the men and dogs were at the saatavas, Approxi-
mately 100 soldiers were gathered from all the otryads to begin the third training
period, These 100 men formed a company,, the company forming 3 platoons,, and each
platoon forming 3 squads, Of the commanding personnel in the training school
Captain TODOROVD Chief of the aohooo; and,
a, Captain ZHEKOV; political commander;
bo Lieutenant VULCHEV; company commiander
co Senior Lieutenant ANGELOV; Veterinary doctor
d, Senior Lieutenant BOGDANOV-
subject trained the first course in
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eo Senior Lieutenant IGNATOV-
f. Lieutenant TRAKIEV;
go Sergeant Georgi ILIEVSKI; Sofia Okoliya; Chief of Rasvudn-f'1
ho Senior Sergeant GEORGIEV; first sergeant of the company
i. Sergeant DAKOV; platoon sergeant in the school;
Of the soldiers attending the school during the Period October 1952 to Mav
heir respective degas names are included and underlined.
ao Kostadin Dimitrov MIL,EV,
Meteor.
b. Stefan Marinov STEFANOV;
Medik.
co Dobri NIKOLOV;
~o Veliko Todorov FICHEV;
Mat.
eo Georgi Petrov NIKOLOV;
f o Iva* KOSTOV;
go Ivan TSVETKOV;
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While attending the school, the soldiers were not engaged in other types of training.
Few of the soldiers carried weapons however, daily, all students had pistol train-
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Dogs in the School
there were more than one thousand dogs in the school (all sizes
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sexes :nd breeds. , To all soldiers attending the school, a dog was attached. Approx-
imately one hundred dogs remained in the school on a attached-to-the-student basis.
The other nine hundred were used as followss
a, Sentinel Dogs m used for blockpost and generally not trained
b, Operational Dogs o Very highly trained receiving training on a daily basis; the
dogs were used for missions within the interior, Upon completion of such missiorkt.
they were returned to the sehool,Eastern European Shepherd dogs were usually used
for this work,
c, Border Otryad Dogs m these doesf were untrained and used for blockposts and the
local training schools of,the various otryads,
d, MNO Dogs - partially trained dogs with the training being given by MNO soldiers;
these dogs are used for guarding gates, storehouses, ammo dumps, etas,
During 1951-1952 many of the'dogs in the school died from diseases known as Gan and
B'ee. Many kennels were built in the area of the school each one being completely sepa-
rate from the other, The small puppies were kept with their mothers until they were
approximately five months old. Each kennel had a name plate of the dog inside.P
Ithe names of the one hundred doge,used in the school for students,
all started with the same letter (from October 1952 to April 1953 the letter was M,
Medik, Mat, Meteor, Moment, etc,),.
1. Once yeariy,. -4xeept from the training school at Zeman., soldiers from the MNO (in.
cluding the air force) came to the school to work with and train the dogs, Each
soldier was given two and sometimes three dogs. These soldiers consisted of one
platoon (40-50 men) living somewhere west of the railroad, During their one month
stay at the school,'the-soldiers trained the dogs to bark and be useful around
blockposts, storehouses, dumps and etc.
, The training school had a jeep that was used exclusively for the transportation of
the..A-As to the places where they were needed. The school commander could not use
this jeep.
, There were no text books kept in the school, During instruction the soldiers kept
notes and upon completion of the school all notes were gathered and destroyed, No
soldier was allowed to leave with his notes.
It Promotions were given upon completion of the school, The ranks to which the soldiers
were promoted depended on how well their respective dogs were trained, The soldiers
whose dogs were trained the best received senior sergeant ratings$ the average train-
ed and poorly trained receiving sergeant and junior sergeant ratings respectively,
Upon completion of training, the soldiers were sent to the various otryads taking
their respective dogs with them, Individual records were made on each dog; the
record contained the dog?s breed, parents, training' received, ability, success in
the five point system, picture, usefulness, and the number of hours the dog can be
expected to work. The official records of the dogs were maintained in their re-
spective komandaturas. Any change in the dog?s status was placed in the record;
also, each dog received a serial number. When one of the dogs was taken to a sastava
for action the zastava commander was required to fill out a form stating the tins
of arrival aa+d departure of the dog, type of job, number of hours, what conditions,
and what results were obtained,
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Upon completion of the school, the soldiers and their dogs were given a lengthy ex-
amination by a committee from'the UGV. This committee was composed of 5 or 6 officers
(during April 1953, the committee was headed by VANKOQo The examination consisted
of two parts, the first being theory and, secondly, the dog and soldier's practical
knowledge. The dog's general knowledge and discipline were examined in two parts as
followss
1. a. response to his master's call
b. ability to walk in stride with master
c. sitting
do lying
2. Special Training
a. trailing (Sledova,rabota)
b. viciousness (Rszvitie na zlcba)
c. refusal of food kum istrel)
do indifference to,,gunfire(Bezrazlichie-
e. overcoming obstacles(Preodolyavane
preyatstvie)"
f. guarding equipment (Okhrana na Veshti)
e. Creeping
f. Motionless position(most difficult)
g. Swimming
go
h,
io
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guarding people (Okhrana na.ohovek)
fetching (Aportirovka)
Identiri'Ation of people (Izbor na chovek)
Identificatjon_ of.. material (Izbor na-
searching (Obisk na mestnost) veshti)
In general discipline, the dog, received one mark; in specialized training the dog re-
ceived one mark for each subject. On' these marks, the dogs were appraised. A dog that
could trail for 12 hours without losing the tracks was appraised at 5000-6000 Levag
(examples FEO now serving at the Berkovitsa school). One that could only trail 1-3
hours and possibly loose the trail"was appraised at 200-300 Leva.
$o Another examination that'was given to the dogs consisted of the followings a square
100 x 100 meters was set off by stones painted white. On one We of the square
there was a corridor 2.5 meters wide, half of which was covered. with clean earth
and the other half with filth and dirty water. The following exercises were to be
effected,
a. A soldier would leave the dog sitting at the entrance to the corridor, go to. the
opposite side, and from there, by means of gestures and without speaking, give
commands which the dog would follow.
bo A soldier would start walking from the corridor and make a complete circle along
the white stones without speaking to the dog who was to heel,
c. Same test as in a above, except that all the other soldiers around the square would
shout commands and names at the dog and make signs with their hands. The dog was to
ignore all the others and follow only the hand signals of his master,
do A dog would be commanded to remain in the filth and dirty .water; then the instructor
would leave. and the dog was to remain in the same position.
,The above-mentioned tests were for general. discipline.
io The tests the dogs received in special training are as.followss
a. Ohoice of Obiects
Twenty sticks were gathered and each stick given to a different soldier to hold and
even break. Subsequently the sticks were gathered and the instructor would add
another stick to the pile (with some identifying mark). The dog was to select tue
stick added by his instructor. This test was repeated three times? on the third
test the dog was to select a stick added by one of the soldiers.
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35. During this time the border troops for the caper regiment were recruited directly
and were not taken from the border of ads. They were given a certain amount of
training after which during the summer groups
of them were sent to the different otryads to prepare some technical engineering
equipment. During the winter they were again assembled in Dtirveaitsa where they
received additional training. This system did not work too well because the sapers
were generally needed more in the winter than in the summer and had to be sent from
Dffrvenitsa. A new system was created.
36o The new system entirely deactivated the caper regiment and instead, a saper zastava
was assigned to each otryad (Sapyorna Zastava). This saper zastava had no connection
with the otryad reserve company. The new saper zastava consisted of 60-7.0 soldiers.,
all being saper specialists. The commanding personnel consisted of 3 officers-,
a. commander b0 political commander? co.stroevi. Also there was a sergeant of
long service on the table of command. The table of organization was exactly the
same as a regular zastava. The soldiers were armed with submachine guns and
carbines.
37. The training the new saper sastavas received was not in D9arvenitsa but in its re-
spective ?tryad0 Al} 'embers of the new saper zastava first took basic training
in the regular kamandatura and then went to the sastava for saper training. The
new system enabled, the otryads to receive saper assistance on a continuing basis.
No further details.
MNO Training School for Pvr?-Specialists (Mine and Trip-wire) P rotekhnicheski
Sre dstva
380
e-specialists received their training in the central
39.
MNO Training School for Drivers
der otryad were sent to the soheol. Around 1 February 1955 a telephone call was
received in the 11 Zastava asking for candidates for the driver?p school. Many
soldiers volunteered, but the commander, (Senior Lt. Dimittr STOEV)> did not per-
order troops, and consequently., soldiers that were to be drivers were sent to
the MNO Training School fir Drivers. the MNO had two such
schools in the country; the first in Sofia and the second one in Plovdiv. The
course lasted one year. only 4-6 soldiers from each ber-
there was no independent school for drivers in the MVR or
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Officers from the Border Troops sent to-the Soviet Union for Smecializati?n
Soviet Union for training, During the late spring of 1954, officers were sent to
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the Soviet Union and completed a one'year of training for commanders.. The same offi-
cers..returned to Bulgaria to occupy their respective commands around 5 May l955.,Two
of'the officers from the 16 Border Otryad that Were in the above group area
Captain STOEV - commander of the 1 Komandatura, and Captain Vflkov - commander of
the 3 Komandatura, three more officers from the 16 Border
Otryad are slated to go to the Soviet Union for training. Colonel BAKRCHEVANSfI,
commander of the 16 Otr ad received 1 year of training in 1951/52 in the Soviet
Union, he~(BAKHCHEVANSKI) is su ose to go again to the
Soviet non for ee additional years, of training. all offi-
cers, except the ones receivina training with dogs, received their training in
Moscow, all the officers that received training for service
dogs in the Soviet'Union were at Alma Ate, in the Caucasus. The Alma Ata.training
school is made of many companies, One of these companies is international being com-
posed of Bulgarians .Czechs, Rumonians, Albanians,. Chinese, Poles, and Hungarians.
the training school was located in a desert outside of Alma
Ata, The dogs were delivered to that school from an organization known as "DOSARM"
(Voluntary Organization for Assistence to the Army), the fol-
lowing types of dogs were at this schools
a..Istochna Evropeyiska Ovcharka (East European shepherd dogs)(Vulcha Poroda
Wolf breed).
b, Kavkazka Ovcharka (Caucasus shepherd dogs - savage type)
c..Sredno Asiatska Ovcharka - Chobaneki Kuchta (Central Asiatic shepherd dogs)
d. Sibirska Layika - Upregatni Kucheta (Siberian Barker. slid dogs)
Type a, above,was the more prominent of the school. The type of training the dogs
received-was the same as that stated for the Bulgarian Border Troops..The official
textbook for the Russian school was."Sovetskoe SabakovQdstvo.
Otryads directly attached to the UGV
there were 16 border otryads in Bul-
before March 1955 the party conference of the border troops
held in the Republika movie hall in Sofia..Sixteen delegates were present at this
conference..Conc rening the location of the 16 otryads,
a. The 1 Border Otryadt Kula.; prior to fall 1952 probably in Belogradobik,
b, The 2 Border Otryads'Dijgoman; with',' komandatura (probably 3 Koman6atura) at
Tram with zastavas at Zelenigrad (on Hugi mountain), Miloslavtsi (west of the
village), Nasulevtsi (500 meters west of the village), and at Strezimirovati
in the village.
Second komandatura at Reyanovtsi (new komandatura, formed in 1953), with zasta-
vas at Dsinchovtsi and Bokhova.
c. The 3 Border Ctryads Petrich
d. The 4 Border Otryads.Smolyan; 44-50; prior to March 1953 in Devin
e, The 5 Border Otryads unknown
f. The 6 Border Otryads Elkhove; with komandatura at Varnik, Elkhovo Okoliya
g. The 7 Border Otryad$ M,TUrnovo
h, The 8 Border Otryadi Burgas
i. The 9 Border Otryads Stalin
J,, The 10 Border Otryads.Dobrich
k. The 11 Border Otryads Kyustendil
1. The 12 Border Otryads Pirin (7)
m. The 13 Bolder Otryads Lyubimets
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n. The 14 Border Otryads unknown
o, The 15 Border Otryads unknown
p.-The 16 Border Otryads Nevrokop, 66-70.
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was an independent Komandatura at Nevrokop prior to 3 April
1953 when it'waa transferred to the new barracks in Koprivlen.
A. reserve
zastava was..aisigned to the Komandatura.
a. Komandatura at Nevrokop;
are not an organisational part of an otryad, but are directly assigned to the UGV.
The following are such Komandaturass
there are independent Komandaturas, is.,. Komandaturas that
b. Komandatura at Chiprovtsi; located between 1 and 2 Border Otryads.
co Komandatura located between 5 and 13 Border Otryads
the'reason for the establishment of such independent Komanda-
large, the etryads are handicapped because of such broad area to cover,, thus these
independent komandaturas were organized and attached directly to the UGV. They are
used as fillers between the otryads-0
turas is t ength of a n between neighboring otryads. When these ram are
KPP Kontrolen Prouuskatelen Punct
43. KPP is a border unit that is attached directly to,UGV. It's function was to check
all documents on the international railroad, rivers, highways, and seaways. The
international airlines were`.-exaluded;'their checks were made by the DS. The lug-
gage was not checked this unit 'this was performed by the Bulgarian Custom-
House personnel. such KPP units were-at the following placess
a. Ruse bridge; b.,Burgas pert, and o. Svilengrad (International Railroad Station).
KPP unit at the Ruse bridge had approximately 100 soldiers
assigned commanded by a Major This unit performed the following
dutiess
a. Encirclement of train; when the train arrived, it stopped at the new railroad
station. The train was enoircled by the soldiers.: while 4 or 5~soldiers and an
officer entered the train to check a number items (number of people, documents,
etc,).. Notes were taken. The train remained at the station for one hour while
the locomotives were "hanged. The old locomotive taken'off and placed on a
train going back to Rumania. A new Locomotive was placed on the train and it
continued on to Sofia,
b. Complete check of all documents
.c. Guarding of the bridge. The guard detail of the bridge was both Bulgarian and
Rumanian.
At the bridge, the crew for the train changed. One month the locomotive for the
in was furnished by Bulgaria and the next month by Rumania.
s un occup new rra s some
were hand picked.
on internationp~ display,
is , O-501.
are near the ge. All the soldiers
th were hand picked because they were
/the podelente No. of this unit
The uniforms in
this unit were not quite the same as other border units. Breeches were worn in-
stead of Kline,' ' Belts were worn with a large star on them. In the normal
border units only the sergeants with much service wear such belts.
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44. KPP unit"~Ilt Burgas Ports The[
checking of,the ships that arrived at Burgas Porto All ships were chocked completely
by one effi6er and 5 or 6 soldiers. If chovali were on the ship, the soldiers
checked them with long iron reds. Machine rooms, engine rocros, and all compartments
were throughly checked. the checks were mostly made for
hidden people. The uniforms worn at this unit were the same as those worn by the
soldiers at the Ruse Bridge unit.
Granichna Mereka Okhrana (Border Sea Guard)
45. in IIGV there was a Na L dressed in Na uniform wh
was in the same .ffice with the Service Dogs sec on.
[seiuiers were sicked
ti transfer to Burgas M o see soldiers woro-from the var ous otryadas (this
could mean that GMO was a part of UGV
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1953 there was a reserve regiment of border troops in Belogradohik
til 'October
the regimen
was composed of the following companies:
a. Mortar company b. Heavy machinegun company co Rifle company do Saper company
e. Communications company fo Cavalry-company
Attempts were made to make this regiment an ideal Soviet models this in probably the
reason for the addition of a Cavalry company to the regiment*
later., it was realized that the areas of the border guards were net the type that
required cavalry so all the cavalry unite in the border guards were dieeolvede
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