TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING/ORGANIZATION AND FACILITIES OF THE TOPOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF THE MINISTRY OF GEOLOGY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A013400080001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 15
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 19, 1961
• Content Type: REPORT

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THIS Is UNEVALUA i INFARMATION
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t be now Me 0 *n story or Oeo1
2&Xr=c Shy Be tse) . This of i*eti om*dm an of
tour bui. z ho~ ttw Xtis y of 0s(. It is ~ In the
outskirts of 3 . a the std to ~sor will ism* the State
rt'3ss for Tvy*Sns v:LU be a+sfened to benaeforth in % Us YeW
as the r i is Secti ll") .
The Toga .c Is housed in & am-*tary red bridak bui.1 .
(Tbe WildU IS UVWt to saxw in AuraImuze 1. M9 Martah .leo to testes
.rctivit#,les ins ram).
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t 25 surveyors we attached to the group and
aboeut 1042 recordarzs. rearm of SOMM cef the V01000001
an as faellows: (by tars.)
(1) Seer
P%Mb
is surveyori and Agia
(2) P e t r i t A ? g,1?je, 0 6 , 1 1 6 " saam*Ycr and Alt
: tw it surveryoar.
(3) topg~rptric surv~uyoKr;
toiapgsr 110c surveyor and lids
/ CAW*
Veer.
The motion is oz siaett into the foLlowiva 9MVB:
b. Trima;rgu scion or Control (Ram 2). This of f'i,ce is
raspansible for pimidtng the vertical and hort-
sovat 1 control required for =ffUg undsrtskera for
1inistr3r a Geology projects. Vast at the pal
in this section an wed in the field. MIA
tsasss wort in grope of three, two ciar
surveyors and a secordeer who is am-p easicmal. A
ecurity otfficer (iguarini) as the teams.
C4 bi]atiob (x l). This pup coshes
Cecghie s gray data =Wlied by field
ta, . atpseent inclx4es marl dv tiaag
tcstgr a~ph--
tables, a COW -1 rh, acrd two
type s- - -- -,+ - an ate. TV* chief of the
group is Zef HE,,, an der. NMI also
tea hem osrt y at the t iversi ty of Tirmt
at n it. Six or seven carte jr hic draftesen
are emVlayrd h inclwti Ylber qty and Ai*
o. Contours or Twagrarpi y ( 3). This pup is r o isiblee
for pzavidiag topaegraept~ta contours and all other me infori
metion other thi contra for the *intatry of Oeo1QBY
topographic as.. ant at the personnel are eaeqpd in
field v m*. Cmtatzs are taped by plane table methods.
The DO meal - owl staff are all sd.Iitasry officers
bsCU-e colt' rtlitazy school* offered trsis in this type
of Vic. Field team vorbed in gvotV* of tin ees or four,
including a n n-pa iatlrs3 civilian ass t. The chief
of this gnaw is PSilip , a tapcgrer is arets-M my. Geci
was foxnaly a colonel in the wtr but be sae disclrweed in
,m
1954. Other Meal includes 2nd Lieutesaaeenta Istrer all
(mu) MMM and Gani &. All of these man are called
md.iitaay tapeog s m a aparoedmetelj tea field
teams sooianad to the grrxtp.
d. Director for Aciecin(ertratiao (NOOK 4) ? Slender X, fu;gg i is
in charge of acniestrattan.
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Coaplaet a cal at activities is a ftauctiaa at the
Via, anutry at Ae1 ae (am 1 r.fLs Verg3 L%*msm .
xreeex" descarsbad tyre office better tisaa
Of"fice" or "Br i h /. Actne1 , gat is contr Ued by
Soviet advisors attached to-tbe Buzau.
The Buxom is houaed in tam-otowy rai ararosd concrete building.
about
WOM at Vaft tl~ewre - suzveyora good
t~,y
other cartogrirpiL teataaiciaas. AU passonw1 of the
A3bsada AM. The oar .ssticon va; built up rapidly starting about
1955. A teasing p in to ogree610,ic aewpdaag i l Bred by the
Soviets sir started in 1951. Ti ibai yaw a class in t ra ra is
aaqppdM we started at the savor awada ItLlitwy School. The firirt
OXme, dx ut 40 stu a, wed in 1955f a seatos& class starting
in 3. g ated gout 30-40 toobaftiew in 1956. In eddl tion, be ee u
20-15 AUxudm *dices r ived ctarl~agr is t xsining in Bo r.
The Bureau caqAiod its troppgra is was tt~taoe aerial r, sod
stereo p3fte" +e used.
Lieuternant MMO Os ri s ' goad Certain Vasil Zopius both topcgra*txe.
c ooxdiz edria- with the ) pdxa Buxom moo banned at the Ministry level.
uaod agars and tviangULatta Mtn %ftich wi a ceded by
the $ ag . xera an the Buxom received copies of the tc pogr 3.c
The fia14 tiraeis L
bay teary facilities in 08 arartr were they Vark.
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the mv file r+dOca in the t ni.stry of Geology
is located on the second floor of the buildin j, on the street side
es shown in Enclaware 2). Dips an kept in safes and the windows
in the x m = are barred.
Om Compilation office produces one ink dram copy of each melt. The
final drew!. is sent to one at the other bnist of Gedb%mr builds. .
the verre printed
in black and white only.
eight copies are maw they an sent to the ministry of 0 ,
the security Police, the Prim Minister's office, the ministry Of
Del re and the Soviet Advisory Group to the Ministry of Geology. The
Topographic Section retrains an copy. These copies beer a Ministry of
Defines ca he . 'fie neaps are prepared for the Ministry of
where tbey are used as bps for wing Seologjca1 Now*
the final geological maps had t contours deleted.
the Wm=ant agency iuvolved in agriculture
.on a these amps
much now supp1 aas tsl control was est atilt sd.
In 1957 the Soviets rQ-occupied all the eaiating 00 *4-01 stations
and converted the c I -rd1v etas to a Weer ,Seddettic, BYstaa. In &d tton,
for the large seals mapping programs of the - ---llc Section,
Ministry Soviets cae ted t it vork in 1958 or elf 1959 e n d the near ads. compiled b y t h e b pptng bureau
are based on the new contra.
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Thy we tm t ie3al gouges sl mg the c oast,
The Soviets may' the atagr . 1ay base pie based in Tiar+ws
and Xkmam.
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the liepptog
i umu, ltlaistry eat' Oe s is probably the Only oe gmid as a z
toward my detintte ob3ectivlm as a unison rl seals. Th* dng
Bureau is wwkLng an s nor 1:50,400 ewes o' the whole cowry.
'.mass am c&Ued '$teapte to" saps. In s lditiui, 1z25,Ot0 so le
fi vgia it cal,1ad deal sm" are being ovevi.lied or se t ed
we awes of interest to the A= W.
The Th ag hi gentian, itl.u3stry CC r, is
not Vorkug can mlp ,lag c the who s cowry, attboutgh the fists
1+' prepare sureh eng+s at wall saalae sbpwixeg 5so1aa. The B eetitio
only acs an ova oec now Where +ssp1Ot*t en Ont 1s being coeel6t ed
or plamed, and for areas 'wb re than axe nines. 1 2,000 seeps we
node of mining wow Bead 1:5,,000 emd 1:1O,000 age we made at at^eart
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inding the nines or
Toaaoecxatulde Section vbich dati saaaial aaa~t!~
where ~t+ran is being acted.
the AD.iian aed1it wy aaagagiog
qXOQM to be a Soviet grMgram, althaa A3benia
did wed now aat-eage. AU of the cuxtrol data used in the new m"n wme
sullied by the Soviets aat taut tbe 1 in the Via;
were trained by the Soviets and sat of the Mffivg
equipment used there vam eunUed by the [eats .
O bout lttth at the country
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Priority is given to aaraaa t a r the cowftl ataat m sad the eastern border
area at scau 1:50,0