MILITARY AND AIR ACTIVITY IN THE KHASKOVO-PLOVDIV AREA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A032400650001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 29, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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'CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE EPY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the isplonage Laws,' 1stls
18. U.S.C. Seas. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person to prohibited by law.
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT
Military and Air Activity in the
Khaskovo-Plovdiv Area
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 29 January 1957
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REQUIREMENT
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DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ
Attached is a five-page repast of observations made of military and air
activity in the Xhaskovo-Plovdiv area
.fit four sketches, and a drawing of I4rumovo Airfield.
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SU9JDCT 1. Military and Air Oibeerts-
tio in ]l Uk OYO- Drt1E DISTP..
Z. Tanks Plovdiv Area.
An Sofia
DATE CF INFO
PLACE ACQ!rucR,
DATE AMton
Military Observations in Thaakoyo `*
RBIrBIiM s
DATE ?L!w t 9 Jan. 19
kilo
eDd aL by JW so a'a 3n the ts'a lr - area thhe f -th and fiirst. 25X1
kLlmeter nark outside R~taloovo, toward Plovdiv]
a? 50 signal corps soldiers and
approx3.mate]y 15 soldiers of the
engineer corps were being trained with binornalars and a range tinder.
U. une partly armored cai
wa
t
s
oeing an antitank gun.
co 200
~soldiers ~~. Carrf~ rifles with bapronets were climbing a h: l1 On
on the same hill, 1,000..1,500 Wrtera from kov, was a radar
paratus wciroled tr four cars] as* sketch A an page 3. aP-
19 Dsoamber 1956, 25X1
the seat acti
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tie8 {
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ti
,raning Iihaakovo, eoccspt that there were fee s01&srs. area outad,de
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00 cars
, on racks, were at the entrance toU barrack. beneath shelters. ted
hobevil~ a ad side of Tjubt is
each there were tan groups of 50 men in
uniforms oarn~f l age ef~Oa iae Performed by 40 aoldi ere of YOU The latter were beellGVjd. and br '_, h Oo the legs and had.
M- MICUU $ on field maneuvers twr
kilometers outside Eharaanli, toward miaakovo.
These soldiers were
trenches and wearing gas make
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-Ow a racks. In the cams place
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approximately 40 soldiers, divided into tour
8tam1nr a__-
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page 2
da{
eof ftm each
radar aPparattf/ OQ a kill to tbs "aa"aomd ammi.tiOu Our ,. and one
from K*t
roed sketch, f %4 1b.1.cMs~seautslda d~ 3ii~~a d
Pegs or a th' i l~ of t hl.
radar apparatuBvilengr. A
Air Obseryatied. t.
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each, at drat IQs ie iAI~ d -into two grvgpa of five p"nes 25X1
on page i for ' at laeceaber 1956. Be. sketch D
At the rear of 111is !Ys believed to bs X17,
on the same date* Nren of er, moo-jets planes 25X1
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9. On 13 ,end
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the soar.
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s dark
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hangar capaoitr for 11 phase. 1125 to 11,35 boars, thmW P
and ati0ther t1v11
departed
on page 5 fo
to 127 h
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tch
On 8 December 1956
truck carter . 9 , 15 tanks aCoomPanied bpr a jeep ing
These were tar. 3 'badat s ng time tLssat dotwsld street is i a
? t h, 70,80 tti . I Oft
ea ULr wheels, app"tb. te4 40
the turret "s *t.n long and two wdesl is the tear,
aid with a ~t? ie~- b 'r.1. srtwo high, including
Commas ,+??i?crd try pd,**" at mitts,
miirl~* . thMe
. planes appear to be
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SECRET Inmo u
(side)
Jet planes.,, Engine in center; (tail curving sharpXy upwards with
elevation rudders leaning downwlards; wings curving slightly
upwards and slightly toward rear; reserve gas tanks under wings;
color between yellow and pinko
SEW Unrnnu
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SFrRFT unrnQM
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ICAEE NOFORN
Legend
1. Stands for planes.
20 Airfield installations,
3. Rnm av-o
4, Fuel (gas) depots.
5. Airfield installations,
V'sl-a ii
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