SKETCH OF SLIVEN

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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 29, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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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. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY Bulgaria
DATE DISTR. 29 May 1957
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
bUURU: EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
a legend keyed to the sketch:
sketch of the city of Sliven. Following is25X
1. "Geprgi Dimitrov" Textile Factory;
2. "Georgi Kirkov" Textile Factory;
3. "Sub Dimitrov" Textile Factory;
4. Houses for workers;
5. Flour mill;
6. "Vasil Kolarov" Glass Factory
7. "Osmi Mart" Hosiery Factory
8. "Vinprom" Wine and Spirits Factory;
9. "Panavot Andonov" Primary School;
10. House of Khadzhi Dimitur (a museum);
11. Khristo Botev Second Junior High School;
12. Church;
13. Gas Depot;
14. Underground shelters (constructed pre-1944.)
15. "Elprom" Electric Bulb Factory;
16. "Tsocho" Sawmill;
17. MTS (Machine Tractor Station)
18. Oil Wells;
19. Antiaircraft battery and observation post;
20. "Pobeda," a factory for metal goods;
21. Prison;
22. "Purvi May" Textile Factory;
23. "Sinite Ka.mani" Textile Factory;
24. Railroad Station;
S-E-C-R -E-T
STATE Tx ARMY
L jAEC
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NAVY X AIR
X FBI
I(Note: Washington distribution indicated by "X"; Field distribution by "#".)
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State Hospital;
26.
"9 Septemvri" Cinema;
27.
"Kovach" Blacksmiths' Cooperative;
28.
Watchmakers' Workshops;
29.
Militia Station;
30.
Pension of the Teachers' School;
31.
Military Headquarters;
32.
Houses for families of military officers;
33.
Hotel;
34.
Military restaurant;
35.
Municipal building;
36.
Party Club;
37.
"Erevan" coffeehouse;
38.
Watch repairers' shops;
39.
Photography workshops;
40.
Office of the Tailors' Cooperative;
41.
Restaurant;
42.
DSNM Club (Dimitrov Union of the People's Youth)
43.
Stationery Shop;
44.
Grocery;
45.
Insuranbe Company;
46.
Bus stop of the factory (sic)
47.
Summer cinema;
48.
Savings Bank;
49.
Market hall;
50.
Furniture shop;
51.
Post Office;
52.
(The original copy of the legend listed no identification for No. 52)
53
Bus depot for the buses running between the villages;
54.
Khadzhi Dimitur monument;
55,
Forestry Enterprise;
56.
Workshop of the Tailors' Cooperative;
57.
Trudovak Headquarters;
58.
Okoliya Militia Administration Building;
59.
Lyceum of Commerce;
6o.
Aero Club of DOSO (Voluntary Organization for Defense Assistance)
61
Dyers' Cooperative;
62.
First Mixed Lyceum;
63.
Baths;
64.
Tailors' Cooperative;
65.
Clothing Cooperative;
66.
Stall for newspaper seller;
67.
Barbershop;
68.
City Theater;
69.
"Zora" Hotel and Restaurant;
70.
Clothing and shoe shop on first floor; second floor occupied by municipa-
lity;
71.
Electrical instruments shop;
72.
Officers' Club;
73.
Drugstore; upper floor occupied by families of officers;
74.
People's Court;
75,
Electric Company;
76.
" Balkan" Cinema;
77.
Bloc apartment houses;
78.
Second Mixed Lyceum;
79.
Fire Brigade;
8o.
Refugee (sic);
81.
Third Junior High School;
82.
"Merino" Textile Factory;
83.
Barracks;
84.
Textile Factory;
85.
Prison; and
86.
The Central Bank
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comments regarding installations shown on the sketch:
State Security & Militia Building
1. The State Security and Militia organizations are in the same building in Sliven.
This building is in the north part of Sliven and is shown on the attached sketch as
No. 58. The length of the building is about 20 meters, and its width is about 1525X1
meters. It is of brick construction and is painted yellow on the outside. The
Building of the "City" People's Council
2. The building of the "City" People's Council in Sliven is located in the center
of the city at Red Square; the building is shown as No. 70 on the attached sketch.
It is about 40 meters long and is in the shape of the letter "T". The center part
of the building has three stories and the right and left sections have two stories.25X1
It is of brick construction and is painted yellow on the outside.
Opposite this building, on the other
side of the square, there is another office building (No, 35 on sketch) that is 25X1
occupied by the "City" People's Council. A clock tower rises from the center part
of the building shown as No. 70. 25X1
Post Office Building
The Post 0 'fice building is located in the center of Sliven and is shown as No. 25X1
51 on the attached sketch. This building is 25 meters long and 15 meters wide;
it has two stories, is of brick construction and is 1painted ellow. The entire
building is occupied b the Post Office
City Hall .
Near the building is the
Okoliya People's Court
4. The Okoliya People's Court is located on the main road in Sliven, near the Red
Square, and is shown as No. 74 on the attached sketch. The building is about
25 meters long, has two stories, is made of brick, and is -painted yellow.
Industrial Installations in Sliven
5. The "Georgi Dimitrov" textile factory (No. 1 on attached sketch) employs about
300 laborers.
6. The "Vasil Kolarov" glass factory employs about 400 laborers. (No. 6 on Sketch).
About 400 workers are employed at the "Elprom" electric bulb factory (No. 15,
on Sketch).
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8. There are about 150 workers at the "Osmi Mart" hosiery factory (No. 7 on Sketch).
9. There are about 150 employees at the "Vinprom" wine and spirits factory (No. 8
on Sketch).
10. The Blacksmiths' Cooperative called "Kovach" has more that 500 workers (No. 27
on Sketch).
11. The factory group (zavot) called "Pobeda" manufactures machines and spare parts
used by blacksmiths, and also manufactures stoves, bedsprings, etc. About 200
workers are employed at "Pobeda". (No. 20 on Sketch).
Oil Wells near Sliver
12. Oil tells dug in 1954 are located about three kilometers west of Sliven, behind
the hill called "Hamam Bayir", about one kilometer north of the Sliven-Sofia
highway. At this site, there is an area about 150 x 200 meters which is surrounded
by a wire fence and is guarded by the Militia'and_the_Army. This area is-shown
as No. 18 on attached sketch. A branch line of the Sliven-Sofia railroad goes into
the area. The only installations that can be seen in the area are two or three
buildings, with two stories each, and two "metal depots" (sic- possibly oil drills)
Gas Depot in Sliven
25X1
There is a gas depot located south of the Sliven-Sofia highway and the hill
called "Haman 13ayir". At this site there is an area of about 30 meters long 25X1
and 15 meters wide that is surrounded by a wire fence and guarded by two Milit-
iamen. Transportation units belonging to the UAT (Upravlenie Avtomobilen Trans-
port; Automobile Transportation Management) organization and other State insti-
tutions obtain gas from this depot. There are one or two small buildings inside
the fenced area, and 30 or 40 barrels can be seen out in the open.
The personnel
working at the depot are civilians. The gas depot is shown as No. 13 on the attach-
ed sketch.
Military Units in Sliven 25X1
14. Located in Sliven are one tank unit, one infantry unit, and one motorized unit.
The barracks of
these units are located on the eastern side of Sliven and are shown as No. 83 on the
attached sketch.
Antiaircraft Battery in Sliven
15. An antiaircraft battery is stationed on the hill called "Haman Bayir", which is
on the west side of Sliven (No. 19 on Sketch).
16.
earth shelters have been dug in the south slopes of the hill 25X1
called "Hamam Bayir" (No. 14 on Sketch). 25X1
Comment: The legend to the attached sketch was received with no ident-L
"Near the Post Office building is the City Hall", the latter may 25X1
possibly be No. 52. 25X1
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