RETURN OF BULGARIAN OFFICERS FROM SOVIET TRAINING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000200010059-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 59
• Publication Date: March 18, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Return of Bulgarian Officers from Soviet Training
AIM{ INNONNAf1i. A, ICTINO ?Mt NATIONAL KU(MO
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
DATE DISTR./ ,f Mar 1954
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the 200 Bulgarian officers.' who - - 25X1,
have been studying in the-Sovist Union have now returned to Bulgaria. The
exact date of their return is not established, but it seelns to be relatively
recent, though the officers have been in Bulgaria long enough for some of
them to receive their new assignments in their own country.
2. In the USSR these officers entered various courses in theory and ideology.
After completing these courses, they were distributed among units of the
Soviet Army, for a period of practical application of what they had learned.
A number of this group have been seen among Soviet units in the Caucasus.
Most of these Bulgarian officers speak Russian well.
3. After passing a very stiff examination, these. Bulgarian officers were promoted
to colonel (polkovnik). They returned to Bulgaria with this rank. They have
already been sent to different army corps as political officers and also as
officer instructors. As this group was originally selected from among the
most combative and faithful Communist elements, it. may be taken for granted
that after this period of study in the :'oviet Union they will be thoroughly
trusted by the Soviet authorities.
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