TUNNEL TO BE COMPLETED IN DECEMBER 1951

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00039R000200090015-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: July 18, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/04/09 : CIA-RDP82-00039R000200090015-5
muz~nel to be Completed ill December 191
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/04/09 : CIA-RDP82-00039R000200090015-5
 11
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/04/09 : CIA-RDP82-00039R000200090015-5
RESIRICTEO
TUNNEL TO BE COMPLETED IN DE/ Sofia, Vecherni Novini
19 Sep 5l
The workers at the HV, Kolarovu Tunnel, under the Gu lubetn
s
mountain peak, have made a pledge to Comrade Vu1ko C hervenkov and
to the entire Bulgarian people that they will complete the tunnel
by 21 December ~- the birthday of Comrade Stalin.
In their struggle to fulfill this pledge, the worker
s have
been constantly increasing their average 'daily construction work
in lining the tunnel's walls, thus overfulfilling their production
plan. The average daily fulfillment of the Plan, from t he day light
construction work was begun to 9 September, has been 215 percent,
Fully aware of the enormous economic importance of
the railroad
line running along the foot of the Balkan mountain, the workers
and the technical personnel decided, to work on all holidays and
workdays until the tunnel is completed.
Responding to the appeal of the Party Committed, the Trade
union committees and the Administration, the workers at the tunnel
working near t he "Bunovc" opening did not cease their work on
9
September ~- Freedom Day. On this day they realized new construction
feats hitherto unheard of in Bulgaria. While the average daily area
to be covered with concrete, according to the
plan, is 3.60 meters,
or 1.20 meters per shift, the "'Stalin'', "Chervenkovrr and "V..' Kolarovrr
construction brigades covered 12 meters with concrete on
9 September.
The"Stalin" brigade covered 4010 meter ~
s, the ~~,,h ervenkov'r brigade
4.05 meters and the "V. Kolarovtr brigade 385 meters. The daily plan
for pouring concrete was fulfilled b 333 erene
by P to The comrades
operating the machines played and important art in
making these
results possible, because they saw to it that the co
nveyor belts never
,.ceased moving, that the pumps never ceased pumping out
the water, and
W~''
Dept the cement mixer in constant operation.
The officer responsible
s
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/04/09 : CIA-RDP82-00039R000200090015-5
STAT
4'
 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/04/09 : CIA-RDP82-00039R000200090015-5
nTRIcTrD
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/04/09 : CIA-RDP82-00039R000200090015-5
zor the machjnes, Comrade Kiril Pandov, was able to stay on the job
during the entire time 3 shifts were at worko The following comrades
distinguished themselves in pouring concrete; Tv, N. hta
N S, plev,
Stoycho V. Vatrachki, Metodi Shopov and Vladimir Temelak'.ev0
STAT