UNDERGROUND POL BASE AT L[E]VECH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000400300005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 1, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 20, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT I'NFORMATION REPOM.
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.
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DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
Bulgaria
Underground POL ]Base at Lovech
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DATE DISTR. 20 July 1955
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COUNTRY Bulga'ia DATE DiST?. 24 June 1955
TTnderground POL Base at Lovech
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a pipeline was extended beyond the natural barrier,
e sum ver, eoause the pumping station (Point 8, page 6) was
served by rail facilities which were not available on the north side
of the river. Further, that the storage tanks were located in a
suitable position in relation to the favorability of terrain features.
Parts and equipment were brought to the north side of the Osum River
by truck.
this . under round POL base was to
Supply Jet fuel to jet Al craft in the Lovech (N 43-08, E'21#-43) area,
kerosene was being used as a jet fuel.
this POL base had been constructed underground to
deerease the chances of its observation from the air. Also, that
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northern Bulgaria had terrain features suitable for such underground
installations that were not found in the USSR, Rumania, or Czechoslovakia..
Comment: It is believed that the sod field at Lovech
r e-l ,with a runway of about 4,500 feet, is incapable of
supporting jet operations. Further, that only Soviet Air Force
pilots would attempt any emergency operations from this field.
The nearest jet-based aircraft are at Gabrovnitsa (N 43-32,
E 23-15), Graf Ignatiev?(N 42-17, E 24-43), and Bezmer (N 42-29),
E~26-23) Airfields, all of which are approximately 80 nautical
miles distant.
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