RAILROAD REORGANIZATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001200330002-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 7, 1948
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRiOl INTELLIGENCE GRO
INTEWGENCE REPORT
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SUBJWI Railroad Reamgniaatjon
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81.1 January 190
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1.. The Uiniater of Railroads Stefan Ton zev is stoadjing 50X1-HUM
the State 1ailroads will. beccime an independent ' a ~o whereby Said ,pelf-ovpportiM
organisation stead of being merely, a dependency of the Ministry of
CoEI uunicat3 ona.
2. J U t w a - t o t h e b rt o f t h e Railros s forzed part of the dal budget
of the Ministry of Communications, but if the project is a the
Railroads will have their own budget as the foe~tee and Tele~have now.
Soviet railroad specialists (engineers, mechanics and other administrative
experts) have arrived in Bulgaria and are close'y cooperating with the
Bulgarian rail offici.al:s. Their recotaserndatis~ne are being followed with
appreciably good results to date.
Ong the reccamendations are the cor 'truth on of repair shops (for cars)
at Sofia, Plovdiv and Lorna Orxohavitea, and suggestions for the eventual
cl tL',L-ication Of Leas Ulil Liee b
The line bctvreen Pornik and Volk is to be open to ret ar traffic by
1 Ja nuarr 1911J. It was to ho 4-n,1,1 rttnri b twA n q suui 10 Novonaber 19b7.
The line Itnking Lo"ch and Troyan has been co apla t ed and will soon be
opened to traffic w _l.e the line between Karlovo and Xlisura will shortly
be ready
7. The cost of new building for 1948 is estimated at 2,,650,000,O00 levae,P
without including the free labors which is valued at 404 million levas.
This document contains information
affecting the national defense of the
United States within the meanie of
the Espionage Act 50, U.S.C. 31 and
32 as amended. Its transmission or
the revelation of its contents in any
manner to an unat-thorized person is
prohibited by law.
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