SOVIETS IN BULGARIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001400130008-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 20, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 24, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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25X1A
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Soviets in Bulgaria
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Of Russian Scientists arn.vod in Ott t sari a at the end of Jsn WV -
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seeded to the Bout lwm slogs of the Rhodope f>lounta.~inza. c' "squad" :ro si.sted
of four or five scientists and. instead of searchi.za .fo - vi ra , th?7
mapped the countryside, :;'he exact location of their ansdeavorq I m is)kn r
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the la'~st azk of anu . states that +h?,i 4 too u r l t., l ~'
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docu.::ent s hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
tatter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
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Burgas harbor. There were no sign of munitions or wear eq'uix le!~t. he
unloaded, nor were, Russi.4tn troopn to iii gem in the are. There .Tarr
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ever, a number of Russian civilians presen During this tim to a si h
racking Ruesiar officers, thought to be a colonel, and a genes i t vel.],.ed
throughout this area visiting the installations formerl.v o rtpip=r? t
Russian troops. The reason for their visits is unknc a
It has been stated that more Russian offic and a Lis, .c%d men cur--
rently appearing J -n Sofia. The. officers =et weekly In a laa-i;e Y xil. ci rig
at the corner of Vladia and Bogovets streets, where aev ral. 2z.1.gh ranking
Soviet officers have their quarters.
stationed at Ruse, stated at t:Z~e end of
February that approximately 150 R esiara civilian young ;,uan hh ?re - $ _ . con
ing into 3u tgaria every day for the past month.. These young ?en ere
allegedly now on the Greek border..
CLASSIFICATION --
RDP82-00457R001400130008-8