PRODUCTION OF BULGARIAN TEXTILE AND HEAVY INDUSTRIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001700830002-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 17, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/05: CIA-RDP82-00457R001700830002-4 -
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Production of Bulgarian Textile
and Hea.c Industries
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF I
ThIS 00CUI3$L11CONT'AIISS INFORMAT:ON AFFECTING `oHC NATIONAL OEFSNS-_
OF THE UNITED STATES NIITNUM THE 09ANING Of THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. S. C.. 31 AND 32. AS ATIETOEO. IT5 TRANSMISSION OR THE REV?LAT70N
of ITS CONTENTS IN ANY I.AUNTf TO AN UNAUTNONIIEO PECSON IS PRO-
HIGIfED BY LAW. RCPT ODUCTION OF THIS FORA IS PROHIBITED. IIOVO'
EVER, INFORMATION CONTAINS[ IM DOOV OP THE FOa!I NAY 8E UTILIZED
AS 0EE4E0 NECESSARY SY THE RECEIVING AGENCY.
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DATE DISTR. 17 August 19146
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION FOR THE RESEARCH
USE OF TRAINED INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS
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Cotton: The country's toil cotton industry comprr~.scas more than 300j,000
spi d1 Banc a breaches) under nonnal In ordeD to keep this
production employed and meet the needs of the country, Bulgaria needs
more than 2, 000 tons of cotton per year. The latest official pronouc
rants on the subject and the opinion of experts, however, lead to the con-
clusion that only about 10,0tons will forthcoming in the current y r
This figure i ludes the small amount, of locally produced cotton,, ' hicth is
grown n r the Turkish border, Under the trade treaty which was ei ed
this year with the Russians, the USSR will sarpp3l- Bulgaria with 11,000 tone
of cotton for manufacture into yarn and clothe Russian cotton gives about
i percent w , and out of the U, 000 tons covered by the tre y, on
about 9, 700 tow .A.ll therefore be effectively a blem The Russiam are
also to give Bulgaria 6p000 tons of cotton to be spun into yarn for their
own account and then re-exported. If this figure Is also taken into accott~,
the cotes n industry will be working
at, about 55-60 percent of capacity dur:tn
the current year, and only going half-way towards eating the countt7g s rr
uizents
2. W001: The woolen industry's position is worse. The estimated crop of wwooal
is but five million kilograms and imports are practically 1. Wit ; this
am a t of wool>, it will be possible to produce 6W.,000 metes * f pure woolen
fabric for the needs of the army and two and one-half to three millior:n. etora
with a 35-50 percent mixture of rags;, for the population. The mini e a need.P
of the population are