BULGARIAN ARMY UNITS IN THE SVISHTOV AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005700570002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION ffl'Myt /CONTROL - U. S. Oi'FFICIM S
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
F T O . REPORT CD NO,
CUOPPTTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Bulgarian Army units in
the Svishtov Area
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
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DATE DiSTR, BL Septa 1950
NO. OF PAGES 2
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO,.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
50X1-HUM
The 5 Danube Division under the command of Colonel fotev has headquarters
in Ruses. The following units belong to this division:
a0
33 Infantry Regiment
., Sviahtov
bo
5 Infantry Regiment
- Ruse
co
14 Infantry Regiment
- Ternovo
do
5 Horse-drawn Artillery Regiment
Ruse
e3o
Communications Regiment
? Ruse
Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Gorna Orehovitsa
20 The 33 Infantry Regiment has headquarters at Svishtovo The Comnndia Officer
is Lieutenant Colonel Nikolas Nedev. a 50X1-HUM
Coz-un s
36 The 33 Infantry Regiment consists of the following units%
ao 3 Battalion
bo 8 Infantry Company
c0 One cornnunications platoon
d0 One heavy company (sic) with three platoons; armed with heavy machine
guns and mortarso
4m The 3 Battalion of 33 Infantry Regiment is commanded by a non-Conmunist 50X1-HUM
Lieutenant In Bozilovm
The 3 Battalion has two infantry companies and one heavy machine gun company
(four to six heavy machine guns).
5o The 8 Company is commanded by Lieutenant Milko Dundekov and Sergeant Panco
Ignjev6 both non-,Corramunista0 The company is organized into three platoons,
each with three squads and each squad consisting of one machine ?;un$ two
sub-machine guns and six rifles.
CLASSIFICATION /COZITROL - U. S. OFFICInLS (MILY
The political organization in a Bulgarian infantry regiment is as, follow t
a. The ccrananding offic COWMEMAI: three assistants for political
STIa E x r ANN 7 r v NSRe DISTRIBUTION
This document Is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
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education and propaganda*
b, Each battalion and company has one assistant for political education9
who receive instructions from the regimental assistantso
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