MILITARY ORGANIZATION OF BORDER UNITS IN BULGARIA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005800650004-7
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 21, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Military Organization of
Border Units in Bulgaria
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1. The 8 Military Post is an independent border patrol battalion stationed in
the town of Zishtovi at the barracks of 33 Infantry Regiment, This
battalion is composed of five companies, four of which are border patrol
companies, and the fifth a Militia company, Each of the four border patrol
companies is composed of from 110 to 120 men. Each company is subdivided
into three detachments. Each detachment is further divided into three
squads. Each squad comprises 12 amen, armed with one "Dikterio" light machine
gun of Soviet manufacture, one Spagen sub-machine gun and Mannlicher, infantry
rifles. The squad leader carries the submachine gun.
2. The Non-Commissioned Officers Candidate School in Sofia is called "Poddelinie
Haci Dimitir." It has two companies with a total of 750 men, who are chosen
from various border patrol battalions from all parts of the country, The
course lasts seven months, The commanding officer is Colonel Ginov, who
came from the Soviet Union and who does not kno'r Bulgarian well. The deputy
commander is Lt. Col. Davidov, and the political commissar, major Marinov,
3. The General Headquarters of the Border Defense, commanded by Major General
Yomen Panov, is subordinate to the Ministry of Interior. The deputy
commander is Colonel Stefan Markov. The General Headquarters caannands nine
Border Sectors (Regiments). Each Sector is divided into four Border Uchastiki
(Battalions), Each Uchastik is divided into four Zaotava (Companies). In
reality, the cadres of the personnel in the units are far short of being at
full strength. It would be more correct to call the strength of a Sector
that of a battalion, that of a battalion the strength of a comps, rW, et
cetera* The companies along the borders of Turkey1 Greece and Yugoslavia
rank first in priority and are commanded by officers of the rank of
lieutenant and higher. The companies along the Black Sea are commanded
either by a staff sergeant or other non-commissioned officers. The
companies along the Rumanian border are small and are commanded by non-
commissioned officer candidates.
The 5 Border Regiment known as rilitary Post Chavdar, is located at 'Elhovo,
The commanding officer is Lt. Col. Arabaoiyev, the deputy commander is major
Vasilev, and the political cormiissar is Captain Yanakiev, One of 5 Regiment's
four companies is named Military Post Ruen, with headquarters at Vodeno It
is commanded by Captain Bayraktarski; the deputy commander is Pirst Lieutenant
Elenkov, and the chief of 60 kv I I 611%ft& chev. It is composed of
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four platoons, one of which is called 26 Lineyna Zastava. Another platoon
is 23 Zastava, rthich is a unit of 1ilitary Post Kikitse and is based between
the village of Gola 1Musharkovo and the Turkish frontier. Jest of 25
Zastava is 24 Lineyna Zastava of Military Post Bor, and east of it is 24
Zastava of Military Post Lipa4 These Zastava were approximately four
kilometers apart.
5. The typical armamont of a zastava is as follo .. three light machine guns;
five Gorman sub.machino gone; three parabollum pistols; 28 Soviet rifles;
15 2:iannlioher rifles,,as vxoll an a variety of bombs of unknown, quality. The
zastava are ooxaneoted by a telephone system of the Cerman type.
25X1A Comment: This report is based on the preliminary interrogation
o f a u r erian soldier i%ho fled in November 1949. 25X1 A
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