BALKAN SATELLITE ARMY UNDER RUSSIAN COMMAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006800620006-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 21, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 26, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSli1CATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT. CD NO.
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COUNTRY
Rumania/Bulgaris
DATE DISTR.
January 26, 1950
SUBJECT
Balkan Satellite Army under
Russian Command
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1
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version of the Soviet-Balkan 1sLilitary command. It is possible that both of
these reports stein from the same inforr:ant. For a different version of the
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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.
Next Review Date: 2008
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1. Soviet ':arshaa. Ivan S. Konev reportedly was appointed late in 1950 as commander
of an arty made up of Soviet, Rumanian, Bulgarian and Albanian divisions.
This army would be used against the Greece-Yugoslav-Turkish forces should the
contingency arise.
2. The same informant adds more recent information that Konev is slated to be
replaced by Marshal Georgi K. Zukhov on an unspecified date.