TRUDOVAK ORGANIZATION

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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2001
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: April 9, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CE.i'NTRAL. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT' CD No.
COUNTRY Bu).garia
SUBJECT Trudovak Organization
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DATE DISTR.. 9 April 1951
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In 1948 the Ministry of Labor reorganized the Trudovak units, The Director
General, Colonel Angel Tsanev and his assistants, Lieutenant Colonel Janko
Kaneti, maintain staff headquarters in Sofia. There are eight Trudovak
Districts, called Oblasts (comparable to reginnts); under each Oblast are
Groups (comparable to battalions); in each Group are working sections, called
Chetas (comparable to companies); and subordinate to the Chetas are Edros
(comparable to platoons)
Headquarters of the eight Trudovak Oblasts are
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1 Trudovak Oblast
2 Trudovak Oblast
3 Trudovak Oblast
4 Trudovak Oblast
5 Trudovak Oblast
6 Trudovak Oblast
7 Trudovak Oblast.
8 Trudovak Oblast
- Sofia
Plovdiv*
- Sliven
Shumen
Velike Tur
Pleven
Radomir
Stara Zagc
located as follows:
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3 The several Groups under each Oblast have varying numbers of Chetas and Edros
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4, The Second Trudovak Oblast at Stara Zagora is commanded by Ca tain Delcho
25X1 A Delchev? One of the Groups under this Oblast was assigned
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the commanding officer is Captain Hranov; Captain Kamburov is the
litical commissar. Within this Group one of the Chetas was assigned
a.nd is commanded by Lieutenant Ribarov with Lieutenant Angelov acting as 25X1A
political commissar. This Cheta, like others in the Group,-is composed of
three Fdros of 180 to 200 men each, which in turn are sub-divided into squads
of 15 to 20 men.
The Third Trudovak Oblast at Sliven is commanded by Colonel Neykov; the deputy
corunander and political commissar is Major Iliyev, Some of the military
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a., was assigned to a Cheta with headquarters in Trestikovo
villages, commanded by Lieutenant Dimiter Koev; the political
commissar is Lieutenant Kiril Petkov0 This unit has three Edros or
platoons.
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bn was assigned to a Cheta in Polski Izvor commanded by
Lieu enant Kirov;
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C. ae assigned to a Cheta with headquarters in Debelt commanded
by Captain Nenkay; the political commissar is Lieutenant Bakalov,
S~ The Sixth Trudovak Oblast at Pleven is commanded by Colonel Daskalov; the
political commissar is Major Svetkov? This Oblast has an unspecified
number of Groups within which are a total of 12 Chetaso
Concnent % Informants gave conflicting reports about the location
25X1A of the Second Trudovak Oblast., Previous SO reports on the Trudovak Organiza-
tion show considerable variation in the locations of these Oblast headquarters,
but most reports place the Second Oblast at Plovdiv,
Your attention is directed to
information on the Trudovak Organization,,
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which provide additional
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