1. BORDER DEFENSE ACTIVITY IN IVAYLOVGRAD AREA 2. BRIDGE OVER CHERNA RIVER NEAR SMOLYAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900930010-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 26, 2001
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: June 20, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUN`...RY Bulgaria
SUBJECT 1. Border Defense rctivity in
Ivaylovgrad Area
2. Bridge Over Cherna River Near Srnolyan
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L. At the end of February 1951 near the village of Slaveevo, work had begun
on a fence, five kilometers long running 30 meters from the border. Every
five meters a wooden pole, snh;out 150 . high, supported two lines of barbed
wire; the highest wire was about 120 cam above the ground. Between the two
wires were placed branches and leaves which reached to the ground. According
to Bulgarian officer., the purpose of the fence is to prevent the Greek
Border Guards and other foreigners from observing the movements of the
Bulgarian Border Guards. The fence was not well constructed and the branches
and poles often fell.
2,, In March 1951 all roads from the Greek border into Bulgaria were blocked
with a fence of four lines of barbed wire; the roads were also mined.
15 In June 1950 an engineer unit of the lulgarian Army mined about 80 meters
of the Ivaylovgrad-Edirne highway near the village of Slaveevo. The mines
bef.~an about 30 meters inside the border, and were laid on both sides of the
road 300 meters to the north and 500 meters to the south. The mining of the
highway and fields was done at night. The mined portion of the road was
blocked at both ends and the fields were guarded by Bulgarian Border Guards
to prevent the peasants from entering.
4. The Ivaylovgrad-D1idhimotikhon highway was mined in the same manner.
5, In the village of Slaveevo t:-ere was a Za.stava command which belonged to the
Svilengrad Uchastuk of the Elhovo Border Guard Sector.
6o In autumn 1950 a new concrete bridge was constructed on the Cerni River
near the town of Smolyan. The bridge is about 20 meters long and 8 meters
wide.
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