1. DISCOVERY OF OIL NEAR TOPNOVO 2. CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROAD LINE BETWEEN BURGAS AND VARNA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009200510002-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 31, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 9, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Discovery of Oil Near Topnovo
Construction of Railroad Line between
Burgas and Varna
Construction of Road in Kardzhali Area
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1. TWO kilometers south of Topnovo (sic) (a-6533)4 in the Da]chik area4
considerable quantities of oil have been discovered. Work has begun on
the construction of a factory in the area.
2. In the beEinnint7 of 19514 work was berlin on the construction of a re:Iron:1
line to connect Burgas and Varna.
3. During the latter part of 19504 a road six to eight meters wide
constructed from Topolovo (RF-6973)4 through 1::ovakovo (RF-7372)
Kumoniga (RF-8666)4- to Kurdzhali. Approximately 3,000 soldiers
worked on the road,
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