NEW RADIO STATION AT IKHTIMAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010000190006-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 9, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/18: CIA-RDP82-00457R010000190006-8
? CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ~ 1
CLASS I F I CATION (7. " S (T I T ..:T'AL6 ?NLI
SECLIRITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
ONFIDENTIATi
COUNTRY Bulgaria
DATE DISTR.
9 A.pr il. 1952
SUBJECT New Radio Station at. i -tlma:c. NO. OF PAGES
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON 15
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
Ln I a ring 195iL, a radi.:3 s*a ;ioo. was erected o?a. the soidt. ern Outskirts of Ikhtiman
("N1226 F23L ), on the west :s ...de of anAad;'oir i=.;g the main Plovdiv road. As of
9 August. 1.9 :L the * a'` T_on appeared. to De co:.p le tamed
2,. `I e stattron. coils gas-'js of three wooden masts, each approximately 70 feet high,
located at t.I ree corners c ff a brick approximately 40 feet long by
20 fee', wade bb,?y 2`a feet 'Each of ''the masts ..tF3 joined at .the top by
'Yt .rc1. cagey type aerials of 9'o.r wires each approximately 60 feet long.
NO. OF ENCLS. 2
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
a:c?: y seatrx.es,
3. :the e^Atire r.ad'sc sto! LcIn. was s.:-z ^Lunnded ty a trick wall and was guarded by
Enclosed are sketches of 4-he sta :s.o:n and t,: e aerial array. :ao feeders were
actual -ly ohserY. ed 50X1-HUM
i?oter.>.* I construction
respectively. ana (XL-556k), 50X1-HUM
St-o1:n_.k ! orna .l ~ .- 759 are all within eight mnilds of
each other. ?:'ro":sa:ibly ',here 4.s only o i.e rad.t.o station in this area rather
50X1-HUM
than tb.ree