EXPLOSION IN GEORGI DIMITROV LOCOMOTIVE WORKS IN SOFIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010900060003-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2006
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 12, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FEB 1952
CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CLASSIFICATION -SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY Bulgaria ' `A " `VIM - -
25X1 SUBJECT Explosion in Georgi it 09T CIRCULATE /
Locomotive Works in Sofia
DATE DISTR.
12 Mar. 1952
NO, OF PAGES
1
NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS DOCUMENT. CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 799
AND 194, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
On or about 25 December 19519 a quantity of acetylene exploded in
the Georgi Dimitrov Locomotive Works located immediately north of
the Sofia Central Railway Station. The explosion caused the death
of 28 workmen and considerable damage to the plant. The authorities
imniediately'suspected sabotage.. and security personnel began in-
vestigating.
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