THE ELOVITSA EXPLOSIVES PLANT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011300120007-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 1, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

INTELLOFAX 21
FORM NO. 51-~
FEB 1.952
Approved For Release 2006/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R011300120007-0
CEN X- iN1fL GENCE AGENCY
COUNTRY Bulgaria
25X1SUBJECT The Elovitsa Ex,
INFORMATION, REPORT
losives Plant
CD NO.
DATE DISTR.
1 April 1952
NO. OF PAGES
1
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
NOT, CIRCULATE ,'
SUPPLEMENT TO
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
25X1 AND 794, 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
1. The Elovitsa explosives, plant is situated on the slopes of the Shipkamountains;
approximately 15 kilometers s;outh+aest of Gabrovo beyond the inhabited section
of Spasetata (xM-91+65 )
2. The plant produces:
CLASSIFICATION SEffET/CONTtOL - U.S? OFFICIALS ONLY
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a. Dynamite, average daily production three tons;
b. Gunpowder, average daily production four tons; and
c. Fuges, average daily production 16,000 meters.
One hundred and eighty skilled laborers. and 120 manual laborers are employed
at the plant. Only day shifts are worked. The plant is allegedly the best
equipped in Bulgaria and is completely Aecbanized. The machinery is of German
make. The plant has its own thermoelectric unit.
1. The explosives are taken by a narrow-gauge (Deca ville) railway to the.
Gabrovo-Kazanluk highway, from whlere they are trAns:ortecl by truck to the
Gabrovo railway station.
5. The shipments are guarded by 28 soldiers, including mobile patrol squads and
fixed guard units.
Comment: Grid locations are for the AMS M506 1:250 00 Map Series..
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