FACTORIES IN BULGARIA

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CIA-RDP82-00457R011500130006-8
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 19, 2016
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March 7, 2006
Sequence Number: 
6
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Publication Date: 
April 11, 1952
Content Type: 
REPORT
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IKIELLUFAX 21 - v'"' "M' 61-- IAA FEB 1962 Approved For Release 2006/08/08': CIA-RDP82-00457R011500130006 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY CLASSIFICATION SECRET/CONTR0L. U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY SECURITY INFORMATION INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO. CD NO. COUNTRY Bulgaria SUBJECT Factories in B 25X1 DO N NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. 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 IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED. 1. To tire factories in the Sofia area were started up recently and are pro- duts:ing very poor quality tires; the tires bear no comparison with those produced by the Bakish factory in Sofia before World War II. One Of the factories is located in the northern. suburbs of Sofia., the other is in Iliyantsi, 10 miles east of Sofia, between_Sofia:"and. Bukhovo. 2. The Zavod Voroshilov, formerly called the Zakharna Fabrika ~uga?F factory) 11 anci n~e11nns-sized electric motors. in Sofia, recently began co-nstructing,sma The Nadezhda armaments factory, located in the western outskirts of Sofia on the road leading to Berkovitsa, produces portable weapons and light guns.. New machinery of Czech origin has been installed recently. 1. A penicillin factory is planned for construction in Sofia. Manufacturing problems are now being investigated at the laboratories of the Aleksandrov hospital in Sofia. 5. A mixed Soviet-Bulgarian commission is investigating the possibility of in- 11 t ircraft factory which is pro- creasing the output of the Sofia-Bozhurs e a , d.ucing aircraft parts and repairing engines at present, It is reported that the factory will e able to produce engine spares and complete fuselages by AL" 'Aaft the end of 1952. New machinery has recently been installed in-the armament factory at Kazanluk. Five hundred workers are employed at the Gavreil Genov (sic) chemical factory in the southern (sic) outskirts of Ruse, along the banks. of the Danube CLASSIFICATION SECRET/CONTROL - U.S.. OFFICIALS ONLY DATE DISTR. 11 April 1952 . OF PAGES 2 fil THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION Approved For Release 2006/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R011500130006-8 DISTRIBUTION Approved For Release 2006/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R011500130006-8 SECRET/CONTROL.- U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY The Ce-0rgi : Diinttrc r factory in Ruse,, which produces turbines, diesel, engines,, and agricultural machinery, has been equipped to manufacture tanks.. The. factory employs 1,000 workers. New machinery has recently been installed at theZavod Vela Piskova textile. factories in Ruse to increase the productive capacity of. the plant. Seventy 25X1 . rc erlt o ttre .d tput..of_-the aett to-a-i ...deti-ned-for_._t he Soviet - .. forces SECRET/CONTROL U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY Approved For Release 2006/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R011500130006-8