1. GRAF IGNATIEV AIRFIELD 2. BORDER GUARD UNITS IN THE DEVIN AREA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012300090008-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 30, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: May 29, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FEB 1952
CLASSIFICATION 8E
F INFORMATION INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
DATE OF
PLACE
ACQUIRED
Bulgaria
1. Graf Ignatiev Airfield
2. Border Guard Units in the Davis. Area
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE , CT4444S' 951
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. I T S TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
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Graf Ignatiev Airfield.
During 1949, trudovaks expanded the size of the runway at the Graf Ignatiev
airfield. The old concrete .runway was 1,000 meters long and 8 meters wide;
it was increased to a new size of 2,000 meters long and 160 meters wide. The
project was completed in mid-1949,
The old. runway was left intact during the construction period. The enlargement
was done by covering the construction area with.a 20-centimeter layer of ballast,
rolling the sur?aee, then paving with a 20-centimeter layer of sand-cement
concrete.
The surface of the runway has drainage grooves at 50-centimeter intervals which
i 250-square centimeter squares over the entire runway surface..
In mid-19)#9, there were approximately 35 two-engine single-wing aircraft with
two vertical stabilizers (informant believed the planes were Soviet craft),
and 10 single-engine double-wing trainers located-at the airfield.
6. There are five hangars at the field, *e.ch 30 meters wide by 60 meters long by
10 meters high.1
Approximately 120 student pilots in air force uniforms, including six women,
were training at the field.. There were also 200 officers at the field.
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Border Ouard. 'Units in the Deriu Area
The entire popalation has been deported from gnovo, Devin district At
present, there are about 50 border troops located at the village. The troops
are aid with rifles, macbiae pistols, and light machine guns..
a border zasta s of 30 soldiers is located in Cbavdar.
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lgyan.. A komandatura is stationed in Dospat, and an otrya.d is stationed in
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lava of' -40 soldiers is located three kilometers south of Brush-
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