LOCATION OF MILITARY STORAGE DUMPS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 28, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 5, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FEB 1952 'i '
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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SECURITY INFORMATION
~~VI~~RMAT~~N R~~ORT REPORT
CD N0.
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT T,ooation of Milit~?y Storage Dumps
DATE OF
I.N F0.
PLACE
ACQUIREQ
TXIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING TXE NATIONAL OFFENSE
OF TXE UNITED STATES, WITN IN TXE MEANING OF TIT:E 10, SECTIONS 793
.AND 794, DF THE U. S. CODE, AS AMENpED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REYE-
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REPORT N0.
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lp A milat,ary stop?age dump is T,o,~ated x~ithin the Baba Vadin~~ ~Cula Fortres;~ a~, Vidire,
Ne.~ii~~aep? the exact =hype o,i~ mnateriel pno~? the amoup~t bated ~.pII yhe ;~"oa~'~ress i,s
icnotiaana although it is o~ xni~ced type, ipacluding ip>I.f?apntx~r s app am~nupni~~,iap::o
Id; is be.iieyme~l that al~i. x~aterie~. stoned at the Fortress was brougltg~ i`?p?am ~ha
Sov~~.et ~Jpisiopao Various materiel. is taiclsn tram this depot and trarnspor~~ed ~~o
other depoy~::~ ipa Bul.gariao
2a A :~~;cc:r~rz.~;.:r. ,~,pgo.~~i~atek~ eight. ~.lo>t~eter~s fu~o~n Cxradett~~ to ~Ghe ,~~a~~e i'~ar~;~;~~
irx t~;~~, ..:~ ~~:ao W~~ mate.riei o~~? uiaspe~i~fied type amend gluspvy~~.t~' is c~s~rri~ed 1:+~,~
tx~^at appro~eimate]lgr ~D ~ si,e~ killometers
west of the railroad lime a$ the pillage o~ Fazsrishte ~sio~9 there is apn
upadergr~oup,td storage r~epo{~ bui,l.t ipu X951 o The type arnd qua~?tity' of ~e.teri.e~,
stop?ed there are r-ot kno~rdo
So Two kilometers west og Vx?atsa there a~?e three storehoueeso Taps kilometers
west of Vra$sa tl'iF;re are aiyc more depots situated at a poipAt below the >I~ou~$~,i>t~i
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massif in the stead The quantity and type of materiel stored an these places
is not know~o
do Approxi.matel~y yOO meters from the railitag?y barracks at Berkovici (aic~ l tltiere
is a va~.~r inn which are located three buildings where mil~.tary materiel is
storedo These buildings are each five meters high and. five=and=aQha~.f meters
widen
7~ Two kilometers west of the village of Gintsi (N~3o5 E23O~)9 Godech District
there is a depot of military materiel which is constantly under military' guard,
The materiel is stored aa~ two btiildirngs twe~.~e meters by sine meters a The d~po'~
has a teleg~hone connection with the ailitary garrison of Herkovicia
8o The storage depot of'~ Bulgarian Arnim is located south of the village of Opit9
suet (Nl~2~2 E2306) at a point five kilometers southeast of Slivxaitsao Approxi=
mutely 600 meters from this depot there are between 10 and 12 buil?i~utngs in
which military materiel is s~oredo These buildings were built in 1948 and
each one of them is eight meters by sax metered The entire area is surrounded
by an electrified fenced
9o Approximately 300 meters .north of the raila?oad station of Slivnitsa (Nl~2;l E2301)~
Ger~eiari Army' erected two cement buildings in 19ltlto Each building is 30 meters
long and 'eight meters wide, The use these buildings are being put to at prey
gent i~ ndt knowno
loo Approximately 800 meters east of the railroad station of Slivgnitsa the Gera~uan
Air ea?ected two cement buildings in 19L,lao Each building is 9~0 meters long
and eight meters waded These buildings are being used as storehouses for arms
and ammunitiono
llo During June 19~2~ consta?eaction of a large depot was begun between the vallages
of iirapchene (Nla32~ E2318) seed $ar~ya (Nl~325 E2317) s at ~a place called Livadski
Dolo Sixty'Trudovaks are employed in this c?nstruc$aon worko The depot is
being built underground of atone and cemennt o The a tea in the immediate v~.ofin~.ty
of the construction si$e is forestedo
l2e Approximately 800 meters west of Pernilea (sic)2 an underground powder magazine
is located in a small wooded area which is approximately lei kilometers sc~~aareo
This magazine is believed to contain large quantity?s of dynamate and of atlied
explosives used in mininga
13o An underground depot surrounded by eight guard posts is located on the out=
skirts o~ S~fiag,between the Lozenac quarter of the city and the vallage of
Dragolevaco Between the Benisera (sic) and the Nadezhda quarters of the c'itye
irn the vicinity of the Central Prisons there is a gasoline storage depoto Ap=
proximately three kilometers south of Sofia9 there are between 15 and 20 buildd
ings9 each between six and seven meters lorag9 in which quantities of the follow=
ing materiel are storedg antitank mines9 cartridges of different calibers gown
der charges for artillery shellse hand grenades9 and bottles of inflammatory oiled
The buildings are ~0 meters apart and some are being used by an antiaircraft
regiment in 5ofiao
].P~e One and one~half kilometers from the vallage of Maio Buchiano (N1a241 E~310) 9
Sofia okoliya9 there are two storehousese one of which contains military sups
pleas and the other munit~,prnso F~ach building is four meters by five metersg they
were built in 1900
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15. The depot of 9 Tank Divf.si?n is located at the village of Mala ~Conev3tsa9 in
the vicin3.ty of Sofia. Stoned here are shells and cartridges of maw ~alibers9
as yell as unspecified ea~losives a This - d?pot is located on a mountains and to
the a ast of the d epot there is an entrenched anti aircraft battery . This de~
pot is made up of .eight areas9 not identified moms cl~ar~;y9 three of which are
undergroyxrid. Within sight of these areas there is a bunker built of reinforced
concrete.
16. kpproximately one kilometer south of the railroad station of Gara I{ostenets
(1421$ 82352} 9 on the Sofi~.dPlvvdiv 13ne9 there is a large militar~r depot com~
pris~.ng 10 build3~ngs each of which is 2O meters by l0 meters. T~uring.March
19529 an undetermined nw~mber of shipments were made Pram this depot to' Sofia
and Flovd3.va
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- Berkovitsa N 31 E2306). 50X1-HUM
Comments Probably a reference to Brakvvtsi (N1~303 E23~) ^r
Commento Probably a reference to Pernik (N1~236 E2302)0 50X1-HUM
otmgente Probablyy a reference to Draga~.evtsi (Nl~238 E2319) o
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