PATROLLING ACTIVITY IN THE BARUTIN AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014500400010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 16, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: November 28, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

DO NOT CIRCULATE
NAVY
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Patrolling Activity in the Barutin Area
25X1
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
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25X1 1. In 1951, work was completed on the construction of a trench which starts two
kilometers west of Barutin, circles the village for two kilometers in a north-
easterly direction, and ends two kilometers north of the village A second
trench, parallel to the first one, is located seven kilometers from Barutin,
near D6spat. The trenches are 1.2 meters deep, one meter wide and their sides
are reinforced by tree branches.)
2. Two soldiers armed with pistols and rifles are stationed at each post in the
trenches located west of Barutin.
The soldiers stationed in Barutin were quartered in the house formerly owned-by
a certain] who escaped)
4. On 5 September 1952, two second lieutenants, two sergeants, and 20 to 30 soldiers,
who are not Border Guards, were stationed in Barutin. Two or three pairs of
soldiers patrolled the village and three or four additional pairs of soldiers
patrolled the area within a two kilometer radius of the village. These soldiers
have orders to check all documents, to arrest anyone on the streets after 9030 P.m.,
and to shoot on sight anyone found circulating outside the village after'the
curfew hour.
5. As of'August 1952, there were approximately 90 soldiers at the Chavdaritsa (N4134
E2)+14) Border Guard poste These troops were armed with rifles and revolvers of an
undetermined type.
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DATE DISTR. 28 Oct. 1952
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