1. THE PLOYDIV DEPARTMENTAL PRISON 2. THE PAZARDZHIK PRISON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R015300020005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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I.HHELA OfAX 21
FEB 1952 91-4AR
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
SXC11E?T
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
DATE OF
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The Pl od.ij IDartmental. Prison
DATE DISTR. 17 Feb 1953
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. In January 1952 there were approximately 700 political prisoners in the Plovdiv
Departmental Prison. At the same time there were also approximately 400 criminal
prisoners.
2., As of January 1952 a certain First Lieutenant Boyad^hiev, age 40, and a certain
First Lieutenant ??Bai Kir?oa9, age 45, were the assistant directors of the prison.
3. The following men were inmates of the political section of the Plovdiv Depart-
mental Prison in January 1952, and were transferred to the Pazar?dzhik Prison
in May 1952:
a. Emin Karayabukov, age 50, from Mogilitsa, Smolyan Okoliya; he was sentenced to
ten years' imprisonment for anti-Communist activity;
b. Peycho Slavov Peychev, age 36, from Varna Okoliya; a State Security employee
`before September 1944, he was sentenced to 15 years' Imprisonment for anti-
Communist activity; he should be released during the autumn of 1952 (sic);
0. . ex-Lieutenant Colonel Stefan G-eorgiev Stefanov, age 48, from Kazanlik; he
was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1946 for anti-Commumist aetivitieL;
and
d. Petko Tavelkov Toshev, age 45, from Podgore, Vidin Okol,iya; a forest guard
who was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for anti-Conamun:ist activit'.
Bulgaria
I. The Plo^*div Departmental Prison
2. The Pazardzhik Prison
Prior to May 1952
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PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS .PROHIBITED.
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The :Pazardzhik Prison
4. There were approximately 900 prisoners in the Pazardshik Prison in May 192.
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The prison is two kilometers north of Pazard.zhik. It is a 2-story building
approximately 65 by 15 meters and has a single-story wing which is app::?:~iT
mately 35 by 20 meters.
. The following men were inmates of the Pazard,zhik political prison in May
1952:
Nayden Portunov, age 47, from Mrachenik, Karlovo Okoliya; a farmer who
was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment;
b. Georgi Gavazov, a partisan who is kept in solitary confinement (ad,
Zavesat&?, Behind the Curtain); and,
??. Lieutenant Colonel Kostov, age 52, from the Botevgrad area, the former
commanding officer of troops in Buse who was sentenced to 15 years' im-
prisonment in 1945.
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