ORDER OF BATTLE IN YAMBOL AND SLIVEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R015300150010-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 19, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 12, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CLASSIFICATION SECRET/CONTROL--U. S. OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUI3JECT Order of Battle in Yambol and Sliven
DATE OF
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ACQUIRE
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.;
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. The following military units are located in Yambola
a. The 29 infantry Regiment barracks on the east side of town;
bo The 4 Cavalry Regiment, barracks on the east side of town; and
co The 3 Antiaircraft Regiment, barracks on the northeast side of town.
2. military personnels
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ARMY
ao Second Lieutenant Toncho Atanasov Chakerov, from Karavelovo (N4218 E2637},
Elkhovo district, Communist, company commander in 29 infantry Regiment;
be Colonel Panayot Aleksandrov Karakachanov, former Communist partisan, was
commander of 3 "Balkanska" Division in 1950;
c. Captain iliya Tsandev, Communist,, commander of 3 Trudovak Section in
Sliven in 1948;
d. Major Vilchanov, commander of 2 Battalion, 3 Trudovak Section, in Sliven
in 19148 ~ and
e. Second Lieutenant Kuchukov, anti-Communist, platoon commander of 12
Compary, 3 Trudovak Section, in 19147.
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DATE DISTR. 12 December 1952
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