SECRET IDENTITY DISKS FOR BULGARIAN ARMY ENLISTED PERSONNEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R016300230002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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FEB 1952 B1-4AA
CLASSIFICATION SECRET
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
CD NO.
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Secret Identity Disks for Bulgarian
Army Enlisted Personnel
DATE OF
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ACQUIRED
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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DATE DISTR.9 February 1953
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. The Bulgarian Army now has a special system of identity disks for soldiers.
These are not used like the united States Army "dog tags", though they serve
the same purpose and have certain similarities with them.
2. Each disk is engraved with the Podelenie number of the unit, the letter in-
dicating the company, and the personal number of the soldier in the company.
This is not a serial number indicating the soldier's place in the army as a
whole. The disks are about one inch in "size"'.
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3. The disks are not worn by the soldiers. Each platoon commander keeps all
the disks of his men in his own possession. They are issued to the soldiers
only in case of an alert, on going into action, and on leaving for pass, or
on furlough. Soldiers are strictly forbidden to show these disks to anyone,
except to military police, who may demand to see them. These police patrols
may make a note of the disks presented to them, and later report where an in-
dividual soldier has been seen. This report is sent to the soldier's regiment.
The patrols have no right to demand any other identification from soldiers
whom they halt.
1. I LLomment: Probably one inch in diameter.
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