THE STALIN YARN AND TEXTILE FACTORY IN BURGAS

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• Publication Date: May 5, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
:INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT The Stalin Yarn and Textile Facto
in. Burgas
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 5 May 1953
NO. OF PAGES 7
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The Stalin Yarn and Textile Factory is located approxLrmately 70 ' meters south of
Bulga,ko' 'Blato Lake and north of the Burgad-~Srede tnow Grudovo) highways There
ax?e i road lines 'near the faotorya (See Appendix Ae page; b for location and
layout of the factoryo )
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2. The factory produces 1,300 kilograms*of thread daily and unknown quantities of
unbleached muslin and cotton flannel.
3. factory has four b uses ' Two of these, both full, are located in
the Akatsi , e Quarterrofkthe rcity; one is' I.0 by..10 meteirs,p and the-other is 50
b7 20 meterrs'in site, The third warehouse, shown`as No. 7'on'Appendix BO pages 5,0
b ,and 7 , 100 by 10 meters in size, is full of woven material.. The fourth ware-
houses shown as No. 53, is presently being used as a training school for new
workers.
Equipment (see Appendix B)
There are 2140 looms in the textile section, shown as No. 31 on the sketch.
5. In the shop shoes as No. 32, there is a "Kadin" machine used to weave cotton
flannel.
6. In the room shown as No. 334 there is a "Skromna" machine for "strengthening
threads."
7. In the shop shown as No. 48, thef?e Ware 12 "Ring" spinning machines (No. 49) aid
10 "Fader" roving machines (No. 50).
8. In the shop shown as No. 147, there are 18 combing machines and four "Shtrek"
machines for drawing the thread.
9. In the shop shown as No. 16, there is one "Shlock" carder (No. 51).
10. In the repair shop shown as No. 17, there are two drills and three lathes.
11. In the carpentry shop shown as No, 24,, there is one long plane and one saw.
12. The factory has one truck and two horse-drawn carts:
Personnel
13. The personnel of the factory is entirely Bulgarian.
1L. Administrative personnel include the following:
a. atanvu L lkonov. director of the facto until October 1951,)
b. Ivan Slavov, accountant of the faotoryg
c. Dimitir Ivancv, secretary of the Communist Party at the factory; employed at
the factory since March 1952;
d. Zlatka Kirilova,9 a woman, head of the ORPS (Obsht Rabotnichesko Profesionalen
Suyuz ; General Workers # Professional Union) organization in the factory; and
e. Mara N radyan, a woman, secretary-of the I3NM (D3m?trovski S"uyuz naNarodnata
Mladezh; Dimitrov Union of the Peoplees Youth) organization in the factory.
The technical staff consists of 12 persons, as follows:
a. (nu), chief technician-9 appointed in June 1952;;
b. MarkoAtanasovg chief foreman
Textile School,
of the epinning mill; graduate of the Sliven
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Milko Ivanov, chief foreman of the weaving shot):
eksandur Stefanov, foreman in the spinning mill3l
Yordan Tasevs, foreman in the spinning mil].;
f. Stoyan Karpuzov,p foreman in the spinning mill
IKhrant Aleksandur Kizarvan. foreman in - the `sb
h. Vasil Marinov Vasilev, foreman in the weaving section;
i. Vasil Tomov, foreman in the weaving section
Kosta Bonchey. foreman in the repair shot):
k. Stefan Gandevp__administrator of the technical department; and
1. Kosta Ivanov, adjustor in the spinning mill.
16. There are 500 female workers employed in three 8-,hour shirts.
17. Membership in the Communist Party is not requisite for employm - at the factory.
All members of the administrative staffp however, are Party members.
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18. The factory has six watchmen .
1.9. Workers have entrance permits, Visitors are.. allowed-to' enter the factory after
showing their identification cards and telling the guard whom they wish to see.
Comments The sketch encl d herewith as Appendix B,, pages 5,6,and 7, 25X1
was e :s`3y " sem hated but is redistributed at-this time because
of a clearer identification of installations in the legend and to.villustr&te, ,t3 on
text of this.'' grU:; ' 25X1
APPENDIX. A
Legend
1. Main factory building.
2. D SNM, OBI'S offices and, repair shops,
3: Administration offices.
4.< Oxygen shop.
5? Depot.
6. Pigpen.
7. Steam boiler.
8, Transformer.
9, Depot.
10. Depot and dormitory..
U. Government milk and milk
products factory.
12: Granary.
13. Lather depot.
14, Leather depot.
15, Dormitory for prison guards,
16. Prison,
17? Slaughterhouse,
18. Houses.
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APPENDIX B -5-
Legend
1.
Factory gate.
2.
Garden.
30
Room for fire extinguishers.
4.
Guards' room.
Hall.
6.
Cotton storeroom.
7-
Depot.
8.
Director's room.
9?
Technicians' room.
10:
Supply chief's room.
110
Personnel office.
12.
Audit office.
13.
Planning room.
34 .
Production control office,
58. Pigpen..
15.
Doctor's- office.
59. Factbxy.' gate.,
16.
Storeroom for cases.
60. Bi.acksmith'shop.
17.
Repair shop.
61. Oxygen shop.
18.
Communist Party office.
62. Depot for scraps-.
19.
ORPS and DSNM office.
63. Food depot.
20.
Archives.
64. Dormitory.
21.
Cotton cloth depot.
65. Dormitory.
22.
Cotton thread depot.
23-
Hall to weaving room.
24.
Carpentry shop.
25.
Dinin
room
26.
g
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Kitchen.
27,
Lavatory.
28.
Room for stringing bobbins.
29.
Chief technicians room.
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30.
Technicians' room.
31
Weaving
oom.
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330
Room for setting up looms.
34.
Room for preparing cotton pulp.
35.
Spinning shop technicians' room.
36.
Room for bobbins.
37.
Weaving shop'depot.
38.
Thread depot.
39,
Lavatory.
40.
Electricians' room.
41.
Laboratory.
42.
Oil depot.
43.
44
Spare parts room.
Depot for scraps.
Q
Depot for scraps.
46.
Room housing t'Shlag" machines.
47.
Combing shop.
48.
Shop.
49.
"Ring" machines.
5o.
"Fader" machines.
51.
"Shiag" machine.
52.
Room for machine parts.
530
Training shop for employees.
54.
Depot for construction supplies.
55,
Transformer.'
56?
Steam boiler.
57.
Coal depot.
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