RADIO SETS; REACTION TO FOREIGN BROADCASTS; ILLEGAL BROADCASTS; ANTI-COMMUNIST LEAFLETS

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• Publication Date: October 18, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Radio Sets; Reaction to Foreign DATE DISTR,
Broadcasts; Illegal Broadcasts!
18 October 1955
AntioComnunist Leaflets, NO. OF PAGES
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
REQUIREMEN
REFERENCES
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believe less of the Commaviist ''o Pao ? who have access to radios
paganda than those who do not,
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foreign broadcasts about twice a weak
Combination Telefunken, which operated on electric currrent, Replacement
parts, which were principally Czech ilable for this
not, It was a com-
bination ana o Austrian make, with two or three tubes, which operated
on elant74 w,l", Vq+
German make from a factory called RFT (sic), A very -o --la`._ adio se bast
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the Czech made "Tesla" which costs about 1,000 lava, butt whiichapo art inn
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the market only occasionally. appears t
Reaction to Foreign Anti-Coatunjst Broadcasts
it is considered dangerous to listen to
foreign broadcasts, Those who listen are regarded as enemies of the S4.ate
although there are no legal restrictions. No action a been taken against
people who listen, probably because no one is
ever caught. Jamming is the c e method through which the government tries
to prevent listening. There is also constant propa anda
that those whn lin-
ton to forei stations are enemies
the jamnings were more extensive, and only
20 to 40 percent audible. Usually, however, the general subject could be
understood. listened primarily to VOA, RFE and Radio Paris.
after the Korean War and during the China crisis, interest in
foreign broadcasts decreased significantly because the broadcasts could not
match the efficiency of the Communist propaganda.
RFEI fin Sofia between 6:15 and 7:45 p.m.
There were several types of programs: programs for the villages; programs
for the youth; lectures from a physician; current news, etc. On the whole
the programs were satisfactory, very serious, and well prepared in clear
understandable Bulgarian. All themes were factual and the arguments sounded
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very logical and convincing. The main weakness of RFE was the jamming.
VOA was so successfully jammed that it was practically inaudible. Sometimes
RFE was jammed 60 to 80 percent, but at times it was 100 percent audible.
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most -audible in the late afternoon between 6s00 and 60 n.m. 0~ and cA iitheas
end of January or beginning of February,
for the peasants. It was on a Wednesday and the an Red that he
would talk again on the same subject next Wednesday. he prograam concerned
the loan and the development of agriculture (sio) which had just been
announced in the country, written and gave a very al r am is of familiar protlems witheclear and
convincing interpretations. urprised at the strong language used
because the cc World have vNAoqn talking about better
relations, greatly impressed and vtry ha
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imately 4 x 4 x 4 meters s e of two wooden buildings, approx-
located parallel to thn h^paintedYgreen. about 200 +.n 400 meters apart, and
xii ome ers north of Petrick and one kilometer west oftha Petriich9 Sveti
Vrach road. The jamming station consi t d
these buildings, No windows could be seen from either the south, easteoresn
west of the buildings. The buildings were constructed before March 1955, but
several new, high wooden columns were erected around them.
electric lines were constructed to bring the current During April 1955
Petrich to the buildings. About the middle of June, conssctionfbeg once
a small house for the militia guards t
a ng station,
five t ith the dogs, lived ere of the buildings, At least
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the reception was ver g February 1955.
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listened only two or three times du
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ns o uuryanin six or seven times between
12:30 and 1:0 .m somswh
the illegal resistance station
Christmasyofi1954 from an anti-Communist?friend. From 6~Jy~r during
January until
1 March 1955, ist d
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the buildings comprised a
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the ,jamming extensive, more
an 50 percent of the nrnvram boy?p
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amm uvula success fully
ing. This was done by moving the dial to the left or right.
percent could-be hheard in this
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in the morning before people went to work.
the best time is in the evenings after or
ryanin does not have-regular featur
lik
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e RFE. a can never a sure
what he is going to hear and the pro
teresting subjects. out very small and unin-
quality than those of RFE. the programs are of lower
under constant fear of being discovered which expYlainsbwhydthets in
Y prog graams ms are
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not as well written as those of RYE.
Anti-Communist Leaflets
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five or sir
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game type were found in a ravine no many other leaflets of the
Peshtera C$collya, and were gathered by border ?(N 41-39, z 24-10),
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sew that all intruders (sic) were not stela
freedom and liberation Pi , u were
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the leaflet was written b as as the n or roc * booau@ "w liAsmwere
" Y P~ront'sr Troop who ?.oa d becwas ause itVewwad that
exact and truthful." Because of the 1.ti
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re written by Bulsarians in ?~d.Le eosuse the the leaf.
and were dropped swage W" good,
? Low ^unm er of 1954, and had beenihowa anothersleaf.
let picturing a girl and a militiaman.
lets we
surer of anti.Cc t leaflets were dro
leaflets stated something abouteth? open air move was being shown. The
made a great good conditions I and
leaflets and Heger not _
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? defection of a Bulgarian, pilot and confirm4724 in
thought that in Case of war even the most trusted Co=mniat^
ed the
Sofia. It den, t oontaot with a leaflet during the wrint
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Lne leaflets were dro ?d -- -- +"~`?
a Yugoslav e.
Of October 1954
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village of Pirti a leaflet written
dropped leaflets around the villa eaot s
g hitsa
July 1951 or logo
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were dro in the late spring of,1954 parcels or n n
Pto 'tn the leaflets vicinity of Shiroka Poliyana, Peshtera okolir in
addition to
. Al]. available soldiers in the a, Ordered
area were out to look for them. The Frontier Troops were M Hind ..._ _ _
r_ ?-van, , consisted of fabrics for trousers, costumes or s c r a
stockings, razor blades
on
' and other items. The men
presents were t
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old tit
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did not believe this a
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information was available on angry because they People
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did not find any. No
picked up by the arty unite. For a long to the presents after they were
about nothing but the presents. ng time everyone in the area talked
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