1. CONSTRUCTION, MINING, AND FACTORIES IN THE NOVA ZAGORA - STARA ZAGORA AREA 2. THE RUNO TEXTILE MILL NEAR SOFIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2010
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: August 7, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMAT;oN
Bulgaria REPORT
This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 703 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.
SUBJECT 1. Construction, Mining, and Factories DATE DISTR. 7 August 1953
in the Nova Zagora - Stara Zagora Area
2. The Runo Textile Mill near Sofia NO. OF PAGES 2
PLACE ACQUIRED
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Detelins (N 142-10, E 26-02), Golyama Detelina (N 42-11, E 26-02 , and Troyanovo
are to be consolidated to form a city (similar to Dimitrovgrad) with the probable
name "Chervenkovgrad." The center of the city is to be at Troyanovo.
Large deposits of coal were found On the vicinity"of these three villages in 1950
and 1951 and are being exploited by the Mining and Underground Riches Ministry.
Workerst houses and mining installations are currently under construction.
3. In February 1953 observed four cranes, each marked "160 tons" (sic) 25X1
unloaded in the Radnevo railroad station (N 142-17, E 25-56) to be used in this
construction work. (They were unloaded at Radnevo station rather than the closer
Lyubenovo station because the former is the largest station in the area and has
a connecting highway to Troyanovo.). The cranes had Soviet markings. The booms
were at leaaat 10 meters long, the cables approximately six centimeters in diameter,
and the buckets of 2-3 ton capacity. The cranes were to be mounted on caterpillar
treads. 10,000 25X1
leva (new currency) will be paid to anyone contracting to assemble the cranes.
Z. ih- the summer of 1952, engineers were surveying for a railroad line to be con-
structed between Gara Gvlubovo (N 142-08, E 25-51) and Elkhovo, The' liile:.is to
pass through the new city.
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Dimitrovgrad~ae High Tension Line
A high tension line is being constructed between Dimitrovgrad and Burgas. It is
to pass between Novoeelete (N 12-18, E 26-08) and Radeteki (N 112-17, E 26-11). 25X1
6. In late 1952, its
iron poles in the vinity of Novoselete.l
the high tension line should be completed by the and of 1953.
state Gypsum quarries
8. The gypsum is transported to Radnevo where it is processed and packed in bags for
shipment to all parts of Bulgaria. The "greater portion" is sent to the cement
factory in the Rakovski section of Dimitrovgrad.
9. A IL-man Bulgarian geological research commission headed by Lyubomir Bicharov, a
geologist from Sofia, is currently looking for gypsum deposits about two or two
and one-half kilometers south of Novoselets in the direction of Kovaohevo.
A State-owned gypsum enterprise has its headquarters at Radnevo. There are nine
quarries, six of which are in o eration, in the vicinity of Radnevo, Novoeelete,
and Kovachevo (N 42-14, E 26-0}L). An average of 50-60 men work in each quarry
during the summer; villagers increase the labor force during the winter. In the
summer, about 100 men work in quarry No. 8 located between Novoeelete and Kova-
chevo, and in the winter about 200 men work at the quarry.
Soda Water Bottling in Novoselets
10. There is a small "litmonata" bottling plant in the center of Novoselets village.
About 1,500-2,0OO bottles per day are produced by hand. These are sold in the
surrounding villages.
the greatest economic strain in Bulgaria at present is
on the white collar government worker.
The Runo Textile Factory near Sofia
12. The State textile factory (Durzhaven Tekstilen Kombinat) "Reno" is located 100-
120 meters northwest of Iskur station about 10 kilometers southeast of Sofia. It
is located in an area 200 meters square. This is the largest textile factory in
Bulgaria, employing 2,000-2,300 workers and produdng wool and cotton cloth. 25X1
13.
The director is Ivan Georgiev Yordanov~
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