SOVIET EXPLOITATION OF BULGARIAN URANIUM AND COPPER MINES; LIST OF BULGARIAN COAL AND ORE MINES

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700090558-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2011
• Sequence Number: 558
• Publication Date: December 8, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION RESTRI(":ED
SIEUR'TR I&OBMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Economic - Uranium, copper
Political - Soviet technical penetration
HOW Biographic
PUBLISHED Daily and weekly newspapers
DATE OF
DATE DIST. '
pAF&- 1952
NO. OF PAGES
2
PUBLISHED 1 Jul - 12 Sep 1952
LANGUAGE Bulgarian; French REPORTMENT TO
REPORT NO.
WHERE
PUBLISHED Sofia; Paris
DATE
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SOVIET EXPLOITATION OF BULGARIAB URANIUM AND COPPER MINE;
LIST OF BULGARIAN COAL AND ORE MINE
USSR EXPLOITS BULGARIAN URANIUM COPPER MINES -- Paris, La Bulgarie Libre
ranti-Cammunis 7, 1 Jul 52
The uranium mines of Stara Zagora, Bukhovo, and Murgach are the exclusive
property of the USSR. They are controlled by several detachments of political
police from Moscow. The ore is sent in lead care to Stalin on the Black Sea.
From there, Soviet ships take it to Odessa, from where it is shipped directly
to atomic installations in Siberia.
The same thing is true of the copper mines near Samokov, which had been
untouched until 1951. The following Soviet engineers and specialists are
directing the operation of the mines: Liniav,Obraitsov, Kazlovski, Soldatenko,
and Kiselev.
he following is a list of Bulgarian coal and ore mines
reported in connection with awards to workers. The type of
product mined and the location of the mine were not given in
the source-7
Recently, 74 Sic; 72 listed below miners of the following coal and ore
mines were given the honor title "Zasluzhil minor" (Deserving Miner): 32
from the "Georgi Dimitrov'oal] Mine fin Dimitrov92, mine from the "Marishki
baseyn" (Maritsa Basin) -4c'6&17 Mine fin Dimitrovgrad /, two from the "Cherno
more" (Black Sea) foal Mine in Rudniw, two from the "Pirin" fodl) Mine
fin Brezhani7, one from the "Tvurditea" Mine, one from the "Slivenaki mini"
Sliven Mines), one from the "L_v" Mine, two from the "Chukurovo" Mine, three
from the Antratsitni mini (Anthracite Mines), two from the "Aldomirovtsi" Mine,
one from the "Pobeda" Mine, two from the "Medna planina" (Copper Mountain) Mine,
STATE
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t oefrom the "Rosen" Mine, one from the "Radka" Mine, one from the "Esh.tsa"
Minl one from the Vasil Kolarov" j Mine fin Srumov27, two Pram the seMD
(Suvetako-bulgareko minno pa~edprj tie L ?J Soviet-Bu]gmi
fin Kurdzbali 7, two from the "Erma" geological group, Q fivveffrroom the
"Gorubso" Mine.
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