1. BULGARIAN ORDER OF BATTLE: MILITARY UNITS AND PROJECTED MILITARY INSTALLATIONS 2. PRACTICE MOBILIZATION IN THE SILISTRA AREA

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Bulgaria
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2. Practice Mobilization in the 11 ~ ,o
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1. Bulgarian. Order of Battle. Military DATE D!STR.
Units and Projected Military Install-
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
Military Units in Ruse
1. As of October 1952, the following units were stationed in Ruse
a. An officers, training school., -quartered a-* the former barracks of 5 "Danube"
Infantry Regiment, located in the eastern section of the city, north of the
Ruse-Si.listra highway; the school, has approximately 1,000 students, between
the ages of 1.6 and 1.9;
b. An infantry realmpnt
sou ern part of the city;
quartered in barrack to :ted in the
c. An unidentified Border Guards unit,; strength unknown, quartered in a building
located approximately 100 meters east of the new Ruse r.ailwAy station;
d. An Interior Troops battalion
e.. An artillery regiment, quartered in barracks located in the southern
of Ruse, approximatel 100-200 meters from the ladrom5t
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Pro ected Military jnstal.lations in the Ruse Area
2. In October 1952.. work started on the construction of a. new Army camp which is
scheduled to be completed by the end of 1953. The site of the camp borders on
the Ruse town cemetery and is located two kilometers southeast of ton,, on the
northeast side of the Ruse-Varna highway.
3. In October 1952 a new airfield was scheduled to be constructed on the northeast
side of the Ruse--Varna highway, approximately three or four kilometers southeast
of the city.
Military Units in Silistra
As of December 1952, the following military units were stationed n"Silistrao
a. An infantry battalion, subordinate to the regiment as 31 Infantry
Regiment', the-battalion is
quartered 48 w e e onged to the former 3~ Infantry Regiment,
located fn the southern part of the city, east of the st~ccer stadium;
b. A cd.valry regiment, formerly known as 8 Cavalry Regiment, quartered in
barracks located directly west of the infantry regiment barracks, and
separated from it by the Silistra-Bruchma, road; and
c. A Border Guards komandatura, strength approximately 100 men, subordinate
to. a. Border Guard otryad located in .an, unidentified village situated 25
kilometers from Silistra; the komandatur is quartered in barracks located
in the eastern part of Silistra, at the fork formed by the road to the
soccer stadium and the road to Glavan (Alifak) (N 44-011 E 27-25 ), Silistra
okoliya.2.
Practise Mohilizatioaa in the Silistra. Area
On 15. November 1952, a practice mobilization took place in the entire Silistra
Okoliya. Approximately 20 or 30 men
ranging from the 1t
1
,
9
5 o the 1 28 classes,
were''called up from each village. The men were billeted in schools. in Silistra,
but were not issued uniforms or arms.
6. All the men-who took part in the practice mobilization were released after three
days and were told that the authorities wanted to determine how rapidly a
mobilization could be carried out.
Mi] i nary Units 3n Varna. Svishtov, Vratsaand Shumen
During 198, the following units were stationed in Varna:
-- , ..+ .. yap u v t v lArida; ana
c
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ocas 4 C" U.LJ.ler'1Y -regiment stationed iiL barracks located 300 meters north of
the public rk; in. 1948, the connnandim n 'ficPr of this regiment was Colonel
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8. In November, 1949, a Border Guard training unit
Svishtov. The unit was commanded by Captain MarkOV fnu
Approximately 1,000 men were traine by this
Border Guard unit during a 6 -month course., The men trained were stmt to Border
Guard units in the Dospat, Barutinq and Devin areas.
In December 1952, an antiaircraft artillery regiments I was
stationed in barracks located in the west end of Vratsa. At this same date,, an
infantry regimen was stationed in the barracks located approx-
imately 100 meters south of those of the antiaircraft artillery regiment. The two
camps are separated by a small river,
10. In December 1952, a regiment of the interior Troops was quartered in Shumen.
the proposed construction of this `atrfield by the
head of his section,, a certain Minouenkov? a Soviet engineer-geodesist.
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Sketch of Silistra
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
Following is the key to the sketch of Silietra which in to be found on page 3:of
this report:
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Machine Tractor Station,
Mine Cooperative.
Cooperative IlDmnav",
Cattle market.
Progymnasium,
.Cotton taotory,
Mos14m mosque and Moslem quarter.
Movie theater "morostol".
Now town bath,
Gymnasium,
Market.
Okolaya Peoplecs Council Building.
.fiordr Guard. Unit,
.Office of the representative of the Ministry of Interior..
New1l.story concrete grain elevator,
.Danube Harbor (passen sr ship dock),
Harbor management building,
Grist mill,
Orthodox Church,
Police headquarters,
RedSquare.
Commi nist Party Okoliya Committee Building.
Restaurant 1121atna Dobrudsha00,
State Security Office,
State Pharmacy.
Mosgrde,
Okolly prison.
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28. Qymnas tarn,
29. State hospitals or district hospital.
30, Barracks of 8 Cavalry Regiment.
31, Uncompleted barracks.
32, Soccer field,
33o 31 Infantry Regiment barracks.
34, Border Guard unit,
.35. Forest Office for the Okoliya.
36. Hotel "Khristo Bobo D and Alcohol Monopoly.
37, Carpentry shop and school.
38, Town gymnasium,
39. Market,
40. Cooperative motor repair shop.
41. Brick factory.
42, Dispensary,
I. Boulevard Tutrakan,
II. Koc} ,r Street.
Ill. Dunav Street.
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1 n C'oa6Mi'!Forti c i?ations of the
Black . Sea ;
2 l il'ita'' Im t-gllatio
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ie equipped with an snttairoraft arti,ller r gun emplioa went. The bunkers are of
reinforced concrete and are about, j.;5 x 3 meters in size, with rounded corne>va.
The walls are approximate:;fir one meter th:Lc k. Each of the bunkers is entered
through two iron doors connected by a small 0 ^,}i,dor. The bunkers are connected
to the highway by *sane of a trench. The bunker equipped with the AAA gun emplace-
ment has two firing slots on either side and one opening,in the ceiling. The
second bunker has four firing slots on either slde.
A bunker is located on the 8veti, A.tanas cape (N 1#2-50r E 27-52), approximately. 50
meters east of the Sveti Atanas border post and two kilometers southeast of Byala,
Varna Okoliya. It is built in a cliff over the sea and is similar to the second
bunker described in Para..1 above.
A bunker is located approximately 2.2 kilometers east of 5hkorpulovtsi (N 42-58,
Z 27-51)9 Varna Okoliya, 'and 200 meters from the seashore. An abandoned guard
post is located approximater E tern .north of the bunks ra The bunker is
surrounded by a barbed wire fence and is of the type described in Para. 2 above.
consist of two bunkers situated approximately five meters apart. One of the bunkers
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THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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A coastal fortification is located on the seashora p approximately l.5 kilometers
north of Obsor (N 42-148, E 27-52)~ Pomo a Okoliya, and 10 kilometers east of
the Obeor " Byala (N 42;*; 3s E 2) ~'''Yarna k ~.', a ~.ghw a These fortifications
!i. A bunker is located on a height approximately 100 meters north of the mouth of
the Kamchlya River and 100 meters from the sea. The bunker is surrounded by a
barbed wire fence end is of the type described in Para. 2 above.
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The "Kamchiya" Border Guard post is located approximately 30 meters from the
bunker described in Para. 4 above. The post is encircled by trenches which
are connected to the bunker.
A bunker of,the same type described in Para. 2 above is located at the tip
of Cape Galata (N b3=13, E 27?56). The Galata border post is situated about
50 meters west of the bunker and is connected to it by means of a small trench.
7. The, following legend refers to a sketch which shows militazy installations in
the Varna area and is included as an appendix on page threes
to Varna
2. 4sparukhovo
Back Sea
L. Galata
5? Road to Moraino
60 Sofia ? Varna Railroad Line
Zvezditea
8.. Varna Lake
9.,. Chayka Seaplane Base
1Q.' Ammunition Dumps of the Varna Garrison
11. New Road to the Ammunition Dumps
12. Asparuk#ovo Airfield
13. Air Force Firing flange
14. Shipbuilding Yard for Small Boats
1,5. Varna Military Harbor
16, Ship Repair Shop
17. Gasoline Reservoirs Built in the Lake
18. "Bulgaria" Shipbuilding Yard (with wharf and floating dock)
?-?-e Path
Road
Canal
Lighthouse
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4. A bri wall one meter hi,i ahiCh_is_ tapped'h .. .
~gk e~rr~al~aess the re' 9' a barbed v3.'re"'ferioe"&0 Qent3~teters
and ' j*8olifte tames Berea, which is approximately '250 maters
wl:de.
loangosted seed'at1 0the'mtetewirsi three ertr~ao gt~BVrdibd"bY"-a whit of 20 I.1.i:t3a who are
p o to. the area and at two poets in the area.
Oaeoline Demos a g~~Ustrc EA TUi ,^
Two gasoline storage tanks *and fbft Aries .use _
are boated approz~,mately one"
1dJ mates 'vest of Ta~oCak a d about 100 meters frs the Danube River. The tanks
are app7rcxt * tely 10 =term ki
mi= meters i
d
di
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a
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0Vwx's and their towers are
about .. meters apart'$ Gasolife at this depot le brought' frCn Rye bg neane of
The Tutrakau"Ruse- }aiobway passes about- 56 meters from the gaaol3.ne
tarks~A arbed wires fe ice ,.a ' the deipat` o
ema i tie /eiide Wing the hi ay? A
eaut 60 Mters from the tanks serves at
g ,l~l~ building ab gm~;+d quarters for the
e@m; s f this Tvtrs n Border Guard m ;t rho .mai,~iatr the' si:~ pe sartt
ga l poets the depot area.
A , sly 200 e matanksters a .ght mew
mately 20 high and eight meters ii diameter is boosted approai aanian border; and
80 meters from the Danube Ri r9r,, The surrounding area is enoi ruled by 4- barbed
wire fe os and is guarded by four mean from the Border Guard unit at Silietra.
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1. The.Burgas Border Guard Otryad
2e Ammunition Dumps in the Varna Area
3. Air Raid Shelters in Ruse.
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Or?janization of the Burgas Border Guard 0trvad
1. The Burgas Border Guard 0tryad is res onsible for the entire Black Sea
coastline. Colonel BALBVSK was commanding officer of,this
otryad until 1949 at which time he was dischar ed and replaced bv'his
political assistant Ma or MARINO*
2. During 1949, approximately 100 men were attached to the Headquarters Company
in Burgas. They were armed with German Schwartz-froze heavy machine guns and
German M.G. 34 light machine guns.
3. Six Border Guard Komandaturas
location of only two of these
'are?subordinate'to the Bur as of ad:
as .follows :
a. A;Border Guard komandatura located at Nesebtr, Surgas Okoliva.
commanding officer Captain Lieutenant Andrei PRIMYANOVI
b. A Border Guard komandatura, No. 3/6 (sic), located in Varna, with
headquarters in a private villa approximately two kilometers from Varna,
and 100 meters from'the seashore; the area from Cape.Bmine
(N 42-42, R 27-54) to Cape Kaliakra (N 43-21, F 28-30) was subordinate
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