THE ASEN NIKOLOV TEXTILE FACTORY IN VARNA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 5, 2009
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 8, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Bulgaria
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
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The Asen Nikolov Textile Factory
in Varna
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DATE DISTR. 8 May 1953
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1. The Asen Nilsolov Textile Factory is located south of Varna, three kilometers from
Galata Point*' In 1949; this'factory had the same organization as in 1944 and
the enlargem t... wm *, ,.Md.:- ti.ohUization has still not been completed. The workers
are employed in two shifts per_clay. Two thousand workers were employed in 1949,
as compared to 3,000 at present*
2. Equipment consists of 666!1a p s6 m !f which are of German make wk :le-4bhexax:1'tre:'r"of
English make. Two large Diesel'electric motors constitute the power plant which
furnishes energy to the factory.
30 In Tikolovts time, the factory was using English ,cotton. During a 24-hour period,
it used 40 bales a 2 50 kilograms each, and made an American-type fabric. At present,
the quality of the product is decreasing; some of theooutput is used by the Plovdiv
and Kurdzhali areas. The dyeing department is located 1.00 meters from the main
building.
In 1919 a motor was removed .from the power plant acid taken elsewhere. A loom for
working Karakonev silk was given to the I May Factory.
The factory is divided into 12 sections, as follows
a. First section, Vasil Kolarov,9 equipped with 55 looms, employs 25 workers in
each of its two 8-hour shifts; in one month it produces 34,000 meters of
cloth which, however, is. of inferior quality; some. of the cloth is 90 centi-
meters wide and some is one meter wide; the fabric Is used fcr:,,& eevelli gs;:
b. Second section, Georgi D3mitrov, equipped with 55 looms, employs 22 workers
in each of its two shifts,, produces 34,000 meters of cloth per month;
c. Third section., works the hemp from which hes'.oAotfor_-rr:ltary*type cover
ails is made, blue color (the lilons have four combs); the machinery is of English
make; production consists of 20,000-259000 meters of'blue cloth which is used
for making coven.,: fort ae workers and technicians;
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d. Fourth section, equipped with sicEnglish=make machines and 47. German-make
machines, employs 25 workers in a single-shift day, produces 33,,000-31j.,000
meters of cloth per month;
e. Fifth section,, Nadezhda (a partisan hero who died in the Balkans)`, equipped
with 55 Gern,ke' and five or six English-inake machines, production is the
same as that of the fourth section except that'-the color is different (blue
cloth and yellow cloth).-
f. Sixth section, Lyuben Naravelov (patriot killed in the fight against the
oppressor during the Turkish domination), equipped with 40 looms$~.produces
ordinary cloth and lining cloth;
g. Seventh section,, equipped with 45 looms; production is the same as for the
sixth section;
h. Eighth section, equipped with 45 looms; production is the same as for the
sixth and seventh sections; and
i. Other sections, details unknowns
6. Since 19h.9, (cotton has been obtained from the USSR. Eighty percent of this is
later returned to the USSR, ire 'the form of thread,' in' bobbins 20 cei tiineters in
size. The remaining 20 percent, after processing, is kept in Bulgaria.
The Russian cotton is of rive qualities. At first the quality was the best,, but
now very bad cth ton (which breaks easily) arrives from the Soviet Union. It is
enough 'to may that the bales; bear faded stamp-i3 with the date 1929 and the figures
250 kilograms. The factory is able to . work 40 bales of cotton a ?a ;.21Ghoura^period.
8. The greater part of the labor force consists of women and girls. In Nikolovts dune,,
the personnel consisted entirely of girls who were employed after a physical examina-
tion. They were under 3-year contracts, during which time they could never-leave'-
the factory; the factory served as a type of boarding house and furnished rooms and
meals. After three years-of uninterrupted service, a-girl could leave and had
title to a sewing machine., 601, meters of cloth, and 2$000 leva. With the advent of
the Communist regime, this system was greatly modified. ; fat9.4t1.?haiq beam
decreed that of its three units., two must be women;; that the workers shall receive
wages; that they shall be furnished with food and lodgings; and that they shall
have the right to leave.
9. Food for the workers consists of two meals costing 75 leva. Wages are fixed at
26I. leva (old currency). In mrder to have food and money, the laborers are given
the above mentioned 1*.'.or~;5-kilogram bobbins and some cloth. The cloth is one
meter wide, much in demand, and easily saleable; peasants in particular have great
need of this g6o .
10. Leading personnel are as follows s
a. Ivan Kovachev, director,
b. Takhari Gankov, chief technician
c. Sava Tashev, assistant chief technician)
d. Ivan Zhatov, forema
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