BULGARIA: THE CALCINED SODA FACTORY IN DEVNYA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 11, 2012
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 3, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SEC UR I TY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
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1. The Calcined Soda Factory In Devnya
2. The Georgi Dimitrov Rubber Factory la Sofia
3. Zavod Ito, 12 in Sofia
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THIS DOCUMENT 'CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING TME NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING1:IF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 783
AND 70, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR RENE".
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT NY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON II
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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The Calcined Sd.a Factory
A calcined soda factory is under construction in DevnYe (N4314 E2733) at a
location 1,800 meters south of the railroad station; it is connected to the
railroad station by a branch
? Construction vas begun in 1949 and is, scheduled far completion by the end. of
19544 hovever, it is not likelY that the factory will be campleted by that
time.
? The factory is being built for the Ministry- of lleaVy Industry by BOVBOLSTROI?
the Soviet-Bulgarian construction firm. The cost of the project has been esti-
mated. at 20,40010001000 leva for the factory buildings and. 24001000,000 leva
for the plant and installations* So far, the folloWing euMs have been spent:
30,0000000 leva in 19490 80,0001000 leva in 1950, and 150,000,000 Ulna in
1951; the estimated expenditure in 1952 is 400,0001000 leve.,
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The factory vial produce calcined soda (Na2CO3) vthich in to be ex.tracted from
sod.iton chloride* The output will be made available to the glass indOtry and.
alto be used as a basic ingredient for the manufacture of all the types
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of sodetti.
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5. The calcium chloride used by the factory is available locally in a ,Vme-,1143-izh
was, discovered after World War II. The mine, located . near PrOVadiym, approxi-,
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mately U kilometere vest of the factory, is the only salt mIne in Bulgertito
Prohings in the mine area have revealed the existence of reserves 10:sich iU
last for 100 years) the deposit is 100 meters deep and egyers an area ?thrtde
to fats: kilometers In diameter. The ,salt is. found. 10 meters.helow ground
level and is covered by a layer of arsillaceous earth. ?
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6. The salt 44,1-4 be extracted *Ither, by the 4Onventional.method? of Abate 4114-11=.71c.!'
inga or by sinking. a water,Aight shaft tht9tIgh the 00:Tering layer ,of earths
When the latter )systere, is u:sedl. Water is pUmped into. the shaft, allOWsi,tp be
tome saturated,. then pumped to the surface and deliyered to the .f_aotp*` by 4 .
pipeline., Because of the drawbacks of the second System, ides', infiltration
of water into the. Shaft from the covering layer of earth. which might opor;*,
tise the wtole OcheMe.,0 the Soviets. favor the Conventional method Wspite-
its greater COSts No decision has yet been reached on the extraction pyateml
pattly because the Bulgarian .government is..not displaying 4#Y e)ceeri$ sive speed
about the project.
. The pipeline Which is. to. link the. mine to the factory Will be la kilometers
long of cast iron with a,,diampter of 300 millimeters, and,haa been ordered
from the Soviet Union. The .piPe1i4a.700,11 utilize two ping statign00 one
at the, beginning bmd one in the Center of the, line. Te difference in alti
tude between the mine smd the factory it 70440 :meters,
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8. The Georgi Dimitrov Rubber Factory, formerly :hnown as the Bakish Factory" is.
located two or three kilometers beyona the northern outskirts of Sofia, ad-
joining the Ilyantsi Vbenna Rampa (the transit station...for 11111#ar.Y personnel).
9. The factorWhich is subordinate to the Ministry of Light Industry, woanges
the following items:
a. Tires: Produced under an .American system, .ana considered to be of very MO
ciaality;. the specialized staff was trained by an American engineer after
World War IIJ Soviets arriving in Bulgaria ,with their own Vehicles. remove
'their tires and replace them with the tires produced by the' factory) which
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are of superior quality; and
b. Rubber overshoes and boots.
The following. are the sources of the principal raw materials nsea:
USSR, caoutchote;
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c. Bulgariao barium sulphate.
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The entire output of the factory is available to the home. market. No production
figures are available, but it is
estimated that this
factory .supplies onethird
Of all he e mnrket requirements.
The Ceoreq'Ajdfaitr0V I0c otive
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in Sofia
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Zavod No, 120 LokOmdtiven Zavod Georgi Dimitrovlis
subordinate to the Ministry of De-
fense. It is now, controlled by the UVZ (UpraVlenie
VOenni Zavolli) Direaforate
of Heavy Industri?
of Military Establishments) on behalf of the Ministry
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The plant'produces the follovinga?
a. Motor vehicle chassis;
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c. Storage batter ies and
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Rio Sofia, 214 Augfatt.3.95P, reported bat
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the soda have beeu. ccx0,..etedo Vhe.se buildtrts
garhgeso tkfolpqrsory .etcring hoOesi.a.n41r.or:Ors.,. 'housing I:mita;
the vfoodmorking and repar serctio4s Also been comleted. slad. 'work is
svolf alder vty ths Sods% pist.nto kiarge it systeas18 to bring
250 1iters. of -Tote:L..11er s%pmd. fre the Devws,ifellso (Bi p sept. 1952)
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