SOVIETS IN BULGARIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80S01540R003100060003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2012
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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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
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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COUNTRY
Bulgaria
REPORT
SUBJECT
Soviets in Bulgaria
DATE DISTR.
9 October 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
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THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. There are approximately 100 Soviet families at ardzhali (11(111A39i EG254;21) and
50-oi.- 60-at Rudozem (N 41-29, E 24-53), in the Rhodope lead-zinc mining area,(ac-
6ording to a chauffeur of Sovbolstroi, the joint Soviet-Bulgarian Construction
enterprise). At Ktidzhali, there are no or 50 Soviet specialists, three of wham
are:
a. Kiselov (fnu), chief of Sovbolstroi;
b. Dzhankov (fnu), chief of the "Gorubso" mines; and
celPaylov (fnu), chief of the Machines Section.
2. At Rudozem, the Sovbolstroi chief is Ivanavicti (fnu). Among the Soviets, there
are engineers, specialized workers, and assemblymen.
3. Throughout the whole mining basin and in each enterprise, the chief is always a
Soviet and the assistant chief a Bulgarian.
4. Sovbolstroi, which has its headquarters at Sofia, is divided into fluchasttks" and
"poduchastilks" (sections and subsections), among which are the following:
a. The "Third Uchastile at Virdzhali, responsible for the whole Rhodope mining
basin; Rudozem is one of its bubsectionol,
b. Another "uchastilk" (probably the "First Uchastile) At Pasarel 42-32,
E 23-30); this section is occupied with the dam at Dtani Pasarel and the
electrification of the Sofia region;
c. Another "uchasifik" at Sofia, charged with the industrialization of the region;
and
d. A fourth at Moshino (N 42-36, B 23-05), in charge of the coal mines in the
Macedonia and Sofia regions.
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