OSS - PEACE TALKS POSSIBLY INVOLVING GREECE, YUGOSLAVIA, AND BULGARIA/ASSESSMENT OF BULGARIA'S INDUSTRIAL AND MILITARY CAPABILITIES, 1944

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Th E JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
WASHINGTON 25.D. C.
SKCEET
30 'larch 1944.
mEmoRANDuu Faa THE DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC SEIVICES:
Sublect: Participation in eventual
peace talks with Bulgarians.
For your information, with reference to your
memorandum of 13 Uarch 1944, the Join Chiefs of Staff
have informed the Department of State that it is their
opinion that the Greek and Yugoslav Governments should
not be invited to participate in the contemplated con-
4ersations and that, if the surtender of Bulgaria should
be negotiated outstde of the European Advisory Commis-
sion, the Greek and Yugoslav Governments should not be
invited to participate until such time as the govern-
ments of the United States and the United 'Kingdom have
sUbstantially agreed, after consultation with the Soviet
Government, on the terms of surrender to be imposed.
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advised that due to the suggestion of certain officials
in the State Department, a letter is being sent from
tilattiDospartiont,to..the Joint Chiefs of Staff asking
that representatives of YugOslavia and Greece be in
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OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES
U. S. Army Forces in the Middle East
7 March 1944
Mr. Whitney Shepardson,
Office of Strategic Services
Washington, D. C.
Dealt. Mr, Shepardson:
The Inclosed cable, from General Wilson to Mideast, has
recontly come to our attention and may bo of interest to you.
Macfarland is extremely skeptical as to whether any
progress oar, be aide at the pre?` time in the Bulgarian
situation but, if terms are ever discussed, I think the in-
closed may be helpful.
Sincerely yours,
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J. L. TOULMIN
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This is MEDCOS No. 49. In my para 3 MEDCOS No. 36, I requested
you forward any further instructions you may have for my guidance
should a requeet for conversations between accredited representa-
tives BULGARIA and the Allied Nations be received. To date no
instructions have been despatched to me.
IM2 I as informed H.M. Govt and USA Govt have proposed to the
Soviet govt that Bulgarian Govt should be directed to send
qualified Mission to meet our reps at a place to be indicated
later probably CYPRUS or CAIRO. I am further advised that a
Rumanian emissary isarriving 27 Feb in MIDEAST. In view of this
I feel it is necessary that I be furnished immediately guidance
as requested in MEDCOS No. 35.
I recommend military terms for BULGARIA generally as
follows and should be grateful if you would indicate any of
tundormentioned?) you desire.
baut The conditions of an armistice are presented by "blank",
0-1a-C of Allied Forces in Mediterranean, acting authority of the
Govte of USA and GREAT BRITAIN, and in the interests of United
Rations and ars accepted by 'blank', head of Bulgarian Govt:
(A) The Bulgarian Govt will cease all hostile activities
by Its armed force* against any forces of United Nations and any
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forces co-ordinating with them.
(B) The Bulgarian Govt will arrange for immediate
withdrawal of Bulgarian armed forces from all participation in
current war from whatever areas in which they may now be engaged
or employed to such areas as may be designated by the Allied
C-in-C.
(0) BULGARIA will deny to the Germans and satellite
powers all facilities and all resources that might be used against
the United Nations and hold them at disposal of the Allied C-in-C.
All external mommunications and commercial exchanges including
goods in transit by air, sea, land and the Danube will be stopped
except as authorized by the Allied C-in-C.
(D) The Bulgarian Govt will take steps to secure against
seizure or attacks by th3 enemy and prevent removal or destruction
of any part thereof without authority of the Allied C-in-C, all
radiolocation apparatus, radio navigational aids, radio, cable
and other telecommunication stations and systems under Bulgarian
control, whether (owned?) by BULGARIA or its Nationals, or any -
other nations or its nationals not of United Nations. These
stations and systems will be surrendered to the Allied C-in-C if
required, in good repair together with all operating plans,
diagrams, instructions and pertinent records and, if deemed advis-
able by Allied Authorities, qualified personnel to operate such
equipment. No radio or telecommunications installations or other
forms of intercommunication ashore or afloat, whether belonging to
=WM or Ani other nation other than the United Nations will
trammmit till directions for control of these installaions have
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been laid down by Allied C-in-C.
(E) The Bulgarian Authorities will intern ,Il Germans
and satellite personnel and agents within their territory. Any
attempt by Germans or satellite powers to enter Bulgarian ter-
ritory will be resisted by power.
(IP) All prisoners or internees of United Nations will
be turned over immediately in accordance with instruotions to be
Issued by the Allied C-in-C Mediterranean, and none of them may
now or at any time be evacuated BELGRADE GERMANY or satellite
country or surrendered to the enemy armed forces.
(4) All Bulgarian Naval and mercantile vessels, including
all seagoing and river craft, and Bulgarian aircraft, both civil
and military, will be moved on orders of Allied C-in-C Mediter-
ranean to such points as may be designated, details disarmament
being by him. All ships and aircraft which cannot be prevented
from falling into enemy hands will be destroyed.
(N) Equipment of German and satellite powers will be
retained intact and (handed over?) as directed by the Allied C-in-C
Mediterranean, unlit** in danger of falling into enemy hands, in
which case it will be destroyed.
(I) The Bulgarian Govt will give an immediate guarantee
of the acceptance of forces of United Nations being stationed in
ISULGARIA, with full facilities for prosecution of the war against
V and her satellite powers, and all/rights OUM! of a military
occupant,
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(X) BULGARIA will employ every effort to give access
to all Bulgarian ports and facilitating entry, operations and
maintenance of any United Nations forces.
(L) The Bulgarian Govt will guaranteeto employ all
its available military and civil forces and authorities to ensure
prompt and exact compliance with provisions of this armistice.
(X) The Allied 0-in--C Mediterranean reserves co himself
the right to take any measures which in his opinion may be necea-
sary for the protection of the interests of United Nations for
prosecution of the war and the Bulgarian Govt binds itself to
tat', such administrative or other action as Allieci C-in-C Mediter-
ranean may require.
(N) The Bulgarian Govt will immediately comply with such
orders as Allied C-in-C Mediterranean may issue in respect of
disarmament, demobilization and demilitarization.
(0) The Bulgarian Govt will furnish such information as
may be required and within period specified by Allied C-in-C
Mediterranean and in addition particularly ensure the security of
all records of enemy's military and civil authorities and
organizations in BULGARIA.
(P) Yurther conditions of a political, economic and
financial Ware with which BULGARIA will be bound to comply will be
transmitted at a later date. The terms of the present armistice
will be kept secr41 till permission their publication ie granted
by Allied ng: Mediterranean. The LICA& version will be con-
sidered the offloial test.
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FREEDOX 583515 /SOOT dated 29 Feb 44
(41) The Bulgarian Govt understand that in event their
not 'keeping to the terms of this Armistice, the Allied C-in.0
litedliterranean reserves the right to take such aotion as he con-
The above for your information and
No action will be taken by you pending
eiders fit.
Viva To XIDEAST only.
terms are purely tentative.
further instructions.
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1. Attached are copies of two papers which I believe
now should be pleaed in the Director's own files:
(1) General Donovan's letter of
Ianuary 4, 1944, in Msoow
to General Deans requesting
information fro*
Re: Saguia.
(11) Plan of ;emery 4, 1944, pre-
pared by Haskell at General
Donovanis direction, directing
Os-Cairo and OSS-Istanbul to
carry out corttin morelsopera-
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OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES
WASHINGTON, D. C.
110: Colonel John Haskell
FROM: Frederick Oechsner
SUBJECT: Attached Report
CONFIbEttilIAL
February 15, 1944
I return herewith the proposal for MO
Operations in Bulgaria, which.Mr. Scribner turned
over to aute /or attention.
The plan strikes me as excellently con?
ceived and drawn up, and I am glad that our offices
in Cairo and Istanbul hall:received their copies, for
it is only in the field that the proposal can be
evaluated in terms ox local possibilities. I am sure
that ds soon aa thoto oifices are prepared to move
into the of/actuation stage they will inform us of
what is required fram
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Jaareary 4, 1944*
PLAN FOR MORALE OPERATIOPS 1W BULOARIA
to ZigUK*
04410 Cairo and 0.8*3* Turkey will tamediately initiate
morale operations for thw purpose or bringing about Bulgaria's
ear/4 vithdraval frau the Axis*
Sattattimmtglike
10 Bulgaria was forood into tbo war *war the batter
padosent ef bar let.tivro and against the will or the majority
Of her people* Partieularly eines the Passist attook against
Russ's/ the traditional ally of Bulgaria., antimGerroan *mitt*
went beg been growing* The Inability fag the Oormans to pro*
teat Bulgarian +venters from Allied bombing end the sustaluwd
aortal atteeke ea Merlin are aoosigirod by the Balm% as -
Moor of zsweakbees **I jiortoots lt tt inovitablo detest*
While Bulgerie eaumet *ow* the relialts lat Ur pest settees
tut the Aniog *Ad how liot~ilb Ohs boo WWI* to tope
ogi cak pOeat pti how vroisikoit altimeot 14114 *h. 413ties IV*
tiette. *At prowl4 ootiotk,ost hot part oots brook witt the
owls tho *AWL lor *blab nlie toproiro tor Muir*
woisilkt tit 14%0 *HO* hitt girtor 'heft tit*
Ai? tern* 14e0e? a.look. 410 ItiloOtit *ow tar
a tb0 1**1* or lwor mupport 1 the ev?mitioki settum.
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110 ..:.iikihOthe the ,41molgwii almilpirio of Vern pr000tt
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(s) Appendix 1 .. trAnslatiom of artielo in !mil
of Dosembar 117 ontitlod "Bulgaria's Crisiswip
CO Appendix 2 0. summary of a dismission with
averse Aadroashon, il000cw, January 3, 1944.
(I) Appendix 3 .. draft memorandum of-Direotor 044.
to U. 3. Joint Chief* of Staffs January 3, 1944.
44 From the above end your own studios, matorial far
moral* operations will be devolopode Opeolflo **sureness with
roopoot to the United Notices politiost troatment of Bulgaria
Mid territorial quostione will be aveidied until you are ad.
101004 of the *maim of that "jolted Staten Britiehs and Russian
acwornmants with mew* to proposals whiGh aro being edbuittod
to this through the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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10 The moral* operational lino dssaribed above will be
disoominatod with particular attention to the Bulgarian armed
toms beth within the ',entry and in Bulgar ocouplod areas,
awl to ths *twine* populatioo in industrial centers and
ogrorian arose." Radio broadosato, distributtou,af printed
ontoriat (oopooially leaflet., nosispoporo, scrtiolsO) thromah
the undkorgrownsi sad by dropping from plum, sod rumor will
to *sot to meth Um Dolor *Ind* Base, will be ostablishod
Is ?who" *at other Natal* Inoalitios ealsotod by the 044.
?Moors Wadi* Neat, for +editing, traneletion into Bulgarian,
Prilittief 111414 dispatoh of prilitadmatortal. Pasilities for
anatatnots radio broadcast will Movie* be obtained nese ?sire
not if possiblo is Turkey. The acsietanos of Air Forgoes based
Is Italy amdiths Middle lost should be voquostod for leaflet
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I. Al the isitial stop, a summary in Bulgarian of the
oiblbashotortiois by Dolotrov in Dootrobor 27 will ho
printed
to esitablo loaflot forirnirdistribution by land and
IOW ant ef Turbot/ amd by Air Pores fro* Noditorremoan Theatre
116008#
3* Advsiias sppafesnta for gathoming motorial, editing,
printiag, sad lotriWat mg a freew Beloarian newspaper will
be laitisto40
atteint! on will be givos to *softness the
to taka * .twessr sod more indigo*
g Its nova out dtt?rtsl policies
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reitito sm4, printed material ematating from Turkey* Cairo*
USIDOUVia wad Thar will be *erected by 0.5.3. Cairo.
it? 005.3. Cairo will coordinate its operational activis,
tios with the licOal British military* 3o0olio and P ovioEo tbro
the, commandIng Gsneral* Mediterranean Mastro Operationso IA
a000rftnowvith prsytous arrtngsmacts* leadarship of Allied
salmrstift *orals and pbysioal operations in Bulgaria will bo
extriIiiked byOos?S.
3. 0.2.S. Washington* through it2 rapresettativea in
Mar* *sit Meeows, will c.lordinate thews gam of morale ?mow
*time invhith the Soviet Government is interested.
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006440 Cairo willmeke an immsdinto amrvoey of squipments
sum:4100# tad personnel required to initia%o this program et
tho own** pOestble date* in any (omit not later than 104b*
ruiary 1* 11144# Vvorr Wert should be mado to obtain moors
tam' taellitleo sneh as radio time on suitable stations,
printitag presses, noworinti etoo at Was point nsarost its
proposed use* 04405. Oniro till cable weihington VOW aueb
equipsiosto supplise end personnel which cannot be bbtained
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Bulgaria - an agrarian country with mall-plot
peasant economy and a very low technical level.
Before the war, 430% of the working population of the
nation was occupied with agriculture, and agricultural
produce made up more than 90% of the export. However,
this BO% of the able-bodied population receked a shaEl
of only 53.5% of the national income, whichAexplaineliphe
low productivity of labor and the insignificant amount of
marketable produce from most of the peasant farms. The
low productivity of the small-scale peasant economy is
a result of backward agriculture, inadequate pulling or
traction power, and primitive implements of production.
The chief implements of production in agriculture are
the wooden plow, and drawn by ?owe. About one-half of
all the cows in Bulgaria are used as draught animals.
bout 80% of the total swan area is devoted to
grain. As a result of the lack of intensive farming,
BUlgaria exported only a very small part of its grain
crops, and when the harvest was tad, export of grain
stopped altogether.
In Bulgaria, a large proportion of tobacco farming
and grape growing is for the market; and consequently
the largest it of Bulgarian export are tobacco and
grapes, which represent over half of the total of all
exports of that country.
The export of Bulgarian agricultural produce was
directed even before the war largely to Germany. In
Bulgariala trade balance in 1941, Germany accounted for
68.9% of total exports and 71% of total imports.
During the years of the war, Bulgaria has definitely
become an economic appendage of Fascist Germany. Her
national economy is directed exclusively to the interest
of the Germans. The Germans 844 the prices on the agri-
cultural products or Bulgaria, and plan their production
in accordance with their own needs.
In the Spring of 1941, the Bulgarian Government
worked out with the aasi?tance of German specialists a five
year planed developing agriculture in keeping with the needs
of Fascist Germany. Uperiencing a serious shortage In vege-
table fats land in textiles, the Germans demanded of Bulgaria
an exteation of cotton production, soy and other oil-bearing
culture*.
Particular attention was devoted to building up a system
of regulatir* agriculture which would guarantee the most
strict control over the use of agricultural products, in
order to sand a maximum quantity of them to Germany. The
Bulgarian Auto apparatus became a machine for gathering up
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for Germany at prices fixed ahead or tijae-, the output
of Bulgarian agriculture. A state monopoly was announced
ever practically all agricultural products. The scale of
production and the qaantities of produce which must be
delivered to the government warehouses is all determined
in advance. Special offices have been established for
buying up and export of agricultural products. They fix
the prices at which they but'', which prices remain unchanged
for the whole nommen. Therefore, the peasant a are forced
to sell their produce only to the government, and at fixed
prices, often less than the cost of production. The of-
fice for the purchase and export of grain set prices, for
instance, on the products of the 1941 harvest, which prices
were not only lower than world prices, but lower than cost
of production.
Avrthermore, with the help of special police details,
and in Frakie and Macedonia even with the aid of military
units, esurpluol grain and other agricultural products are
requisitioned and taken alley fraa the peasants. As a
moult of all this, in Bulgaria, there is a oontinued fall-
ing off in the production of agriaatural crops.
The financial situation of Bulgaria is particularly
strained. The Germ= debt to the Bulgarian People's Bank
at the clearing for the beginning of 1944 approached 25
billion (25,000,000,000) Levs, and shows a trend towmrd
fUrther increase. The State debt of Bulgaria at the be-
ginning of 1944 grow to 55 billion (55,000,000,000) Levi.
The budget is growing yearly an account of increased
military expenditures, and also because of the devaluation
of the Lev. Accordingly, in 1941, the income side of the
budget amounted to 13,262 million Levs, while the expendir
twee was 10,870 million Lev*.
The 1943 income was planned to be 35 billion (35,000,
000;000) L44111, and the expenditure about 30 billion (30,000?
000,000) Levi. At the use time the budgets of the Or
Ministry and the Nimimtry of Internal Affairs (MVD) poi
film 1939 to 1943 six times over. Actually a wide-spread
devaluation of the Lava was taking place; and by the be.
gimping of 1944 the amount of paper money in circulation
had grown to 12 times over 1940.
4, the beginning of 1944 taxon had increased (compared
with 1939) or 600 - 1100%, and the hears* is continuing for
nom taxable items.
The rise in price on food products and on it. of
prime necessity is out of proportion to the increase in
vows
and the situation of the working population is ex.
tramway difficult.
The basic products of Bulgarian agriculture which
formerly were everted (tobacco, grapes) are at the present
time headed over to the Germans under terms extremely unip.
favorable for ',miseries Mor instance, in August 1941
aoltgreement0 was reached ? according to *deb Bulgaria
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. assumed the obligation to deliver 45 /million kilograms
of asps, to the Germans (in 1940 the entire export of
grapes had been 35 minion k;ilograms), 50 million
kilograms of wine, 10 million kilograms of grape juice,
and 6 tainion kilograms of marmalade, all to the sum
of 1,800 sill ion lave. 'Mimi sum representim only 25%
of the retail price of these products in Berlin. The
Bulgarian tobacco growers are subjected to the same sort
of robbery. The Bulgarian peasant is forced to sell his
tobacco not only without profit, but even at a loss.
Only an itaignificant amount of tobacco is left in 13/11-
garia, essential for domestic consumption. The tobacco
crop in 1942 las estimated at, 62 thousand tons, of Mach
50 thou/mold tons had to be exported. It is the same story
in regard to other products of Bulgarian agriculture?
eggs, chickens.
TheSulgarlan management of foreign trade is con-
nected with many German firms. In the tobacco trade,
the decisive influence is held by the likeemstaa? joint
stook oomparg. The cport trade in fruits, vegetables
and awned goods is almost entirely Jr the hands of
German firms. The.sowing and use of soy is controlled
by "Soy Joint-Stock Onmpane.
!early, Germany gets from Bulgaria approximately
150 thousand tons of grain, ,about 40 thousand tons .of
fruit, about 10 thaaaand tons of fats and oils, 20
4 t. ons of vegetables, about 25 thousand tons of
* eggs, Ida*, tobacco and 'overall other com-
modities, specifically, prodacts of the mining industry.
lbe foreign trade of Balgaria with Germany, actually
amounts to the robbery of Nigeria, accomplished on the
basis of clearing aossunts. In comipeneation for Bulgarian
import, Germev-w sends to Bulgaria either commodities
destined for the oemstruction of German military fortifi-
cations sad strategic bases, or different kinds of Nereatsw
Of seoessismy Inportanoo at three times its price. There
ii no somplate asimpessetion for the export, from Bulgaria,
and the clearing &PA is growing. In 1942 it tow 15
billies Lowe, and in 1943 it grew to 20 billion Love.
Ai a resat cot the systematic robbing of Bulgaria,
her semmatie situation las bonne catastrophic. Food
preheats wialah fannerly wart in abundance have disappeared
from the markeb?ehesse, savOs cheese, butter, eggs,
fato-imak. Feet ders were instituted. awl, because of
a ladi of idieet,? is being pet out mixed with corn. The
partieulaarly sbarp deterieratios in the food situation
beam le 1942, ioaltere aLready undermined by
war dad ravaged by the German marmaders, felt the influence
at maraverable mateerelegieel oonditions (an early and
*were winter in 1941, as a result of which a considerable
part of the *later steps were killed by frost). The 1942
bare.* was itiseted to be 30 - 45% of the normal amount.
Mad eardarlapre lamed in the tame, and the December, 1942,
daily moitlisas sere deareased frau 400 to 300 grease and the
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*national standard breadN since November, 1942 has been
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baked from 45% rye, 3 corn, and 2% barley flour. Vflloat,
bread vas removed. from sale. Fresh fruits completely dis-
appeared. A limited number of fruits and vegetables were
daliz*to the factories, whose productions was usea for
the
of the German Army.
The severity of thi food situation by 1942-43 can be
judged by such an unprecedented fact as the import of grain
from Germany in the summer of 1943, with the help of which
the Bulgarian Government was able to forestall a further
cutting down of the bread ration. Germary. carried out even
this deal to her own advantage, since instead of 35,000 tons
of rye and 6,000 tons of barley, she received from the now
crop in the fall of 1943, 35,000 tens of wheat and 6,000
tons of corn.
The 1943 harvest in Bulgaria turned out to be such
larger than the year before. This permitted an increase
in the bread rations. In September, 1943, the usual civilian
ration was rais-sd from 300 to 500 crams, at ration of 800
grams was set for laborers, and 1,000 grans a day for minors.
The grain of the 1943 harvest is extracted in a new vow.
The peasant's compulsory deliveries; to the State of grain and
fodder, are reckoned from the land area which the peasant
is recyAired to sow, by order of tho local authorities based
upon an act of the council of ministers. The local author-
ities have been empowered to increiuse the aleounts of these
compulsoly deliveries, depending upon the condition of the
crops. After they have met their Impulsory obligations
in grain and fodder deliveries, tho peasants are then free
to dispose of wbat is left.
. At the some time the numbers of proclacts subject to
reqaisition has increased. In February, 1943, by government
decision, the sale of cotton and cotton yarn is forbidden.
The requisitions; commission leas given the task of taking
awry from the prodacers by 1 April, 1943, all of the cotton
remaining from the 1942 crop. In the fall of 1943, all
remaining rice of the last year's crop, and the entire 1943
crop, was announced as being a State 4\and, and subject to
requisitions. lrho government ordered also a complete account-
ing of the whole amount of the 1943 wine and vodka production,
and of the other supplies.
If a satistactoiy harvest of rrain permitted a significant
ieproveseeet in the brea4 supply of the nation, nevertheless
the condition of animal husbandry remains totally unsatisfactory.
Livestock sufforred particularly during the last two years.
The siember of bead of cattle decreased and the neat procbact
per head boom lose. According to semi-official data, in
ellsigart* (within the limits of aid borders) in 1943 there
sem 2.3 taillicia head of settle, 22.6 million sheep, 2 aillion
gelets, 1.11, entice hogs, and 18.2 chickens.
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As a result of the slump in animal husbandr7,
Bulgaria is experiencing a severe deficienq in asst. In
licnreaber, 1943, in the large Nigerian cities (Sofia, Plov-
div, aims, Varna end Nee) a ration was established of
400 grins of met per person per week. In the fall of 1943
the rural mayors were ordered to list all livestock and to
adhere strictly to slaughter pieceduro.. It is not ailowedt
to take meat froa one hamlet to another. As a rule, the
population does not get even the mount of met products
they are entitled to on their ration cards.
In accordance with the rural nature of the country,
in Nigeria the greatest development has been made by the
food and textile indistriee. Th. extent of the entire
flour milling industry (8,60d plus in 1941) issa about
10 aillion tons of grain allied a year. In 1942, over
75% of the aiLls were closed down an government lorder,
in the fight against iLlegal (without government permission)
flour milling. The larger AIM *Ms are concentrated at
Burgas. In Bulgaria, there are 5 large sugar plants, 'hose
output in 1940-1941 amounted to 38,000 tone of raw sugar.
The tobacco indistry is limited to the fermentation of
tobacco, most of which is exported. The annual output of
the* edible oils industry is 25,000 tons of oil with a
productive capacity of 75,000 tons.
The textile ilidutry hada an important place in Da-
pzie economy. In 1937 the output a cotton textile
indastry was 26 million asters of cloth. 44 of the
predictive capacity of the factories is used. In 1937,
Balfieria had 27 spinning mills with 100,000 spindles and
70 textile mills with 3,i40 looms. 13efore the war the
Bulgarian cotton textile industry operated with 40% I'll-
prim cotton.
In addition to this, Nigeria ham over 20 roil spinning,
emol weaving and textile sills. In the textile industry
before the iser there wen over 25,(IX) workers. This irides-
try oases seeond only after the taboos* industry, in whose
enterprises there are up to 30,000 sorters.
The aetal-working and machine-building Wintry in
Bulgaria is extremely undeveloped. The achine its turn
out amly the simplest types of construction and are occupied
abistly with the repair of egaipsient. Before the war the
Balgariam astal-easking indastry mot ably 25% of the nation's
med. for metal 400ds, the remindsr was imported. There is
LS ImIgarla ea astalurgical industry of am, significance.
Oki peer development of the astal-vorking isdastry determines
the very low level of Illagarlais devilapsent of Isar indestry,
vhisli, even in peacetime, *so wage to mapply the Nigerian
Ajf with MONO UM and annitiann, and did not even attempt
to aort the.. aside.
the4reseit time the Bulgarian Aney's supply of
secommont dose& ssitirnly ;span 0ernavy. Daring the period
1160490, BisAgnwria repeatedly reseived arammect from the
Cisounisi kowever, eve* sp to the promo* time a part of
the Be171 Arar--like 22, 24, 25' and 27 Istractry Divisions
are sot esipletely semi,
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A deficiency is also noted in the artillery ammunition,
and in a number of units (the artillery regiment of the 1
DiNrision) they lack the complete .apply per gun requirement
? (1943 data).
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There is not much heavy artillery, and most of the guns
an 76 millimeter caliber.
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The gun and rifle arms and ammunition plants and shops
of Bulgaria assemble and repair armament, but manufacture only
shells and bullets. The gunpowder faeteries of Bulgaria turn
out powders and implosives. (See appendix NO. L for list of
'war plants.)
By far the largest war plant in Bulgaria is the military
arsenal at Kassislik. Its productive capacity is as follows:
eeeembly of sun, of all calibers, up to 120 guns per month,
assembly of rifles up to 3,000 per month, and assembly of
machine guns and mortart?not large quantities. The arsenal
at Kasanlik also turns oat bullets (500,000 rounds per month),
detonators (30,1000 per nonth), and prodaces up to 200 tons of
powder a year. 2,700 - 3,000 workers are engaged at this
arsenal.
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At the present time A. arsenal at Xamanlik in working
for the German Am.
In September, 1939, a new military plant started ?per-
sting at the to at Sopoti which plant turns out shells
(15,000 per month), mines, hand grenades and aerial bombs.
Meetly this plant has been assembling sub-machine guns.
All this other war plants in Balgaris are of a smaller smile.
They are located in the cities of Karlovo, Lam, Shuman, Sofia
and Pasardehik and are busy with the assembly of guns, mortars,
tAd machine guns, and rifles, from parts which come tram Ger-
a:SW heal C1110004,0Thiall) ? Munitions are turned
out by thofeetories located at Kerlovo, Vidin, Shuman, Ruse,
lionstenste-Banya? Ismbol, Varms, and Tatar-Basinchuk.
Amide from the arsenal at Xananlik, the war plants at
Shaman and at Pamardshik are working for the Garman Am.
There is me aviation industry as sued in Bulgaria,
swept fora small airplane.building factory of the Vapronis
firms, at Kasamlik, built in 1937. This factory is calculated
to Vern out 25 - 30 airplane* a year (getting motors and *quip-
smolt fres abroad). Al preset the airplane-building factory
at Kasaalik is turning eut 15 planes a year, that is it
predmees may the faselagee sod wings; it gets the sc:tors and
esmipmemt fres Oeremmy.
Is additime? this factory also repairs airplanes (20 - 25
a year). Soo avietiem ahops in Bosharischo, Lovetob Umbel,
frilordivo meld Sofia repair airplanes.
La 1942 the moieties shops In Levets were considerably
empamded, and Lbw started the assembly of planes with parts
received him aommemis
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plane assembly is very small and is inadequate to cope with
the Bulgarian Army's need for airplanam. Bulgaria receives
a part of her planes already assembled from Gersany. The
moods of the Bulgarian Arny for ammunition, powder and sup
plosives are covered by local production. Th. Bulgarian
Army's needs for tanks and automobiles are met through inport.
But that is under condition*, when Bulgaria is not carrying
on large-scale unitary operations.
At present, there are up to 2,500 civilian automobiles
in worts, 60% of which are re-equipped to operate on
generator gas.
In Bulgaria there are two unitary auto-repair shops,
carrying out the repair of automobiles and tanks (at the
towns of Fordinend and Sopot).
Radio apparatus and various engineering aquipsent for
the Bulgarian Army is turned out by a factory located in
Sofia.
The ship-construction wharves, situated on the shore ,of
Lake Drirno (near Varna) and at the port of Burgas are used
by the Oarwans for the manufacture and repair of torpedo
launches and small craft. It is reported that hare the as.
sesbly of Genoa submsrinas is taking place.
In Bulgaria, a sever* shortage of lumber is noted, though
in the sawaills at Badopi and Balicsni large cpaantities of
timber lap areved and are 4111q1oited wastefully. The Germans
use all the limber for military constrantion, not only in Bul-
saris, but in other **wariest sad even import it to Oermeny.
'Of Buliparlancivil inchastry, the Gamins use for their
war &has the leathsr factories and shops for the production
of start ovireesis, Asuntlets and leather combination smite.
Itho foolcbosinning? fruit-vegetable, soap, tabula*, and
otherianda of lig* industry &reworking largely fbr the
germane.
The power supply vpan wtsich Bulgarian industry is based
ii 1111 aleetrie stations, with an over-all equipment capacity
of U44000 lirp? (of shish, about 500 are hydroelectric stations).
The larger elestrie station* of lholgaria are as fol3awas
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of the ?Oranitord? OD.
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Pancherevo (19 kw. math-
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kir river) ? 10,000 hydsvalectric station
Itistritea (12 Inn. south
of Sofia) 54,000 byelaw electric station
In spit& of its oceplek geological stnactere, lertle
resorres ? of strategic raw materiel have not yet been die-
oevored tnaglgaria? ?be Gem= have organised Oerwan-
Salaries firms ler slain alaeral. not materials; and thew
are earrylag on largo settle geelogioel research ioxic to
discover awn deposits sad to utast, the minim of ore in
old deposits in Worts itself and alas in the regions of
Twelervie and Grasso oosapled b lgasta.
As a resat of the.. madartakings, in 1943 the Oormans
isoreseed the smart bras Wiwi* to Ousany of aloe,
ohm* mangsases, lead and sins? Oepper mimed in Bulgaria
la Tee; mai giant/Use, goes largely :Lao domestic use.
Ma Gomm are taking st to ingress* the adning of
'sipper ore is the old Masa (a 7rs.sb wilialuq) at
Plakeladtse in the %rates asoatalme (nertinreet of Sofia).
There are deposits of Nipper are soar 113,loolsk station
at the base of Vasohaadd Mom. Them is rem Utile
? woirklag
of these deposits of sewer era, The or* anteing
4.1II sipper, sad is eaneeetrated by the floatation prows.
Ma slab. in the mimes at fitiaelka in L936 sarentedth
ealig 49,0100 tons a year.
In 1939 deposits of sipper ore were located in the
Paasserleehe area. At the present time, esplored reserves
of 'ewer deposits in Bulgaria are estimated to be 250,000
tone and possible reserves sleet 500,000. Una.
Deposits stsimidasse ere (aeatalateg 25411? mengenose)
are lasted T at embel, loll, ant the village of
terarove (agar Sala). la 1140, 0147 tin goverwassit deposits
let Peparove wore Wag weskeni. Deposits et manganese ore
ere estioated assent to 100,000 teas, the avenge yeeriz
onotpet 2,500 teas. id premed, preepostlag for amosaneso ors
la Wag myriad on in the legless of Tadeslavie ooespied by
Dear Sella sad Tons there are dapoolts of tin. The
oversdpe ,yeerly slain of tie is eetiostedl to be 230-250 tau.
lee wish% et lead and otos ore le doss is the flodsipek
assisselaos 75 kw. hoe itirdallall. The a.. of these or
aro as Mural 2$%?330 load. 4110 sloe, 0?400.21 and
1001400 gram it silver per tee of ore.
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Since 1939 the lacploitation o! the load and zinc
ores has been in the hands of the German ;stocic compeuw.
"Felten undIlam Karl.-Werke" and the *Otto Wolf" firm.
Thu ore is delivered to the floats.&ion plant at Kirdshali,
and the concentrates made here of .Lead, sinc and copper
are sent to Germarq. The amounts of the annual outputs
of lead and of zinc ores are not large. Reserves of lead
and zinc in explored deposits in Bulgaria are estimated
at 350,0(X) tons and possible reserves up to one million
'tons. At present, deposits of lead giants (PBS) near
Plovdiv' (Staninotta station), containing up to 75% lead
and a certain quantity of silver, are being prospected.
Deposits of chrome ore were discovered near Krumorgrad
and on the eastern part of Rodopsig mountains. The chrome
ores are poor, they contain only 35-40% dintillifl oxide. In
1%2-43 at Kirdshali a new plant MIS built (in addition
to the 3 old ones) for the ocacentration of chrome ore.
The chrome ore is delivered to the concentration plants
by suspension line five the mines at the town of *Aden
(near the to of Derider).
The mining of chrome Ors is in the hands of the
Germans.
Deposits of iron ore are located at the base of the
motintains (Burp*, rambol, and Sofia regions). ?
In 1939, deposits of iron ore were opened up in the
region of Tombola (lastern Bulgaria). Ore strata in
Bulgaria is eetimated to be 300,1000 tons in implored
deposits, and approximately 1 million tons possible
reserves. The iaverage yearly output of iron or before the
first world leer was 6,500 tons.
The mining of iron ore is done in small cpattities at
Krenicovitas near ?Sof* and at KihgovestA, in the southern
part of central Bulgaria.
LaYera of giald ore In Bulgaria are estimated at 150,000
tons. The actning of gold (at Chirpanaic) and of silver (at.
Trinsic) is not significauit. The average content of gold
in the ore is 15 grams per ton of ore,
Of all the misting the most, important for the Bulgarian
economy ore the significantly large deposits of coal and
bituminous well.
The eigplored reserves of Iroal in Bulgaria are estimated
at 7 million tons, and possible reserves at 140 million tons;
/sad oorreeponding31, bituminous coal 700 sillion tons and
3,9C0 million tons.
law /polity anthraeite is mined at the Svoi-Sofia basin;
seel...in the Slivele-Trevne and Zlena basin. Bitanisious coal
Is mimed shief3,77 in the basin of Pernik, Bobrov Dol and ?Iran.
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This most important coal basin in Bulgaria, givics
85A or all coal mined.
In 1938 there was mined in Bulgaria up to 100,000
tons of coal and 2.1 million tons of bituminous coal.
At present the mining of coal in Bullaria has dropped
considerably, and an insufficiency of fuel is felt in
that country.
Bulgaria does not have its own petrolewm. Prior
to the second World War, natural gasses were discovered
in the Preslevia region. Germamy has met the need for
liquid fuel by importing from Rumania.
In 1938 the amount of liquid fuel used by industry
and the civilian population of Bulgurialvms 100,000 tons
of Pstrolaba products. In 1943, Germany made available
for Bulgaria only 19,000 tons of petroleum products? that
is 19% of the liquid fuel used in 1938, and this is evi-
dence of the extreme shortage of liquid fuel in Bulgaria.
In view of this, private isdividuals are absolutely
prohibited from using their own pansenger cars; the number
of State automobiles is cut down (except for police and
military cars), and truck transport is under strict govern
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melt control.
Motor transport, is in a similar situation.
All together, except for owes the reserves of
strategic raw materials in Bulgaria are not signAficant.
The mining of ore is on a low level and is not an important
lource for supplying Fascist Germany with strategic raw
materials.
The total length of the railroads of Bulgaria is a
little over 3,000 kilometers. The guage.is 1,43S milli.
meters. All roads are single-truck. In addition, there
is About 440 kilometers of narrow guage line (760 and 600
am.).
Tlio main railroad lines lead from the west to the
eastern part of the country?the northern and the southern.
The northern line?Vidin,liesdra, Pleven, Shumen, Varna.
Five branch lime lead frma thio line to the ports along the
Danube.
The southern line..3ofia, Plovdiv, Stara-Zagora, Burgas.
Branches go from this line to the Turkish border?Plovdiv,
3vilengre4. The branch line Sofia - Dupnitea Gorno -
Dihumaya. Yetrish goes off to the Greek border.
The week point in the BUlgarian railroad network is
the inadeqmste commotion betioen Northern and Southern
Bali:aria, over the Balkan mountain range.
Up to the present, there have been Um trunk railroad
limes Sofia - Pleven and St. Zagora, Orekhovitea. The
longest trammel to Bulgaria, 1,000 meters long, is on this
latter llne.
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The contours of the railroad lines are difficult.
Over all lines, there are about to tunnels and 462 bridges.
The road bed and super structures Lathe main direo-
tions are kept in satisfactory condition. Light type rails
are used. The superstructures of the in. railroads of
Worts permit a speed of not over 30 - 35 km. per hour.
On the secomdprate lines the apeed of traffic is
from 15 to 25 kme. per hour.
oalculatsd traria ecpseity of the railroads,
by separate lines was (assorting to 1939 dets) in Pain,
of trains per aiyi
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Sofia gresteadil
Wove Iskarekli - lionshilgred
Sofia - Ilidasteeve
Plovdiv - Pansrisehe
Plovdiv - garlic*
Moat - I. Zama Larsebad - Serpa
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Sena - Ueda%
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this Waffle oapasiti, ease the otatriene are sot safficiently
epwtowdate.
The rO3li stock is kept is satistictori condition, bat
there is adz enseet`ef it to aell4 ablest - Wig of ta
deseetia seeds.
In 194261%3 the senstreetian of several nes reilroads
senplated ander German nopervisiens Omen Sarnobad
Worth tocosetb)? and the lino aims Dakamays - Petrick
was shagged over ben sorrow to vide gasses Ibth of these
rellseade are eilitaty strategie read* lepertame to
the Cientsao, and elm to the
The tyrokondil latinavo (lagoalavia) line Ms been
esdplookod? sat sloes the lift there is ii teasel 4 bee. loft.
?raffle is apes an the nee Um Varus liadal. The
sassaim ire int.noted is this 15., use it iiipsyne froa.
amiatiss Woos* Orme sad ilisters laropc
hiviridiggto laferesties? cihick MOO to be abseked? cork
eadow isicy to esamet tat, lotIla retirieh lie. with aeree
Ones* Ismimirs istoreet Ia tkds lift is soltakeitideat.
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anditIrmai In connection with the danger of the opening of the
Ihe jklusie second front on the Balkan panineula, Oil direct order of
the Garman command, military-engineering measures are being
taken hastily to strengthen the Bulgarian borders, first
of all the BulEaro Turkish border e.ad the eastern shore
of the Black Sea. liost of the engineering efforts aro
on the shore of the Black Sea.
The only park, of. the shore suitable for landing an
Jnvadion - Sarafovo village in the vicinity of Barges -
L3 equipped with. coaatal? defense lbatteries. Fortifica-
tions, noted on the &agar? - Rumanian border 15 kw.
Skit of Ruse, are evidently for covering another crossing
of the Danube with floating craft. Fortification of the
Bulgaro - takish and the former Greek - Turkish borders,
bearing in mind the naturally difficult terrain, preserts
a formidable obstacle for an advance on Bulgaria from the
south.
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According to available data, the Bulgarian Army, as of 25
February 19442 is made up 450 - 500,000 man.
The land anar is composed as follows:
taw administration
Administrations of
occupation corps
Tamk division
Car-miry division
- 5 (1,2,3,4,5)
(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,
- 2 9,10,11112,13,
14,15 AO, 17121,
22,24,25,27)
- 1 (1)
- 1 (2)
The grouping of the Bulgarian Army on 25 February 1944 was
the iollowing:
1. In Billzaria:
Infantry divisions - 10 (1,2,3,4,5,627,8,
9,10,12)
Tank division e? - 1 (1)
Cavalry division - I (2)
Tuitoolages
Infantry divisions
7 ateesilt,22,
3. ciptecc
Infantry divisions
- 5) (7,111,13,16,17)
(910.31? 4tao 12thi
sitjoidatahed. 4t
Na also have at our disposal other data on the distribution of
the 1t4garis2 Arw, ihich differs slightly with the information set
forth above. For instance, accorling to this, sthere are not 22,
but 10 infantry divisions plus 6 brigades of border guards. In
Balviria itself, according to this data, there are not 10 but 9
intaistsy divisions and 4 brigades of border guards. In addition,
aceorting to this data, in Bulgaria its alt thera are no cavalry units.
In Twj,alsvis, according to this data, .there are not 7, but a lBulgarian
infantry divisions and in addition 2 cavalry regiments and 2 brigades
of border gaar'd. InOrase?s according to this data, , tim?Ilmis not
5 Ina 011111 3 infantry divisions and 1 cavalrybrigad441AiterpiiR of
throe reglacesti. Therefore, the information on the break-down of the
balgariost Arwr warrants furthwor study and clarification.
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likagaria, s mi3ite7 aviation is composed of 8 aviation
regimonts and one sqa1141rOn of *dr:planes. According to their
functions, the aviation regiments are eub-diviaied into fighters,
bombers, reconnaissance and nixed. The Military Air Force includss)
Fighter air regiments - 3 (11o.110. 4, 5 and, 7)
icaber air reginents - 2 2 and 3)
leconnaissuce air regip ?
sante - 1 (No. 6)
Mixed air rod/mats - 1 (11o. 1)
There are 3 - 4 squadron in a regiment. The 4th Air
IlEgiment is an excoption; it has 6 sqoacirons, A squdron is
composed of 9 planes lin action and 3 in rewire. AU tolletbAr
an air regimas a. hu a/mimes, of miiimh 12 are held in reserve.
M of 20 February 1944, the likilgarlan Military Air Force
you made op of 31 erparhvIns with 372 Anus (not ?coati)* the
training regiment).
Acurding to these calculations, Vas over.all amber of
the F.Alitary Air Am* poceonnel agRullti_ to 8,000 persons, of
which over SOO persoms are of the *Ali crews.
The sqleadrons and planes of the Bolgarlan Atilitary Air Force
are divided op as ibllowes
MMUS
Flijitere
liembere
Mesonnalsaance
itydroplanes
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16 192
6 72
96
3a,....
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&Mini 1/1Palk . 12 airPleass
110141434 . 4$ g
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14 416 a
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iiiittatilliaaak?,?A-2,,.
'Mal ? Usik airplanes
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24 - in all 12 planes
Most of the airplanes of the Bulgarianiaroent are the
out-of-date construction of foreign firma. Moreover, a large
amber of the present models arriving :from Germany for tn. Bulgarian
air units are out of order.
This is because of the lack of operational experience and
low level of technical training of the ground personnel; and
also because Bulgaria lacks an adecpaste supply of spare parts
for the new gams.
Moreover, in spite of her offer to supply Bulgaria witn
no less than 500 planes, Germany up until now has been unable to
do so.
Dkiraiiii,on ofittidailazAlsagEgi
Walls
1 Bosburischis ?
2 Plovdiv .
3 Isabel
Cornm-Grekhovitsn
::Arlovo
6 Vrashdebno
Telish
8 Kazanlik
The basis mass of the Bulgarian Military Air Force is
located in Bulgaria. Part of the na02*lm/4*nm. planes (about
48> bays been handed over to the ccoupation troops and are
located in 'Serbia (24 plane.), and also in the region of
3kopla (in Ma.edonia) 24 planes.
(A memorandum on the network of Bulgarian airdromes is
attached. 3.. appendix )Io. 3).
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The naval strength of Bulgaria consists of her own
sea-going naval fleet, the L)anube fleet, the shore defenses,
and the mine-laying border units.
It is known that die German staff command of the
southern naval forces is located in Bulgaria (at Sofia),
'and this acts together with the Bulgarian Naval force
along the prinCiple of direct contact with the staff of
the Bulgarian fleet, and control in Bulgarian ports and
bases,
la se 0.1
itf.Mig.
The number and description of the ships of the Bulgarian
Navy are as follows:
a. the list:
of of all
Unit Notes
/504.4
ix1,11
ors
up
? rilialawsialt
up to 1.5
1.2E2ralltILH?11
Warritsibssion
tistiltrudges
2tOrLitilat
by 111212BURI$1itient
300 Varna
not
known.
not
known
up to
300
not
knomin
&Doha,
3,030
not
known
Varna Of the 6 mine-
layers, 2 it is
believed were
given to Bulgaria
by Germany and are
baoed at Burgas.
yarns?
Burgas 6
Varna
Burgas
Burgas
Burgas
Ruse
Five of the launches
are used as armed
travlers - in anti-
submarine defense.
Four of them were
given to Bulgaria
by German in 1942,
Are used as patrol
uhips.
jr--"1hol1lt 4444.6"161i':: outmoded ships constructed in 1907-1908.
Aramseet imelade. tel, guns of 47 millimeter caliber and probably
two eingle-tube torpedo tubes *f 450 millimeter caliber, crew
32 persons,
Owing to the foot that the
munioatiem on shIch, during Us
treasportatime of MT materials
nowt Ibleh voids this line of
limss UMilseited in the table.
Danube te a main line of cos-
navirtion period, extensive
is carried on, the BulgarLan
communication may be greater
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Vipelasen- two WI the six) are re-outfitted trans-
ports and tuos it is eapposed, wore given to Bulgaria by
CininsaY in 1941. There is no detailed data on their oonp
dition oral:lament.
. all these cutters are new, three of
them wereUt b Gsxxin Bulgaria in 1942, and handed
over to the latter.
thesiliggiftetx
- it is known that five of thirteen of
on hulls. Si of the launches have
crews of eight men.
It should be assumed that all these launches are of
small displacements rsoutfitted from port service.
Shiapt_Aldpe rasettitted river eteamboats, and are
used on the Danabe as petrol ships. Tbe amemment consists
of one gun of 45 aillimeter gather.
The number of ships inBulissials merchant fleet is not
line. Aside from a small mbar of transports, Balgaria
has several rotor schooners; however, these are seldom seen
on the flack 3eaa since they ply the Aegean Sea.
?be total ()implement of Bulgaria's trade fleet is as
follows:
siwisampoi misimmemmumn armsmonmerussirmsoirme plummencimiermen
of
2,001
Nellishamosta
1,615 This information
requires obscicifg
There is the following incomplete data regarding the
make0sp of the river trading fleet:
1;;;;FMWOMMIPINOWMOMPOISONIMINININIMMONIONIMNIMITIMINIMMEN
of
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642
40.
met
kmown
sot
bows
wet
Imam
;C: 'r
ttr..Att , ? .77-,
All ships; shown in
this tables have their
base at Port Muses
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Frau the very first days of the Fatherland 'Aro German
and Italian ships began to be noted in the Bulgarian ports of
Varna, Burgas, and Somopol, in action against the navy of the
U.S.S.R.
Accordingly, during 1943, in the Bulgarian Black Sea
ports, the following German and Italian shipb were noted:
Varna - german ships:
2 - 3 antsarinsamot Cover 6 torpedo cut tors; not
over 20 landing barges; not over 5 landing maft
wesombed,d4wwks.
Burgas - Gomm shier
1 - 2 submirines; not over 4 landing barges.
krAllas.024.1:
4 imALI submarines; not over 5 torpedo launches.
Sosopol - gmanjun:
1 submarine; several patrol launches.
Plerlan Th. chief Balgariipi pdrtii and oases are on tk e Etlack
EMU Sea - Varna, Burgas, Sosopol, Balchik, and on the Danube -
Ruse.
- (GB -Ili) The main bass of the Bulgarian fleet
and construction base for German light ships on the
Black Sea.
At Verna there aro: a small ship construction wharf,
a floating dock with a lifting capacity of 2,200 tons, rail-
road shops and storage of fuel, ammxmition and food. The
harbor is located inside Varna Bay; it is 525 meters wide and
600 meters long, and has 900 motsrs of quay, of which ?DO
molars is suitable for large ships and vessels to oome along-
. ? side. The dampest pert of the harber is up to 7.5 meters
deep.
There is anchorage in the pert for seven trading vessels
of from 300 to 6,000 tons.
Aailroad lines have been laid along the quays.
At the docks, there ars two cranes - one on a railroad
pletfors4 104on capacity, operated manually, and the other
a floating steam crane of 35-ton lifting capacity.
Varna Bay is connected by canal with D. Lake, noir
which this, have been built sin docks for the assembly of
landing bargee.
Along the shore of the closed area at the port, of Varna
there have been set up four docks. It takes 20 - 25 days
to asemsble ase barge.
The area 40fe4.he port will accommodate up to four
tiatillso el (L8 -,X). At tho outside roadstead there Gan
be aetwommodattat temporari4 a soadamt composed of (Lxix -AM)
(PU -an) amd (11* ). *swayer, in view of the limitod
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repairing facilites, large Mips cannot lie at anchor here
for long.
Burcas - is a maneuver bass of theBuljar Lan fleet and
a base for supplying strategic raw naterial to German/from
Turkey ;coppers iron, chrome, wool, cotton, etc.) and frma
Mediterranean porta.
Burgas bay, in the southwestern part of which is located
Burgas harbor, has dimensions 6 x 6 males.
The roadstead and harbor of Burgas port
accommodations for large units of the fleet,
also right along the banks.
Along the shore of the harbor there are
uat er supply system, and electrif teat ion.
present good
at anchor, and
railroad lines,
The port has neither dooks nor mhip-construction wharves.
There are some meal nar repair shops which can make minor
repairs on small ships and vessels.
The loading - unloading facilities at the port are
inadequate. In all, there is one lifting crane of 10-ton
capaoity.
the southeastern part of the city there are petrasum
storage tanks, consisting of 11 reservoirs with an over-all
capacity of 17,670 tons, one of these tanks is for petroleum,
and the others are fol. light oils'. hew reservoirs with up
to 4,000 tons capacity were supposed to have been built.
Among the inadequacies of this base must be included the
lack of repair egaipmemt, the small reserves of munitions,
fool and food, of which does not permit large vessels to
remain for long in port.
Together lith the stmeingthenimg of air defenses and anti-
aircraft debases of the ports and bases in Bulgaria, the
German command has taken seasures for the establishing
of mine barriers at the approaches to these.
It is known that IN ...arriore have been laid in the
vleinity of Vargas, Was, sad Cope Melia**.
The first mimes laid were acted in the latter part of 1941.
In Jane, 1942, the mine barriers at the approaches to Burgas
ren, for which Vulgarian and German ships too were used.
341ps eallimg at Vargas and Verna must not fail to take a
pilot on beer&
PIrthesemere? it is known thmt certain motions of the
ealiarims 'west are equ*sped with concrete pillboxes. Among
thee. areas is loaludeis the shoe* from Cape Galata to the
mouth of the Immetia river smith* shore of the Varna bmy.
imeeriamg te the lafermetica shish we have, there are no
04wism emits en Suldarian territory. There are scaly oertain
emit* lbws* arty it is to ward supplies and stores, At.
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In addition to this, there are Gamut instructors in
the Bulgarian units, mho, in reality, are agents of German
intelligence and counter-emplonage.
According to information deserving of attention, but
shish requires a careful check-up, in February this year,
GOMA units were noted on the Wier* Ifurkish border.
High prices, the wholesale export of grain, meat and
other farad products to Germany,and at the same time the
more and lore frequent mass arrests of soldiers, created a
etrained atmosphere among th? soldiers and *Moen.
According to informmtion at hands a part of the Bulgarian
soldiers and officers dose not went to fight, and takes an
attitude toward the mar of extreme distaste. The advanced
part of the soldiers and officers are supposed to be cow
tinselly marrying on :Irate* and oral propaganda within the
arm', directed against the mar.
In April, 1942, lathe Army there were exposed a number
of underground organisations as a result of Aida lead to
sass arrests of offloers and soldiers lobo were charged with
preparing to overtime' the pveromeat. In the ono year
in the 1st Infantry liegismenta amoral offisers and about 120
soldioro were arrested; in the 6th Infantry liegistent about
200 personal in the lot logineer legion* 40 persons, and
so forth. (AU them regiments were Imaged in Sofia.)
Demober, 1942g 35 soldiers in ties 57th Infantry
loginent we arrested, .barged with lateediag to join the
Greek partiains.
? In Marsh, 1943, 5 ealdiere with the eonnander of the
scit loested in the region of Winn we arrarted for
rniMisg to go to Serbia.
Ihe law ottesipline in the arm is absraeterised by
sonorous :este of not cbering the orders la aaparicasso de-
sertion end WW.ful Acmes.
la 1942, 25 soldiers of the Iltio laantry iteginent
reeeived eestimes of bra 2 to 6 years for not *boring
ardere, deperiples, and sdlitolly vise hens.
Iskoplt, 11111103, 3 *Views and ID soldier. of the
is Arsored Salami mat. over to the partisans.
Demehero ISO, 67 ibastrian soldiers tree * smarity
salt met ewer to xi& et the pantimone.
Asserding
to present data, * aollutia battalion vas
Sem*
is Wide shish later ceopletely mai ever to the
psalms *ids.
Is 1943, the eeracsobr et the lt7tio lafsetry
* part of which twit part in tie easpaign again*.
!Mayday partials., is a molt lbe MN* aiaw of the
eeranatisual estpe inl'eseelavia otailad IMI the seltliore
el his division Suring a* eldedio by lhe sortisans tried to
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? rum awl, Iron the engsgoment? The division oommander explains
this event by the ompopgaritr of the government among the
eoldiere aad of f ioers ,
?
The masher of military personnel placed in the Sliven
and Sofia military prisons in 1942, and 1943 VMS from 4,000
.to 6,000 men.
The Bulgarian Government stays in power with the help
of the Gestapo, the polio* force, pro:monist elements in
the arm, "The Union of Reserve Officers", and is supported
MA by iimertain financial circles which are grouped around the
credit bank and the trade bank (both German), and by reactionary
fascist organisations. These organissat:ons have a small lumbar
of members and are not upheld by the people; they &rev "The
People's Social Party/AlI' 5sv, fescist pro-German and anti-
.
Soviet organisations Kitli sand "Legionnaires", and al
the youth origanisztiO si. e so
n '114 aw, skinks MSS founded in 1940
on the pattern of the German fascist yrxith organization and
which is under the leaderohip of German officers. Ivan
MIEHAIDDV's poky "WARD" kInternal Macedonian Organisation),
a terrorist fascist innsp? also belongs to these organizations.
Of late, reports Fevre been received indicating that a consider.
ab:le part of this organisation as a result of disagreement with
the pro-German course of the drvernment, broke saw and joined.
the side of the anti-fascist home front.
Although in Bulgaria parties are actually prohibited,
leaders of bourgeois, parties form around themselves groups
of their adherents, and are ,s passive anti-government oppo-
sition. Primarily, the remains of the following partes
belong to these gmaupss
1. "The Desocrestic Party" leads WSHANDV,
(former premier and Minister of Affairs of the Dal-
Varian Government "The Peoplele Bloc" in 1931-34).
2. "The Democratic Unikon" 3.eaders, Petko STAINOV
(femur Minister of Cammsniaations in 1920-31 and ambassador
to ?Tarsi* in 1934-35.) and 4ktanas BUROV (forger iLinister of
Foreign Affairs in 1926-31.)
3. "The Agrarian Society" - leader, GICHEV, Dimitri
(tamer Minister of Agriculture in 1931-1934.)
4. "The Radical Party* - leaderSo3ran
(former Ximister of Communications in 1 1-19 s.)
5. "The Socialist Party* - leader PASTUICIEW, Iiryst?iu
(former itimister of Internal Affairs in 1919.)?
The bourgeois opposition is not unified organisationally
sad does mot wiry on a really active sal-government and
satio.Geraws work, If we do not iltaltAde speeches in parliament,
AIM are not Abliehed in the press but which are distributed
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against the government and the Germans. The Bulgarian
Home Front is ccaaposed of The Bulgarian Workers Party
and a certain part of the adherents of other organiza-
tions, in particular, the group "Iveno"(Link),
Democrats",, and "The Socialist Party". According to
latest reports, the former "Democratic Union" is also
siding with the Home Front. ? According to reports received
in February of this year, the Home Front received from the
ambers of "Zvere" (concretely, fro: VELCHEV) assurances
that the group "Zvenco would support the aggressive activ-
ities of the Same Front against the Government.
The Home Front calls for tho expulsion of the Germans
from the country, for the overthrow of the pro-German
government, for the establishment of peace with angledfind
and the U.S.A., for close friendship and cooperation with
the Soviet Union, and for the election of a truly people's
democratic government.
The following is the text of aL leaflet with the program
of the Home front:
*The holy duty of the Bulgarian people their, araw,
and the patriotic intelligentsia at this historic moment
is to unite in a nighty Ikne Front for tbs salvation of
Bulgaria.
The Hose Front holds the following problems to be
urgent:
1. Do not let Bulgaria be drawn into this criminal,
and, for the Bulgarian people, fatal Hitlerite war.
2,, The isawAlate recall of the Bulcarian troops sent
? to repress the brotherly Serbian people, who are carrying
on the struggle against the German and Italian yoke.
3. Break the union of Bulgaria and Hitlerite Germany
and the other Axis countries, clear the Bulgarian soil of the
German fascist troops and the Gestapo bandits.
4. Stop the export of food and raw 1Laterials to Hitlerite
Germsw and to the other Axis countries, oupply the people and
areqr with food, supply the population with the most necessary
products st accessible prices.
5, Guarantee, in accordance with the Atlantic Charter,
the nattional interests of the Bulgarian people by a friendl;
agreement with the other Balkan peoples; provide or coopera-
tion. withm.countries the Soviet Union, lingland, America
end other' joilifa;loving people..
lassediato liberation of all civil und military
persons persecuted for their straggle against fascism and
Plitlerite Gersmsw.
7. To restore atiaati2
freed= of the pros,
satio.sonstitutional, anti-populace
egragopn, people, particularly
Red, to destroy all
and fascist laws.
h4?,140 4cLexxictz.,
*22
juikicka 1.411.Aisra.:
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S. To snatch the saw oat of the hands
fascist clique and to take1i.decisive measures
it may not be employed for anti-populace Mae
the rights of officers non-commissioned nen
as citiseas havianAsU rigbts.
of the
so that
? to secure
and soldiers,
9. To int organisations of the type
nranniLl, sly and "legionnaires' to
render harmless fascist cut-thronts and criminals and
to take measures that they do not escape deserved pan.
ishmsnt.
10. lb guard the people's wealth and people" ?
labor from alien reach and to create conditions for the
correct economic developmet of a country, as a free
and independent power.
U. To guarantee work, income, and imam existence
for city and country workers.
12. To extirpate fascist civilness, racial hatred
and humiliation of a national M of our people.?
anise realisation of these hopes of our people,"the
leaflet continues, adamunds the quickest possible genuine
creation of a national goversatent, osipable of carrying out
the salutary policy of the httherland front find: and
consistently. In connection lettls this, the Fatherland
frorn puts as the closest aim of its battle the overthrow
of the present perfidious, anti-populace? Minorite &ovens-
meat, end the real creation of Vie Dalgarian Government,
resting on the will sad support of the stole Dalgarian
People. This government prayers also conditions for
the convocation of the Great People's Assably, which sdll
define the Altura foss of rule at Bulgaria and create the
necessary constitutional and natrial gsaraniess lkor the
preservation of the indscomdenoe of our motherland.
lonything to the battle, doeisivoly and nanils117,
for the qmiskest realisation of this salutary program for
the ,people and eountr7.81
lad% in Apprehend= the satirisation of the people's
moveneat, the iptrarnient is striving to destroy this
noverastb increased repressive measures. Of late, data
has been reestved InformIng that a poop of pro-fascist
offisials of the Ministry of Imternal Affairs (under the
issflmence of Oebroveicy) has reisod the iwasetlas of 14411110
lag sossessists and. her left-wing plenum. Amoral( to
the sees data, the pollee Wm ordered Q. leaders of the
group *ammo* to leave Sofia.
?
Mith a view te imereselatg Awe/sire measures, a
*postal govermmeat gendansery hoot Wee tomeit? The illaleter
at lateasal Waive 0112411130 hoe hem gives spseiel planar,
sitherlty. Mae erret tikes pilaw thlieugheet the
emeatrit and eepse1e137 Is %was end WU.
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However, in spite of the Gestapo and police force
terror, numerous occurenoes of masa dissatisfaction have
taken place.
General ,dissatisfaction of the working people takes
the form of active o;ppoeition to the government, 6 nd above
all, in the guerrilla movement, which way started by the
initiative of the Bulgarian Home iront.
Since the beginning of 1944, the Government, with a
view to gaining the support of the people, inaugurated an
extensive propagandist campaign for the founding of a non-
'party organization, "The Social Force". This organization,
according to its initiatore, was?to unite (around the Govern-
ment and Parliament) all atrata of society interested in pre-
serving the present governmental organization and also inter-
ested in the territorial gains of Bulgaria in 1940-1941.
Reports from Bulgaria point to the complete failure of
this undertaking of the government from its very beginning,
for the reason that the authors are unable to clearly state
the aims of this organization, which has been able to draw
into its membership only government and communal officials
and certain representative! of the reiddle and petty bourgeoise.
The numerous propagandist trips throughout the country
undertaken since the beginnirg of 191,4 by ministers and
deiputies of parliament for the explanation of the internal
and foreign policies of the Bulgarian Government have not
brought about the expected results. On the contrary, there
is a growth in the wide-spread oppoeition to the policy of
the regents ani the government as a whole.
Numerous expeditions against guerrillas have proved un-
successful. Communication of the Bulgarian guerillas with
the Greek, Albanian, and Yugoslavian guerrilla units has been
reported. The guerrillas operate primarily in the mountains
? of ,Central and South Bulgaria.
The government expedition against the guerrillas during
the whole of 1943 with the participation of more than 20,000
soldiers and officers equipped with the mpdt varied military
technique failed to bring about the expectiod results.
In spite of the strained internal politicel situation
of the oo?antry? the fate of the Bulgarian political regime
'depends chiefly on the external circumstances, that is, on
the international situation of the nearest future.
The decisive mosworst will be the strengthening of the
weakening of GOMA pressure on Bulgaria which in its turn
still depend on the development of the war in the nearest future.
Filov-bashilovis Government Joy be replaced by se sort
of flulgerian oilthrer" as the result of a political upheaval
arrenged by the Gamins, or it may be replaced by an anti-
goverressont of o-deadmitemehealor s. ,e ets"114-d#4, orbeit,
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In any case, the political situation in Bulgaria
remains unreliable and the country is facing a govornp
mental crisis.
1. A list of the military factorills of Bulgaria.
2. The omaposition and location of the units of
the Bulgarian Army.
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Artillery end Firwerma
location
Militery &mewl Krzcnlik
Munitions plant
Killtery arsenal
Military arsenal
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Gun plant
Mnnitions plant
Monitions plant
Monitions plant
illigkitiaaa Plant
Minitions Plant
Minitions Plant
Idanitions Plant
Okinitions Plant
Sopot
Karlovo
Vidin
Lam
Shuman
Sofia
Ruse
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Tarns
Pazardshik
We/ Basin-
' clank
Plants az_l_a_khoo!
Output and Productive CamplIz
Gun esseMbly (up to 150 per month),
rifle easembly (3,000 per month),
assembly of stain* guns end sorters.
Output of cartridges (500,000 per
month), de.ceators (30,000 perianth).
Output of gun powders and xplosives
(up to 200 tone e yerr).
Shells (15,000 per month), mines,
hand grenades, and aerial Iambs.
AsseMbly of 90-machine guns.
Output of shells, assedbly of guns
and rifles.
Shells, cartridges, repair of guns
awl firearms.
Repair and assembly of guns.
Assembly of field and nave guns.
Production of ammunition.
Mlflo repair. Flasks for gun car-
rieses, military shells.
Mmainition (atolls)
kamunit1012 (atolls)
/manunition (duals)
Ammunition (shills)
Assembly of rifle end machine guns.
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Le-
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Arnaud tics
2,0 tons annually (of which 20 toes
of powder).
Illovitsew powder
plant
Powder plant
Iteder plent
Powder plant
Powder plant
Tillage of
Klovitse
Irploolves
Powder (200 toes per poor), cartridges,
gas masks.
Domini (villa Ittploaives
near Sofia)
Maw*
fasextlik
VlAdia stet- folottives
(neer
P?zno)
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A
Type of Plant
"Borberovow
powder pl.Pnt
Powder plent
"Posits."
powder plant
Arsone.1 cut
powder storage
Powder pl.P.nt
Powder plant
CPproni firm's
.rtiani plant
Aviation shops
. Aviation shops
Aviation shops
Aviation shops
Aviation shops
'Automobile repelr
shops
Automobile repair
*hops
lirdlo equipment end
egigimmter leg goodo
factory
'Palma* motal-goode
rectory
nrertse" isetel-gorde
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rom?trustioet
intikierda.
Legt/ipn
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Plovdiv
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lege (in Tir-
novo region)
Pevlikeni (in
Tirnovo region
Sopot firer
Asparukbovo
village (near
Varna)
Alratiapx.ma
Kezenlik
Bozbtarleobe
village
Lovech
Trambol
Plovdiv
Sofia
..teilEhme
? Aetembly (15 planes P year),
pair (20-25 plena. per year)
Airplane repair '
Airplens
Airplene
Airplane
Airplane
iiikankatit2111*-12en
Ferdinand
&pot
ropeir And assembly.
repair
roppir
repair
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Automobile, sand tenk repair
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Rad4o .quit tna ingineorine goods
Veriour manufactured metal it.,.
Yerious manufactured motel items
Smell vessels and torpedo lmunches
Small launches
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42 10
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42 17
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800 x800
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Location
50 kms. south of Sofia; oast of
the Sofia - Dmhumaya railway.
approximately 35 kas. south of
Tambol; east of the Tundmha.
south of the Kozalinsk Karlovo
railroad.
near the railroad siding Tirnovo-
Dryanovo.
near the Plovdiv - Panagiureshte
railroad.
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out of the Stria* river.
3 kas. nortn of Gornap.Orekhovitss;
7 kma. northeast of Tiro.
Description
landing field
storoLouse and several
buildings
landing field
let..1:-ag field
landing field
landing (laid
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landing field
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Location
Description
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Kalkovo
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15 kms. north of Plovdiv; on the
southeastern outskirts of that
point.
35 kma. south of Plovdiv.
50 Kos. south of Sofia.
32 kms. northeast of Ramrod.
44 km., mouth-southeast of
Karmanlia, south of the Arda
river.
15 km.. southeast of Karlovo;
in the region of Kalofer; west
of the Karlovo - Plovdiv high-
way.
15 kas. north of Samnkev: on
the southeastern outskirts of
Kalkoro,
30 kms. southeast of Sofia.
There are the following otructures:
4 hangars, an aviation needquartors
an ammunition dump, and hos ?ow-brat;
auxiliary airdrome
auxiliary airdrome
landing field
landing field
airdrome sell eammuflaged.
hangare and living quarters
camouflaged, (In 1941 it was
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Coordinates Dimensions
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Location
Des cr ipt ion
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Larlovo
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iaspichani
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19 kns. northwest of Pasardshik.
Sredsts is located 18.2 kas. north-
northeast of MU., 3 k. south
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Karepsa is located U kas. north-
northwest of lakhovo.
Northeastern Bulgaria; 8 km.
northeast of Popo'.
5 has. southwest of Larlovo.
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41 54
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Kirdsheli
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25 34
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22 42
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Lca
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Lukovit
43 22
25 08
43 49
23 3.4
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24 42
43 09
24 09
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drone
unetastail is situated on the
railroad leading from Sofia im
a southwesterty direetion
tho 1?.imiamiv borders bass
M et of the $tamm river.
40 kms. east- southeast of Plows,
bees the loltono-Leveki and the
Ovialstov - Devoid zsilreade.
northern border of Ils74ipirial earth
of the river Danube.
2 las. north-northwest of Wrests.
larding field
ammtillary airdrome. a
has several feeilitise.
Undies ile1.4
airdrome wedor eraetrostimer
Ms beagerer ratio festamo,
sad ether buildiags.
800 at 450
liarinopolye
Hamohilgred
41 25
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41 32
25 23
45 las. southiert. of novei, agar
the Pleven - Betevired higlwari am
the southwestern outskirts at
I vitogrit
at of the Mom rivers 7 lose
seat of l'etrish.
188 loss. south of thaskevoi smith of
the 'Chariton, - Homehiligred railroad*
souilierjr eirdrose
lerAimg field
easiliary airdrome
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ki.rdrome
Nevrokop
Nova-Zagora .
Novi
Novoseltsi
Orekhovo
Pavel-Banya
Pavlikeni
Petrich
Pleven.
? 40 1
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41 34
ql 47
42 29
26 00
42 35
23 39
42 39
23 38
43 44
23 57
42 35
25 12
43 15
25 16
41 24
23 13
-43 23
24 37
Dimensions
in Meters
800 x'0
Location
Description
800 x SCO
Southwestern Bulgaria, southwest
of the Mesta river; 105 sun. south-
west of Plovdiv.
at the northeast edge of the Nova
-
Zagora locality.
24 kms. east-northeast of Sofia;
at the western outskirts of Novo-
seltsi.
60 kms. northwest of Pleven; south-
east of Orikhovo.
17 kms. south-southwest of LasanIik;
south of the Kssanlik - Karlovy) high
'*7.
assumed to be west of Pavliksni;
northr.northwest of the lositsa river.
70 kms. south of Dshumetia; on the
southern outskirts of.Petrish.
2000 x 1500 north of Pleven.
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landing field
landing field
*trams is nali omfaippet;
hes ell airdrens erpiposelt;
las the chief We fee aims
heavy bombes km 11614
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Airdrome
Dimensions
in Meters
Location
Description
Plovdiv
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42
24
8
46
3740 x 1500
Polikraishte
43
12
25
37
Pomoriye
42
33
27
39
Provodia
43
11
800 x 750
2,
27
Radoair
42
33
800 x 750
22
58
Rakovse.i
42
00
25
3A
Rszgrad
43
31
26
31
Ruse (Rushuk)
e'li (Krushevo)
43 50
25 57
4.206
26 09
I.
2 km., south of Plovdiv
6 kms. north of Tirnowi, mar
the highway.
on the shore of the Black Sea;
16 kma. northeast of Danes.
north of the Varna - Snusion rail-
road.
30 kms. southwest of Sofia, at the
southern outskirts of Radosir.
13 kms. north of Khaskovo, at the
southern outskirts of Kbaskovo.
southwest of the Shuman - Ruse
highway; on the southern outskirts
of.Rasgrad.
on the eastern shore of the Biali -
los river; at the southern outskirts
of Wee.
Krushevo is a point west-southwest
of Ibpolcvgrado
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buildings: 5 hangars, under-
ground gasoline storage tanks,
shops and other buildings. Air
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dross suitable for all types of
planes. Can acoommodate up to
two regiments of ary types.
landing field
the landing field is in use,
lending field
landing field
there are temporary hangar, and
other buildings
landing field
lending field
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Bisons no
in Meters
Losatfon
Description
Selograd
Shmmen
Skrvono
Silvan
Slimitea
Saidovo
Sm1ien
Sofia
(Itszhurische)
42 18
23 37
42 30
25 26
43 17
26 55
42 56
2308
42 40
26 19
42 50
23 02
43 04
27 01
41 35
24 42
42 45
23 12
800 x 750
aX0 x 2500
2000 x 1500
800 x 750
MOO x 1500
3 kw south-southeast of Sawkov
mouth of &men
12 /ass. north of Betsvgrad
southern outskirts of =Ten.
Slivnitsa is 29 Wes. northwest
of Sofia.
27 kas. eoutb-southeaat of Shaman;
on the western outskirts of
Smedovo.
800 x 800 55 iota. south of Plovdiv; at the
saorthern outskirts of Stollen.
800 x 1000 11 km.. northwest of Sofia (the
chief airdrome).
landing field
airdrome oonstrusted in
1%1-1%2-
the field of the eirdrose
is well zoned C1C
eCtiipped with meteorological
statics* and tstephono
landing field
thee* are hamar, and other
*buildings
equipped with 4 reintorce4 con-
erste hangars, shop* and a redo
station, warehouoes sod other
buildings. Can seavagodate lop
to 2 regimonte of heavy bombers
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Location
Selograd
42
23
42
25
.1?110,
18
37
30
26
800 x 750
3 Ian south-southeast of 8emokov
43
17
2000 x 1500
south of Shumen
26
55
&ruin?
42
56
12 kms. north of Bstevarad
230e
Sliven
42
40
X00 x 1500
southern outskirts of Sliven*
26
19
Slivnitsa
42
50
800 x 750
Slivnitsa is 29 km's. northwest
23
02
of Sofia.
Smedovo
43
04
2000 x 150u
27 kms. eoath-southeast of Shuman;
27
01
on the western outskirts of
Smedovo.
Smolian
41
35
SOO x SOO
55 kms. south of Plovdiv; at the
24
42
northern outskirts of Snolian.
Sofia
42
45
800 x 1000
11 kms. morthwort of Sofia (the
(Boshurische)
23
12
ohief airdrome).
Description
landing field
airdrome oonstrni*ed in
1941-1942-
the timid of the airdrome
is will rolled
scpipped with nekeoroledical
station and telephone
landing field
Uwe are hangar' and other
egaipped With 4 reiidersed 06-06
orate imagers* Mops sista valtAm
station, wirehearom awl Mbar
buildings. Ossurammodato mp
to 2 miasmata of beam lasiaeft.
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Coordinates
Dimensions
in 4st era
Location
Description
Sofia
(Vrazndebno)
Stars- agora
S1 ive%rad
Svishtov
Tatar-Pazardthik
Topolite
Tsarevo.
Tirgovishe
1.4.1
42 42
23 25
42 25
25 37
41 46
26 12
43 38
25 21
42 12
24 20
43 20
24 15
43 15
27 45
42 09
27 50
43 16
26 34
2000 x 1500
800x 750
800 x800
800 x 750
4 Is east of Sovia Nm 546 Me
10 kms. south of tne point Stara-
Zagora.
on the eastern bank of the Itaritsa
river.
Svisntov is the terminal railroad
station on the Lovech - Svishtov
railroad line; south of the Danube
river.
Pazardshik is situated west of
Plovdiv.
Telish is 30 km. southwest of
Pleven; in thai vicinity of Talithe
Tbpolite is north-northwest of
Varna.
Team? is southwest of Barges,
on the shore of the tiladc Sea.
110 kms. west of Varna; west of
Tirgovishe.
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Has 3 hangars, radio and
meteorological stations and
other structures.
Has hangars, *hops, Ma* and
meteorological stationa.
laniing field
landing field
landing field
111
there are berraoks? hangars,
storehouses, and other?build-
ings.
there is 201110 equipment.
' landing field
ha$ some equipment; is a transit
airdrome for planes ayiag east.
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on the shore of Lake Devnensk; has
a hangar and other btaildtvs.
there are buildings, hangare,shops,
awisti.n.-,losical et4tIon; and other
structures (there is a concrete runway)
at the northern outskirts of
the point, on the bank of the
Danube river.
north of the upper reaches
of the liesta river, in the
vicinity of Takuruda.
3 kms. northeast of Teabol.
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Caps Italia**
Cape St. Dmitrii, in
vidinity of 1tviesinogradt
north shore of Varna Bal
1.5 lass. 'nit of bicsinograd
castla, on the shore of the
sea
Traksta village (2 kas.
nest of Ivitsinegrad tootle)
itTraiusta. batter/ 5.5 kies.
northeast of Varna
Varna, 3.7 lam. to the MI
was, 3 kw. 111
North store of Varna Bay
Cape Galata (mutts shore
of van* say)
Colko- Galaits (IX eaten III)
WM* cillsolge (311 edge)
GC.* WALDO
Cone Megessoris
Petworie (*Mille)
gIrr'.170.
7-AMY
1
1
1
1
1
3.
1
3.
4 100
2 22
150
2 100
2 150
3 170
2 250
2 240
4 76
76
203
1 2 76
1 2 150
2 35
1 240
1 4 170
1 2 150
1 4 )7
1110
203
11
alpolaraff~Palaill.e1.0
movable
according to May
1942 data 04
battery had not
bean est up,
only the aonerste
'mounts erected.
howitsers
located 350 asters
from vateris edge.
Cancalaged. 3et
up by Gamma in
1%1.
barre3.? lined in
1%'
on toners? buTels
lined in 1941
antiaircraft
is part of 5th Artl.
Meg, t .
Data of 5/III/41 shows
that Gomm est up
a heavy 'trench double
gun battery. Caliber
unknown.
howitzers
antiaizerlift
brought frost Magi-
not line,
amber of guns
not determined
A
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No. of No. of in kill-
NZ of Burgas
Inehener Sarafov Village
Cape Atia (south shore
of Burgas Bay)
a
Cape St. Mikola (south
shore of Burgas Bar)
Cape 3komni (south shore
of Burgas 907)
Cape Simopol *nth triroro
of Dania We
Cape SI., Stephen
iisarigee
1
1
3
lesiber 1
Chimp* Waage 1
?
3
6,
4
01,
3
2
2
4
2
2
173
76
76 movable
170 Sept. 1941 in-
formation gave
2, 152 ma. guns
with reinforced
ooncrete shelter.
Large QM stores.
110
210
240
76
37
1?)
21?
75
data needs checking
field, vident4 a
material part of
22n4 Inf.legit,
stationed at Burgas
100 intelligence data,
150 Deeadmir 1943
illaii2CiarL2WEISLYAMEA
Visistity of Hippodrome 1
1
A the voters outskirts
et the eity 1
1
la the northers pert of
the city, sear the barracks
$ad osp.
sear the land airdrome and
homers
1
1.
Seer this railroad station 1
NOW the power store/ewes 1
City lira*
t'41gStAM.-A4i 4
r
4.0t
3
4 76
2 22-37
4 76
2 22.37
22-37
4 76
2 22-37
5 37
2 76
2) 37
15 22
Kay 1942 data gives
up to 20
lights along along the
city line. Anulp-
msnt & personnel
Bulgarian.
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Southwest section of
Burgas
ANTIAIRCI wilAt.L.,11R:VSZ OIE BUIMAS
In the vicinity of
the canal am:letting
Burgas Bay with Wis-
e IEJoi Lake
Near the Starog-Burgas
railroad
At the ser-walls and
docks of Atansary
village (north of
Burgas)
44,7
No? of No, of in 10.1.1-
Batteries Nile ters Roark.
1 4 150
Set up by the
2 37 Garcons. Has
saarchlights
and a range
finder
10 37
:15
9
.13
?
37
Data of 3/11/41
gives 4 search-
lights and 1
76 rang* finder with
batteries. The
antiaircraft
defense of Harps
is compaed of 31
AA gans and 6 IA
asarchlights.
Fr'l
54,,t
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