DD/P Publication on Bulgaria (GR-90)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05597A000200050045-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 26, 1998
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: September 21, 1956
• Content Type: MF

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ATTENTION:
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Deputy Assistant Director for Basic
Intelligence
Publication on Bulgaria (01-90)
1. Forwarded herewith in response to your request to a copy
of the 1)1)/P publication on Bulgaria about which you phoned me
yesterday.
2. I had no knowledge of this publication prior to your call.
However, on chocking into the matter I found that 25X1A9a
Chief of our ]Publication Division, learned some months ago that
such a document was in process in DD/r and reported the matter
to information was that it was to 25X1 A9a
be a "Finding List" to satisfy an operational requirement is 0131?.
and not a gazette.r.
3. It will be noted that this GR-9 issue is not titled "Gazetteer",
but it does duplicate the NIS Ga*etteer to some extent since it lists
places and railroad stations as does the NIS Gasetteer.
division and subdivision in which it is located. which differs from the
NIS Gazetteer format where these divisions and subdivisions are run
in the consolidated alphabetical listing of places and physical features
in the area.
e 01)/I' issue also indicates opposite each such name the administrative
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d. The N Frelia inary Ga"tteer on Bulgaria was published in
1950, and the DO/P GB-90 issue carries a May 19% dateline. The
latter does. therefore, have a more complete listing of populated
places, and also more up-to-date data on the places listed than. the
Preliminary NIS Gazetteer. However. it is our understanding that
the additional names listed in GR-90 were transliterated by D8/F
using the BGN system, but they were never reviewed and approved
by the U. b. Board on Geographic Names, so they cannot be considered
official standard geographic names. It is known that the NIS Gaseett.er
was used as a reference source in the preparation of GR-98, and the
sans and coordinates drama from this source do, of course. represent
official determinations of BG i', but there, is no indication of which ones
were taken from this source.
S. In our opinion OR-90 is, in fact, a 'f`inding List` and not
a gaaettaer. It has not bee. approved by BGN and it is incomplete
from the NISf standpoint, since it does not cover the many physical
features covered by the NIB Gasotteeer such as rivers, seas, lakeo,
capes, bays, etc., all of which are essential to production
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Enclosure:
AD/Ir G.-9o
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