ANTICIPATE NEXT RED THRUST FROM BULGARIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600330222-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 222
• Publication Date: July 25, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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COUNTRY Bulgaria; Yugoslavia DATE OF
INFORMATION 1950
SUBJECT Military
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
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PUBLISHED Nicosia
DATE
PUBLISHED 8 Jul 1950
LANGUAGE Turkish
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SOURCE Ralkin Sesi.
A Communist victory in Korea would encourage Communists to make similar
attacks elsewhere. Defeat in Korea would probably lead the Reds to provoke
unrest elsewhere in order to confuse their enemies and recoup their lost pres-
tige. Observers believe that the Reds' next thrust may take the form of a
Bulgarian attempt to unite portions of Macedonia now belonging to Yugoslavia,
Greece, and Bulgaria. This belief is based on the following facts:
1. The Bulgarian High Command has replaced some commanders with Russian
generals. Soviet Gen Arsen Grekof, originally a Bulgarian, has been named
Bulgarian Chief of Staff. General Novikov, also a Russian, has been placed
in command of the Bulgarian Second Army, whose headquarters are at Plovdiv.
2. Bulgarian military units have been moved up to the vicinity of the
Yugoslav frontier. Many infantry regiments have been transferred from the
Rumanian frontier to the neighborhood of Kyustendil, near the border of Bul-
garia and Yugoslav Macedonia. An antitank regiment has also been sent to
Kyustendil. The 6th Division, which is directly under Soviet orders, has
been moved from Vratca to Kula, and the 7th Division has been deployed along
the Macedonian border.
3. The Bulgarian government has issued identity cards to all citizens
for use i.n the event of mobilization, and has made a list of all transport
facilities in the country.
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4. Soviet war materiel is being unloaded daily in the harbors of Varna
and Burgaz. The Soviets are sending vast stocks of war materiel to Bulgaria
through Rumania via the Danube.
5. Many groups of Russian officers and soldiers in civilian dress are
regularly entering Bulgaria from Rumania through the city of Vidin, and from
there are going on to Kostendil, Khaskovo and Petrioh. All of these three
cities are situated near the Macedonian border.
Observers also recall that the Communists have long favored creation of
an independent "Greater Macedonia," which would separate Yugoslavia from
Greece, unite Bulgaria and Albania, and provide Bulgaria with an outlet to the
sea. ~~!!
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