REPORT SOVIET TROOP CONCENTRATIONS, FAMINE CONDITIONS IN BULGARIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700010178-2
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• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 178
• Publication Date: September 10, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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kEPORT SOVIET TROOP CONCENTRATIONS,
FAMINE CONDITIONS IN_BULGARIti
TROOPS TRANSFERRED FROM RUMANIA TO BULGARIA -- Istanbul, Yeni Sabah, 20 Jul 51
Trieste, 19 July (Turkish News Agency) -- It is reported that troops are
being transferred secretly+otBlaBktSeaaomort~s nespeciallyaStalinhoandcthose
from Constantc~ being sent p
coming by way of the Banat being sent to the Yugoslav border.
TROOP CONCENTRATIONS, COMMUNIST OPPRESSION STRESSED -- Istanbul, Yeni Sabah,
16 Jul 51
An authoritative individual, recently arrived in Istanbul from Sofia, has
confirmed reports that Soviet troops are being concentrated in Bulgaria. He
pointed out, however, that it was impossible to mention any definite figure
settledhin smalletownsrra~herfthantin largeacitieslsuch asiSofiand are being
Commenting on the political situation, the same source declared that the
Courmunist Party hung over every person's head like a Sword of Damocles and that
life in the big cities was endurable only for Communists, there being little
difference between life and death for otheraY Foreigners, he declared, and es-
pecially diplomats from democratic countries, are treated like lepers. He
cited the case of a sick US diplomat who was unsble to secure the services of a
doctor, so great was the people's feer of having contact with a foreigner and
being branded traitors by the'Communist Party.(1)
"EXTERNAL FRIENDSHIP" RESISTANCE MOVEMENT REPORTED -- Istanbul, Cumhuriyet,
30 Jul 51
Reports reachinK Edirne reveal that sabotage activities, especially by work-
ers, have increased. They mention that in addition to the Agrarian Party and
the Free Bulgaria AsbsocWaoskP~e aw~h theaimmediaterob,jectivesaofpreviving hPen
formed, principally y ,
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Pact of Eternal Bulgaro-Yugoslav Friendship and ousting the Communists from control
oanizatgon inmludes personsepighsindCommuntist circles,nt~ati~nsstbelievednthatr
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Vas111ev, chief of the ~skand thattthe PlovdivePeoplers Courtphasssentenced thwaorges
of belonging to thls group,
persons to death for the same reasons
REPORT PEASANT RESISTANCE, FANIINE -- Izmir, Anadolu, 17 Jun 51
Belgrade, 16 June (Turkish News Agency) -- Bulgarian peasants are cooperating
among themselves in an effort to avoid turning over thise86~1~c to work inethe ern-
ment~ As a result of Soviet police directivbetweenitheppeople and the militia, and
fields, a large scale struggle is under way
r _,_m, `a;,s Tr;F people have demorstrate.d in front of official est4blishments snd
have ktli dispute: are being dismissed when they fail and are replaced by others,
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