1. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE IN SOFIA 2. REACTION TO PRAGUE AND MOSCOW TRIALS 3. EFFECTS OF CLANDESTINE RADIO PROGRAMS

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• Publication Date: June 25, 1953
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COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT 1. Polytechnic Institute in Sofia
2. Reaction to Prague and Moscow Trials
3. Effects of Clandestine Radio Programs
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Polytechnic Institute in Sofia - September 1952
The rectorate of the polytechnical institute of the University of Sofia is located
on Georgi Chankov Street. The construction engineering faculty is located in `
the rectorate buildings while the mechanical engineering$ technological chemistry.,
geol6&.,' and electrical engineering faculties are located in a large building on
the cathedral squa?e.
2. Prior to the past academic- Years t.he pol y con:~taracti~n~, ee n13~.
meob ice e. en e~~rin? ahd eleetrlaal enginee~ting faculties. faculties. Now the mechanical
engineering faculty has been divided to create a separate technological chemistry
faculty and a geology section has 3aleo been created. Since the reorganization, the
polytechiical institute has consisted of the following facultiest
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The rector of the school is Sazdo Ivanova professor of physics' who has' held this
position since 1952. ,His predecessor was R'rtisnikov (fnu), a professor of con-
struction engineering. Other professors are as followst
a. Kolarov,q inorganic chemistry;
b. Azmanovp technology;
c. Khristov, physics and chemistry3
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d. 1vanov, organic chemistry;
e. Nikolinski, organic technology;,
fo utavchieva about 55 years old, electro-chemistry;
g. .(Engineer) Balasevs construction engineering (architecture);;
h. (Engineer) Popov., construction engineering; and
i. (Engineer) Petrov$ construction engineering.
~. Ali ssion to the school is by examination. Each year,250 candidates are admitted
to each of the-faculties. Sons of citizens whose property.has'been confiscated,for
political or economic reasons are not allowed, to take the entrance examinations.
During these examinations, the professors are impartial and objective. Regardless,
of special considerations given by. Party organs-,t there is no favoritism shown toward
students either becauge of farm connections or political activities, or if there
was partiality shown,
. . . out their first . ar - Of- s tizdy
5. Approximately 25 percent of the students drop out curing 3'e
E inations for graduation are held in two sessions: :n"the 1951-1952 school years
approximately 70 ware graduated from the group of 120 students who took the quali-
fying emami.nationS.
pproximately three months during their, fi ye . ~ of r~tuds the
6. For a period of a _ ...._. _nal ~~
university students are sent to factories and plants for practical training.
`$. The EM (x9mitet za Nauka,,Izkustvo i Kultura; Committei.f6r4Science, Art, and Culture) and various factories award scho].arsYiips t6.. students?
The students who for
receive grants from factories and plants are required to'woxk atthsenterprise 3 r
a minianum of five years upon completion of their studies'.
love, per month. Approximately 50 percent of the'students-in the technological'
chemistry faculty received scholarships in the 1951-1952 school year.. In order to
ex
retain the ants$ students must attend all olasases at the univeriitY'e take their
examinations on the scheduled dates, and not receive any failures.
fib. In'addition to the teabnical studies., a brief program of political culture is
required, as follows,
s. Historical and dialectical materialism;
b. Political eoonomios;
Planned eoonc1 ?; and,
d. Constitution end political organs of the Bulgarian People's $epublio.
9? The industrialisation of Bulgaria permits immediate job plaoemient'fo' all new
graduates. The country has a shortage of professional technicians because in the
past it had few industrial enterprises and the few it did'have were directed tV
foreign daeohnioians.
10. The university students are organized into the DSNM (Di niitrovil S "na Narodnata
Mladezhj Dimitrov Order of the People's Touth). It is not necessary to join the
organization to attend the university' but for obvious reasons, the students 11. are
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all members. The officers are, chosen in free elections but always from Ubts.'of
candidates which Wrebeen.,aPPrated by acclamation.
the- meetings, questions of stuacclamation. examinations The , meetings are not frequent teaoh~.ng..methods of t'he
professors' and domestic and foreign political subjects are discussed. "!lam members
are not in uniform.
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Reaction. to Prague and Moscow Trials - January 1953
31. The Bulgarian press greatly emphasized the news of the recent trial in Prague and
the arrests of * Jewish. doctors in Moscow for allegedly causing the death of Soviet
high officials. The reports were objective and concise. They were not inorimina-
tions of all Jews, but were limited to expressing "indignation" toward only the
implicated persons.
Effects of Clandestine Radio Programs - January 1953
12`. Broadcasts of the Voice of America.and Radio Free Europe are heard by many Bul-
garians, since there are no specific laws prohibiting-the listening.
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propaganda had little effect for the following reasais;
a. it differs completely, or at least partially, from the truth and so loses its
intended effect;
b. It exaggerates the injustices and limitations of liberty under the present
regime; and
o. The Bulgarians, especially the young people, have no knowledge of any social
system other than the one r in existence in Bulgaria and are not able to
realize or believe what is taking place in the Western world.
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