BLACK SEA COASTAL DEFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS NAVAL INFORMATION

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• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 7, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 23, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Black Sea Coastal Defenses and
Miscellanea Naval Inf ormatiot
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.B. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of thlsform is prohibited.
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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The Naval Bass of Sveti Ivan
E 27. and there is now a quay approximately 80 meters long for facili-
tating the discharge of materiel. Before the Soviets took over,, there were
eight 150 me guns and four 75 mm. guns for the defense of the island. It Ls
not known whether they have been retained. Eight 150 mm, guns and four 75 mine
gu Ea e"-seat from Burigas to the island. It is hot k noM whether they have
beefs retained. Fuel oil,, ubricating oil, and gasoline are sent to the island
from Burgas s,
Coastal Artillery Installations
. Over the concrete base is a concrete platform, also square (two meters per
side) $ about 50 to 60 centimeters highs on which the gun is fixed by means
of 12 screw bolts$
be The inside height of the pits is - definitely more than two meters, rather than
1.3 meters as previously indicated-
o. The length of the gunn tube is estimated at 3.3 meters-
Besides the batteries listed, another battery is under construction and
probably already o? xpleted near Shabla village (N 43=329 E 2832);
e. Guns have already been installed in the batteries located near the village
of Galata (N h3?10, E 27-57) and near Tsarevo (N hii109 E 27..51,, acv, Michuri i.
f. The guards of then* batteri.es,, formerly Naval personnel, have been replaced
by coastal artillery soldiers- at present there is no question of any Navy
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Soviet transports have arrived at Sveti Ivan (N 41-26,
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artillery., or other unit taking over these batteries; it is claimed that
they may be manned by Soviet personnel;
g. It is confirmed that the Trudovaks who worked on these constructions were
chosen from among the best of various units of military workers; a new unit
called a as construction; unit with headquarters at
Varna$-has been established,, and is subordinate to the Coastal Defense
Command- and
h. The littoral of the Black Sea for a depth of 15 kilometers has been declared
a military zone; to move about in this area (behind the populated zones).,
special permission from the military authorities is necessary.
Infantry Barracks at Burgas
The sketch of the infantry barracks on page 3 shows the following installations:
.1. Barracks
2. Observation post above and in the center of the barracks.
Barracks.
,. Officers' mess.
5. Barracks . of the liaison.services - Chief., Senior Lieutenant IC rtov. Two
companies., 160 m6n.
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6. Headquarters and radio station.
7. Kitchen and food storehouse.
8. Lavatory--
9o Guard post,
10. Canteen.
11. Watering troughs.
12. Stables.
13. Two antiaircraft artillery guns.
114. Infirmary.
15. Workshops ? cobbler and tailor.
16. Clothing depot.
17. Stablee.
18. Garage and repair shop.
19. Munitions depot.
20. Munitions depot.
21. -Band.
22. Vegetable garden.
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Bulgarian Naval Schools m Early 1953
ANaval School is located in the northern part of the city of Varna. It consists
of.a--pri.noipal 3-story building., several smaller buildings., weapons depots.,
quartermaster service,, and guard post. It is protected by sentries from the out-
side. The course in this school is six years for pro-gymnasium graduates and three
years for gymnasium graduates. It now has an enrollment of 200 students., but is
able to accommodate more.
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Installations South of Bur
The sketch on page 4 ohms the following installations in the area south of Burgas
A. New breakwater approximately 100 meters long.
B. East breakwater. Near the beacon are two radars and a television apparatus.
C. South breakwater.
D. West breakwater transformed into a quay for light ships.
E. Militia post. Four or five men armed with a machine gam.
F. Border Guard zastava.
G. Position of a battery near the Q'Kafka farm.00
H. Border Guard zastava. Sailors and guards,
I. Position of a battery.
J. Lighthouse and command post of the electric mine-control system.
K. Line of mines barring the entrance to the port., on a line approximately
Chengene Skelya - SarafovU,. The explosion of these mines is controlled electri-
cally from the post at Sveti Anastas lighthouse.
NOTES-. (1) A mine field has been mentioned as located at the entrance of the Gulf
of Burgas (F.). Other information indicates mines in the gulf of Chengene Skelya.
(2) The bridge over Mandren Lake is the only means of land communication of Burgas
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With f,46--inland areas to the south of the city. In the event that this bridge
should be destroyed in case of war., the Bulgarian authorities have planned the
oonstrr otion'of a second bridge (shown L u the sketch on page 7). (3) Mines are
Ivcated- at 20' meter intervals along the-breakwaters A.9 B., and C., except that there
are no mines within 50 meters of tie beacons.
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Anastas
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Installations Southwest of Burgas
8. The-sketch on page 7 shows the following installations in the area southwest of
Burgas&
1. Truck workshop.
2. Slavyanska Fish Cannery.
3. Mooring space for patrol and fishing boats.
4. Oil factory.
5. Oil factory.
6. Georgi Dimitrov (formerly Veriga) Agricultural Equipment Factory.
7. New workers' town "Akatsite'A (The Acacias).
8. Antiaircraft artillery position. Twelve 75 nm. guns and a detachment of
five or six light tanks. Total of 30 men., forming the guard.
9. Gocho Ivatnov Sawmill - Workshop No. 1.
10. Slaughterhouses.
U. Mixed prison (men and women).
12. and 13. Barracks and artillery emplacements. Eight antiaircraft guns and six
coastal gas in casemates.
14. Stalin T ex the Fact-o-ryo
15. Creamery - cheese factory.
16. Depot of military supplies.
17. Workshop for filling cartridges., bombs., mines., and torpedoes. Four or five
mountain artillery pieces are around the workshop.
18. Tile works.
19. Sand pit.
20. Breeding farm.
21. New workers' city "Pesetsite"P (The Sands).
22. Militia post.
23. Petroleum wells which the Soviets started exploiting in January 1952. In
September 1952; the production was 10 tank trucks per day. The oil is loaded
on two Soviet ships immediately for transport to the USSR or to Rumania.
24. Military pig farm.
25. Nay post.
26. Barracks varnnder construction. Started in 1951. Three thousand cubic meters
of stone were brought in from the Gorno Ezerovo quarry. In autumn 19529 four
buildings were two stories high; a third story will probably be added. Be-
cause of the size of the area reserved for the barracks, it is believed that
several othbf-buildings will be added (similar size,., 50 by 15 meters).
27. Trenches.
28. Shelters being constructed under Kara Hill.. They will be connected to the
trenches by means of approach trenches.
29. Bunker.
30. Gorno Ezerovo quarry.
31. Copper mine.
32. Road under construction.
33. Bridge under construction.
3b. Tx'udovak oaa.
35. Gasoline tanks.
36. Guard post.
37? Well - six fountains.
38. Wooden house for the personnel of the gasoline tanks.
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