EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRAINING

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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• Content Type: REPORT

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Bnlgarda
F~oergency Medical Training
This DOeumeatewtalns lnformatlon a8aetinR the Na-
tional Defense oI Lhe IIa1teE 8btu, within We mean-
1nR of Title I8, BecLlons 7RS anA 7pe, of the 0.e.0otle, u
smeaeeA. Its troaemlWOn M ro~elatloa o[ 1te contents
to or tecelpt by an unauthorlaaG person V Drohlbttad
by law. The roptoductfoa of this foam V pmhlblLM.
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN iN15 REPORT ARE DEfIN111VE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS iENiAy1VE.
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and wen not to be repeated. Zt Wen compulsory for all Bulgarian citisena of 25X1
sixteen years or more of age. Younger people reaching this age level in
subsequent years Would have received equivalent training in Bulgaria's youth
organisations, so that no repeat of the mass training program Would be 25X1
required. The first course (Pram about December 1950 to March 1951), dealt
with general first aid measures. The second course (April and May 1951) was
devoted to civilian defense in the eves of war, with emphasis on defense
against bambinga. Thin training extended to ell parts of the country, rural 25X1
as well as urban.
training on Bacteriological s designed to train virtually all
of Bulgaria's adult populace in emergency medical treatment, or first aid,
2. Instruction in anti-HW techniques wen brief robe no more than one hour
and very sketChye
eo ure was (a) the IISSR world never be the first to launch a BW
attack, but was prepared to retaliate if another state used this weapon
against her, (b) is case of a BW offensive against Bulgaria, the authorities
Woald mark contaminated water sources for the benefit of the public, and
(c) the IInited Staten had mailed germs into Bulgaria by conoealing thE:m in
food paokagee.
3. Only one hour or so ?tas devoted to BW during the second course, which wen
called Protivo-Vnzdnahna Rhimichesks Otbranet (Antiaerial Chemical Defense).
More emphasis was placed on defense against boatbings axed fires. There wsa
no mention of BW in the first course.
Most of Bulgaria's oivilinn doctors participated as iastructora in the
first course. ve the
second course,
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fram newspaper eoconnte of aiailar training 25X1
, ole program was Soviet inspired.. Somas 25X1
stated that the IISSR would be e~cEremely unlSlroly to condnat ssoret B>ri rssearah
in Bolgaria dne to a distrust of the Bnl?arian people. The Bnlgarisns are
distracted ~ the Soviets to the ezteut that sny foreigners ere distrnsEed
~ the Soviets. It would be illogical, in eourae~s view, for the esourity-
minded Soviet governooe~ to place eo sensitive an.inatal].ation as a BiI
reesareh center in Bulgaria or euxy other sate]1ite, where it would be ilsr more
accessible, relatively, to agents of foreign intelligence eervices, thew if it
vere boated inside the IISSB.