BULGARIAN ORDER OF BATTLE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002700600001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 1, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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The following locations of regiments are noted:
3 Infantry Regiment
6 Infantry Regiment
9 infantry Regiment (with artillery units):
39 Infantry Regiment
Belogradchik
Tsarevo Selo
South of Peshtera-Smolyan line
North of Nevrokop, on the
frontier
Units. of 30 InfantrY Regiment were observed recently at Harmanli.
TUnits of 23 Infantry Regiment have been transferred from Kazanlik to
KtshUkavak0
One squadron of 6 Cavalry Regiment has arrived in Elhovo - another has -
left for Hermann.
A number of officers belonging to 24 and 29 Infantry Regiments were seen at
Malko Ternovo on 19 March 1949.
Units of 11 Infantry Regiment left Elhovo for the Turkish Frontier during
the first week of March 1949. They are occupying the frontier sector be-
tween Lesovo and Hodzha-Kioi. Two batteries of regimental guns and an
unspecified number of field guns arrived at Elhovo to reinforce these units.
The headquarters remains at Elhovo. Battalions are on a war time basis.
7. Units of 24 Infantry Regiment are in the Tikenji-Rezve (sic) frontier
sector.
, Newly-arrived units of 29 Infantry Regiment occupy the frontier sector b
tween Hodzha-Kicee and Tikenji (sic).
The headquarters of 8 Division, commanded by Shterio Atanasov, is located
in the Military Club building in Haskovo.
100 oix howitzers and 24 field guns (all new) arrived at Haskovo by rail, on
25 :larch 1949.
On 24 - 25 March 1949 a group of Bulgarian and Soviet officers arrived by
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car in Haskovo. The name of the senior Soviet officer was Colonel Ivancheev?
and he was attended by a Soviet Major Tiklev,
12. Freight cars from Varna, loaded with war material (including four heavy
anti-aircraft guns and three searchlights) were observed at Mezdra station
on 25 March 1949. They were destined for Vratsa.
13. Approximately 1,000 Macedonian irregulars are concentrated in the Tsarevo
Selo area.
14. Numerous bands, consisting mainly of Greeks and Bulgarians from Greek
Thrace, are in the Haskovo-Smolyan-Kula area.
15. Chetnil:s have been observed at: Nevrokop (about 1,000), Petrich-Kula
region (2-3,000). They are distributed among the villages in these areas
111 groups of approximately 60, 100 or 120 men. Armament includes carbines,
lerman and Italian automatics, and a large number of hand grenades.
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