1. TRANCHES IN LEVANOVO AREA 2.COOPERATIVE OF LEVUNOVO

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008600530006-7
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• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 17, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION FiD ;T~ L 25X1 A
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION
COUWRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT 1. Trenches in Levunovo Area
2. Cooperative of Levunovo
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DATE DISTR. 17 Sept. 1951
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1. In the beginning of January, 1951 a trudovak company arrived in Levunovo
and set up headquarters there. The troops arrived in groups of between
five and twenty and when queried as to the purpose of their arrival, they
gave various stories. The villagers finally found out that they were in
Levun.avo to dig a ser. of trenches. The trenches were completed on
3 Nay 1951 and the company was withdrawn from the village and returned
to Sandeneld.
2. The trenches .in Levunovo extend for a distance of six kilometers. They
begin on the hill called ?jka late and pass through a place called Kiselitsa,
cross the Kulata (ale) - Sofia road, pass through the location named
Kupenitsa, and from there pass through 0olysm Bair, the village of
Hotovol, and end at a place called P)pova Chuka. The trenches are for
infantry and are interspersed with nests for light raach.ne-guns, which
are covered with dirt and twigs. There are also dugouts for am Unitiori.
The trenches run in a zigzag manner and appro cimatelty every 300 meters
there is a bunker for heavy machine-guns. There are two sets of trenches,
one set being approximately 200 meters away from the other. One set
follows the base of the hills, and the other set is approximately at the
military crest of the hills.
3. There were no police, border guards, or military elegy-,ents in the village
of Levunovo. For emergencies, such elements were brought from
S andanek i
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1? Until 1951 there was no cooperative farm (kolhoz) in the village of
Levunovo. However, on 12 Janu=ry 1951 such a cooperative was formed
due to the extreme pressure of the Communist Party. The reason for the
success in forming a cooperative was due entirely to the high quot--.s of
cotton and tobacco levied upon the individual farmers; in case of failure
to fulfill the contracts there were extreme fines of 50,000 to 200,000 leva.
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The peasantry had to sow the exact acreage stipulated to them by the
authorities, whereas the Communists were able to plant an additional
portion of land with cotton or whatever' other item they were contracted
for. Thus for two acres of cotton, a Communist would plant an additional
half acre in order to make :pure he fulfilled his quota.. Many of the
peasants were obliged to tear up their cotton-filled quilts and mattresses
in order to obtain enough cotton to fulfill their quotas. Many of theca
also went to the city to buy quilts in order to obtain cotton.. Before
a peasant was committed to a prison or sentenced for not having fulfilled
his quotas he was given an opportunity to join a cooperative in order to
save himselfe Many of the peasants were forced to do this, since they
had large families and could not afford to go to prison*
54 At the formation of the cooperative, many youths entered the village
Soviet meeting room ands in front of their parents who were opposing the
cooperative movements chanted various Communist aloganso Immediately
after that, a prepared group of Communists rushed up and signed the pledge.
After that another group of non=Cammunists also signed, since they had
been previously contacted by the Communists and told that they would have
choice jobs within the cooperative. Thies in turns forced many others to
signs and when informant left, there were-100 persons in the Levunovo
Cooperative*
5o On 1 May 1951 a strike took place; many of the Cooperative members signed
a petition to resign from the cooperative.. Immediately a detail of State
Security police was sent from Sandanski and the ringleaders were arrested..
As a result, eleven people lost all their property and the rest, through
intimidation, were forced back into the cooperative.
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