GENERAL INFORMATION FROM THE BURGAS AREA

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• Publication Date: May 29, 1952
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COUNTRY Bulgaria
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ndara II Septemvri), which begins in
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The second largest avenue is .Fer
. the middle. of Aleksandrovska and connects with the-Malko.Turnovo and Sredet
roads in the western ou;.Jskirts of Burgas at the railroad underpass and
?oXimately one kilometer in length, begins op ite the
Bcagovidi Avenue, app
poi nt on Alek sandd Avenue where Ferdinandova Avenue begins, and co tine s
east to the naval park.
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There, are three, main avenues in Burgas.'
a. The largest avenue is Aleksan&r ovSka., which begins at the central railway
station and ends In the new corgi Dimitrov quarter at the northern edge
the city, the State Security, militia, 24 Military District office, Balkan
tourist hotel, Yugoslav hote-l, old and new m .nicipal buildings, free sales
stores,, the largest cooperatives, the Kbristo Sniirnenski cinema., and. various
- - _;-- 4-.A =i n~nsa the street;
2. The People $ s Municipal Assembly has a new, very large building located at the~
corner of Aleksand.roa and k4erdinandOva Avenues Between July and. November
the food. commissariat moved from. the State Hospital. 'building, to the old 25X1
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municipal building .also located at the intersection of Alek sandrolcka and
Ferdinandova Avenues The Militia Co m terisfl the in k-story buil ldi Militia on
AleksafdTO Avenue apprCaCi1Uately 30
Cnd. is the 2kth Military District office.
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wilding can one of the stree'tsparalleling Ferdixaaxtdova Avenue
and, provincial court share the same building on Patriarch Eftimi Street The,
Jail, which houses only political prisoners, is located between the indastrtal
section and the Numl.uk c ;agar ter? on . the Burgas-Malk? Turnovo road; non-political
prisoners are sent to labor camps in other areas, A State Security unit of
at least 100 men.is located in a separate building, on Aleksandrovka Aver-le. There
are four guard. stations in Burgas, at least 150 men are at each station; guard
duty is done at sentry posts during the day and in 2-man patrol groups at night a.
Principal hotels. in Burgas are,
the building w 10 :- fu.1.1; there
were- same `3O + met ;l in 4xc i. or at :. ne - in a za beyond the ilif, a Command
is thy` B 3krzr~ ca xe?ist hate , . 1, meters -beyond:-.the hotel.. is the Ag i'cultura3
Bank, a street intersection and, the Central. Bank; on the square at `the c u-
vergenc'e- of Fer?dinandova and, gavidi Avenues 50 meter. s farther is :.thee i unici-pal'
build ng;..the 'ffatla al Security building is 300 meters'farthe ;,'on tie opposite
side of the street :. ere are commercial establishments on EogQgi&i and Ferd-
i ndava venue a The HousingC Curt is on..t e top floor :.o f,...a ge;- 3=stork
T'he district
The Balkan Tourist hotel (formerly the Emperiyal), a first-class hate].,
located on AleksandrO1 a Avenue, has. a restaurant on the ground floor and
three stories above, it charges rates of 420 leva per beef and is patronized
ma.inly by members of foreign delegations, high-ranking officials, deputies,
and Party members
bo The Yugoslavia hotel (formerly the Kontinental), a second.-class hotel, is
located on Aleksandro Avenue; it has a restaurant on the ground floor
and three floors above; each floor has 14 rooms, the hotel charges rates of
220 levy per bed on the.?irst floor, 180 leva on the second floor, and. 140
lava on the third floor. 'and is patronized mainly by people from the out
lying , areas,] and
c. A ' 3-story hotel (formerly the Vienna), located on A .ekaandrov&a avenue,,,
has approximately 30 rooms and charges the same rates as the Yugoslavia
hotel...,:
All hotels are operated by the municipality; bills are paid in cash each night.
There are the following hospitals in Burgas
The State Rospital, located adjacent to the barracks northeast of the
city, has approximately 350 beds, large surgical and internal diseases sec-
tions, and treats tuberculosis and women's diseases;
A branch of the State Hospital,, established. in 1948 in the German school
ass Sveti i Metod. Avenue, has maternal, eye, ear, and internal disease clinics;
and
e. '7rkers Hospital, converted. in 1949 from the old French girls, college
tt i.i ding in the station. area, has four branches in various parts of the
city, one, of which is only a dispensary the hospital has X-ray equipment,
The four branches of the Workers Hospital are inadequate to meet the needs of.
the people. Workers apply to the hospitals with their workers' insurance cards;
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officials go to medical centers or hospitals in their area of employment with
their fami.lly health cards, for ODUP.tient treatment.; 25X1
In.addition to children's
diseases, :Liver disorders, and tuberculosis, many people have stomach ulcers.
A coeducational co erc.tal lycee, which offers night courses;
A girl's lycee;
There are the following schools in Burgas:
ao A men. lycee, which offers night courses-
A coeducational techa:.cal ly'cee, which offers night bourses,
e0 A girls art school (l;ycee) and
f,. A' 2-year sem-L--high (sfe) teachers institute which trains secondary school
teachers
Since 1945, the following construction has been completed or is under way:
Drains have been installed on all
treets and avenues by trudovaks
b e All streets and avenues have been paved by trudovaks;
c a . Approximately 15 buildings, each to accommodate six families, are under
construction on the northern edge of the city, to be used by workers;
A large slaughterhouse in the Kumluk quarter in the southwest part of the
city;
The "small bridge" on the .Burgas-Malko Turnovo road, which links the lake
and the bridge, has been widened approximately 15 meters;. it formerly was
about five meters wide; the bridge is approximately 50 meters long and is
strong enough to acco maod.ate the heaviest tanks; and-
f., A freight depot, ready for use in the fall of i948,. has been built directly
opposite the central station; previously a group of old warehouses in the
section where the port ends were .used as a freight depot; the warehouses
are now used to store goods which arrive by sea and for general export and
trade goods arriving from the interior to be shipped by sea.
The Port of B,trgas is connected to the city by the main avenue which ends at
the port; the area is fenced by an iron-pipe grillwork one and one-half meters
high mounted on.a wall one-;calf meter high and is guarded by militia at the
two entrances. Special, passes are required for entering the area.- passes are,
validated every month by the port militia, There are always ships in the harbor,
sometimes five or six at once; the majority of the ships are Soviet, but occa-,
signal ,y Rumanian I Iships are seen.. Constanta and Odessa are the only
foreign ports to which But avian ships sail Exports to the USSR include iron,
copper, lead, zinc, and canned:rruits and other food products; port. workers do
not know the nature of the ore they handle 4 Imports, from the USSR include
tractors, agricultural 'tools and. machinery,, construction iron, and TS, Molotov,
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and 0azhki. trucks and. auto iles;
The city has two, railroad stations-. Gara Burgas, the Central Station at the
ports and 0ara Burgas-Zapod., the Western Station. The Western station. an its
freight depot are in the f rei it building; the freight depot is 50 meters south
of the passenger statio.a, Approximately 25-30 tracks in the station area serve
the passenger trains, freigh t4 cars, locomotives, the freight depot, and port
facil.i.ties P The terminal is well-.planned., in add.iti.on to three platforms with.
two sets of tracks la front of each platform., there are four termi.nal, tracks and.
many loading-unloading and shunting tracks a The Central station . is a modern,
2-story,. L-shaped building, 40-50 meters long and 1.0-15 meters wide, with a
tower over the angle; the Western. station is smaller, but is also two stories
high a Burgas is linked directly with Aytos, Karnobat, and .Pomorie, a branch of
the Sofia-Burgas line breaks at Karuobat for Shu.men;. another branch breaks at
Zimnitsa for S1iv'en.4 Three trains arrive at Burgas on the. central line and three
leave the city, morning noon, and evening; in addition, two passenger trains
leave for, and arrive from,- Pomona morning and evening.
A plane flying the. Sofia Plovdty-Burgas-Varna route lands at the Burgas munici-
pal airport
10. The Burgas municipal bus line operates the following routes in the city.,
a., Center of town - Kuml.jak quarter - .3 kilometers - 15 leva;
b Center of town - Atanasov village -,,3 kilometers 15 leva;
Center of town - Koplizhalar village -.16 kilometers - 80 leva;
Center of town - Karabayer nine 8 kilometers -- 35 leva;
Center of -town Kafkata. village - 8 kilometers - 3:5 lava; and
f. Center of town - :Bsgu .B'ulgar :ill -, 3 kilometers - 15 leva4
11 The following ..inter:-urban is lines are. in operation.,
sr ;as-Varna -'u6 kilometers, 550 lava fareA -two bases which meet at
itsovo village, Pomorie district;
b a Burgas-Goritsa vi.l age;
-Burgaaa.Momina Tsur: as 65, kilometers, 350 levy (buses belong to Fakiya
municipality); drivers are paid once a month; in. 1950, pay for May was re-
ceived on Monday, 5 June and pay for June was received on Tuesday., tf Ju ;
Burgas lyu1ova,'32 k:i.,lometers,. 180 leva fare;
s-Zagorets a 42 kilometers, 230 lev'a fare;
Burgas-Dra..ia village o 52 kt,lometers, 290 leva fare;
Burgas-Orkhanovo, 40 kilometers;
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Burgas-R.usokostrua 32. kilometers, 180 leva fare;
IQ Brtr?gas-Maiko Turnovo 82 kilometers, 500 leva fare;.
Burgas-Prlmorski (bridge) 48 kilometers (buses belong, to Mauro Turnovo
ticipality)
Burgas-Izvor o 25 kilometers,, 130 leva fare (buses belong to Malko Turnovo
municipality),- and
1m Burgas-Novo Patcharevoe 30 kilometers, 170 leva fare (buses belong to Malko
Turnovo m u:nicipality)
12, The following, coastal. trips operate from. Burgas a
Burgas_Pomor.ie-:Nesebera Same schedule as Bu: ?gas-Atiya-Sozopol; and
Burgas Tsarevo-A.khtopol .
Burgas-Atiya-SOZOpOU -Lease Burgas approximately 4,00 p.m., spend. the
night at So?opol, and return the next day; small vessels carry approximately
200 passengers;
13, Rationing in. Burgas is supervised as follows;
A responsible official in each city quarter tours the houses in his district
d of the family the
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declaration filled out by the establishment in which he works (unemployed
persons are not given ration cards);
The official turns the cards over to the. Food Commissariat of the Commerce
and Food Brauch of the municipality and collects the ration . cards for the
coming month; and
ea Tb:e-official distributes the new ration cards to the- people in his district
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Ration. cards for wearing apparel. and food are issued by the Food Commissariat
d ed ever three months,- clothing
offices Except for bread, ration cars are renew y
rds are valid for are year Q.
Some representative prices are,
Item
Fixed Price
Free Price
sugar, .1. kilo
16o leva
400:leva
Bread, 600 grams
35 levy
8o levy
Vegetable oil, 1 kilo
160 levy
700 levy
Wool cloth, 1,meter
3,000 leva
7,500 levy
Cheapest rubber shoes
400 leva
i, Ooo leva
Thirty percent of the people in Burgas live. in private, single-family houses,,
the rest of the people live in 4-5 family units There is a shortage of living
space. A.-Housing Commission keeps track of empty houses and sets rents, the
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Housing Court allocates quarters to applicants (one cannot register at the Census
rb ho certificates which ea-V
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title rhea to special privileges), Landlords and tenants do not get alon because
the landlord. has no control over the choice of tenants and .cannot fix rents.
25X1 enants are generally ill-.bred. individual from: the villages
i-ri1 iced conditions and who therefore ruin the .
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places they rest
17 Minority groups in Burgas include Armenians, Turks, and Jews More than halt the
Armenians have :immigrated: to the USSR, approximately 2,000 still remain;; a slight-
ly larger number of Turks remain, but they are all prepared to emigrate. Only
500-1, 000 Jews, remain in Burgas, the rest have. gone to Israel, In July and.
August l9h9, between 200 and. 250 families were deported. from Burgas to villages
in northern Bul aria, among these were the doctors, lawyers, merchants, and
maraufact~rx ers ? these business and professional men are now
farmers.
1$a .Members of the Soviet minority in Burgas who arrived after the 1944 revolution
had no connection, with the military units, but remained after the Soviet troops
were withd.rawna Approximately 40-50 White Russian families are still in the
city; some Bulgarian Communists who were in the USSR and returned to Bulgaria
after the revolution. now consider themselves to be Soviet nationals. The Soviet
group lives in the best houses in the center of Burgas; their club is located
behind the :Kiril. I Metodi Church which was the office of the Soviet commander
during the occupation. Most of the Soviet families are specialists; some men
and, women work in, the port area where they inspect and analyze the rake wine,
liquor, kosher cheese, white cheese, various canned fruits and vegetables, and
metal bar'rp1s, and., arrange -their transportaiona These inspectors have separate
offices In the 'customs section at the port.
19. The Chernomorakii :Front (Black Sea Front ),. a. Party organ, is published in Burgas
In the building adjacent to the post of ice an the station area4 The newspaper
was founded as the :1-urgas7.i. Front and became the 'Naroden Front from 1944 until
early 1950; it prints articles of world events. and- agricultural, industrial,
economic, and political events of interest to the Burgas area.
20.. There are three churches in Bur?gas o Although most of the people are religious
and profess Orthodox Christianity,, only the old people, less than 10 percent of
the population,. go to church. Formerly, marriage and. betrothal ceremonies took
place in church, but such ceremonies are not necessary since the initiation of
civil marriages., Communists have begun to conduct funeral services without
the aid of priests. There is no atheistic society organization as such in Bul25X1
garia, but atheism Is one. of the main propaganda goals of the Party, Communist
officials are using their authority to break the. religion of non-Comm,}anista
The -riests ordained in recent years are, Communists; Otets .Evan, is now
an Orthodox leader in. Burgas 21. Burgas has the following facilitiee for culture and recreation.,
a o Burgas People s Theater, the only theater in Burgas, located. adjacent to
the Palace of Justice, is subsidized by the State; the theater has a capa-
city of 400 people, including the loge and balcony space; plays propagandiz-
ing Communism and..ccncert,s axe given here;
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Three cinemas, the YIx Leto Smirnenski., Trakiya, and. Perd.ina:rdov ! .,all ,otated
streets openi._rsg off Aic a cx a r A~e:~t~. , show only Soviet, fi ;
Football (soccer ; Is ft le, only spectator sport in which people are interested;
there are two fie,id..s o one ad.jacerrt, to the cemetery in the northern part of
the city, the other :near Oars. Zapoci in the western part of the city;,
A beach Js located cr. ? he eastern side of the port near the at amine park;
e. 1?unters ? Park is located. in the Akatsitite quarter In the western part of
the city; and.
The Fizkui.tara, official organnizat;_t.on which directs pb ssical activities, has
branches as follows,
(1) Dina (sic);
'(2) Cherreuo Zname (Re i.az;);
(3) Stroitel (CoRri.s:tr?aact.io:a);
(fit) Sports and tech-Taiques, including bicycling, motorcycling, swimming,
shooting with hint;i: rifles and carbines, and glider piloti_zng
the fol~~.owig. officials o
ail A certain. Grozdev, head, of the Forest D:ir?ector^ate;
b o Stoyan Anagr o.tgv, director of the State Construction Company;
Zheeha Velev Arab: 'hiev 1, of the SORT (Si +r7 ua Obshti Autombbilen Transport
General Auto Transportation Union);
Stefan Todorov Rainov, of the Fuel ? ce;
eo Mitir (sic) S.hivarov, director of the Black Sea Area Cooperati, e branch;
and
Georgi.. Gandazev, ehief accouratant at the Central. Banker.
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25X1 SUBJECT Roads from Burgas to the
Turkish Border Area
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1. The Burgas-Malko Turnovo road is 84+ kilometers long. and pine ate*s wide . The pave-
ment is seven meters wide, lined on each side by one meter of earth. The road
has numerous slopes and curves and is generally good except for the stretch be-
tween Bosna and Malko Turnovo, which is very bad.
2., The Burgas-Akhtopol road is 86 kilometers long and is paved with stone for
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seven of its nine meters in width. The stretch from Burgas to Pri
the rest of the road is very bad. A very weak bridge, approximately 15-20 meters
long, is located near Primorska,, the bridge is built of wood because the terrain
is unsuitable for a concrete bridge A pontoon bridge is located in.a swampy
area where a stream flows into the sea approximately 500 meters from Kiten village
and six kilometers south of Primorsko. The bridge is 25 meters long and has a
maximum capacity of only five tons, thus preventing the movement of road ea.in
tenance machinery in the area. The sea current at this point is so strong as
to prohibit the construction of a more substantial bridge.
The Burgas-Sredets ,lamina Taurkva road is 65 kilometers long, As far as Sredets,
the roar is nine meters wide with pavement seven meters, wide; from Sredets, the
road narrows to seven meters with pavement five meters wide,.
TheTsarevo-Izgrev-Bulgaria-Gramatikovo-Malko Turnovo road runs along the
border.for an. unknown distance The road is called the Balkan Road and. almost
parallels.the border at a maximum distance of 20 kilometers, The road is seven
meters wide,, five meters of which are paved.; two. trucks can meet, on the road.
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The BOsna-Vezitsa-Gra atikov .forest road branches from the Burgas-Malko Turnovo
road at the 42 kilometer point. The road. is paved for four of its six meters
in width.
The Malko Turnovo-Studenata Voila road is narrow,and not more than four or five
meters long. Since it is located in a restricted zone, the road is forbidden to
civilian trucks. There formerly was a border tower at this point (sic), which
was as far as the road went
The Malko Turnovo-Vulchanoviya Most road, running close to the border, is used
only by inhabitants of the area.
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25X1SU EJECT Factories in Burgas
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1. The Veriga metal goods factory, located in the northwest section of Burgas, manu-
factures various agricultural machinery, machine parts, buckets, stoves, barbed
wire, horseshoes. The factory employs a maximum of 600-700 workers on two
shifts
2. The Hadzhi Petrov flour mill, the largest flour mill in the Balkans, is located
in the northern part of Burgas. The. flour milled here is not used in Bulgaria,.
but is loaded into paper sacks, stamped with foreign labels, and shipped abroad.
Informant heard that the factory usually produced 10 tons of flour per hour and
that it now works at capacity. According to rumor,, the factory's output serves
the bread needs of the Soviet occupation forces in Germany.
In addition to the flour mills, the Hadzhi Petrov plant operates:various fruit
orchards and vegetable gardens, and engages in rabbit raising, dairy farming.,
and hog raising on the mill property. A total of approximately 400 workers
are employed at. the Hadzhi Petrov establishments,,
The'Joseph Stalin thread and weaving factory, located in the ind.ustrjal. area. of
Burgas, employs 300-350 workers in two shifts. The plant is an expansion of the.
former Prodzha.factories with the addition of installations acquired by die
mantling all other thread mills and weaving looms. in Burgas in addition to two
private factories in Kazanluk and So-pot. The factory became a stock company
when it adopted its present name. the capacity of the 25X1
plant, but said that it always operates. at capacity. The factory produces
cotton thread and cotton cloth; these items are seldom seen on the local market.
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The Marshal Tolbukhin chemical factory, formerly the Maslosap oil soap factory,
is located near the flour mill in the northern section of Burgas and employs
approximately 200-250 workers. Until 1939, the plant manufactured soap from
imported oils, but at that time the price of the oils became so expensive that
the factory expanded in an attempt to produce sunflower oil at the plant for
use in the soap manufacturing process. The results of the experiment were un-
satisfactory, so the. plant installed equipment to extract hydrogen from the air
to be used in making soap. Soap is the most important product manufactured at
the factory at present3 however, the plant also produ,tes various olee.ginous and
chemical products for soap production as well as bottled oxygen for sale to
welders. The soap output of the factory is not available in quantities locally.,
because soap is a rationed product throughout Bulgaria.
The Elprom electrical industry is now operating in two ,separate places .near the
center of Burgas and is constructing new buildings in the northern part of the
city. At present there are two shifts at each place, and a . total working force
of 230_30.0 employees., The factory manufactures batteries and, cables of various
sues and, thic3unesses b. 0 the 1 May holiday radios and electric motors were. 25X1
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The Professional Workers General UUnion (Obsht Rabotnicheski Profesionalera Suyez )
The directing body of the Professional. Workers General Union is the Sy t4ate
Assembly which is concerned with the social and political conditions of tlw
workers and gives directives to the union's administrative committee,
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The v ..io a. bas the following branches,
a. Transport w~. 'per. s a includes chauffeurs, railway workers_s maritime workers:,
employees on passenger planes, coachmen, and port worked
Textile and thread factory .workers;
e. Unions of general crafts orgeni;ations
The Labor Inspectorate is concerned with local social in8vrance u A social aid
matters.
Local units of various consumer cooperatives, NAB1cOP (Narodna Kooperatsiya
People's Cooperative) are directed by the central administrationin Sofia..
Throughout Bulgaria, wages are paid according to the 194+7 labor law,
Cultural workers; and
Mine workers;
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DSNM Dimitrovski Suyu na Narod ata Mladezh; Dimitrov Union of People's Youth)
The DSWM, which replaced the Komsomol, has the following program for children
and youths
Children of wor king families, from one year to school age, are left at
child care homes; in the Bummer, children from three years to primary
school age are sent to nurseries called Chavdarchetal
School age children are called Septemvriycheta in hoT or of the September 1,911
revolution; according .to the Bulgarian educational program, children bear
this name until the ens. of the seven year primary education period;
All male and female students are included in the DSNM program without dis-
schools of lycee rank un^
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tinction from the time they begin lycee. or o
til the end of their higher education) and
The aim of all children's organiiFatio is to indoctrinate young minds with
Communist principles., and thus make of the youths fanatical. Communists who
would be willing to denounce their own parents.
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A Soviet Geological Information Institute,, employing approximately 250-300 men
and wo*en, includinIp Mining engineers, chemists, etc., searches for minerals in
the Burgas area.and throughout the rest of the country. The group has made
soundings in many places and has discovered copper in the Karabayer area eight
kilometers west of Burgas; in Rosen village the group is rumored to have discover-
ed an care that contains radium as well as copper and silver. Mines have long been
in existence in the. Burgas area at spots known as Bakerlik and Propodnala Voda,
however, the sites haa been abandoned as unprofitable before the Soviet group made
its tests. The Soviet group improved the mines and began extracting ore, leaving
subsequent. exploitation to the Bulgarians. 25X1
The Rosen mine employs more than 1 ,,000 men working three shifts a day.
1~ excavations ha been
meters as compared with 150 meters in 1947 and that 1,000
tons of ore were being extracted during a 24-hour working day. The ore is trucked
from the Rosen mines directly to the port of Burgas where it is dumped on the
wharf for subsequent shipment to the USSR. It is rumored that a smelter, like the
one at Eli,seina, is under construction at the Rosen mine.1
The Kaarabayer mine employs approximately 700-750 men working three shifts a day..
Mining was being done at the 160 meter level in 1947 and has now been extended
to 250 , meters. The ore from the Karabayer mine is sent by freight car to the
Elise"na refinery; after refining, the ore is shipped to the USSR via either
'Buri~l or Varna.
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On a cold night in January 1950, the Marinkaviya Hotel, where the Soviet mining
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research group lived in Burgas, was destroyed by fire,
fire bad. been started deliberately. The Burgas, 5liven, and Anhiyalo fire
companies tried to extinguish the fire, but could not because the water froze
in the rubber fire hoses. The 4-story hotel building burned to its foundations,
destroying the tools, archives, and equipment of the Institutes
The Institute personnel moved to the CzechoslpVakia Hotel. in the railway station
area. Later the group moved to Madan village.in the Smolyan area to investigate
lead and zinc deposits, and. remained in Marian village until 15 June 1950p
The Institute has two 4,ton trucks,, three 2-ton trucks, and two deeps.
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Coast Artillery headquarters in Burgs are located near the port, The unit is
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Near Sveti Niko].a vi];1age, 20. kilometers south -Qf Burgas;.
Near Sozopol:, 30. kilometers .south of Burgas . .
On the north ftre of Saravovo vili,age, a oximately 10 i,lometera northeast
cif Bur
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In. the vineyards approximately three 'iters north Of Pomorie w4ich is
20 kilometers north of BUrgaa.
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Headtuarters of the naval base at Burgas are in. the former American 'Hotel.. build
ing.which is located exactly opposite the port gate. Sheds which the. Germe.
built adjacent to the fish pier in the western part of the art serve as barracks
they house approximately 1.00 seamen0 n-iors and junior and Beni r
captains in. the port area..
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Members of the navalunit train with four or rive KATERIS class veasel a and
approximately 10 rowboats ., the BRA.BI, SMELT BTROGI, and BRAZKY, a11 old., Bul-.
garian. torpedo boats,, are 'sunny in Bur$ea, A cruiser . (sic)) rumored to
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longing to the municipality, located in the northern part of the city, Y been
closed and locked and that sentries from the same headquarters were assigned to.
guard., It_ One day in May 1950 a Bulgarian general get out of an 25X1
formerly belonging to a manufacturer located afar the point by the railway when
Pstriarch Eftimi Avenue ends.. Naiorsp ca taira various low-ranking, offceers,
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Tearevo have similar units e The crews of tf .s omit wear naval UV "04'210
are considered border guards) KATERI cokers are lieutenants,,
Late in 1949 military headquarters in Burgas requisitioned a 3-story building
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quarters, Th& marine craft unit has four or five KATERI Craft. Of approximately
35-40.tong which patrol the coaatlinel other coastal, cities such-as Sozopol and
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Offices and warehhouset of a, former flow' factory, located on the'.square in the.
Burgas serve as headquarters. and barracks for 6 Border Regiment.
center of
automobile and enter the building
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In 19k2-1943, the Germans built many underground gasoline. tams at the now 1946,
abandoned Txazhiuer Saravovo airfield, 11 kilometers northeast of Burgas. In the Bulgarians. removed four of tanks to the Beck-lea Area cooperative depot
west of Bur. gas. , in 1948, when gasoline becaa a state mon?>poly, the - tanks were
moved to an . unknown.loca~tion. Each of the tanksholds approximately 13a, ? liters
beds as barracks
In Ju3,y or August 1945, 3 Reconnaissance Air regiment left-its. barracks in !ambol.
to make room for the Soviet fighter plane units which were returning from the
battlefront, The 3 Reconnaissance Air Regiment moved to the Okop a rfield nee
akOp village on. the Yambol-Elkhovo road approximately 10 kilometers west of
rambole. The airfield had no hangars) the Bulgarians used a few German-built
of gasoline.
1145, 4 Ca ralry Regiment was attached to 2. Division..
of the Party were reduced in rank to common soldiers:. A ..military card showix
the unit to which the individual was to report in case of mobilization was issued
to all. who. passed. the examination. 25X1
In 1948, all Bulgarian reserves,, from .soldiers_ to the highe t officers, were
crammed by a military commission. Those not found to possess the confidence
Workers were required to. show their mobilization card to. their employers em.
ployers returned the cards within. a 10-day perked..
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In March 1950, throughout Bulgaria, military commissioners thoroughly examined
all motor vehicles, including buses, automobiles, trucks, and. motorcycles. In
Burgas, the examination took place on the avenue outside the barracks courtyard
of 24 Infantry Regiment. A lieutenant headed the commission; other members were
employees of the Automobile Traffic Directorate. Motor vehicles are inspected.
every year; the 1950 inspection was unique because military personnel aided in
the examination*
11., In June 1950, another military commission examined horses, mules, horssecarts, and
harnesses throughout the country. In cities, the commission consisted of mill,
taffy personnel; in the villages, village officials carried out , the examinations
All reports were directed to 24 Military Service Branch in.Burgas in accordance'
with directives previously issued.
I2. In the spring of 1948, two generals, an armored unit colonel,. an artillery
colonel, a construction colonel, and two captains from Sofia contacted the mays
and members of the Sredets city assembly concerning the possibility Of building
a barracks in the Sredets area. The group toured the vicinity in one day and
chose a 150-decare plot of level ground approximately one kilometer west of
Sredets.. Construction was begun in the spring of 1949 by a ,state institution
known as the Construction Union; machinery, equipment, and, a working crew of
100 trudovaks were brought in. Work is suspended during the winter months,. As
of 30 June. 1950, the construction situation was;
Joiners were at work on.. one building approximately 150: x 40 meters its size
which bad already been roofed;
Foundations had been laid on two buildings similar to. the one above; and
Foundations, were being laid on a. fourth building similar to-those above...
13- In. the fall of 1948, construction. was begun on. barracks in an area.southeast
of Zvezdets, 25 kilometers northwest of Malko Turnovo. The barracks are being
constructed by Stroitelna Voyska.military units, not by trudovaks. The unit
wears regular army .uniforms, except that the tabs on officers epaulettes and
25X1 collars are.sky-blue-, the officers were engineers and
25X1 IIthe unit was a newly-created military ..ranch.
14. In1949, electricity was brought to Zvezdets village strictly for military con-
struction, purposes. such as power for the six or seven electrically operated
machines for mixing cement and breaking rock.. As of July 1949',v, the situation
was as follows:
a. Roofs had been constructed on three buildings,;. five, buildings were under
construction; foundations were being laid for others;
The buildings were approximately 150 meters long, 35-4+0 meters wide, and
four-stories high; and
c, Cement,, iron, lumber, etc., used for construction, were transported to., the..
Burgas railroad station from where they were shipped to Zvezdets by truck;
bricks were manufactured in the village by approximately 300 soldiers and
an additional crew of 25-30 civilian workmen. brought in by truck every day
from Malko Turnovo. sand, gravel, and earth for the bricks were obtained
from the Vulka.and Tamnereka streams in the. vicinity of the. village;
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The border unit. at Fakiya is known as Tumba Podeleniel. it consists of approxi-
mately 100 solders and is honed in barracks near the school on the southeast
ern edge of the village. Unit officers are Captain Grigorov, First Liextenant
Dimitrov, First Lieutenant Saravov, Lieutenant lev, Lieutenant Petrov, and
Lieutenant Penkov. Each day acour.ier goes to Burgas and returns E. One day in
June 1950, a soldier, sworn sworn to secrecy as. to his mission, was sent to Sofia to
pick up a military wireless e returned, carrying. the equipment in two boxes,
each of which weighed approximately 15 kilograms
16. TumbaPodelenie has border platoons in the following areas
Strandaha
Lorna, Iabulkovoi
Belo-rren; and..
Granichar
A group of six border guards was stationed permanently in a hut at a crossroad
approximately 16 kilometers south of Sredets and. approximately 24 kilometers
from the border. The group checks travel, doc-i-ment.s.
18, Travel permits.. are issued. upon verbal application.. to the militia,, sub-district,
directors, or village mukhtars and must be approved by the border authorities.,,
Validity periods vary according to ned. and the distance of the places being 3'
visited. To enter the border zone or to travel within the zone, a. travel permit
and. an. identity card are the only documents needed..
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Regimental commander. A colonel oa horseback, equipped with pistol and
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24 Infantry Regiment left its location on the shore northeast
of Burgas for suer camp in the forest north of Krushevets, south of Burgas :on
the road to 1alko Tur:novo. The group marched in the following order
b Regimental staffs Six officers of various ranks on horseback, riding in
twos, equippd with pistols and binoculars;
Commander of 1 Battalion. An old major, equipped with pistol and binoculars.,
accommps._nied by his adjutant to his left, mounted and armed with Vintovka
rifle;
An old master sergeant carrying the regimental standard., flanked. by non-
commissioned officers on either side armed with automatic pistols;;
c o Four mounted. communications non-commissioned officers and soldiers. in, a li
The 1 Company of 1. Battalion.
(1) The 1 Platoon, led by a lieutenant on foot armed with g "L p tol; 1 Squad
two rows, the platoon commander and seven men in the front row, six men
in the second row, soldiers were. armed with auto tic pistols and
carried a blanket, raincoat, helmet, and a short shovel in the packs on
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their backs; soldiers -of 2 and 3 Squads lined up in the same manner as
1 Squad, but were equipped with' Vintovka rifles with bayonets which are
automatically reversalwhen: not in use;
drum-shaped clip);
kinds of Clips*. one a 32-shells arc-shaped clip, the other a. 72-shy
%automatic pistols do not have bayonets-and their magazines take two
The 2 .Platoon, led by a lieutenant on foot armed with a. pistol; two
non-commissioned officers armed with Vintovka rifles and pistols; 1
Squad armed with pistols; "2 Squad armed with semi-automatic pistols
which hold a 2-shell clip in their magazines and have serrated bayonets
(3) The 3 Platoon, led by a lieutenant with an ordinary pistol; 1 Sq .
armed with aut attic pistols; 2 Squad armed with Vi