TROOP MOVEMENT BETWEEN PLOVDIV AND SOFIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013700290010-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 3, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CEPITRAL INTELLIGENCE. AGENCY
CLASSIFICATIQN
S$CR>"IiT
SECURITY INFORMATION
INF~RNIAT~~N RE~RT
COUNTRY ~ Bulgaria
SUBJECT Troop l~vertt Betwe~e Plovdiv and Sv~ia
DATE OF
INFO.
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THIS DOCUYEYT CORTAIMS INFORWITION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL OFFENSE
OF THE UNITEO STATES, DItNIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 1D, SECTIONS 793
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2e During the night of 22 ~u~ 39529 one troop train moved from Sofia to Pl(~vdive
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le Begi.~ia~g ~ ~lst 1952a e1inten$e secret troop ~ov~~ts in the direct~,o>I~ of
Sofiae were vbservede Mast of these trvop~moved from Plovdiv tv"Sofia by
rail
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owever9 ~ootori$ed. units moved bg night along the Plo~d~.v~Sof~.a higl~.~
Indiv~i,dna3a are 'being x~eca:33ed. fvx? training with ner~ weapgns$ hawever9 there
is nea mobilisation, The 29-~earmold age groap is scheduled for rele~seD .
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~ august 19529 eight medium tanks moved bg train in the see ~irectiono
In this corl~activaa r-uaors i?ri~-sate that troops from the Stara Zagora garr~.-
son mag have nsoved,l additional .details as to the braneh and cvmpc~sitiv>~ of
these troops was not availableo
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5e Bailrvad static oomma>;tdants are former ci,v3lian railroad employees dressed
in arm officers unifoa~-IS, .
he ara Zagora areas~~However9 recent reports indicate than an 8 Infantry
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rifle division llPossi'b~y ~, near d3vii.s3an formed from the cadre of the o~.d
~ Infantry Rlfl~ Divisi?n) is ~at V'ratsae There are a1sc~ indications
that a. aex rif3.e~ divisioa~is loe~tg fo~mer2, ire northwestern Bulgaria ar~d
that a new tank ar mechanised divi.siaaz is laeated in the Stara Zagora
area,
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