BULGARIAN ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT TO NICARAGUA BURGAS, BULGARIA (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00491R000101230001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 6, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 22, 1984
• Content Type: MISC

Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/06: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101230001-0
ROUTING
TO:
NAME AND ADDRESS
DATE
INITIALS
1
ARCHIVES
2
3
4
ACTION
DIRECT REPLY
PREPARE REPLY
APPROVAL
DISPATCH
RECOMMENDATION
COMMENT
FILE
RETURN
CONCURRENCE
INFORMATION
SIGNATURE
REMARKS:
PAPER PRINTS
FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO,
DATE
NP IC IEG WPFD
SECRET
(Security Classification)
NOFORN
(See inside cover)
CONTROL NO. Z-1768/84
COPY Z I OF
Warning Notice
Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved
NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions
SECRET
(Security Classification)
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/06: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101230001-0
 .l.l. V... .. .I I.I_.
Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/06: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101230001-0
Warning Notice
Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved
(WNINTEL) or (D)
NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions
NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals
NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or
Contractor/Consultants
PROPIN- Caution- Proprietary Information Involved
ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information
Controlled by Originator
REL ... This Information has been Authorized for
Release to .. .
Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/06: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101230001-0
 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/06: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101230001-0
Iq
Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/06: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101230001-0
 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/06: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101230001-0
SECRET
Page 1 of
Copy
(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Z-17268/84
NPIC/IEG (3/84)
22 MARCH 1984
BULGARIAN ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT TO NICARAGUA
BURGAS, BULGARIA (SWN/NOFORN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: ARMS SHIPMENTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED COMING FROM
BURGAS ARMY BARRACKS 013 TO NICARAGUA. THIS NEW IDENTIFICATION
PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ARMS DELIVERED TO
NICARAGUA FROM BULGARIA. (SWN/NOFORN)
2. REMARKS: BURGAS 013, WHICH HOUSES AN AIR DEFENSE UNIT AND A
PIPELINE UNIT, IS 3 NM FROM BURGAS PORT FACILITIES
AND PROVIDES A SECURE STORAGE AREA FOR EQUIPMENT
AWAITING SHIPMENT. EIGHTEEN 152MM GUN
HOWITZERS D-20, SIXTEEN 122MM HOWITZERS D-30, 14 PT-76 LIGHT
TANKS, 12 BRDM-2 SCOUT CARS, AND 27 TRUCKS WERE IN AN AREA OF
THE INSTALLATION NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNITS HOUSED THERE.
THIS SAME EQUIPMENT REMAINED IN PLACE
ONLY THE PT-76 WERE STILL
PRESENT, AND THE HEAVY TRACKAGE OBSERVED INDICATED THAT THE
OTHER EQUIPMENT HAD RECENTLY DEPARTED (GRAPHIC 1). (SWN)
MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF THIS EQUIPMENT WAS PROBABLY DELIVERED TO
NICARAGUA. A BULGARIAN MERCHANT SHIP WAS IMAGED FOUR TIMES
PROBABLE D-20 AND AT LEAST 22 TRUCKS HAD
NICARAGUA
WO
BLUFF PORT FACILITY (GRAPHIC 2). IAT
LEAST 16 NEWLY DELIVERED PROBABLE D-20 WERE AT RAMA PORT
FACILITIES THE INLAND TRANSSHIPMENT PORT FOR
EQUIPMENT COMING THROUGH EL BLUFF. IN ADDITION, 12 BRDM-2 WERE
FIRST IDENTIFIED AT EL TAMARINDO HACIENDA
THE D-30 SEEN IN BURGAS HAVE NOT BEEN CONFIRMED
HOWEVER, SINCE THE OTHER EQUIPMENT FROM BURGAS
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered
valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
WARNING NOTICE
INTELLIGENCE SOURCES
OR METHOOS INVOLVED
SECRET
NOFORN
Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/06: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101230001-0
 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/06: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101230001-0
SECRET
(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Page 2 of 2 Attachment to Z - 17268/ 84
Copy
NPIC/IEG (3/84)
22 MARCH 1984
ARRIVED IN NICARAGUA DURING DECEMBER 1983, THE D-30 WERE
PROBABLY PART OF THE SAME DELIVERY. FURTHERMORE, THE PT-76 IN
BURGAS WERE PROBABLY DELIVERED TO NICARAGUA
IN EARLY 1984. A BULGARIAN MERCHANT SHIP MAKING A DELIVERY WAS
SEEN AT EL BLUFF ANALYSIS OF A SERIES OF
IMAGES COLLECTED OF EL BLUFF RAMA AND EL TEMPISQUE MILITARY
BARRACKS AND HEADQUARTERS REVEALED THAT AS MANY
AS 25 PT-76 AND 15 BRDM-2 WERE PROBABLY DELIVERED IN THE MARCH
TRANSSHIPMENT. (SWN/NOFORN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THE SEQUENCE OF BULGARIAN EQUIPMENT
SIGHTINGS AND LATER ARRIVAL OF COMPARABLE EQUIPMENT IN
NICARAGUA INDICATES THAT BURGAS 013 WAS USED AS A HOLDING
FACILITY FOR ARMS SHIPMENTS. THE D-20 HAS ONLY RECENTLY
ENTERED BULGARIAN SERVICE AND THE PT-76 AND D-30 HAVE NOT BEEN
CONFIRMED ON IMAGERY IN BULGARIAN UNITS. THE DIA TROOP LIST
HOLDS SIX UNLOCATED PT-76 IN THE BULGARIAN INVENTORY. THESE
FACTORS SUGGEST THAT THE EQUIPMENT SEEN AT BURGAS 013 MAY HAVE
BEEN OBTAINED FROM ANOTHER WARSAW PACT COUNTRY (PROBABLY THE
USSR) WITH TRANSSHIPMENT THROUGH BULGARIA TO NICARAGUA.
(SWN/NOFORN) (BULGARIA,-LEONARD VEID/333864 AND NICARAGUA,
3, COORDINATES 42-31-22N 027-25-32E (S)
4. COLLATERAL REFERENCE: DIA, DDB-1100-374-83, WARSAW PACT GROUND
FORCE STRUCTURE TROOP LIST SOUTHWEST TVD, VOLUME III, JUNE 1983
(S/NOFORN, THE EXTRACTED INFORMATION IS CLASSIFIED S/NOFORN
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered
valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
WARNING NOTICE
INTELLIGENCE SOURCES
OR METHODS INVOLVED
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
SECRET
NOFORN
Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/06: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101230001-0