PORT OF BURGAS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004201210002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 5, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 7, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Bulgaria
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.B. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of Its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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Port of Burgas
REPORT
7 June 1954
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES 5
PLACE ACQUIRED
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE).
Port Entry and Control
2. One of the officials of the State Maritime Agency is Kosti (Inu).
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4. The harbor entrance which is 30 meters wide is closed with,bubys from 6 p.m. to
7 a,me or 8 a.m.
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(Reference is made to Appendix A
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The quay in Burgas is approximately 1500 meters long. Ships can tie up along
the quay except near the fish market where the water is shallow. The water along
the quay is five fathoms? deep, along the quay of the breakwater, three to five
fathoms, and in the middle of the harbor, six fathoms.
b. The natural and artificial quays have a base of stone and upper section of
coi4orete. A curving quay is built along the coast line starting west of the
custom house control building (location not specified) and continuing as far as
the f'el depots (location not specified). Ships will be able to tie up to this
quay.
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7. There are five warehouses in the harbor area. Three of these are old and about
30 x 20 meters, and two are new and about 20 x 15 meters in size. There are no
silos in the port area.
The electricity for lighting the port is generated by a diesel powered generating
plant located on the eastern side of the harbor (see Appendix A).
'9. There is a stationary crane of seven ton capacity located at the end of the quay
along the breakwater. There are two 5-ton and two 10-ton cranes mounted on rails.
All of these cranes are in working order.
meter customs house
A). This is probably identical with the construction of a 3-story, 30 x 40
of unknown function which was started during the German occupation (see Appendix
construction work is being continued on a building 25X1
Port Activity
11. 0 tankers2 ply between Constants and Burgas. These ships dock at the 25X1
inside of the south breakwater and discharge their cargoes of petroleum through
a single 20-30 centimeter steel pipeline laid on the breakwater and extending to
fuel depots located outside and west of the harbor area. Tank cars drawn up
between the station and the harbor were filled with petroleum through extensions
to the pipeline.
12. Five or six 20-30 ton Bulgarian tugboats and two dredges were anchored near the
fish market in the western part of the harbor.
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the following ships visited Burgas
b. Two Soviet ships, one of which was about 6000 tons, arrived in ballast and
loaded chrome; and
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15. I ships in Burgas
a. A 3000 ton Soviet ships which was in the Burgas harbor loaded
maize and left for an unknown Dort:
a 2000 ton Soviet ship and a 1500 ton Soviet ship arrived in
Burgas in ballast and loaded wine barrels;
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a. Near the beginning of March a 2500 ton Soviet ship loaded a lead grey powder
partly from the quay and partly from railroad cars drawn up beside the quay;
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Eight 50-60 ton patrol boats were moored 25X1
to the western breakwater. None of them left the harbor from 4 February to
17 March because of ice flows and bad weather.
ships currently tie up at the end of the quay along the eastern
breakwater. Formerly this location was reserved for Bulgarian patrol boats.
Military Information
artillery fire was heard coming from the direction 25X1
from early morning until 7 p.m. each day 25X1
who asked the reason for
this firing was from shore batteries* nother25X1
gunfire was told that ice flows were being
18. During the early part of February., machine gun fire coming from the shore due
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a small number of captains and majors.
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north of Burgas was heard.
No military vehicles or motorized equipment were seen in Burgas. There was a
remarkable concentration of young second, first and senior first lieutenants.
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Key to At pe_
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2. Stationary crane
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4. Electric power house
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6. Old warehouses
7. Building under construction (probably customs house)
8. Loading area for tank care
9. Fish market
10. Mooring area of Bulgarian tugs
11. Mooring area of Bulgarian patrol boats
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Gulf of Burgas
B. Black Sea
C. Harbor
D. Burgas City
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