SOVIET TROOPS AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT IN BULGARIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005200490008-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 28, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: July 10, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Soviet Troops and Military
Equipment in Bulgaria
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- 5:54
DATE DISTR.
10 July? 1950
NO. OF PAGES
1
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PLACE
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25X1A
DATE OF
INFO.
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(LISTED BELOW)
1o Reports concerning the arrival of Soviet armored units in Bulgaria from
Rumania are aranating from Rumania, but no Soviet troops are seen in
Bulgaria.
2. fdmrever, recently, reports have been received that tanks and other
equipment for armored units are being landed at Stalin (formerly Varna)
and the harbors of the Danube. There are reports also that similar
materiel is being shipped an trains which came from, the directioat of
Dobrioh (Tolbukhin).
3. The tanks which are being brought to Bulgaria are a new type of the T$4/85.
This tank may be one of those types manufactured in the Soviet Union six
months ago. Some specifications concerning the new type of tank are:
Type - Bedi rkagov (?)
weapons ?- One gun of 92 centimeters
Speed o 80 kilometers per hour on the road, 40 kilometers
per hour an the field
Engines - Two 12?oylinder engines of 150 horsepower
Turret - Far forward
Armor ?? Heavy
STATE
X
NAVY
X NSRB
DI` IBt}TION
ARMY
X
AIR
X FBI
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