1. 19TH INF REGT 2. SOVIET TROOPS IN BULGARIA

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• Publication Date: July 25, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Bulgaria
TOPIC I4 l tk ,In, 22 ft
..REPORT NO
2? Soviet Troofs in Bulgaria
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DATE OBTAINED 25X1 AGATE PREPARED 25 July 1950
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PACES 2 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
19th Infantry Regiment
Standard i.:anpower Questionnaire
The 19th Inf Regt had cover No 4135 and was located in
Razgrad. (R 43/i4/J 03) up to December 19i9,, The other unit
in the barracks occupied by the regiment was a border guard
unit, a so-called i arzie Regiment, Cost of the elements of
the latter unit were stationed at another post.
2, The l9th D f Regt was subordinate to the 4th Danube Div in
Ruse (R 43/I4/B 57) 9 which was commanded by Colonel Botev9
(fnu),,
3,, Major Stoyiaovski., (fnu), about 38 years old9 was the
regimental commander lie was sent to Loscow in ,ovember
19.9 to attend a training k-ourse,, The officers of the
regiment included Captain Oonec 9 (fnu). about 34 years
old9 the political officer; First Lieutenat Boneff, (fnu) 9
ordnance officer; Dry i~xnodoff, n nof~ a battalion* and two
First Lieutenant I edeff , (fnu) n CO political officers who attended a ,p;artis-training course
at a school in Baja, i ungary,, and First Lieutenant Nodelceff0 (fnu),,
P. Communist Party member, CO of a ba :tali.on.,
4,, The regiment was organized into the regimental headquarters,
a signal company, commanded by Lieutenant Dunoff the I Bn
of two companies, the 11 Bn of two companies, the III Bn of
by one mortar and
two machine gun companies 9 and. them Bn of
one AT company. The AT Co was aoa, aid
Alexander,, ( fnu )
There were about 90 men in the let 00 Of the I Bn, which was
First Lieutenant Stoyieff 9 (fnu) , a Com unist~,
commanded by
It was equi pad with Sovietchineeg s submachine guns, and
If an
-mm with Czech 7.92 light
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An ordnance de; of consisting of four large buildings was
constructed in 1948 in the area bordering on the Razgrad
barracks The de.ot was surrounded by a ditch and a barbed-
Soviet Troj,s in Bul aria
wire fence? Guards were in observation towers which were
equii.i,ed with searchlights.
7n The regiment Fartici, a.ted in the winter maneuvers of the
:qtr,. Danube Div, held near Ruse (R 43/4k/ H 57) in Fetruary
1949. Maneuvers with the Third Army, which were scheduled
for a later date, were not held because General Marko
Atanasoff, CinC Third Army, and Colonel Botev, (nu), CG
14th Danube Div, were arrested.
Soviet troo.j,s with many tanks and motor vellicSovilesetwemre
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on Soviet W
err by the deserter is considered
stationed in Bulgaria
t2laat t itr~e the In were
rossi.ble because Soviet troops
as instructors in 191.91,
C4 older questionnaire
1 x~nnex: F t andard y am
roO
toward the Bulgarians was csiMC
~ Comment. First rek,ort on an infantry regiment with
such an or,anizati.on. being
o t. ;tanrasoff was rei-orted fxecuentl.y as
GinO Third Army prior to February 19494
Corntnezzt, The statements on 3eviet troois ino Bulgaria
~~ r g a_ tcr~ s . Although
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the Yam bol (h 14B 93) area in :,.ax c
terry trains were seen on the Sofia-Varna and the aofia-
Ruse railroad lines in September 1949o
The ordnance de,ot at Razgrad was supervised by a Soviet
caalso
so asIJI.tt etude
detail of about platoon strength. This detail
vised the training of Bulgarian trool;scI
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