BULGARIAN MILITARY, RESISTANCE ACTIVITY INCREASING

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: August 23, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Bulgaria
Military; Political
Daily newspapers
Izmir; Istanbul
12, 15 Jul 1951
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BULGARIAN MILITARY RESISTANCE ACTIVITY INCREASING
REPORT BULGARIA CONSTRUCTING FORTIFICATIONS -- Izmir, Yeni Asir, 12 Jul 51
Trieste, 11 July -- According to information given by a refugee from
Bulgaria, who had completed his military service, very strong fortifications
have been constructed in Sofia. of Dolno-Kamartsi, situated in a deep
valley 25 kilometers
Among these, six underground concrete constructions are especially im-
portant. When the construction of these was completed, ammunition was carried
constantly for five consecutive days and buried in these fortifications, which
are 6 meters deep.
The Dolno-Kamartsi region has been declared a prohibited zone.
CALLS 10 MORE CLASSES TO COLORS -- Izmir, Anadolu, 12 Jul 51
Athens 11 July (Turkish News Agency) -- Military activity in Bulgaria is
increasing. In May 1951, the class of 1930 was called to the colors, and to-
ward the end of June 1951, the ten classes which were under arms in the years
1927 - 1937 were recalled. According to official reports from Sofia, these
mefor asurestraining bein the use of ing taken by RussBulgariansian
classes were called
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REPORT CLANDESTINE RESISTI.NCE INCREASING -- Istanbul, Cumhuriyet, 15 Jul 51
Reports from Bulgaria indicate that the 1950 summer was very droughty and
the harvest very small. Many men were conscripted in order to exert pressure
on the Greek and Yugoslav borders to the Soviets' advantage. Saboteurs have set
many granaries on fire. The USSR has replenished the wheat which it sold to
Britain with the wheat which it took from Bulgaria.
stock of the winter
Despite the fact that the daily bread ration during
grains was
civilians and 800 grams for the military, the one fourth, and
Bread, which was rationed and consisted of one half barley,
one fourth wheat, was selling at 80 leva a loaf. White bread wasselling
lingint black market at 2,000-3.000 leva. Insteaa of three meals a day, the troops were
prices, it ipackages
of the depend on
li.ciited to two. For the third ...eal, the troops
psa had
ive leva.
sent to them by their families. To g 00
enough to mention that the daily earnings of an average worker are 200-3
Spring, with its timely rains, was good for sowing. The number of persons
oved
forced to emigrate to Turkey was limited toe minimum. B Those wn c we
re.removeder
earlier were replaced by Koponaji nomad gypsies
druup of Turks was hastily sent fro;. their homes to the vast valleys along the
Danube.
The Bulgarian farmers did not want to work because they advtoypledgefto
turn in an amount equa. to, and often larger than, the p peh
their farm. To fulfill his pledge, afarmer wwas forced
edeinfthe-end tmeo
himself of the daily amount of 350 grams
family
The Communists, who saw that all this would have bad results, ordered
that severe measures be taken against farm workers' cooperatives and that those
involved in sabotage activities be punished, to serve as an example to others.
When harvest time came, the farmers did not want to deliver the crops. In
addition, there were not enough men to help in harvesting. Following this,
forced labor was imposed on the city dwellers. For example, of the 165,000
inhabitants of Plovdiv, 35,000 were sent out to harvest the crops.
Active interference on the part oftheifar frmers Fordexampl',dthever
farmers of the village of Logatovo, in G
their harvest to the cooperative. Having decided that if the men were the
leaders in this move they would be punished, they used women and children as a
front, thinking that the miLitia would be lenient toward them. However, the
result was 20 dead women and children.
A similar incident occurred in the village of Yesirli, in Sliven Okoliya,
where militiamen, who had come to collect the harvest, tried to arrest a girl
who attemp 'd to speak in defense of the villagers. She escaped to hernhouse
and opened fire on the militiamen with an old German machine gun, kill
of them and wounding the rest.
In some cases, resistance was more daring, such as the following, which
was witnessed by Vice-Premier Georgi Chankov. The village of Nikolaevo, in
Pleven Okoliya, which is full of farm workers' cooperatives, seems to be the
center of the resistance movement. To ascertain whether party members were to
blame, Chankov went to kfarmvworkers, plThiainlsyirritatedby the
they did not want to join guards were wounded and two of the
guaards. Some 50 of the farmers and nine gguards were killed. the people of the village were removed to an unknown place.
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In Dobrudzha, things are in complete disorder. In fact, this region, where
the US flag is hoisted over government buildings and where insulting remarks n the with reference to Stalin and Chervenkov are written on the walls,hass f een UheR.
cause of several reprimands of the Bulgarian Communists on the part ip to This has caused Chervenkov to make a personal trip in Dobrudzha. Accord-
ing to statements of a person from Tutrakan, he was many places with
shouts of the villagers: "You usurpers: You cannot steal our harvest."
The most widely used slogan by the Bulgarian villagers now is: "You only
reap what you sow."
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