REPORT SOVIET TROOP CONCENTRATIONS, JET AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION IN BALKANS

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• Sequence Number: 658
• Publication Date: March 12, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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REPORT SOVIET TROOP CON^ErirRATIONS
JET AIRFIELD OIJSTR ';;TIOrI _N EiLKANS
SOVI'r,T ':ROOFS CONCENTRATED ON YTJd IS!AV 1 01,ER -- _TStanhul, 'ieni Istanbul,
26 Jan
Edirre 2; January (by ' FF.-._ tal cOrrrsp~ndent
rer:iv_c today from very reliable ;Dare=.- ve wit to information
_ ha a their
troops from Bulgaria, leaving b'-r.Iri or.l: t hr.t-f ansandmombere,ofnthelPolit-
curs The Soviets, acccrdin0 to
slave by r.cnre.ntrating the three divisirnerwit,iravntfromsBulgariahon theeRuma-
nian-Yugoslav border.
ZTh-=_ following information, vr,ile [,:!TT, of 'he same ar!itie, was printed in
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pp+iren'_i_: r.'t rart of e d'
deepitr --c essence of a separate ua-.eiin~ .spatcr. from Edirne
A ccraina to reports reac!izg London, the Soviets are increasingly appreci-
ably tbs number of jet aircraft fi lds prier construction along the Yugoslav
border Tt,,Le fields reportedly begin rear
extend in a line up to the Yugo;lav-;ianFarlan!hr.i,i'kish-hese fields in Bulgaria,
Rumania. and Hungary are being built with great speed, and while some of them
are ;till incomplete, Soviet
aircraft er? stationed at some of these
which nav, been finished. Th=.e;~ rcr !,c -_re ol,+air,ed from 70 refugees who fled
to tl.e West from the Iron Curtain _ountries; they nave beer confirmed by Yugo-
slav intelligence agents and h?; -eports of
in Eastern Europe. A1lie?1 military attaches stationed
One at' the largest jet fields being built by tie Soviets is reportedly lo-
cated in the Hungarian city of Karcag; concrete, underground hangars located
beneatti too 2-mile-long field already house Soviet jet aircraft. Another con-
centration point for Soviet aircraft is said to bc in Csepel, south of Budapest.
The five fields in Rumania are in a line running from the Yugoslav border
to the Black Sea, At least two fields have been readied close to Sofia in Bul-
garia, and another is said to be at Yambol, only hO miles from the Turkish fron-
ti.er.
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Military; Economic; Sociological
Daily newspapers
Turkey
17 - 28 Jan 1952
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SABOTAGE, CLOTHING SHORTAGE REPORTED IN BULGARIA -- ? rzmir, Anadolu, 21 Jan 52
Aco,ording to reports reaching Munich, the gasoline dump at the Sofia Ar-
senal is been blown up by saboteurs. It is not known whether or not anyone
was k_iled by the explosion. Great efforts are reportedly being made to pre-
vent newa of the incident from becoming known.
From Vienna come reports that in addition to the food shortage, a short-
age of clothing has developed in Bulgaria. All the large Sofia clothing stores,
according to these reports, have closed, gone bankrupt, or are about to close.
No clothing can be found in the government controlled stores. It is also re-
ported that the available mass-produced shoes are falling apart after but little
wear,
Diplomats arriving from Sofia report that t:.,. old native markets are the
seen- of feverish activity, with people
in sear-ii of wearin pE ' jpr g slimrather than the stores,
B apparel. It i cc longer possible to find a bat for sale
in Sofia, and most people have been endured to we-aring a roughly made beret,
luadc?
It can a dibe e not-d,however,hthat car.inetYministe-s and Communist Party
want means these goods are brought. yinto 'heltountr;it is not known how or by
SOVIETS SEllIIJG BULGARIAN F:Rbl -- :ur,.r, Anadclu, 17 Jan 52
Despite the good crop this year In bu'i;e
ioc5 food shortage. Although thy- dally brad r- ?h` peoffi re facing a ser-- is most people can buy only 300-400 grams Moreover, under thecrationi system,
the people have the right to ba; monthly 00 grams of olive Oil, 820 grams of
milk, and eO(' grams of cheese
The tragic situation nas been caused b?? the practice of tha Soviet missions
of tiling Bulgarian farm produce and - siding it to the USSR or to the
other Satellite countries in excF.ar.fn_ fen raw materials
Failing to obtain inc necessar?; am,toOt of focd, Bulgarian workers are not
wr'rking and are resorting to pannive reStc?.unce Once it was possible to buy
ft'.', On the black market at c tragtot;s Fr ., ,; but over, there it is no longer
obtainable
Ttie Kremlin's policy is to Takelu a "farm," and reports indicate
that the huesificaticn program has expandel .c rther field; For example,
children in the primary and cecocdury -- cols ai- being told that the people
of Bulgaria are Russian and that ? toldarian alphabet was adapted from the
Russian alphabet.
REPORT CIASHE3 CN BULGARIAN-YUGOSI.AIV BORDEN -- _stunbul, Yeni Sabah, 28 Jan 52
Vienna,, 27 January (Turkish Not ;c?.-, cy'
hundreds of ulgarians ,rc. rofzlag tneu~r 2, -- ~efjorts reach here into) ugosiaviaito seek s~eun that
under 'he Tito regime These refugees report that clashes between Bulgarian
and 7ugoslav border units are occurring almost daily Bulgarian units sent to
the border have isolated a strip along the border from the rest of the country,
but, in spite of this, people are continually escapir,K into Yugoslavia: Some-
times they are even helped by be soldiers,
It is also reported that armed resistance forces known as Goriani (Woods-
men) are continuing their activities in the mountains of Bulgaria,
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MENTAL DISEASES INCREASE IN BULGARIA -- Istanbul, Cumhuriyet, 26 Jan 52
Belgrade, 25 January (Turkish News Agency) -- A copy of a report published
in Bu] -aria, indicates that mental diseases have increased in Bulgaria. Accord-
ing t, the report there are now in Bulgaria 872,000 persons afflicted with men-
tal diseases, 45,000 of whom are being treated in Soviet mental institutions.
According to the same report, each year 28 of every loo people lose their
mental balance. To treat so many mental patients, a great number of mental in-
stitutions are being built.
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