MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE SOFIA AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002800700009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 29, 2013
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 27, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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.S. Code, as
INFORMATION REPORT 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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DATE OF INFO.
Bulgaria
Miscellaneous Military Information
from the Sofia Area
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REPORT
DATE DISTR. 27 November-1953
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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Headquarters of the military district of Sofia is located in a 2-3 story
building located at the corner of Sdrdika and TriaditsA Streets. The two
aides of the building situated on this corner are respectively 25 and 30
meters in, length. The military distict is divided into three sub-divisions
as followsa
a. Sofiisko Voenno Okruzhi 1.
b. Sofiisko Voenno Okruzhi 2.
c. Sofiisko Voenno Okruzhi 3.
These numbers correspond with the jurisdiction zones of each section into
which the city of Sofia and the surrounding area is divided.
2. Unidentified units with a total strength of
new barracks situated five or six kilometers from 4the0eastern outskirts ofe
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Sofia, in the vicinity of Tsarigradsko Chausse9 and adjacent to the road
which leads to Plovdiv and Istanbul. Construction work on these barracks
started in 19)9-1950 and is now nearing completion. noted a total
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3. Along the Yugoslavia frontier, work is alle edl in rQgress on the exca-
!t.
Antiaircraft artillery emplacements are located on a hill approximately 50
meters high, situated in the vicinity of the Stalinski Redoubt on the east-
southeast outskirts of Sofia. This emplacement i ncl ude
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5. An unidentified number of antiaircraft, single-barrel machine guns are
located in Sofia on the terrace of the National Bank, a 3-story building
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situated in 9 September Square in front of the Dimitrov Mausoleum./
6. Reservists continue to be recalled for training in new Soviet weapons turned
over to the Bulgarian Army. These reservists are recalled for three months
and are drawn from the 1908-1928 classes. In the city of Sofia approximately
300 reservists were called up each day for an unknown period of time. They
had to present themselves for a general check-up in a high school located on
Tsar Simeon Street. The medical visit was very general and was taken care of
by a commission of civilian doctors. Out of 300 men examined daily, approx-
imately 250 were retained and sent within the day to training units.
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