BULGARIA'S KATYN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000100100064-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 1999
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: January 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 1999/09/23 : CIA-RDP81-01036R000100100064-0
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COUNTRY tUlgaria
SUBJECT Bulgaria's Katyn
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT 25X1A
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THEMEANING OF TITLE I/. SECTIONS 753
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1. Almost midway between Yyustendil and Stanke Dimitrovo (formerly Dubnitsa)
near the roads very close to a small village called Tzarna Niva there are
literally thousands of graves,, also ditches filled with bodies (mass graves).
This location is kept strictly secret by Bulgarian Communist authorities.
2. It is probable that these bodies come from the districts of Dubnitsas Radomirs
and Kyustendil. They are believed to be the bodies of individuals condemned
without trial., by action of the Communist; alone,, taken out in the country,
shot and buried. In such cases, the victim is reported to have "disappeared."
This is an old Bulgarian game., not unknown elsewhere in the Balkans.
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