BULGARIA'S KATYN

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CIA-RDP81-01036R000100100064-0
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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November 9, 2016
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March 9, 1999
Sequence Number: 
64
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Publication Date: 
January 15, 1954
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Approved For Release 1999/09/23 : CIA-RDP81-01036R000100100064-0 U.S. Officials Only SECRET COUNTRY tUlgaria SUBJECT Bulgaria's Katyn 25X1A PLACE ACQUIRED (By SOURCE) M DATE ACQUIRED (BY SOURCE) DATE (OF .INFO. ) AND 734, OF THE U.S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE- LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS 26 Nov 53 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 THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 25X1X DATE DISTR. 15 Jan 1954 NO. OF PAGES 1 NO. OF ENCLS, SUPP, TO REPORT NO. 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. + 54.5 20M 135.23 20M U.S. Officials Only SECRET I This report is for the use within the USA of the Intelligence components of the Departments or Agencies indicated above. It is not to be transmitted overseas without the concurrence of the originating office thro gb the Assistant/~irer~PA -KdPt,PUT6AFCM9 1 "66latemination, CIA. Approved For a ease 1999~U9 1:f C: