1. MILITARY UNITS AND DEPOTS AT PLEVEN 2. MILITARY AIRFIELDS AT PLEVEN 3. AMMUNITION FACTORY AT KAZANLUK

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• Publication Date: June 25, 1953
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Bulgaria
Thin Document contains information e8ecting the Na-
tional Defenso of the United States, within the mean-
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1. Military knits and Depots at Pleven
2. Military Airfields at Pleven
3. Ammuulitio~i Factory at Razanluk
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Military Units and Depots at Pleven
1. Arl unidentified Soviet command is located in a ~.-story build's~lg ir, fs:~c~~ut of t"^_~3
Liberty Monume~~t on the street formerly called Diml.trov S-~~'ewt in Pleven.. The
building is approximately 12 meters wide facing the street. It is guarded by three
Soviet sentries armed with PPSh submachine guns (Shpagin) at tree entrancV a~^;d two
sentries at the sides of the building. Ped6strian traffic is forbiddeh. on the side-
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walk in front of the buildine. The commander is axs
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c u arx wing quartere for Soviet officers is 3ocated in the commaaad 3au~.lding.
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2. An u+nide~atified infsti~'~,~yy ragiment occupies barracks on Talbukhin Street behind tie
public park in Pleven. tSee Appendix page II.) Its strength is 1000-].200 men.
~. An unidentified artillery unity strength approximately 200 menu occupies barracks
in the eastern outskirts of Pleven on the road to Grivitsa. The mil_i.tary and
civilian hospitals are located on this road.
~.. Unidentified tank and cava~:y units strength about 500 mer~~ occupy barracks on
the slopes of General Zaimov Mountain at Pleven. There a~:so appears to be a, tank
school here. the units are equipped with old-type tiwnks.
5. An a~rtrrlu;..itior~ dump i~ located iri Pleven on the street which"leads to the old railroad
station. The access road is completely barred"with a barbed wire entanglsxr!.ent and
civilia.~. traffic is forbidden into the area. Sur~rsillarice is ~ carried out by Bul~
garian soldiers (believed to be infantry) armed with'Sz~vist PPSh submachine guns.
The depot occupies an area approximately 1500 by 1~Q0? meters i~^~ size. It is under
ground an a gen~.le hill. Ammunition stored hers is for autamatic weapons, art.illery~
and (possibly) airplanes.
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A-fuel depot is located approximately 300 meters fram the old station in Pleven
near the railroad line to ~ofia~ as follows;
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It is enclosed by a I~-strand barbed wire fence and guarded by BuYgaran sentries
armed with PPSh submachine guns and standard rifles. the d epot~consists of a;umerous
underground tanks located in a rather shrubby area approximately 450 by 150 meters
in size.
near Doha Mitropoliya~ as follows:
Military Airfields at Pleven
7. A military airfield is~located approximately 14 kilometers west-northwest of Pleven
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one ar ve a capac y o approxi-
mately 0 fighter p nee. severa our ng planes and 15 fighter
planes~-of unknown types. -There is a pilot--training school at the airfield which
has approximately 100 students and about 20 officers as instructors.
8. A military airport is located approximately lI~ kilometers west of eleven near
~zbnik.(See 'sketch on preceding page.) It was constructed~in 19l~2 and was enlarged
after the war. The field occupies an area approximately 5'000 by 1,500 meters in
size and has a packed earth runway. It is not enclosed by a fence, but signs are
posted around the edge of the field indicating that entry into the airport area is
forbidden. Surveillance is carried out by Bulgarian Air Force sentries. The .field
is used as a base for Bulgarian Air Force units Soviet soldiers
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numerous buildings at the nortYi~iest side of the a rpo , as we as
severa During planes and numerous fighter planes of unknown characteristics.
Ammunition Factory at Kazanluk - October 1952
9. An ammunition factory is located approximately one kilometer southeast of Kazarluk,
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10. It is an old automobile motor factory which was enlarged and converted t o produce
shells after World War II. At present it is the largest munitions factory in Bul-
garia. It sccupies an area approximately ~.~000 meters square. The surrounding
area is level un.d~quite bushy.
l1. The factory employs 2000-3,000 workers and produces airplane bombs and shells of
various calibers for automatic portable weapons and artillery,
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the factory
wall approximately two meters high.
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APPEIJDIX
The City of Pleven
1. Soviet military command.
2. Liberty Monument.
3. Thermoelectric plants constructed in 1931-1935; enlarg~d~i.da1.~;~d.~t2~C;?~~~~4kw~
slovakian machinery.
?~. Barracks of an unidentified infantry regiment.
5. Barracks of unidentified tank and oavalry units.
6. Ammunition depot.
7? Military fuel depot.
8. aeorgi Kirkov Agricultural Machinery Factory.
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COUNTRY Bulgaria
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STATE F+,V X ARMY $ NAVY
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Effect of Prague Trial and Moscow Arrests
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1. Bulgarian Jews were neither surprised nor frightened .by the recent trial in Prague.
This trial was considered to be a propaganda act of the Czechoslovakian rulers and
was not considered to be the start of a campaign against the Jews. The arrest of
the Soviet doctors on the other handy panicked the Bulgaxian Jews and was inter-
preted as tYie beginning of a campaign against the whole race. It was feared that
the Jewish emigration to Israel would be stopped and that Jews in countries con-
trolled by the USSR .would be arrested en masse on orders from Moscow.
Provisions for Illegitimate Children
2, An old law provided that women bearing illegitimate children were awarded a sum
of moneys while the child was cared for and brought up in a special State institu::??
tion. A decree issued in late 1952 established-that the mother should receive ~em-
ployment instead of money so that. she might keep the child if she wished. :The
mothers may also entrust the child to the State if they w~.sh~ losing all parental
rights; the State would then provide for the education of the child and train him
for a position according to his capabilities. Many of the children housed at these
State institutions are adopted by married couples who are childless. Adoption is
very common since couples who adopt a child receive a substantial decrease i.n
2 5X1 taxes. hese "states of affairs~~ have created a low moral
attitude and that e gar~.an authorities are becoming alarmed at the number of
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oblige the fatYzrr to support his illegitima e child by paying a high sum of money
to the State. This would also encourage the father to marry the mother of hi.s
illegitimate childe
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