apd | Bf Spas Todogde™: 4 a i. i “ RETURNTO CIA. we gt " ~ . - ss eo en poss Backc und Use Only ~ ge ety Gens truotion _ 8 gen, or Alefield ron a 3B. Not Reproduce. :: . From: Irvase, Athsng Local Pile No: Mo. of Pages; 7 5 i a, : . 9 “On Distribution: - . ‘ SF ; . ‘ By copy to: § & Wash [) .Qrally tes C - ey A= Habs 1 = JUSIUAG; 1 = JkIGz 1 = SRely 1 © Slop agranap23 9 ~ , ‘ eo 1 @ Subjects; 1 = File reEitl wee & Vv qe 49 potts Qrr tC 1 = Gary 1 = Gad ag :3=4923 aua Ry ‘seu : earyees S Boe af _. References: ““Bouree, Operational Data, and Comments: * “uy ~ an . c J ls ...the in mn contained in the atjachéd report was obtained—thyough interrogation kin, Zdravko Kostadipyy; nov and Stefan PotsgyWweltekov, | “ “Truddovake - fio deserted their unit working én the Balohik airfisidand made their way -  -te.Plevdiv and. to Gress” \ or. ' \ wot , ae Sy - \ 2. The reason for their desertion was to join an alleged illegal group working in the mountaing south of Plovdiv. Their contact was a kaster Serjeant who resided in Plovdiv and who was gupposed to put them in contact with the illeyal groupe The Ser eant became frightened and refused to do so. From 7 May until 19 June the group wandered around ~. she -mountaing cettin; provisions from relatives and friande, Thay finally sould hold j out no longer and entered Grence on 19 June el 4 nN i § $e Spas Todorov Raikin was born 26 October 19 w,.4n Zelsnikovo (RA 7729), He is ‘ ‘ gingle and has two brothers, Petur and Stoyu, who are farmers in Zelenikovo, Hig father, Todor Petkov Naikin, is living and is a farmer also. Subject finished the ¢ ; ~ theological Seminary in Plovdiv and the Theological Faculty in Sofia, 49 than taught , for one year on the-Sofia Faculty. fle.was then called up on & April 1950 for his military service and assigned to the 309 Podslenie (Trudovak) at Bezmer airfield. on 22 December 1950, he with his unit were transferred to the Bulchik airfield where they ,bsoane Podelenie 5463, His desire to desert was to join in the fight against cosamuniem in the name of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. then he round it would be impossibls to do so insiae Bul; aria, -he decided to escape to dreess and join sush a church froup there, if such existed, In the event there was no existing church group, he desires to form suon a militant illegal shureh group to fight communism inside Bulreria, 4. Zdravko Kostadcinov Damyanov was born 6 September 1928 in Belashtitea (PF 4892). He is single and prior to his induction into the Trudovaks was a farmer on the family fara where he lived with his tatner, Kostadin Georsiev Damyanov, his mother, Stoina, aged 45, and his sistera, Yasilka aved 18, Stefka ured 3, snc brothers Yordan aged 16, Nikoja, and Zhivko. -The latter two voys are in crade school. Subjsot praauated trom the Plovdiv high schcol in 1949 and spent one yesr on tne fara orior to nig induction. Hie served in the sane unite ag Xeaikin ana was inducted ths same day, FOR Be, Va von ep. ou . 44 paw a bee act ¥ tate Cee Fie 1946
aw el, . . . sEcKe” . . . a= way 6. Stefan Petrov Feltekov was born 1} Laych 1929, in Brani Pole (RF 4994). He is aingle and prior te nis ailitery eervice he lived at fiome with his father, -Psutr, mother, Velika, aud ais sister haria, a:9d.26 (now. inprisonad by-the State Sedurity: 17 May and hag not been heard from since): He finished hich school in Plovdiv in 1949 and went to work ag a laborér in a government automobile repair shop in‘Plevdiv, On — 5 April 1950 he was crafted into the Trudowaks and his military service is identical with the other tos 6e During interrogation, all three men have cooperated extremely well and have been | - = Co a able to give sced concise information on the various projects where they sy an ar as , 7
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14-00000 | CENTRAL NTELUOENCE AGENCY eS INFORMATION REPORT ¢ - COUNTRY Bulgaria OATE DISTR: | 22-Auge 1951. SUBJECT Construction of Bezmer Airfield “NO. OF PAGES nr an 8 PLACE , ‘NO: OF ENCLS., ‘ ACQUIRED Greeca, Athens (ISTEO BELOW ee . pate OF INFO , SUPPLEMENT TO. KSEUMED 6 april ~ o7 December 1950 _ > _-REPORT NO. ~ GRADING OF SOURCE COLLECTOR'S PRELIMINARY. GRADING OF CONTENT: ee — 2 ca. vi y a Can i FaiRty ot Coe na. | PROBABLY JPOssiety | oouarrue [PROBABLY | Et" / ay se ‘ FOF Tue Wartad B°ATES Birma Tag GEAGAe OF IH ESHOREET bp bined : on . : a : ; ao oar E or ina courmats tavsar eines torie cuavtaoeceee siete ss, Soap . Pe ae a : AGC Ss OF Mah KORG 1s FASE S a . . . a: . Loe oye, sos wee ee at .. ~ SOURCE Through a fairly reliable source whose inforsante were ‘Spas Todorov Faikia, . i ; Zdraevio Kostadinoy Damyanov and Stefan Petrov Peltelovy, all, former laborers : _*® on the airfield, ; ; . ; | “ 1, The attached report on the construction of the airfield at Beemer is. forwarded -.. i for your information. . : ; 2 It is requested that this document be returned to thie office by 21 Septembe? 1951. 3. An evaluation would be appreciated. : : : i wh cay an Yew . { r a ‘ w 4 ot . . yw ‘ Yo CLASSIFICATION SECRET srate | [wave iNSRB DISTRIBUTION En 0 ee ee aay fea EV 1 xl ee ee DPCL- RAPES . fn
fone tee soe ge eimeuome ash t teh tet STORET. | THIS USS evaluat ey nt uAUATIOK, op oe “paring ‘oy garly pe “Ay Sf rors was: Lopua.en' the Bos “Y airfiold loodbed + 13.63. “Yhlomators. aouthyves of Sho Desmes railiay etasien aa the PlovaireTuxtod linge bor > ‘farther ortantation, tha cirfleld 42 -lesssed tires and oao pelt kileavters southvest of the villags of Borsmr (RB.6634), t¥o. kllonetere north of Solyereko (R5 4228), nad. tro and one-half Icdlexotsre southdas$ of Bosadjik (23 6034). The sirtiold Atavit 3 Assated 700 cuter south of the rad lway Lines Re The firat frudovak: wiite brought. in to semaonee work on the nicfleld arrived 6. Apri " 1960 ond stayod there until coupletion on 22 Lasembar 1950 of tha sunmaye The LoLlotte S . ing uaite:end their approximate etrength were used ia the gongtrustion ef the eLelLoleye oan _ 4 inl v Podelenie 305 « 625 men Podslonie S07 = 490 men ' Fedelente 300 = 500 mon Podyieniea 909 @» 200 xan cod Podolente S23 «© 100 nen THis (3 ER pooes ‘e S$. Podolonia SOS and 307 were used for mixing and pouring the oonorete. on the ronvays Podelanis JOS was used in the etone quarry to the north of the airfield. “Podelente SCO wae the trangpert Podelenle and their job was to furnish, drive and unload truuke, narrey cauce yuaket cure, and herscedramn vehiales, Podelenie 321 tas a teahaiesl Yucelente which Inoludsd engineers or snsolaliite who tested tad, wentar, sonorote end aay other olsnents used dn the construction of the aivMiside Thare wm one Soziut eagineor and « nmill group of about five Soviet spagialista who worked cn the alvfield ’ a& the besinulag, and later viclted the airfield every tro or thrsa days, ‘thoro were no Bulgarian Air ltoreo offieera at the field, but auch offioars did osy osaneional ; vieits to observe the Progreso of ths Selde ry The reli da bolng constructed primyrily ou @ Jot MGghter Meld, The mein nunay de €,500 noters Jong, with 16Q-moter parking gnsces on either end, and ic SO asters We Cte On sither aida of the rucvay ere flat turf flelde whieh oan be wed se auclilary rumemys in goad weather. These axtend along the entire len;th of the emoesete numey end are 150 meters wids. Tho turf field ts the north of th main mumwsy iu crossed by wedeenyy whiek lead te s pinnned auxiliary canorete rumvay to be built da the future. tha —dimansione of thia plenned rummy are not hicaa, G& Oa the aerthenat cide of the airfield ava olght Dillecinga af a temporary nature whieh were ueod to housd $reove and equirnent, SECREL OO a
G& The waavtrielty for flea lignts ead ordisasy lishting was obtedined fron Yambels <:. Fleed iitpnta ware pleased on the tury rataay to the north of tha rein runway about Lous meters from the sonorets edge and tpsced abou’. 80 astare apart. The: tyrare holding ‘the Tlocd lights were approximately ten (10) novare alshe - Mere wore threacdlostri cubestations on the airfield, along the sonorety runwey, and one certieing the varia terporury buildings and loonted in thelr uidrt, — - ; ne Te There wae one Soviet officer and assyaral Soviet olvilian workirg who uged ‘a. power érill scar the Teudovek winter yuerterge This drill eas similar, but on-n uch larger’. sosle, te w wol). drill, and the Soviets told the Trudowwka that they ware drilling for. water. There wera good water walls on the airfleld alrsady and dering the entire thine of construction the soviets drillud da the sasm hole cuntinuously. that thoy were . | ariiling Cor 1a not knows : i ect a 8 The concrete runway waa esde up of the following elexsnts, after tho curfeos earth had been rexoved; . : S» A layor of sifted varthe . - So . “ Lat ‘De Soa sand, 20 oentdceters in depth watch was imeped hy eechandoal ueans, the on zen sand was orought fron a bezoh ona Kilouster south of Burges oslled ; “xvartal Pyasaohen", and was dug with a ineze aand shovel in wee ainee 1010. @. A isyer of tar papers fo: d, Usmant blooke, <O aantineters thick, nexagenal in shapa, each side being 1297 seters, aompouad of sund, (quantity vakmorn), three types of gravel, (fins, . : medium, @ad lurge), ane $60 kilogram of cenont, all of which wea maxed with i eatery in @ gonerave mixere The prepertions of ths grave] are not knorn, dus tiey are duseribed aa Lollows; Finee«craval up to aud lnoludlag the aise of a pes Hediuw-sigo betwosn @ walnuts aod ag ege Larpeeesleg of On orange Yisis gravel wog called oovrospondingly firat, suvooad, and thisd "Sreation",s Iwo ouble asters cf prupared coneretc ware uted in sach dloeke ¥ So The nethed of operetion uand in aenatruating the muuway was to Sirst dig out the top acll Svou the ruiisy and ceo sullsrs over ite entire longth. ‘Iwo layore of send, is osatineters ash, wera then poured on sad an clestete “yidrater", Gulgerien menutneture "SLEROM™, with « 750 kllograse atrlzing powss, wae used to pound enol: layor in, thas aiyving & 2Quectineler tilgknesa fer an initial #4 sentiveters. The alr atris was than severed over oarplately with isoregnatad tar paper, after which the engiseurs sos¢ encofully laid out the pecterns to oo mado with ths eonent bleelo. The gacyant was poured invo hexagonal raves in eliemats cpacox, tian tanpod inte the franz with co woodaa tempor nad evensd of on the top wita @ geall wooden “rowel, tho biost was thsn ellowad to dry fron bebtvaen maven end eight hours, until the ocnarste solidified, Tha sices of tht alterncts dyy blooks wors then coverad with + single leyas of tar papuy axtendiag frou tho hottom af the block to the top, end ths altemete spacse weew shan Silled in the follesring duy, to Cor= wu vemplete pattern of bles. SECRET
1 er eeg wine Sof oe ue 8S eh pastes AN OO Sreseelenanemen ir Oe an eRegeeat Mean eee tevin tes - patiors - -nozotduss had 6 gap- up ‘to scae: ‘guntisatere Thie gap wis filled aslttay Sree ‘(Lavod), with each used in wlteracte’ areas an: the rummy. cropreseode “Sowaids the. cade The propared epsoos for blocks wera, Placed uvler. witer fren four. to alx dave Brion! . to pouring sovarete, in order te’ ‘dotarmine eny aisikges. tn Lorming the gatterrs, ‘the- blocie ‘arowid.n-ountral bloak senstisite hed ome; oracke, but the Dlooku deureeu. the botiou sith tir papor, and after, the blook pattesis eure Soaplotely drys aid . Jarye orsoke wora thea Siiled the Fost. of ‘the Ray. WEA, fare ae ; : _ : We In the beg naing, nino. oonarete ‘aisers were uesd and divided inte ro gresets havever, in ordar to axpecite the: “fi nsehing ‘of the field,. thirty oixers were wrete which ware divided inte. four groups. ‘and: one weaerve EFOuRS" The eastera. snd of tae - and guality“of material were: ‘gtrlotly ‘adhorod. bo6 “Tgwever, § grat-difttoulty. wo J maoutered. in obtaining the anount ahd ‘sise of gravel naaded) a@.@ result G3 come atruetion of the Lact half was not up. to etondard, . . ile Up untl] 22 Desenabder 1930. no perranent ing tad letisne. had been build ar started. and plane for such future constructions both abovaground and udorgrouid, are seknorny, 22. Attached are three shetehod shoiring the Loeation of the cirfisld ‘and wart gue sonntruatioa details, respsatively, Be ALL coordinates are GSGS 1,250,090 Series. Bulgaria - . ‘. a | | SECRET
CRE SHOUTING, LICATICN e i" SRS EASA 4 eSishayarere ehwbere eres : OF BEZMe «AIRFIELD . Ae ova: barracks “G. Headquarters Trudovek tattaliens Office tne cone ORR ont ERROR eee «cement e mentee rans toe , ‘for engineers and technical personnels ted sheet notal hangoro 50 neters highe- rTNyA Ge: long, 20 noters wide and 15 suters £. ¥inter barracke for Trudovaksa Be FP. Yroposed alte for kitchen ond garege G. Storage aroa for canent He duard Poot etremmarremmen sar coyaneanenttie +o 0 ome entre - orem: ON A COREE A M3 ETE NRT IEICE te, CRED SE ” TBE ea ae Suey
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14-00000 aoe . . bd @ ' , ° * ‘ ® t ' de Be 3. x Balge ris . Construction of Muguer Airfield Grevea, Athans 8 April © 22 Decander 1969 b 4 =z 7 S : as _ e a” . : a we ‘6 ‘ 2 . Through w fairly reliable souree whose informants vere Sane’ Sederow ialkin, Cdravie Kostadinev Tanyanov ané Stefan Tetrov Paltekov, all former laborers on the airfield. fhe attached report on the construction ef the airfield at Berner Se forvanied for your information, 18 As requested that thin dosment be mturned to thie office by 21 Gepteaber 1801. An evaluation would be appreciated, t 4 ' ’ A , Ad le lhe at few = ¥ OR imap ° : ‘ POA G88 ee tye payee. a YW