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Approved For Release 2004/02/19 : CIA-RDP83-00415R006800050005-6 Rositsa which will irrigate 500,000 dec- ares* of land. A dam is being con- structed on the Tundzha River which will irrigate 400,000 decares of the country’s southern lands, Maps and pho- tographs show the recently constructed gigantic water system which will isri- gate the Belene and Svishchov lowlands. The USSR rendered tremendous aid to Bulgaria in the construction of this sys- + tem by supplying machines and other equipment. Buea is being industrialized. Construction is going on every- where: on the spurs of the Balkan range and on the vast plains, on the banks of rivers and the Black Sea, in the coal districts and on the fertile fields. Three hundred and seventy-three new indus- trial enterprises were put into operation in 1949 alone, and more than 100 have been reconstructed. Industrial output is growing. The prewar level of industrial production has already been surpassed 2.5 times. New branches of production have been created. On display at the exhibition are ma- chines and implements unknown to pre- war Bulgaria: agricultural machines of the Georgi Dimitrov Factory, concrete mixers, machine tools, and clectric mo- tors. Some of the exhibits are so huge that they had to be placed in the open air alongside the pavilion. ‘The section of the pavilion displaying the produce of the Bulgarian textile in- dustry is extremely interesting. The fab- rics are of good quality and excellent designs. The heart of Bulgaria's textile industry — the city of Stalin (formerly Varna) — is being turned into an im- portant industrial center. TT” pavilions of the exhibition also tell of the outstanding successes which have been achieved by the Bul- garian people in the development of cul- ture Numerous stands reflect the achieve- ments scored by the Bulgarian people in the field of science, art, physical cul- ture and sports, health and education. Educational institutions, excluding higher and specialized schools, now number 9,500 and are attended by 1,000,000 persons. The higher educa- .2471 of an acre. OCTOBER 13, 1950 PUMPS ON EXHIBIT. The Bulgarian exhibition in Moscow included various kinds of machinery. tional establishments attended by almost 40,000 students train specialists in 60 professions. Several thousand Bulgarian students are also studying in the Soviet Union and the people's democracies. Bulgaria’s achievement in the publish- ing field are widely represented at the exhibition. ‘The best works of the Rus- sian classics and world literature, works of Sovict authors, Marxist-Leninist lit- erature, particularly translations of the latest Soviet editions of the works of V. 1. Lenin and J. V. Stalin, have been published in the Bulgarian language in editions previously unknown in this country. Ox leaving the exhibition one experi- ences sincere joy at the successes which the free Bulgarian people have achieved. This exhibition is a new strik- ing demonstration of the peaceful cre- ative labor of new Bulgaria, of the great force of the people’s democratic system. BULGARIAN DISPLAY IN MOSCOW. Produce of Bulgarian agricultural coopera- tives are inspected by Soviet visitors to the hall. 507 Approved For Release 2004/02/19 : CIA-RDP83-00415R006800050005-6