711.00 Statement July 16, 1937/156
Informal Statement by the Bulgarian Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs (Kiosseivanoff)56
Although Bulgaria is one of the countries which feel most acutely the injustices wrought by the peace treaties, it is far from her intentions to seek to upset them through force of arms. Instead, she retains her faith in the tenets of the League of Nations and hopes that ultimately the spirit of solidarity and cooperation between nations will prevail over national selfishness and that, through peaceful negotiation, a remedy will be found for the evils which afflict Europe.
For these reasons, the Bulgarian Government cannot fail to fall in with the views expressed by the Secretary of State, whose idealism and goodwill, representative as they are of the dispositions of the American people in general, are well-known and appreciated in this country.
Bulgaria has, at the present time, engaged all her energies in the absorbing task of internal reconstruction which is only a part of, and is dependent on the recovery of the world at large. Therefore she cannot but view with deep concern any disturbances which may affect the peace and thereby imperil that economic security and stability for which the world is striving, and for whose attainment she believes America will play a leading part.
- Memorandum transmitted to the Department by the Chargé in Bulgaria in his despatch No. 410, July 29; received August 10.↩