861.9111/9–144: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 1—10:30 a.m.]
3257. Moscow papers for August 31 publish prominently an article by the Tass observer N. Bodrov entitled “The False Maneuvers of the Bulgarian Government”. The article contends that the neutrality policy proclaimed by the Bulgarian Government was adopted merely to mislead public opinion. It charges that the Bulgarians have failed to intern German vessels in Bulgarian ports and are taking over German equipment in Bulgaria to be applied against German trade obligations and predicts that these maneuvers of the Bulgarian Government are doomed to failure.
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