874.00/7–745: Telegram
The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 8—12:53 p.m.]
345. My next following tel No 3464 is translation of text of Petkov’s confidential circular (3395) to country chairman [county chairmen] of Agrarian Union. This is a courageous document, given the political situation. If it could be supported by some action on our part and by Brit such as insistence on tripartite control of the election it should help greatly to bring about a more satisfactory state of political affairs in this country. It contains much that OWI supplied with some background material by [which?] the Dept would be able to put to effective use over the radio. Certainly Petkov and his associates should receive full credit for the courage they have shown in drafting and circulating the document.
- Not printed.↩
- Telegram 339, July 6, 3 p.m. from Sofia; for extract, see Conference of Berlin (Potsdam), vol. i, p. 401.↩