Office of the Historian

874.00/9–1045: Telegram

The Secretary of the United States Mission in Bulgaria (Rewinkel) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, September 10, 1945.
[Received September 17—10:30 p.m.]

521. National Committee of Fatherland Front, after a series of meetings on subject of elections and opposition groups, has finally issued and published following five resolutions addressed to the Government:

No. 1.
In interest of democratic development of Bulgaria to give and guarantee to all non-Fascist circles and groups the right and possibilities to organize legal political parties within their own printed organs.
No. 2.
To secure free participation in elections for legal political parties and to this end to make, if necessary, certain changes in and additions to electoral law.
No. 3.
To take by legislative and administrative order any further measures which would increase guarantee for holding free elections.
No. 4.
In order that public control during the preparation and holding of elections may be secured, the National Committee desires to establish a central commission with sub-divisions in the various constituencies, composed of representatives of National Committee, of all political parties participating in elections and of prominent nonparty members.
No. 5.
To hold elections as soon as possible and under present Fatherland Front Government headed by Kimon Georgiev. No changes in composition of this Government should be made unless any other political group is eventually incorporated into Fatherland Front.

The committee issued a statement that gates of Fatherland Front are open to everyone who recognizes its program and is ready to work for it and who will guard with all his strength national independence and sovereignty of Bulgaria.

Rewinkel