Bulgaria


27. Telegram From the Legation in Bulgaria to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 BUL–US. Limited Official Use. Repeated to Vienna and Munich.


28. Telegram From the Department of State to the Legation in Bulgaria

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 BUL–US. Confidential. Drafted by Warker; cleared in EUR, E, and the Commerce Department; and approved by Vedeler.


29. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 BUL–US. Confidential. Drafted by Anderson. Transmitted as Enclosure 1 to airgram A–78, August 13.


30. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 23–8 BUL. Confidential. Drafted by White, and approved in S on February 25. The meeting was held in Secretary Rusk’s office. The source text is labeled “Part IV of VI Parts.”


31. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL BUL–US. Limited Official Use. No drafting information appears on the source text, which was transmitted as Enclosure 1 to airgram A–155 from Sofia, October 14. The meeting was held in Zhivkov’s office. Anderson left post on December 6, 1964, and President Johnson nominated Nathaniel Davis, Sr., as Minister to Bulgaria on May 6, 1965. He presented his credentials on June 4.


32. Airgram From the Legation in Bulgaria to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 2–3 BUL. Secret. Drafted by Davis and Tuch. Repeated to Moscow, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, Bucharest, Berlin, Paris for USRO, Munich, and Vienna.


33. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL BUL–US. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Tuch and McSweeney. Transmitted as Enclosure 1 to airgram A–168 from Sofia, November 8. The meeting was held in Zhivkov’s office. Davis left post on May 20, 1966, and President Johnson nominated John M. McSweeney as Minister to Bulgaria on September 16. He presented his credentials on October 26. The Legation in Sofia was raised to Embassy status on November 28; McSweeney was promoted to Ambassador on April 5, 1967.


34. Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL BUL–US. Confidential; Limdis. Repeated to Sofia. Rusk and Bashev were attending the U.N. General Assembly Session.


35. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL BUL–US. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Houston.


36. Telegram From the Embassy in Bulgaria to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 BUL–USSR. Confidential. Repeated to Belgrade, Bucharest, Budapest, Moscow, Munich, Prague, Warsaw, USNATO, and Vienna.

  1. Beginning in spring of 1965, the dates and transmission times of all incoming Department of State telegrams were in six-figure date-time-groups. The “Z” refers to Greenwich mean time.