BULGARIAN PRESIDENT WANTS TO SEND MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT FORD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100090015-3
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 2000
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: September 11, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: BULGARI;~N PRESIDENT WANTS TO SEND MESSAGE TO
PRESIDENT FORD
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THE US EMBASSY IN SOFIA HAS AGAINU REPORTED THAT THE BULGARIAN
GOVERNMENT HOPES DEPUTY PREMIER POPOV WILL BE ABLE TO SEE
PRESIDENT FORD LONG ENOUGH DURING HIS COMING VISIT TO DELIVER
A PERSONAL LEETER FROM PREP-ST_DENT ZHIVKOV. POPOV WILL BE IN
WASHINGTON FROM SEPTEMBER PP TO C4
WE SUSPECT THAT THE LETTER WILL
--URGE INCREASED ECONOMIC COOPERATION ACROSS THE BOARD-,
---PUSH HARD FOR MFN AND EXPORT IMPORT BANK CREDITS, AND
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MESSAGE IIANDL.INC INLIICAIOR DAIT TIML- GROUP CITE MESSAGE RLTERFNCE NUMB[ R
BVISIT BULGARIA.
POPOV WILL CERTAINLY EMPHASIZE THE BENEFITS OF INCREASED
BILATERAL TRADE AND JOINT VENTURES IN HIS TALKS WITH US OFFICIALS
AND BUSINESS LEADERS.
SOFIA HAS ALREADY TAKEN SEVERAL STEPS TO CLEAR THE SLATE OF
GRIEVANCES AND REQUESTS TEIAT WASHINGTON CITED IN FEBRUARY 1973
AS OBSTACLES TO T[JE NORMALIZATION OF US-BULGARIAN RELATIONS.
THESE. INCLUDE:
--ENDING THE JAMMING OF VOICE OF AMERICA BROADCASTS,
--CONCLUSION OF A CONSULAR CONVENTION, AND
--BEING MORE COOPERATIVE IN DIVIDED FAMILIES CASES.
SOFIA'S ACTIONS OMARK A SHARP DEPARTURE FROM BULGARIA'S PREVIOUS
POLICY, WHICH STRESSED THE NEED FOR EXPANDED ECONOMIC TIES BEFORE
INCREASED POLITICAL COOPERATION COULD DEVELOP.
SOFIA'S WOOING OF THE US IS TRANSPARENTLY DESIGNED TO MAKE
POPOV'S VISIT AS PRODUCTIVE AS POSSIBLE. THE BULGARIANS HAVE
BEEN PUSHING HARD FOR EXPANDED ECONOMIC TIES WITH THE WEST--
IMPLYING THAT THEY ARE LESS CONFIDENT THAN HERETOFORE OF UNLIMITED
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FROM THE USSR. E-2 111PDET.r!
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