BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT EXPLANATION FOR CHOLERA VACCINATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80S01540R006000060008-7
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 2013
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
emended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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COUNTRY Bulgaria ,
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DATE OF INFO.
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Bulgarian Government EXplanation
for Cholera Vaccinations
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1. The Bulgarian Government is still tr to conceal the fact that there is A
possible cholera threat in Bulgaria. The latest incident of this occurred wh50X1 -HUM
the Bulgarian Government was forced to explain why Bulgarian seamen are required
to take anti.mholera vaccinations. The reasons given for this by the Bulgarian
Governmeni in an official note to the Turkish Government were:
a. There are not now nor have there been any oases of cholera in Bulgaria or
on Bulgarian ships.
b. These vaccinations of seamen are merely a preventive measure in view of
Bulgaria's expanding trafin Which now includes commercial relations with
collmehvies in the cholera area.
o. These vaccinations for immunization are not a new procedure but have been
performed on seamen in the past.
2. However, the Bulgarian Government has been advised by Bulgarian representatives
in Turkey that the reasons given in this official note to the Turkish Government
have not been sufficient to dispel Turkish suspicion of a cholera threat in
Bulgaria. In addition, these Bulgarian representatives point out that the same
situation pertains in Greece where Bulgarian merchandise is not permitted entry.
3. Therefore, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has been urgently requested by Bulgarian
respesentatives in Turkey to arrange for the publication in a Bulgarian Government
news organ of a convincing article or news release shoeing that there have not
un and are not now any cases of cholera in Bulgaria.
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