BULGARIAN REACTION TO THE INCORPORATION OF GREECE AND TURKEY IN NATO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011800070008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 28, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
SECRBT~CO~ITROL..-. U..S. OFFICES ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
IHFORHI~ITION REPORT
COUNTRY Bulgaria.
SUBJECT Bulg:~riax~. R.ea?etian to the Incorporation.
of Greece- and Turkey in 1~A`~0
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1.._ The act~,vi~ties o~ the Atlantic Pact nations in. .the. Central and Eastern Medi-
terraiaean are being ~oLlowed with nervousness and extreme attention iu respt~ns~
ible Bulgarian political c.ir:~les . For the most past,, tyliical Soviet-Coanin~or>ra
reactions. are evident in .the Bul~'~-a~+ C-rovernm~ent, and,,. to. a. lesser extent
among the people.
2. It is of utau~st importance. to eatpl~ar~ize the psycho]Agical viewpoint o% the .
Bulgarian people concerning the Following pointsa
a. The Southeast Mediterranean Command .in relation to the 1.ncorpor>ation,of
Greece and murkey in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation; and
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sympathy and hope and have obvious re~.sons for hating.the.Sovie exp
cif their country, an incautiowa political mane by the West at this tine could.
totally alienate their sympathy.
Th~.Bulgarian Goverx~nt has.. every intexest in.being able to dramatically reveal
to. the people the "imperialist" plans toe
a... Hand Bulgaria over to her traditienal epemies Y".a~goslavia,. Greece, and.
Turkey;
b. OcGUpy and dismember Bulgaria to the extent oY takiz~ away at least Thrace
and Macedonia.
Although three-~avxths o~ the B~ilgaris.n people still look..to the. West. with
itation
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Allied operational plans in reference to Bulgarian national.territoryr, ,
which might occasion a decisive rezersal off' Bulgarian- public opinion. and
serve to strengthen the. Bulgarian-SoVist alliances
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