FOREIGN RELATIONS, 1946, VOLUME VI



874.00/11-2546: Telegram
The Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

RESTRICTED                      SOFIA, November 25, 1946-6 p. m.
                             [Received November 28-2:45 p. m.]
  927. With formation new Govt Communist domination all aspects
State control over country's life complete. Chief of State and pre-
siding officer of Parliament is Communist. So are Prime Minister,
Minister of Interior, Minister of Finance, Minister of War, Minister
of Education, Minister of Public Health, Minister of Commerce and
Supplies; Minister of Electrification, Water Supply and Natural Re-
sources, and President of Supreme Economic Council of State. Thus
is belied contention that present Govt is still FF. Non-Communist,
non-Agrarian parties of Front that were discredited by electorate on
October 27, have no important portfolios. Kimon Georgiev is Min-
ister of Foreign Affairs merely further to compromise him as Com-
munist stooge. Of Govt Agrarians only two received posts of any
importance, namely Ministries of Agriculture and Justice. These
two Ministries are well under control of Communists.
  Even official newspaper of FF must point out that Prime Minister-
ship of Dimitrov completely changes character of Govt as he is "such
authoritative person in life of country" as to justify term "Dimitrov
govt". According to this newspaper "his name is not only known
and beloved in Bulgaria but by all peoples of the whole world; his
name is emblem for democratic peoples of world". Official newspaper
of Communist Party also emphasizes "authority" of new Govt be-
cause of "authority, qualities and merits of Georgi Dimitrov".
Op-
position leader Nikola Petkov agrees in his newspaper, but out of
concern for what purely Communist Govt may mean for future of
his country. He says that "in language of [apparent omission] may
be called Dimitrov govt; its only purpose is to create new Dimitrov
Bulgaria by enacting Communist constitution".
  It is my own personal opinion that US and UK can now expect
even more disregard for their point of view with respect to political
conditions in Bulgaria than formerly. Dimitrov and all those who
played part in formation of present Govt have long known views of
US and UK in favor of govt formed on basis of principles adopted
at Yalta. This knowledge in no way restrained them from complete
disregard of Yalta principles. We may therefore expect present
masters of Bulgaria to shout even more loudly and vituperatively
against "foreign interference in Bulgarian domestic affairs" against
"tutelage of Opposition" against "fascist reaction and black
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