The Archive · 1940

Bulgarian Demand On Greece

Return of Territory Now

Asked; Instruction from Hitler Perceived Sofia, Nov. 20.

The campaign for securing an outlet into the Aegean Sea and for the return of Western Thrace to Bulgaria has been renewed by the Bulgarian press.

The newspaper "Duma" asserts that Bulgaria is ready "to negotiate. peacefully" for these objectives and for "a restoration of friendship between Greece and Bulgaria."

News of King Boris's visit to Herr Hitler is prominently featured in the newspapers, but no comment is offered,—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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