The Archive · 1940

Spadework in Bulgaria

London. Nov. 20.

It would be unwise to draw any' parelld between the visit of King Boris of Bulgaria to Berchtesgaden and the experiences of Dr. Kurt vert Schuschnigg and Dr, Emil Hacha, who were summoned before Hitler to be told their fate, says Reuters' Diplomatic correspondent.

Bulgaria is in a very different position from Austria and Czechoslovakia —and so for that matter is Germany today. It is improbable, therefore, that Germany would risk complications in the Balkans-by precipitate, action It is doubtful whether she would confront Bulgaria with an ultimatio for the passage of troops, however desperate the need of Mussolini for help in his campaign against Greece. The question of the free passage of troops raises very important issues not only as regards Bulgaria but her neighbours, Yugoslavia, Turkey as well as the Soviet Union.

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