Word: bulgaria
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...issue of Greek-Soviet relations Tsouderos holds that "in the light of Russia's backing of the Slavic Balkans such as Yugoslavia and Bulgaria--whose interests run counter to ours--it will require a general international agreement to bring about good neighborhood...
...Russians marched into Rumania in August 1944, Ana was among them, in a Red Army officer's uniform. She became boss of the Rumanian Communists, co-founder of the revived Comintern and one of Stalin's most trusted lieutenants in the Balkans, ranking with Tito and Bulgaria's Georgi Dimitroff...
Bread was a powerful weapon in the New Comintern's fight on the Marshall Plan. The Soviet Union had already committed itself to distribute 850,000 tons among Eastern European satellites-Czechoslovakia (400,000), Poland (300,000), Finland (150,000)-plus unknown amounts to Rumania and Bulgaria. There were also hints of Soviet grain for France, Belgium, Norway in exchange for industrial machinery...
Molotov made that clear to Hitler in 1940 during the days of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact. Molotov demanded recognition of Russian interests in Rumania, Bulgaria, the Dardanelles and Finland, besides the Baltic states and part of Poland, as the price of continuing friendship. In fact, Byrnes believes that Molotov's stubborn rooting away at Europe's fences was what sent Hitler into a rage and precipitated the Nazi invasion of Russia...
Recently returned from Greece and Bulgaria, where he covered the Petkov Trial, Weller is at present the holder of a Nieman Fellowship...