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Every Bulgarian voter received two referendum ballots last week. One bore the national colors with the inscription "For the Republic." The other, unembellished, was inscribed "For the Monarchy." Thus even illiterates could easily understand their patriotic duty. Further moral support was provided by the Red Army. Bulgaria's 37-year-old Saxe-Coburg-Gotha dynasty was all but finished...
...monarchy versus republic was not the real issue in Bulgaria. Monarchy had been discredited by the late King Boris III, who had led the nation into an Axis partnership. The real issue was: What kind of republic? It looked as if the Communists would give the answer...
...purge had spread to the satellite countries. The Czech Communist Party was ousting some 200,000 of its million members. There were rumors that Marshal Tito had begun a housecleaning among his "Old Guard" Partisans. In Paris, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georgi Kulishev admitted that Bulgaria was purging "enemies, opponents or disloyal collaborators with the present government...
...only 800 yards apart. Its 19th Century buildings overshadow a 15th Century Turkish fort (see cut). Engineers trained at Robert have built modern Turkey's factories, railroads and sewage systems. Basketball, softball, other U.S. sports have spread through Turkey from the college. Robert's noted students: Bulgaria's first education minister; a confidential secretary of the late President of Turkey, Ismet Inönü; Editor Gilbert Grosvenor of the National Geographic (his father taught there...
Meanwhile, at the Paris Peace Conference, Russian-dominated Bulgaria asked for the eastern half of Thrace. In effect, this would give Russia an Aegean coastline, an inferior port (Dede Agach). More important, it would further seal off the Straits, further menace Turkey and Greece...