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...Last year German Ambassador Franz von Papen told Turkey: "You have nothing to fear so long as I am here." Last week Ambassador von Papen was not there, but on his way to Germany. With him was King Boris of Bulgaria. Turkish Ambassador to Germany R. Husrev Gerede had returned to Turkey...
...were manning the Rumanian frontier. In Transylvania, Hungary was deliberately conscripting men of Rumanian ancestry to reduce Rumania's ethnic claim to the territory. In Ankara, it was reported that Hungary's Chief of Staff, Field Marshal Franz Szombathelyi, had recently been in Sofia trying to persuade Bulgaria to sign a joint ultimatum against Rumania...
...Bulgaria. Bidding farewell to Antonescu, Hitler would continue along a monotonous stretch of the Danube past filthy half-Rumanian, half-Bulgarian villages to the confluence of the Danube and the Isker. A hundred miles up the Isker lies Sofia. There, if he cared to paddle his canoe against the current, he could proudly observe the full effects of Nazi propaganda. Though the Bulgars would probably refuse to fight against Russia, they are in a mood to tackle the Turks the moment Hitler says so. In the Grand Hotel, diplomats, students and businessmen gather every noon to discuss the coming attack...
...reply to Mr. Bullitt's letter: "I got my first opportunity to talk to Bullitt direct in Accra, but I fail to see how he could have missed knowing that I tried to get aboard both at Cairo and Khartoum, since I appealed to [ex-Minister to Bulgaria George H.] Earle, also Bullitt's secretary, to use influence to have Bullitt take...
...Middle East, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, who spent last week boxing his own shadow on the sand, seemed to be building up his strength for a real drive on Suez. New concentrations of German troops were in Sicily, Greece, Bulgaria; Hermann Goring was in Italy; something was in the wind...