Word: veltcheff
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...royalists in Austria and Hungary, trying hard to recoup their own fortunes through the restoration of downy-lipped Archduke Otto, learned almost immediately that Boris was practically a prisoner of the dictatorship, that the real dictator was not Through-the-Middle-Man Gueorguieff but a sly Col. Damyam Veltcheff. Col. Veltcheff's plan was to force Tsar Boris to sign away most of his prerogatives and become a puppet king...
...royalty, Little Tsar Boris sat in his yellow plaster palace at Sofia and waited. Last week came his chance. Scenting a swing in his favor he had refused fortnight ago to dismiss a number of officers as demanded by War Minister General Zlateff, presumably at the suggestion of the Veltcheff-Gueorguieff dictatorship. General Zlateff did a little scouting on his own, then with a shrill whistle of surprise swung to his sovereign's side. It was a wise move. Last week Little Tsar Boris was strong enough to dismiss the entire dictatorship and make repentant Zlateff Premier...
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