LBJ National Security Country Files - Bulgaria

Box 165 - Browse documents HERE

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Folder Links and Descriptions​

Folder 4   (52 documents) - December 1963 - August 1968 

Telegrams, memos, and reports on a range of topics, with most related to the 1963-1956 violent Bulgarian demonstrations outside the US Legation, as a result of the presumed role of US vice consul Thomas Blackshear in the Asen Georgiev spy case, and the US role in the Vietnam War. Information on the Bulgarian Premier, Todor Zhivkov’s planned Delegation to the UN General Assembly in 1967, and discussion of the need for improved US-Bulgarian trade and diplomatic relations. 

 

Folder 5 (38 documents) - January 1964 - June 1966

Memoranda on ambassadorial appointments and failed efforts to secure US-Bulgarian trade agreements or Most Favored Nation status. Detailed analysis of the implications of the opening of Kremikovtsi metallurgical combine, the role of the Soviet Union, and implications for US relations. Summary of the 8th Congress of International Students in Sofia, and more discussion on attacks on the US legation in Sofia. Long and detailed CIA report on Bulgaria’s WWII partisans and their contemporary political influence.

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