BULGARIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000300510090-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 19, 1999
• Sequence Number: 90
• Publication Date: May 18, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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B U L G A R I A
18 May 1966
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CIA CONTINUES TO HAVE MISHAPS IN OPERATIONS
Sofia RABOTNICHESKO DELO 15 May 1966--A
CPYRGHT
nsigned commentary: The Latest Failure of the CIA")
(Text) The Central Intelligence Agency of the United States has bad 3.uck. Not
long ago the New York TIMES published a small part of its numerous mishaps which
have resulted in quite serious international consequences; for exampl?i, the cases
of the U-2 flight over the Soviet Union, the intrusion of the Cuban c)unter-
revolutionaries in the Bay of Pigs, the contamination of 14,000 bags of Cuban
sugar destined for the Soviet Union, which was perpetrated to disturb the
relations between the two countries, and many other known and unknown facts.
The New York TIMES attempted to insinuate to American public opinion, which was
disturbed over the "exploits" of the intelligence service, that the CIA was
allegedly under the strict control of the government and that it was operating
exclusively to further the interests of American policy. There can b=:. nb doubt
that this is true. Now Washington has again been placed in an extrem~31y delicate
situation, particularly vis-a-vis the African states, to which Washington is trying
to appear as a well-wisher and a defender of democracy and freedom.
The case, in short, is as follows: recently the state authorities in Miami
arrested a pilot, John Hawke, for the illegal export of weapons. Threatened with
a court trial, he declared that he was a CIA agent. He was supposed to fly a
B-26 to Portugal, from where these planes were being sent to Angola and Mozambique
to fight the national liberation forces. The purchase of these aircraft was
carried out through complicated machinations and Portugal was paying for them
through a Swiss bank.
Faithful to its nature, the CIA is completely silent on Hawkers admissions. The
facts that were published, however, are so revealing that there is no doubt
that he was acting with the knowledge of the American Government. Since Washington
does not want to expose itself as having overtly assisted the Portuguese
colonialists in their struggle against the national liberation movement in Angola
and Mozambique, it made resort, as always, to the filthy but far-reaching
tentacles of the CIt..
The CIA's new gaffe is more proof of the fact that the United States 1s always
present in those places where the ground under the feet of tyrants and oppressors
is becoming insecure.
Sofia Domestic Service in Bulgarian 1030 GMT 17 May 1966--A
(Text) A Bulgarian military delegation headed by army General Dobri Bzhurov,
minister of national defense, left by air for Belgrade on 17 May. The delegation
includes Col, Gen. Zdravko Georgiev and Col. Gen. Slavcho Trunski, deputy defense
ministers; Lt. Gen. Velko Palin, chief of the main political administration of the
people's army and Lt. Gen. Khristo Balkanski, deputy chief of the military depart-
ment of the Bulgarian Communist Party Central Co i
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"Consistent struggle for the application of these principles is actually a denial
of the very essence of imperialism and lends itself to the widest unity of ill the
progressive and patriotic forces," said Vukmanovic.
The president of the Yugoslav trade unions urged "elimination of the presen
division in the international trade union movement," for, notwithstanding
diflCerences, "under the conditions in which they are working and by the ideas they
stand for, the workers of every country have identical interests." He cautioned
that the present disunity in the trade union movement detracted from the efficacy
of the struggle which the workers are pursuing in their countries and on the
international scene.
"The differing views on ways of social transformation must not be an obstacle to
cooperation" stressed Svetozar Vukmanovic. He added that "the basic criterion in
the international trade union should be: whether a trade union organization gets
into working-class conflicts, and whether it really defends the interests of the
working class against the attacks of capital." The head of the Yugoslav detegati'.
said that "as for changes in the socioeconomic system, they should be a matter
which must mature in the working class of every country."
In conclusion Vukmanovic urged cooperation and the completion of the process of
unity in the whole trade union movement "by finding problems of.common concern and
by developing cooperation based on full respect for the principles of equality and
noninterference in the affairs of others."
DELEGATION TO BONN--Foreign Trade Minister Gheorghe Cioara, accompanied by Deputy
Minister of Machine Building Ion Morega and high officials of the Foreign Trade
Ministry, on 17 May left for Bonn. The visit will enable the Rumanian delegation
to have an exchange of views with the West German officials on matters concerning
trade relations between the two countries. (Bucharest Domestic 1000 GMT
17 May 1966--A)
GDR AGRICULTURAL DELEGATION--At the invitation of the Central Committee of the
Rumanian Communist Party, a SED Central Committee delegation headed by Werr.er
Lindner, deputy chief of the Agricultural Department of the Central Committee,
arrived in Bucharest on 9 May and was welcomed at the airport by the first deputy
chief of the agricultural department of the Rumanian Central Committee, Gheorghe
Moldovan, and the vice president of the Supreme Agricultural Council, Davic'
Davidescu. The delegation will study Rumanian experience in the field of
agriculture, especially the application of agricultural science in agrarian
production. (East Berlin NEUES DEUTSCHLAND 11 May 1966--G)
DELEGATION TO MOSCOW--A delegation of the Communist Youth Union led by Fire,t
Secretary of the Communist Youth Union Central Committee Petre Enache left on
16 May for Moscow to attend the 15th Komsomol congress.. (Bucharest Domestic
2000 GMT 16 May 1966--A)
DANISH FILM WEEK--A Danish film week will be held in Bucharest between 20 :knd
27 May. (Bucharest Domestic 1400 GMT 16 May 1966--A)
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