DENY TURKISH ACCUSATIONS IN MINORITY PROBLEM; NOTES FRIENDSHIP OF JEWISH MINORITY

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 261
• Publication Date: October 9, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL tg%"Ut a'"
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COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Political - Minorities
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Sofia
DATE
PUBLISHED 14 Jul, 20 Aug 1950
LANGUAGE Bulgarian
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DOF1N71
OF TA! UNITE' STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF ESPIONAGE ACT 10
U. S. C.. SI A.0 I!. Al AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE R00ILATION 73 CONTENTS IN AMY MAREN TO AM
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REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM UNAUTHRIZED
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SOURCE Izgrev.
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1950
DATE DIST. f Oct 1950
NO. OF PAGES 2
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
DENY TURKISH ACCUSATIONS IN MINORITY PROBLEM;
NOTES FRIENDSHIP OF JEWISH MINORITY
BULGARIA TO PROVIDE TURKS PASSPORTS -- Sofia Izgrev, 20 Aug 50
The statements recently made by Turkey, accusing the Bulgarian government
of mistreating and forcibly evacuating the members of its Turkish minority, are
entirely false and highly malignant. It is a matter of common knowledge that
not a single member of the Turkish minority has been forced to leave Bulgaria
against his will. Those who choose to emigrate, however, are not stopped; on
the contrary, the Bulgarian government has proposed to the Turkish government
that on a certain date the latter accept all persons of Turkish ancestry who
wish to leave Bulgaria. On its part, the Bulgarian government will provide
them with passports. But nothing seems to satisfy the Turks, whose only pur-
pose is to cover their own shady maneuvers.
Ralio Ankara has lost all restraint, insulting Bulgaria and carrying its
arrogance so far as to call the country "a former Turkish province."
In the meantime, the Turkish population of Bulgaria continues to live
undisturbed, and in large groups, at exactly the same places where it used
to dwell before the liberation of the country from the Turkish yoke. It en-
joys the same rights as the rest of the population, in complete contrast to
the Bulgarian population of Eastern Thrace, persecuted in every manner by
the Turkish government. Thus, for example, in Edirne, which was an impor-
tant Bulgarian cultural center, there were three Bulgarian high schools, 14
preparatory and primary schools, and four Bulgarian churches. Now, there
are only ruins in their place. The impressive building of the Bulgarian
High School is empty, the doors are sealed, and the other buildings have
been entirely or. partly demolished. The same conditions are true in Istan-
bul, where most Bulgarian institutions have been taken over .by the Turkish
administration, and every trace of their Bulgarian origin complete y. obljter-
ated. The entire province of Eastern Thrace, a Bulgarian land, has been
fully "de-Bulgarized."
The Turks would do better to keep silent about national rights, free-
aon, and tolerance, and keep in mind that some crimes, however ancient, are
never too old to be forgotten.
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JEWS OFFER GIFT TO SOFIA MUNICIPAL SOVIET -- Sofia Izgrev, 14 Jul 50
The Jewish Scientific Institute and the Central Jewish Community have
offered a valuabl, collection of books, documents, and various articles to
the Archives Division of the Sofia Municipal Soviet. The act emphasizes
the long-standing friendship between the Bulgarian people and the Jewish
minority in the country.
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