CRITICISM OF THE BULGARIAN FOREIGN SERVICE BY THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE BULGARIAN COMMUNIST PARTY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004200450006-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2010
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: May 20, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Criticism of the Bulgarian Foreign
Service by the Central Committee of
the Bulgarian Communist Party
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1. Since the Sixth Congress of the Bulgarian Communist Party there has been
criticism by the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Minister of Foreign
Affairs and the Foreign Service for the lack of Party discipline within
the Foreign Service. The Central 'Committee has criticized specifically
the loyalty and security of the members of the Foreign Service.
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Asa result of the criticism party discipline will be tightened. The 'Central
Committee feels that certain changes in the selection and retention of per-
sonnel within the Foreign Service should be made. These changes will affect
will consist only of those whose loyalty and security are unquestioned.
the Minister of Foreign Affairs and every member of the Foreign Service. The
aim of the changes will be to make the quality of Foreign Service personnel in
respect to their loyalty and security toward the Central Committee the same as
that of the DS (Durzhavna Sigurnost< State Security).
The Central Committee has decided that in order to insure the control and
loyalty of Foreign Service personnel the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must
break down the present cadres into two distinct categories. The first group
6. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been authorized to increase the salaries
of the members of the trusted group as an incentive to insure their continued
high loyalty and security.
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The Minister of Foreign Affalm has indicated that he will reorient the activi-
ties of the Ministry, so that the personnel in the Foreign Service will more
successfully carry out their duties as loyal Party members.
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