BULGARIAN CLAIM THAT TURKISH EXTRADITION REQUEST ON CELENK HAS BEEN DROPPED

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• Publication Date: December 18, 1984
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SUBJECT: BULGARIAN CLAIM THAT TURKISH EXTRADITION REQUEST
ON CELENK HAS BEEN DROPPED
2. AT A DINNER HOSTED BY AMBASSADOR FOR ON
DECEMBER 14, TWO SENIOR BULGARIAN MFA
SEPARATE CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS ON THE STATUS OF THE
TURKISH REQUEST FOR THE EXTRADITION OF BEKIR CELENK.
DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER AND CHIEF DE CABINET,
ALEKSANDUR STREZOV, TOLD POLEC CHIEF THAT THE TURKISN
REQUEST FOR CELENK'S EXTRADITION HAD BEEN DROPPED
BECAUSE CELENK WAS WANTED ONLY ON METAL SMUGGLING
CHARGES WHICH WOULD BRING A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF ONE
YEAR IN PRISON; AND SUCH CHARGES ARE NOT COVERED
BY THE EXTRADITION TREATY. UPON HEARING THIS, TURKISH
AMBASSADOR OMER LUTEM TOLD AMBASSADOR "IT WAS NEWS TO
HIM" IF THE TURKISH REQUEST FOR EXTRADITION HAD BEEN
DROPPED.
3. ALSO DURING THE DINNER, CODEL MEMBER,
REPRESENTATIVE F JAMES SENSENBRENNER ASKED MFA FOURTH
DEPARTMENT CHIEF, VALERI PCHELINTSEV, WHY THE BULGARIANS
REFUSE TO EXTRADITE CELENK, IF, AS HE HAD CONSTANTLY
HEARD DURING THE VISIT, THE BULGARIANS HAVE NOTHING TO
HIDE. A VISIBLY UNCOMFORTABLE PCHELINTSEV REPLIED
SIMPLY THAT BULGARIA DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRADITION TREATY
WITH TURKEY, AND, THUS, THE REQUEST FOR EXTRADITION IS
INVALID. AMBASSADOR LUTEM, WHO WAS AT THE SAME TABLE
AND HEARD THE QUESTION, ALSO ASKED WHY BULGARIA DID NOT
"GIVE UP CELENK". PCHELINTSEV REFUSED TO ANSWER.
4. WE CONSIDER IT UNLIKELY THAT TURKISH
AMBASSADOR WOULD NOT KNOW THAT HIS COUNTRY HAD DROPPED
THE EXTRADITION REQUEST. IN ANY CASE, REQUEST ANKARA
AND ISTANBUL ADVISE IF THEY HAVE HEARD ANYTHING THAT
MIGHT SHED LIGHT ON THIS.LEVITSKY
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E.O. 12356; DECL:OADR
TAGS: PTER, ASEC, PINS, AMGT, TU
SUBJECT: REPORT ON THE 13 DECEMBER MEETING OF THE
JOINT GROUP ON TERRORISM.
2. SUMMARY: US SIDE THANKED GOT FOR EXCELLENT PROGRAM
IN HONOR OF CiDK EOWM AND GAVE STATUS OF PROTECTION
OF TURKISH CONGEN IN LA.` TURKISH SIDE ASKED FOR US
HELP IN GOT EFFORTS TO RECEIVE PROTECTION FOR ITS UN
OFFICIALS IN VIENNA AND FOR TURKS IN THE US FACING
REMOTE BOMB THREATS. TURKS ALSO PROVIDED LIST OF
PROPOSED FOLLOW-ON ATA TRAINING PROGRAMS (PARA 5).
NEXT JOINT GROUP MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 10 IN
CONNECTION WITH VISIT OF AMBASSADOR OAKLEY. END SUMMARY.
3. U.S. SIDE THANKED GOT FOR PROGRAM ARRANGED IN HONOR
OF CODEL EDWARDS (SEPTEL), NOTED THAT WE WERE STILL
SEEKING INFORMATION ON DAVOUDIAN (PARA 5, REF A), AND
EXPLAINED SITUATION REGARDING PROTECTION OF TURKISH
CONGEN IN LA (REF B).
4. TURKISH SIDE NOTED THAT RECENT KILLING OF TURKISH
DIPLOMAT IN VIENNA WAS THE FIRST TIME SUCH AN ATTACK
WAS MADE AGAINST A TURK WORKING AS AN OFFICIAL OF AN
INTERNATIONAL AGENCY. WE WERE ASKED TO ENSURE THAT THE
USG SUPPORTS GOT EFFORTS IN THE UN TO ACQUIRE PROTECTION
FROM THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT FOR TURKS IN THIS SITUATION
5. TURKISH SIDE ALSO PROVIDED PRELIMINARY TECHNICAL
INFORMATION ON THE REMOTE BOMB THAT FAILED TO EXPLODE
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ON 11 DECEMBER WHEN PLACED IN FRONT OF THE HOME OF A
TURKISH DIPLOMAT IN BRUSSELS'. THEY OBSERVED THAT THIS
TOO REPRESENTED A "FIRST" AND REQUESTED SUPPORT FOR
EFFORTS BEING MADE BY TURKISH EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON TO
PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR TURKISH OFFICIALS IN THE US
AGAINST THIS NEW TYPE OF THREAT.
6. FINALLY, TURKS PRESENTED FOLLOWING PROPOSALS FROM
VARIOUS AGENCIES FOR FURTHER TRAINING UNDER ATA PROGRAM.
MISSION WOULD HOPE THAT AMBASSADOR OAKLEY COULD DISCUSS
THESE PROPOSALS AT THE JOINT GROUP MEETING SCHEDULED FOR
JAN 10.
A. MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION: (1) AIRPORT SECURITY
(INCLUDING SECURITY OF BUILDINGS, ENVIRONMENT, AND
CONTROL OF PASSENGERS, BAGGAGE, AND CARGO); (2) SECURITY
OF AIRCRAFT.
B. MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND CUSTOMS: (1) GENERAL ANTI-
TERRORISM TRAINING FOR OFFICIALS WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE
IN PHASE-I PROGRAM; (2) PREVENTION OF ARMS SMUGGLING
(IDENTIFICATION, ARREST, SEIZURE); (3) NARCOTICS CONTROL
(DETECTION AND SEIZURE).
(COMMENT: THIS MINISTRY IS CONCERNED OVER THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN TERRORISM AND PROBLEMS OF ARMS AND NARCOTICS
SMUGGLING.)
C. MINISTRY OF INTERIOR: OFFICIAL PROPOSAL SHOULD BE
AVAILABLE IN A FEW DAYS, AND WILL BE FORWARDED TO
DEPARTMENT; AREAS OF INTEREST WILL PROBABLY COVER THOSE
CITED IN PARA 7, REF A.
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E.O. 12356; DECL:OADR
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SUBJECT: REPORT ON THE 13 DECEMBER MEETING OF THE
JOINT GROUP ON TERRORISM.
2. SUMMARY: US SIDE THANKED GOT FOR EXCELLENT PROGRAM
IN HONOR OF QQDEL, EDWARDS AND GAVE STATUS OF PROTECTION
OF TURKISH CM1Ih{ LA. TURKISH SIDE ASKED FOR US
HELP IN GOT EFFORTS TO RECEIVE PROTECTION FOR ITS UN
OFFICIALS IN VIENNA AND FOR TURKS IN THE US FACING
REMOTE BOMB THREATS. TURKS ALSO PROVIDED LIST OF
PROPOSED FOLLOW-ON ATA TRAINING PROGRAMS (PARA 5).
NEXT JOINT GROUP MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 10 IN
CONNECTION WITH VISIT OF AMBASSADOR OAKLEY. END SUMMARY.
3. U.S. SIDE THANKED GOT FOR PROGRAM ARRANGED IN HONOR
OF CODEL EDWARDS (SEPTEL), NOTED THAT WE WERE STILL
SEEKING INFORMATION ON DAVOUDIAN (PARA 5, REF A), AND
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EXPLAINED SITUATION REGARDING PROTECTION OF TURKISH
CONGEN IN LA (REF B).
4. TURKISH SIDE NOTED THAT RECENT KILLING OF TURKISH
DIPLOMAT IN VIENNA WAS THE FIRST TIME SUCH AN ATTACK
WAS MADE AGAINST A TURK WORKING AS AN OFFICIAL OF AN
INTERNATIONAL AGENCY. WE WERE ASKED TO ENSURE THAT THE
USG SUPPORTS GOT EFFORTS IN THE UN TO ACQUIRE PROTECTION
FROM THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT FOR TURKS IN THIS SITUATION
5. TURKISH SIDE ALSO PROVIDED PRELIMINARY TECHNICAL
INFORMATION ON THE REMOTE BOMB THAT FAILED TO EXPLODE
ON 11 DECEMBER WHEN PLACED IN FRONT OF THE HOME OF A
TURKISH DIPLOMAT IN BRUSSELS. THEY OBSERVED THAT THIS
TOO REPRESENTED A "FIRST" AND REQUESTED SUPPORT FOR
EFFORTS BEING MADE BY TURKISH EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON TO
PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR TURKISH OFFICIALS IN THE US
AGAINST THIS NEW TYPE OF THREAT.
6. FINALLY, TURKS PRESENTED FOLLOWING PROPOSALS FROM
VARIOUS AGENCIES FOR FURTHER TRAINING UNDER ATA PROGRAM.
MISSION WOULD HOPE THAT AMBASSADOR OAKLEY COULD DISCUSS
THESE PROPOSALS AT THE JOINT GROUP MEETING SCHEDULED FOR
JAN 10.
A. MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION: (1) AIRPORT SECURITY
(INCLUDING SECURITY OF BUILDINGS, ENVIRONMENT, AND
CONTROL OF PASSENGERS, BAGGAGE, AND CARGO); (2) SECURITY
OF AIRCRAFT.
B. MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND CUSTOMS: (1) GENERAL ANTI-
TERRORISM TRAINING FOR OFFICIALS WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE
IN PHASE-I PROGRAM; (2) PREVENTION OF ARMS SMUGGLING
(IDENTIFICATION, ARREST, SEIZURE); (3) NARCOTICS CONTROL
(DETECTION AND SEIZURE).
(COMMENT: THIS MINISTRY IS CONCERNED OVER THE CONNECTIO
BETWEEN TERRORISM AND PROBLEMS OF ARMS AND NARCOTICS
SMUGGLING.)
C. MINISTRY OF INTERIOR: OFFICIAL PROPOSAL SHOULD BE
AVAILABLE IN A FEW DAYS, AND WILL BE FORWARDED TO
DEPARTMENT; AREAS OF INTEREST WILL PROBABLY COVER THOSE
CITED IN PARA 7, REF A.
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OOE/EEBU-3, OOE/EI/MA, OOE/QAG, OOE/RBOP, OOE/RCME, OOE/RDEF, OOE/RNMP,
DOE/RTRD, OPCTR/EEWE, PLANFAC-E ( ), RF, SOV/CS/E/E, SOV/CS/E/P,
SOV/CS/S/M, SOV/CS/Y, SOV/EAC, SOV/PA/F/E, SOV/PA/FO, SOV/PA/S, SOV/SFC,
SOV/TWA/FO, FILE, DDO-4, DDA, SE/BB, SE/OPB, SE/ORP, SE/RR, SE/XFR,
ASG/AM, CEX/TTIC-3, CPN/CTG-4, CR/E, CTG/ISB-3, D/FBIS-2, D/OMS-3,
DOSO/ADDCT, EPS/LG-2. ICS/HC/EE, INT/RR, NCECF, NCPM, NICAG/TWI, NIO/CT,
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US BU OREP
TING WITH TODOR ZHIVKOV
2. SUMMARY: IN LONG MEETING WITH CODEL EDWARDS
DECEMBER 15, A JOCULAR AND SOMETIMES SARCASTIC TODOR
ZHIVKOV MADE THE FOLLOWING POINTS:
--US HAS ELEVATED BULGARIA TO PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER
ONE. ZHIVKOV SAID HE WAS NOT ACCUSING PRESIDENT REAGAN
OF LAUNCHING "ANTI-BULGARIAN CAMPAIGN" BUT MADE
REPEATED REFERENCES TO CIA's ALLEGED DESIRE TO
ESTABLISH THE "BULGARIAN CONNECTION".
--BULGARIA NOT ONLY IS INNOCENT OF CHARGES OF
INVOLVEMENT IN DRUGS AND ARMS TRAFFICKING BUT WANTS
TO COOPERATE IN STEMMING DRUGS AND STOPPING
TERRORISM. HE ADMITTED THAT "INDIVIDUAL BULGARIANS"
MIGHT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL DRUGS AND ARMS
SALES BUT STATED FIRMLY THAT NO "AUTHORIZED
BULGARIANS" WERE INVOLVED.
--IN DISCUSSING TERRORISM AND THE PAPAL ASSASSINA-
TION ATTEMPT, ZHIVKOV CITED AS PROOF OF BULGARIA'S
INNOCENCE THE M THAT THE POLITBURO AND HE WOULD
HAVE HAD .
-- ULGARIA WANTS GOOD RELATIONS WITH US AND
WELCOMES US-SOVIET TALKS.
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CONGRESSMAN EDWARD NOTED OUR INTEREST IN DIVIDED
FAMILIES AND AMBASSADOR PRESENED US REPLIST TO
FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL PRESENT. END SUMMARY.
3. CHAIRMAN OF HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CIVIL AND
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, CONGRESSMAN DON EDWARDS,
SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBER CONGRESSMAN F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER,
SUBCOMMITTEE STAFF MEMBERS KIKO AND LEROY, AND
AMBASSADOR LEVITSKY MET WITH BULGARUAN CHIEF OF STATE
TOOOR ZHIVKOV FOR ONE HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES AT
BULGARIAN OFFICIAL BOYANA RESIDENCE LATE AFTERNOON,
SATURDAY DECEMBER 15. ZHIVKOV WAS ACCOMPANIED BY
CHAIRMAN OF BULGARIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STANKO
TODOROV, AND ELENA POTTODOROVA, MFA COUNSELOR AND
INTERPRETER.
4. AFTER INITIAL PICTURE TAKING AND VIDEO
FILMING,(WHICH APPEARED ON SATURDAY EVENING NEWS),
ZHIVKOV OPENED MEETING BY WELCOMING CODEL, SAYING
HE KNEW THEY HAD BEEN RECEIVED BY WIDE VARIETY OF
TOP BULGARIAN EXPERTS ON SUBJECTS (I.E. TERRORISM
AND DRUG TRAFFICKING) IN WHICH THEY WERE INTERESTED.
HE RECALLED HE HAD BEEN TO THE US THREE TIMES SO HE
HAD AN IMPRESSION OF THE COUNTRY. THE FIRST TIME
WAS FOR THE 15TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHEN NIKITA
KRUUSCHEV, THE "LEADER OF THE SOCIALIST COUNTRIES"
FIRST SECRETARIES", ATTENDED THE SESSION. AMID
MUCH LAUGHING AND NUDGING OF TODOROV, WHEN ZHIVKOV
DESCRIED AS HIS SECOND IN COMMAND DURING THE
"LIBERATION OF SOFIA FROM THE FASCISTS"
IN SEPTEMBER 19844, ZHIVKOV RECOUNTED A DINNER PARTY
ARRANGED BY CYRUS EASTON AT WHICH A PROMINENT AMERICAN
MINISTER HAD ASKED HIM WHEY HE HAD "KILLED ALL THE
PRIESTS" IN HIS COUNTRY.
ZHIVKOV SAID HE TOLD THE MAN THAT THERE WAS
NO KILLING, "ONLY TOLERANCE". IN FACT, HE SAID, HIS
MOTHER WAS CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX AND WANTED A
CHRISTIAN BURIAL. ZHIVKOV SAID HE WENT ON TO SAY
TO THE MINISTER THAT HE HAD "FALLEN VICTOM TO YOUR OWN
PROPAGANDA". HE ADDED THAT "THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IS
HAPPENING TODAY".
5. WITH REPEATED LOUD LAUGHTER, BUT WITH A RATHER
PERCEPTIBLE UNDERTONE OF IRRITATION AND BITTERNESS.
ZHIVKOV SAID, OF COURSE, BULGARIA COULD NOT
BE COMPARED WITH THE US, IT WAS ONLY A "MINIATURE".
BULGARIA HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN SMALL, HE SAID, SINCE
ITS NEIGHBORS HAD "SNATCHED" PARTS OF IT OVER THE
YEARS. BUT, "WE ARE CONTENT TOLIVE WITHIN THE
BORDERS WE HAVE NOW". AND, HE LAUGHED, WHY WOULD
WE WANT A LARGER COUNTRY, WE WOULD ONLY HAVE "MORE
ARMS PROBLEMS AND MORE DRUG TRADE PROBLEMS". ZHIVKOV
ENDED THIS EXTENDED JOKE BY ROARING THAT ACCORDING
TO FOREIGN PRESS REPORTS BULGARIA IS IN THE DRUG
TRADE, BUT BULGARIA DOES NOT EVEN KNOW IF THIS TRADE
WILL BE PROFITABLE IN THE FUTURE.
6. CONGRESSMAN EDWARDS THANKED ZHIVKOV FOR THE
COURTESIES AND KINDNESSES EXTENDED BY THE GOB AND
FOR THE MANY SUBSTATIVE MEETINGS THAT HAD BEEN
ARRANGED. HE CONGRATULATED ZHIVKOV ON THE MANY
ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE CODEL
HAD SEEN IN SOFIA AND PLOVDIV. THE CODEL WAS
GRATEFUL FOR THE FRANK TALKS WITH OFFICIALS FROM
THE FOREIGN, FINANCE AND INTERIOR MINISTRIES. HE
SAID HE FELT THERE HAD BEEN TOO MUCH MISUNDER-
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STANDING ON THE QUESTION OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
AND TOO LITTLE TALK. THE CODEL HAD BEEN TO TURKEY
AND WOULD BE IN ISRAEL TO CONTINUE ITS INVESTIGA-
TION OF THIS ISSUE. CONGRESSMAN SENSENBRENNER
ADDED HIS THANKS FOR BULGARIAN HOSPITALITY AND
SAID ZHIVKOV SHOULD NOT FEEL TOO BADLY ABOUT PRESS
CRITICISM SINCE BOTH BULGARIA AND THE US CONGRESS
WERE IN THE SAME POSITION IN THIS REGARD.
7. WITH SARCASM, ZHIVKOV SAID, HE AGREED AND
WANTED TO "THANK THE US ADMINISTRATION" FOR PROMOTING
THE BULGARIAN PEOPLE AND GIVING BULGARIA MORE
ATTENTION. HE SAID A "US UNDERSECRETARY" FROM THE
STATE DEPARTMENT (SIC) HAD CALLED BULGARIA "PUBLIC
ENEMY NUMBER ONE". THIS, HE SAID, WAS A "GREAT
HONOR".
8. DISCUSSION OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS TRAFFIC.
CONGRESSMAN SENSENBRENNER SAID HE KNEW THAT DRUGS
AND TERRORISM WERE UNPLEASANT SUBJECTS, BUT THEY
WERE ISSUES THAT HAD BEEN ON THE RISE OVER THE PAST
FOUR YEARS. HE SAID HIS HOPE WAS THAT THERE COULD BE
INCREASED COOPERATION BETWEEN THE US DRUG ENFORCE-
MENT ADMINISTRATION AND BULGARIAN INTERNAL
SECURITY AGENCIES AND CUSTOMS TO YTAMP OUT
INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFIC. THIS WAS MORE THAN A
CUSTOMS PROBLEM, SINCE EVEN THE MOST VIGILANT
CUSTOMS OFFICIAL COULD NOT CATCH 100 PERCENT OF ALL
DRUGS. CONGRESSMAN SENSENBREBBER SAID THAT IDEOLOGY
MUST NOT HINDER THE DRIVE TO STAMP OUT "THIS
CONCERN".
9. ZHIVKOV SAID HE FULLY AGREED. BULGARIA WAS
SITUATED IN AN AREA FREQUENTED BY DRUG TRAFFICKING.
IT WAS ON THE DRUG ROUTE, HE SAID, "WE KNOW THAT
OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE" AND ARE TRYING TO CARRY
THEM OUT. HE WAS NOT HOPEFUL THAT THE DRUG TRAFFIC
COULD BE ELEMINATED 100 PERCENT. HE SAID HE WANTED
TO POINT OUT THAT THIS COST BULGARIA A GOOD DEAL OF
MONEY. BULGARIA HAD TO INVEST MORE IN BORDER
CONTROLS. HE CLAIMED BULGARIA HAD NO REAL DRUG
ABUSE PROBLEM SO THAT ITS EFFORTS WEE OF EUROPE AND OTHER
COUNTRIES". ZHIVKOV SAID HE RECEIVED A REPORT ON DRUG ABUSE
AND VENERAL DISEASE EVERY THREE MONTHS( AND
ACCORDING TO HIM, A DAILY CRIME REPORT) AND HE COULD
SAY THAT THERE WERE ONLY 300 DRUG ABUSE CASES IN BULGARIA.
10. WITH SOME HEAT, ZHIVKOV DECLARED THAT WE WOULD
LIKE TO COOPERATE "AS WE USED TO" BUT "WE NEED
FACTS". BULGARIA HAD BEEN ACCUSED OF INVOLVE-
MENT IN THE ILLEGAL DRUGS AND ARMS TRADE, " THIS IS
RIDICULOUS". ZHIVKOV SAID HE COULD NOT
SAY THAT NO BULGARIAN HAD EVER BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS
ACTIVITY BUT COULD SAY THAT "NO AUTHORIZED BULGARIANS
WERE INVOLVED. IF SO, "THEY WOULD BE PROSECUTED".
HE REPEATED THAT "INDIVIDUAL BULGARIANS" MAY HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED IN "DEALS AND SPECULATION"
BUT THERE WAS "NO STATE SANCTIONS". HE CLAIMED
BULGARIAN HAD ALWAYS TRIED TO COOPERATE WITH
ALL COUNTRIES, BUT "ONLY THE US HAD ACCUSED US".
WITH STILL MORE HEAT, HE SAID, "PLEASE TELL ME WHAT
YOU WANT AND WE WILL DO IT. IF YOU HAVE FACTS,
SUMMIT THEM AND WE WILL DEAL WITH THEM".
11. CONGRESSMAN EDWARDS INTERJECTED THAT WITH A
NEW AMBASSADOR THE TWO GOVERNMENTS COULD MAKE A
FRESH START. HE EXPRESSED THE OPINION THAT THE
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PREVIOUS ARRANGEMENTS REGARDING DRUG TRAFFICKING
(I.E. CUSTOMS COOPERATION) SHOULD BE REISTITUTED.
ZHIVKOV RESPONDED THAT USG SHOULD NOT DOUBT THAT
YOU WILL HAVE FULL SUPPORT IN THIS".
12. THE AMBASSADOR INFORMED ZHIVKOV THAT AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE NEXT WEEK HE WOULD MEET WITH THE
FOREIGN MINISTER TO PROPOSE THAT OFFICIALS FROM THE
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION COME TO BULGARIA
EARLY IN 1985 TO DICUSS DRUG TRAFFICKING WITH
INTERNAL SECURITY OFFICIALS OF THE MINISTRY OF
OF THE INTERIOR. THEY WOULD COME WITH INFORMATION
AND WOULD BE PREPARED TO TRY TO GET AT THE HEART OF
THE PROBLEM. WE WERE NOT INTERESTED IN PUBLICITY OR
POLITICS BUT WERE READY TO ENGAGE IN SERIOUS TALKS.
13. ZHIVKOV WELCOMED THIS. SAYING THE STRUGGLE
AGAINST DRUG TRAFFIC SHOULD BE APPROACHED SERIOUSLY
"WITHOUT SPECULATION". HE ASIED THE CONGRESSMEN TO
LOOK AT HOME FOR WHY ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE
AGAINST BULGARIA, EVEN BY THE CONGRESS. CONGRESSMAN
EDWARDS SAID HE AND CONGRESSMAN SENSENBREBBER HAD
AGREED THEY WOULD MEET WITH THE HEAD OF DEA AND WITH
FBI DIRECTOR WEBSTER ON THE DRUG TRAFFICKING ISSUE
WHEN THEY RETURNED.
14. DISCUSSION OF TERRORISM. CONGRESSMAN EDWARDS
SAID THAT HE WANTED TO TURN TO THE MAIN OBJECT OF THE
CODEL'S MISSION, THAT OF TERRORISM AND THE "BULGARIAN
CONNECTION". HE SAID HE COULD UNDERSTAND BULGARIAN
IRRITATION AND ASKED ZHIVKOV WHAT HE THOUGHT WERE
BEHIND THE ALLEGATIONS THAT PUT BULGARIA ON THE FRONT
PAGES OF THE NEWSPAPERS.
15. ZHIVKOV'S LONG RESPONSE STARTED WITH A
REFERNCE TO HIS AND TOOOROOV'S INVOLVEMENT ON THE
BATTLE FOR SOFIA IN 1944. WHEN THE FINAL ASSAULT WAS
MADE, HE SAID, NO ONE WAS ALLOWED TO COMMIT AN
"INDIVIDUAL ACT OF TERRORISM". THE "PERMISSION"
OF THE CITY PARTY COMMITTEE AND THE PARTY LEADERS
WAS NEEDED. THE BULGARIAN LEADERSHIP WAS AGAINST
TERRORI: TERRORISM DESTROYS THE "PEACEFUL WORK OF
THE PEOPLE". HOVLCOULD A
HAD "INSTR " THAT KILLI TAKE PLACE? IN AN-
HAVE ? POLITBURO "
I ULD & ONLY A "SICK PERSON" WOULD COMMIT
SUCH AN ACT. HE SAID BULGARIA HAD ASSISTED WESTERN
GOVERNMENTS AGAINST TERRORISM. HE REFERRED TO THE
FACT THAT BULGARIA HAD TURNED OVER TO THE FRG
MEMBERS OF THE BADER-MEINHOF GANG WHO WERE CAUGHT
IN VARNA SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
16. TURING TO THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE
POPE, ZHIVKOV HEATEDLY DENIED ANY BULGARIAN INVOLVE-
MENT. IF ANY SUCH THINGS HAPPENED THE MINISTER OF THE
INTERIOR IS CALLED TO ANWER BEFORE A "COMMITTEE OF
THE PARLIAMENT". NOTING THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
BULGARIA, HE ASKED THE CONGRESSMEN TO "CALL THE CIA
AND ASK WHY THIS HAPPENED. THEY WILL GIVE YOU ALL
THE INFORMATION YOU NEED". HE SAID. "WE HAVE MADE
THE ATTEMPT TO HAVE UNDERSTANDING BUT THE US GOVERN-
MENT IS UNWILLING TO COOPERATE." BULGARIA WAS
CERTAIN THE SITUATION WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME CLEAR,
HE SAID.
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POSITION ON THE ANTONOV TRIAL, NOTING THAT THE USG
HAD REFUSED TO COMMENT ON THE TRIAL AND HAD NEVER
ACCUSED BULGARIA. OUR CLEARLY STATED POSITION
WAS TO LEAVE THE MATTER TO THE ITALIAN JUDICIAL
SYSTEM.
18. ZHIVKOV RESPONDED THAT "I AM NOT ACCUSING
PRESIDENT REAGAN OF INITIATING THE "CAMPAIGN").
HE REITERATED HIS REQUEST THAT THE CONGRESS ASK THE
CIA ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST BULGARIA. THE
DIRECTOR OF THE CIA IS "BEST EQUPPED" TO EXPLAIN
THIS HE CLAIMED. THE CIA KNEW THAT TOSE INDICATED
PERSONS WERE NOT INVOLVED IN A CONSPIRACY, THAT THE
BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT WAS NOT BEHIND THE PLOT. "WE
IN BULGARIA WILL FIGHT FOR THE TRUTH. THESE ARE
BULGARIAN CITIZENS AND WE WILL DEFEND THEM TO THE
END," HE DECLARED. HE WENT ON TO SAY "I AM NOT
REPEATING THIS BY ACCIDENT. THE CIA IS YOUR BEST
SOURCE".
19. CONGRESSMAN EDWARDS NOTED THAT HIS SUBCOMMITTEE
HAD NO JURISDICTION REGARDING THE PAPAL ASSASSINA-
TION ATTEMPT, BUT SAID HE WOULD LOOK INTO ZHIVKOV'S
ALLEGATIONS ABOUT CIA INVOLVEMENT IN A PROPAGANDA
CAMPAIGN AGAINST BULGARIA. HE SAID THAT IF THIS
WAS PART OF THE "COLD WAR", IT WAS PROPER TO CHECK
OUT.
20. US-BULGARIAN RELATIONS. ZHIVKOV THANKED
CONGRESSMAN EDWARDS, SAYING BULGARIA DID NOT WANT
TO "COMPLICATE" THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. HE
SAID BULGARIA WAS EAGER TO DEVELOP BROAD, FRIENDLY
RELATIONS WITH THE US AND THAT IT HAD GREAT
RESPECT FOR US CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
MENT, SCIENCE AND CULTURE. BULGARIA WANTED
COOPERATION WITH THE US. ZHIVKOV REFERRED TO HIS
MEETING WITH FORMER AMBASSADOR BARRY, CLAIMING HE
HAD PERSONALLY RESOLVED "PRACTICALLY ALL PROBLEMS"
AT THAT TIME, "WITHOUT RESORTING TO THE GOVERNMENT".
BUT, HE LAUGHED BULGARIA WOULD NOT "ABOLISH" ITS
SOCIALIST SYSTEM OR ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SOVIET
UNION. "I'M NOT FOOLISH," HE SAID; "I WOULD BE
KICKED OUT".
21. DIVIDED FAMILIES. CONGRESSMAN EDWARDS REFERRED
TO DIVIDED FAMILIES, STATING THAT HE UNDERSTOOD
EMBASSY WAS HAVING PROBLEMS "WITH THE (BULGARIAN)
BUREAUCRATS," IN RESOLVING THESE CASES. HE HOPED
THESE FAMILIES COULD BE UNITED. NOTING THAT SOME-
TIMES THERE WERE "SPECIAL CASES", ZHIVKOV SAID "WE
WILL RESOLVE THEM" (I.E. THOSE OTHER THAN "SPECIAL
CASE."). HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE THESE LOOKED INTO.
(AMBASSADOR THAN GAVE OUR REPRESENTATION LIST TO THE
FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL PRESENT).
22. TOWARD END OF MEETING ZHIVKOV SAID IT MADE NO
SENSE FOR US TO SEEK CONFRONTATION WITH BULGARIA.
FOR 25 YEARS (SIC) BULGARIA HAD GOTTEN ALONG WITHOUT
RELATIONS WITH THE US AND HE WAS SURE THE US HAD
SURVIVED AS WELL. HE NOTED US UNWILLINGNESS TO
ENGAGE IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY TRADE WITH BULGARIA AND
CLAIMED BULGARIA NO LONGER NEEDED THIS TRADE SINCE
IT HAD ALREADY DEVELOPED ITS OWN TECHNOLOGY. IN
FACT, OTHER "SOCIALIST COUNTRIES" WERE "JEALOUS" OF
BULGARIA IN THIS RESPECT.
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BEEN GIVEN THE IDEA THAT SOMEHOW THE USG PURPOSELY
SEEKS CONFRONTATION WITH BULGARIA. THE PROBLEMS IN
THE RELATIONSHIP WERE DUE TO SPECIFIC ISSUES OF
CONCERN AND OUR APPROACH WAS TO WORK TO SOLVE THESE
AND DEVELOP AREAS OF COOPERATION WHERE POSSIBLE
AND ADVANTAGEOUS.
24. ZHIVKOV RESPONDED BY SAYING THAT BULGARIA WAS
EQUALLY DISPOSED TO WORK ON THESE PROBLEMS AND
THAT "YOU WILL HAVE THE COOPERATION OF THE MINISTRY
OF THE INTERIOR AND MYSELF". HE SAID THERE WAS
"NOTHING HIDDEN TO IMPEDE RELATIONS BETWEEN US". HE
THANKED THE CODEL FOR COMING AND, IN HIS
ONLY REFERENCE TO US-SOVIET RELATIONS, SAID BULGARIA
WELCOMED THE UPCOMING TALKS. HE SAID IT WAS
UNREALIZTIC FOR EITHER OF THE TWO DIES TO
"SUPERSEDE" THE OTHER.
25. COMMENT: GIVEN THE EVIDENCE OF BULGARIAN
INVOLVEMENT WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING, THEIR
PROVISION OF ARMS TO EXTREMIST GROUPS AND THEIR
ASSOCIATION WITH KNOWN TERRORISTS (E.G. "NATIONAL
LIBERATORS, LIKE GEORGE HABASH). ZHIVKOV'S
PROTESTATIONS OF BULGARIAN INNOCENCE AND HIS
EXPRESSIONS OF WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE ON
STEMMING DRUGS AND TERRORISM SEEM DISINGENUOUS
SAY THE LEAST. HIS JOVIALITY AND GOOD HUMOR,
LACED WITH SARCASM, ABOUT THE "ANTI-BULGARIAN
CAMPAIGN" MASKED WHAT SEEMED TO BE GENUINE
IRRIATION BY ALL THE BAD PRESS BULGARIA
HAS GOTTEN LATELY, AS WELL AS DETERMINATION TO
COUNTER IT. OF COURSE HE COULD NOT BE EXPECTED
TO ADMIT BULGARIAN CULPABILITY AND ONE CAN ONLY
SPECULATE OVER HOW MUCH DETAIL HE IS GIVEN ON
BULGARIAN ACTIVITIES IN DRUGS AND ARMS TRAFFIC,
AS WELL AS ASSOCIATION WITH KNOWN TERRORISTS.
AT THE SAME TIME, ZHIVKOV AND SEVERAL OTHER HIGH
BULGARIAN OFFICIALS WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH LATELY
HAVE GONE OUT THEIR WAY TO LEAVE PRESIDENT
REAGAN OUT OF THEIR ACCUSATIONS, PARALLELING
THE SOVIET APPROACH IN THIS REGARD, AND KEEPING
THE DOOR OPEN TO THEIR STATED POLICY OF SEEKING
BETTER BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH THE US.
EDWARDS.LEVITSKY
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