Declassified Documents (1939 – 1949)
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Declassified Documents (1939 – 1949) Compiled by Risto Stefov Declassified Documents (1939 – 1949) Published by: Risto Stefov Publications [email protected] Toronto, Canada All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without written consent from the author, except for the inclusion of brief and documented quotations in a review. Copyright 2015 by Risto Stefov e-Book Format May 22, 2015 2 Index Index...................................................................................................3 Introduction........................................................................................7 Balkan States – Report 1 - December 11, 1944 .................................8 A Statement of the Bulgarian Idea of Unification as the Motive of Bulgarian Foreign and Internal Policy .............................................10 In the Spirit of the Idea of Unification.............................................12 Balkan States - Report 2 - February 1, 1945....................................15 Balkan States – Report 3 - January 29th, 1945 .................................19 Balkan States – Report 4 - April 27th, 1945 ....................................24 Balkan States – Report 5 - May 17th, 1945 ......................................30 Balkan States – Report 6 - December 12, 1946 ...............................37 Balkan States 7 - June 18, 1946 .......................................................50 Balkan States 8 - August 22, 1946...................................................54 Balkan States 9 - September 4, 1946 ...............................................58 Balkan States 10 - Conditions in Western Macedonia.....................62 British Consulate-General, Salonica - March 16, 1945 ...................68 British Embassy – ATHENS - March 3rd, 1947..............................78 British Embassy Belgrade - April 15, 1947 .....................................80 British Embassy – Belgrade - December 21st, 1946........................89 British Embassy – Belgrade - January 2nd, 1946 ............................96 British Embassy – Moscow - May 2, 1944......................................98 British Embassy Moscow - May 1944.............................................99 Bulgaria – Macedonia - Greece......................................................101 From Bulgaria to War office - December 13th, 1944 ....................103 FOREIGN NATIONALITY GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES ........................................................................................................104 The Bulgarian Character of the Macedonian Villagers..................112 THE PEASANT WITH REGARD TO HIS OWN EDUCATION114 Bulgarians in Greek Macedonia - August 9, 1943.........................116 The Bulgarians from the Kastoria District are waging an Epic Struggle against Greek Bands ........................................................119 Bulgaro-Yugoslav Relations – Macedonian question....................121 Canadian Embassy - Athens, February 16th, 1949........................122 Canadian Embassy - Athens, August 28th, 1949...........................123 Canadian Embassy - Athens, January 3rd, 1949............................128 Canadian Embassy - Moscow, February 9th, 1945........................129 Canadian Embassy - Athens, March 5th, 1947..............................135 Canadian Embassy - Athens, April 3rd, 1947................................136 3 Canadian Embassy Athens, July 29th, 1946 ..................................138 Canadian Embassy - Athens, March 12th, 1947............................140 Canadian Legation – Washington - August 18, 1941 ....................142 Canadian Legation - To the Allied Governments in the United Kingdom.........................................................................................146 Canadian Legation - March 22nd, 1949.........................................151 Canadian Mounted Police - Ottawa, December 4th, 1946.............156 Canadian Postal Censorship - Ottawa Ontario...............................159 Central Intelligence Group - Washington D.C. - June i3, 1947.....162 Extract from the Dispatch from His Majesty’s Consul in Skopje..164 Department of National Health and Welfare - War Charities Division..........................................................................................175 Draft Minute to Mr. Laffan ............................................................177 Editor Krapched Explains why Bulgaria Can Not Accept Anglo- American Demands for the Evacuation of Recent Armed Territories ........................................................................................................179 THEY WISH TO PERPETUATE INJUSTICES ..........................182 External Affairs – Ottawa - Athens, April 27, 1948 ......................184 Fleece No. 212 - February 6, 1945.................................................185 Foreign Office - January 1945 .......................................................187 Free European Movements - Dropping of Leaflets........................189 Memorandum for Defense Liaison ................................................192 From Belgrade to Foreign office - January 16th, 1945..................193 From Foreign Office to Moscow - March 17th, 1945....................194 From Salonika to Athens - March 12th, 1945................................196 From Sofia to Foreign Office - February 12, 1945 ........................198 From Sofia to Foreign office - January 16th, 1945........................199 From Sofia to Foreign office - January 19th, 1945........................200 From Sofia to Foreign office - January 24th, 1945........................202 From Sofia to Foreign office - March 12th, 1945..........................204 From Washington to Foreign Office - February 27, 1945 .............205 KKE and NOF - April 8th, 1949....................................................207 "We have unsubstantiated reports that elements in the Bulgarian embassy here are working closely with Greek colleagues on activities that are not in our interests."...........................................209 Macedonia - August 26, 1944 ........................................................212 Macedonia - Appendix A - National Liberation Front (NOF).......235 Macedonia - Background ...............................................................242 The New Macedonian State is a link in Balkan Unity...................244 Macedonians going to Yugoslavia - Ottawa, July 28, 1947 ..........246 4 Macedonians in Canada: Their Estimated Numbers and Division 249 Memorandum for Mr. George - January 14th, 1949......................250 Memorandum for Mr. MacDermot - January 19th, 1949 ..............251 Memorandum on the present situation in Macedonia - July 24, 1945 ........................................................................................................253 Minutes - January 2nd, 1944..........................................................271 NOTES BY MR. RITCHIE ON VISIT TO ATHENS ..................272 Office of the High Commissioner for Canada ...............................277 List of Organizations in Canada.....................................................279 “Otechestven Front” - December 2nd, 1944..................................281 Ottawa - July 7, 1941 .....................................................................284 OTTAWA - February 1st, 1949.....................................................285 OTTAWA - Athens, November 4, 1946........................................286 OTTAWA - November 13th, 1946 ................................................287 Protest by the Macedonian Peoples Union of Canada To the Yugoslav Government ...................................................................297 R 1291 - February 9th, 1948 ..........................................................298 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters - Ottawa, August 14, 1947................................................................................................300 Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Ottawa, June 13th, 1941 .........301 Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Ottawa, June 23rd, 1947 .........303 Royal Greek Embassy – Ottawa - July 13, 1951 ...........................305 Royal Yugoslav Consulate General - Montreal, September 2nd, 1936................................................................................................307 Telegram 306 - London, February 16th, 1945 ...............................308 Telegram 455 - September 3rd, 1940.............................................309 Telegram 488 - London, December 12th, 1946 .............................311 Telegram 554 - London, April 12th, 1944 .....................................314 Telegram 775 - London, May 7th, 1945 ........................................316 Telegram 316 - London, February 20th, 1945 ...............................317 Telegram 365 - London, February 27th, 1945 ...............................318 Telegram - June 6, 1945.................................................................319 Telegram 388 - London, March 3rd, 1945.....................................321 Telegram - London, March 26th, 1949 ..........................................322 Telegram - London, January 1, 1945 .............................................325 Telegram - London, January 8, 1945 .............................................327 Telegram - London, January 16, 1945 ...........................................329