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These accivicies of che Anglo-America n imelligence division did not remain
unknown w the Soviec High Command and on 24m Sepcember 1944 it was asked
to leave the coumry in 24 hours. The pretexc was mat che territory of Bulgaria
was co be considered as a Soviet milirory zone, in which foreigo milirory personnel
couJd not stay withouc tbc permission of Lhe Soviet GovernmencUil_
On 5th November 1944 che OSS division rerurncd co che coumry, officiaJJy
in order ro cominue che collecrion of informat.ion about che war opcrations of che
BuJgarian Army bue also co collect informaùon about che economie and politica!
state of che country. le was a Iso ab le to oversee the rclad onships of the Stare Oepart·
menr reprcsemacives and Other authorized Americans with che people who wamed
co emigrate. This activiry irricaced che Sovier H igh Command, which in Oecember
1944 exerciscd pressure for its withdrawal, and this òmc ir was for evcr cw.
Thc concJusion that could be drawn is that during che years of thc Second
W orld War intclligcncc played an increasingly importane role in the crenrion of
forcign policy, a Iso in che policy of wnging activc hosciliries rogethcr wirh che other
Allies in ali theatres. Bearing this mind, it could be said chat for evecy researchcr,
who works in che sphcrc of thc milicary and politica! relacions bccwecn che United
Sratcs and .Bulgaria during che ycars of rhe Second W orld War, n grear amoum
of precious informatìon eu n be found in rhc 11bove memioned fìlc:s in thc: Bulgari:~ n
archi ves.

NOTES

(l) Archivcs of Mmistry of Internai Affairs, Sofia (see below AMBP) Gcner~l file 2362),
volum.: 9, p. 17: volume Il , p. 90.
(2) lhid•m. volume 3, p. 13-14.
(3) lbtdtm, Generai file 23633. p. 89.
(4) lhidtm, p. 171.
(5) lbidmt, 5th Dcparunent, l'ile 66091, p. IO.
(6) lbidtm, p. l: Generai file 183, volume 2, p. 76.
(7) /6idnn, Generai file 23633. p. 64.
(8) Wdtm, p. 29. 36. 113· 114 etc.; Generai file 183, volume 2, p. 43.
(9) Centrai Mili12ry Archivcs, Vc1iko Ternovo (see below CVA), f. 23, op. l. a. c. )01,
p. 58·59.
( IO) AMBP, Generai file 23633, p. 64.
(Il) D.Ua•~ · T. Ross, N111idimoe pra11tteb1110, Moscow, 1965, p. 101.
( 12) A.MBP, Generai file 23633. p. 80.
( 13) Ibidem, p. 89, 95.
(14) Jbid111t, p. l 09, l l i; Gcner3l file 183, volume 2, p. 39. 73: CV A, 6.23, op. l, a., c.
597, p. 194.