874.00/12–845: Telegram
The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 9—10:25 p.m.]
746. It has now been officially announced that the National Assembly will convene at 3 p.m. December 15. Its first concern will be to ratify “act of September 9, 1944” and to approve “severe but just penalties” imposed by people’s courts. Kolarov, formerly Dimitrov’s principal assistant in Moscow and since postponement of August 26 elections in Sofia as his deputy, will probably be elected permanent President of Assembly. In view of position taken with respect to November 18 elections in our note of November 16, I assume Dept will not wish me to attend ceremonial opening.36a
Sent Dept as 746 and repeated Moscow as 336.
- The Department confirmed this assumption in telegram 401, December 12, 6 p.m. (874.00/12–845).↩