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...were about ready to get rid of Boris (his father, Ferdinand I, abdicated in 1918, just after Bulgaria surrendered to the Allies). According to this account, Boris knew all about the plot and has allowed his police to protect the Communists who recently assassinated four prominent pro-Nazis in Sofia. The supporting facts: 1) although Boris' police made a great show of placing Sofia in a state of siege, and searched many houses, the assassins were not arrested; 2) the Bulgarian people have made it abundantly clear that they want no part of Hitler's war with Russia...
...arrests, assassinations of three pro-Nazi politicos in as many months embroiled the uneasy kingdom of Boris. Probably responsible for the systematic extermination of pro-Nazi leaders were Communists (especially strong in Macedonia) who were also skilled terrorists. Boris' Government declared a state of siege in and near Sofia, but the only solution for the Nazi overlords seemed to be complete occupation of the country before Allied invasion comes...
Once he climbed into the bombardier's seat of a big R.A.F. plane. Over Nazi supply trains at Sofia, Bulgaria he let a stick of bombs go. Nick's dark eyebrows still twitched with excitement when he got back to Greece. "The train went up with a tremendous smash," he said...
...revolts and insurrections from Albania to Slovenia seemed to be organized either by spontaneous local groups of peasants and workers or by Communists. Said a traveler to Istanbul from Sofia: "The Bulgarian people today see the sole hope for their country's future salvation in the creation of closer ties with Russia." The London Daily Herald's correspondent cabled from Istanbul: "If a Balkan front were to be opened up by the United Nations today . . . there would be revolution in Bulgaria tomorrow...
Said Anthony Eden, the entire Balkans would burst into revolt "at the appointed hour." In Sofia cellars and in Serbian mountain passes many wondered who would appoint the hour, and when it would come...