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July 5, 1963

Bulgarian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Information Report on NATO

On 5 July 1963 the Bulgarian Ministry of Internal Affairs completed an information report on NATO's activity during the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the report, the ministry outlines detailed espionage carried out by NATO agents. According to the report, the NATO Military Intelligence Services provided instructions for NATO member-states' military attaches stationed in Warsaw Pact countries and agents they could get to cooperate with them. Agents were to observe and report specific military intelligence collecting in Warsaw Pact countries -- arms deliveries, missile sites, military movements, etc. The report also includes explanation of how the attaches carried out their intelligence gathering -- reading official press, speaking in Russian and misrepresenting themselves as Russian, etc . The Bulgarian Interior Ministry notes that Western governments were well-informed of Bulgarian military structures -- including exact formations and secret designations.

March 25, 1955

Information on Turkish Intelligence Interest on the Uranium Mine Buhovo

Turkish intelligence agents are trying to gather information on the uranium mining in southwest Bulgaria. They believe that the extracted deposits are shipped to the Soviet Union for further processing and production of nuclear bombs.

February 6, 1963

Information on Data, Received from Greek and Turkish Legations

April 9, 1960

Information from Romania on Turkish Intelligence Interests Towards Bulgaria

January 8, 1957

Information on Turkish and Greek Intelligence Services Activity Against Bulgaria in 1956

A report focused on the Turkish and Greek intelligence activities in Bulgaria. The report outlines the major areas of interest – the Bulgarian military infrastructure, economic development, and the Communist party leadership. The report also talks about the role of the Turkish diplomatic representatives in encouraging repatriation of Turkish-Bulgarians to Turkey.

June 17, 1959

Information on Foreign Counterintelligence Agents Network Abroad

The report covers the work of Bulgarian intelligence operatives in the West for the last 18 months. Includes statistics by country.

1970

Review from Gen. Grigor Grigorov on Subversive Activities of Turkish Intelligence 1968-1969

Report on the work of Turkish intelligence services in Bulgaria.

December 11, 1980

Information from Gen. G. Anachkov on Turkish Military Attaches Intelligence Activity

January 5, 1990

Statement of Alexander Lilov, Bulgarian Politburo Member, at a Meeting with the Ministry of the Interior Leadership

Alexander Lilov responds to criticism from the police academy cadets. In an open letter, the cadets, concerned with the softening assimilation policies towards the Turkish minority, claim that Turkish nationalism poses a threat to Bulgaria’s territorial integrity. Lilov dismisses the fears for secession of the predominantly Turkish regions from Bulgaria and reminds his audience that historically Bulgarian nationalism has also been a particularly destructive force.

September 5, 1961

Ministry of the Interior Bulletin on Anti-Bulgarian Activity of Greece and Turkey

The Ministry of Internal Affairs reports its intelligence findings on the military cooperation between the US, Greece and Turkey.

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