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Executive Committee of the National Security Committee during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Emir Farid Chehab

Chehab, Emir Farid

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Ağca, Mehmet Ali

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Intelligence Operations in the Cold War

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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
October 30, 1962	Telegram from Soviet Ambassador to the US Dobrynin to the USSR Foreign Ministry Dobrynin discusses a meeting with Robert Kennedy, where Robert Kennedy sends back Khrushchev’s letter to John F. Kennedy, stating that a confidential and oral exchange is better regarding the subject of Turkey, rather than a confidential and written exchange.
August 1, 1975	Memorandum of Conversation, 'Economic Policy/Cyprus; French Nuclear Programs; Energy' Transcript of a conversation between President Ford, Henry Kissinger, and French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. The conversation opens with a discussion of economic policy and the embargo on northern Cyprus following the 1974 Turkish invasion. Giscard then asks about the slow progress of US technical assistance to the French nuclear program. Lastly they discuss energy and oil prices.
November 1, 1962	Cable from Soviet ambassador to the USA A.F. Dobrynin to Soviet Foreign Ministry Dobrynin relays a meeting with Lippmann in which the two discuss how close their respective countries were to war and the exchange of bases in Turkey.
December 9, 1975	Memorandum of Conversation, Todor Zhivkov – Süleyman Demirel The two leaders discuss Bulgarian-Turkish trade relations, initiatives for the Balkans; Greco-Turkish relations, and the issue of repatriation of Bulgarian ethnic Turks.
March 23, 1989	Bulgarian Secretariat Resolution on Termination of Jamming of Foreign Broadcasts for Bulgaria The BCP CC passes a decision to stop jamming the broadcast of Western radio stations airing programs in Bulgarian. This decision however does not apply to Radio Ankara, whose Bulgarian programming continues to be blocked.
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.