Northern (N): Bulgaria (NG). Diplomatic Representation Abroad

A file of correspondence concerning Bulgarian diplomats. Subjects covered in the file include the comments of the new Bulgarian minister in Addis Ababa, which included criticism of Soviet interference in the Bulgarian economy, arguing that the country was unsuited to industrialisation, and his disapproval over the supply of agricultural machinery by the Soviets and the high payments demanded for technical expertise. Further comments concerned Bulgaria's subservience to the Soviet regime, which he claimed was necessary due to Greece and Turkey's designs on its territories. The file also includes an enquiry about the new First Secretary at the Bulgarian embassy in China, Christos Tatev, who is currently working in London; and the enquiries of the Foreign Compensation Commission, who are seeking information about a Bulgarian diplomat, Simeon Radeff, whose debt from 1938 is the subject of a compensation claim by a London firm, Saccone and Speed.