874.00/7–1945: Airgram
The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 30—6 p.m.]
A–16. My tels 321, June 16, 336, June 2810 and 341, Jul 7. On July 13, 1945, the National Committee of the Fatherland Front published its election program. In view of the manner in which the elections are scheduled to be conducted and the consequent absence of any competing platforms, this statement of policy does not have the significance usually associated with such documents. Furthermore, as it is primarily an expression of the views of the Central [Page 268] Committee of the Communist Party, its numerous references to “safeguarding the personal security of the citizen”, the “struggle against bureaucracy”, “safeguarding the freedom of speech, etc.”, “complete respect for the established legality”, and so on, must strike a strange note in the ears of most Agrarians, Socialists and Zvenars. It should also be noted that the many innocuous and frequently praiseworthy objectives contained in this platform are all predicated on a totalitarian state structure dominated by the Communist Party.
[Here follows text of major provisions of the platform.]
- Telegram 336 not printed.↩