In his cable to the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry, Ambasador Kiril Shterev reports information about expected US assistance to Greece in 1963. Shterev acquired the information during lunch with the Greek Charge d' Affaires, Counselor Kalougeras. Kalougeras also mentioned Turkey's possible entrance into the European Economic Community and inquired about US-Bulgarian relations.
February 12, 1963
Bulgarian Legation, Washington (Shterev), Cable to Foreign Ministry
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INCOMING CABLE Nr. 1522
12 February 1963
To: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
From: Washington
Written on 12 February at 12.00 pm
According to information by the journalist Paul Scott[1], the government of the United States intended to send a squadron of B47 jet bombers in Turkey, immediately after the disassembly of the bases, housing the Jupiter missiles.
Thus the US government would demonstrate before the world its military presence in Turkey.
[Ambassador] SHTEREV[2] Deciphered on 13 February 1963
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[1] Paul Scott Mowrer worked for Chicago Daily News and New York Post, a Pulitzer Prize Winner.
[2] Kiril Shterev was Charge d’Affaires in US (1962-1963), and Ambassador to Canada (1967-1971), Iran (1973-1979), and Great Britain (1980-1987).
Bulgaria's Charge d' Affaires to the US Kiril Shterev writes to the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs explaining that the US planned on stationing B47 bombers in Turkey once the Jupiter missiles are removed from Turkey. Shterev cites journalist Paul Scott as his source for the information about the display of the Unites States' military presence.
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