BULGARIAN DEVELOPMENT

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 September 1943, Page 5

BULGARIAN DEVELOPMENT

NAZIS SEIZING CONTROL OPPOSITION TO PREMIER LONDON, August 31. “King Boris’s will, which may name three members of .the Bulgarian Regency Council, has not yet been found, although his papers have been searched,” says the German overseas radio. „ ® ~ Official quarters in Sofia are reticent and refuse to confirm or deny that King Boris made a will. The British United Press correspondent in Ankara says that leaflets are being circulated in Sofia stating that King Simeon, King Boris’s six-year-old son, is merely a tool for the Prime Minister (Filov), and the opposition parties will refuse to recognise his accession unless Nazi influence is thrown out. Indications are growing, the correspondent adds, that the Nazis will seize power. There are two or three German divisions in Bulgaria. FRONTIERS CLOSED. (Recd. 11.20 a.m.) LONDON, August 31. The Bulgarian frontier has been closed, says the Algiers radio. The Bulgarian Government has been continuously in session for the past few days. The Germans have taken over the Bulgarian Black Sea ports of Burgas and Varna. Strong fortifications are being built along the whole BulgarJan coast, and in some areas antiaircraft defences extending seven miles inland have been established. In the Varna area several new airfields have been constructed. TURKISH ARMY. LONDON, August 31. “In the 21 years of the new Turkey we have brought the army to a standard which is appreciated by our friends and enemies alike, declared M. Saracoglu in a speech at Symrna. According to the German News Agency, M. Saracoglu stated: “We are convinced that if, one day, we should be compelled to fight, victory would follow the Turkish Colours and cover them with glory.”