LOSING FAITH IN AXIS
LONDON, Oct. 5.
Further news of Bulgaria’s doubts ahout an Axis victory, comes from the Istanbul correspondent of the Times, who interviewed ten faculty members of the American College at Sofia, who arrived there, stating that they were expelled when the Bulgarian Government closed the college on September 32 The Bulgarians are sullenly and doggedly supporting the war largely because they wish to keep the land seized from Yugoslavia and Greece. Other travellers report that Bulgaria is maintaining an army of 400.000, hut lack armoured equipment, which the Germans requisitioned. Concentration camps are filled with political prisoners and the food problem is growing more serious. Many Bulgarians, including Government circles, are convinced that the Axis will lose the war German prestige has dropped steadily since the setbacks in Russia.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXII, Issue 263, 6 October 1942, Page 5
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