Northern (N): Bulgaria (NG). Political Relations: Greece

A file of correspondence and press material concerning relations between Bulgaria and Greece. The documents discuss the suspension of negotiations between the Bulgarian and Greek governments regarding the settlement of debts owed between the two countries; and the Greek government's claim that they will not resume negotiations until progress is made on the settlement of reparations owed by Bulgaria to Greece under the Paris Peace Treaties, a series of treaties signed in 1947 to settle the post-Second World War fates of the minor Axis powers. The documents also cover an accusation in the Greek press that whilst the Bulgarian government has been campaigning for a nuclear-free zone in the Balkans, they have authorised the construction of three Soviet bases in Bulgaria that can to be used to fire nuclear missiles; and the Greek government's decision to recall its chargé d'affaires in Sofia in protest against "Bulgaria's 'provocative attitude' towards Greece".