THE BALKANS: The Hunted

At 4 o'clock one morning last month a Bulgarian beat frantically on the door of the U.S. representative in Sofia. When the door opened, he fell inside with a grateful cry. This week he was still there, a diplomatic incubus and a living incitement to ask: what is going on in Russian-liberated Bulgaria?

The fugitive was Dr. Georgi M. Dimitroff,* pro-Allied ex-Secretary General of the democratic Agrarian Party. He was seeking sanctuary from his Russian-controlled Government, which was trying to arrest him on unspecified charges. In Moscow last week the Russian Government urged the U.S. to hand over Dr. Dimitroff...

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