BULGARIA: Guns in the Gutter

A small child in slippers drove a tinkling herd of milk goats through the streets of Sofia at dawn last week and stumbled over a rifle. A little further on lay an ancient shotgun. One of the goats nibbled at a couple of hand grenades lying in the gutter. In all Bulgarian cities similar debris littered the streets, for the cautious citizenry had suddenly decided that their new Premier, one-eyed Kimon Gueorguieff, meant what he said.

"My Government is neither to the left nor the right, but straight through the middle!" So...

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