The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-06
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First reports indicated that Russ sia had not implemented her dec. laration of war with an invasion ot Bulgaria, but powerful Red army forces were nnassed along the Bull Earian- -Romanian frontier and Mos- COW dispatches made 1t clear that the Soviets were prepared to do so if necessary.
 Bulgaria's surrender was expected to be followed by 6 declaration or war against Germany that would place an estimated 25 Na2i divisions -2b0,o00 to 375,000 men-in south- eastern Europe at the mercy of the Red Army and the YugoSlaV and Greek Guerrilla armies,
 Soviet Foreign Commissar Vya- cheslav M. Molotov's war note to Sofia and an inspired editorial in the army newspaper Red Star indi- cated clearly that the Russians would accept nothing less than Hul. garian co-belllgerency in the war against Germany,
 Red Army tanks and cavalrymen already were less than 30 miles from the Yugosiav border ct the northwestern corner of Bulgaria and held virtually all of Bulgaria's Da- nube River frontier with Romania.
 Red Army Ready
 "The Red Army Is ready to cleanse the Bulgarian land, befouled by the GermanB,' Red Star said "ft will help the Bulgarian people return to the path of historic friendship with the great Russian people-the nation of liberators,"
 Molotov handed the declaration of war to the Bulgarian minister in Moscow ct D, m. yesterday, charg. ing angrily that the Bulgars had aided Germany against Russia for more than three years and were helping the Na2i army to escape from Romania.
 Russia tolerated this situation early in the war when Bulgaria was poWerleSS to resist the German de- mands, but can no longer do SO at time when the NaEiS are cracking on oil fronts, hs said.
 Six hours and forty minutes later the Arinisticc appeal was presented to RuSsia's charge d'affaires in So- fla.
 (Radio Sofia said fighting be- tween German and Bulgarian troops already had broken out, asserting that the Nazis attacked Bulgarian army units and captured members of tho army staff, CBS reported9
 Bulgarian peace negotiations n Cairo with the United States and Great Britain were broken off last Saturday when the cabinet headed by Ivan Bagrianov resigned and was replaced by Muraviev'S government.
 The Yugosiav radio broadcast Q report that an alti-Bulgarian revolt had broken out among Macedonian peasants in the dreek-Bulgarian border region and was spreading ra- pidly.
 The official Russian newspaper, Pravda, urged Bulgarians today to revolt against the government and clear the country of Germans, Mos- COW dispatches quoted PravdG aS saying "the Bulgar people must take their own destiny and future into their hands, ifl which they will get the support of all fredom-lov- Ing nations struggling for the do. feat of NaN Germany"
 Cairo dispatches BAid 1t was now believed too lac for German troops In Albania and Yugoglavia to eS. cape, with the Russians facing c quick passage westward across Ro. mania and Bulgaria. Russian con. trol of the main Fail lines will leave the Germans only two escape routes by Sea, where Allies flaVieS eagers ly are waiting to pounce on them, or by dangerous roads through rough, mountainous terrain, where guerrilla forces lay in wait.
 Meanwhile, Cairo dispatches pointed out, the Germans must con- tlnue to face the threat of an Anglo-Afnericai1 landing in the Bal. katis.