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    "ocrText": "TOD SECRET\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)\nof State letter, Aug. 10, 1972\n-2-\nDept. WITTHL NARS Date 6.26.75\nBy\nBarnes is hendling the matter directly with the\nBulgarians and not going to the Russians, on the grounds\nthat this is a Bulgarian matter. If the Russian authori-\nties want to concern thomselves with it, he feels they\nshould do so directly with the Bulgarians, The Prime\nMinister agrees with Barnes' reasoning and has promised\nthat until Barnes receives instructions from Washington\nhis Government will take no further steps. Bernes em-\nphasizes that the action we take on Dimitrov will largely\nshape what \"the averege patriotic Bulgarian may think of\nus in the future\". He urges the Department to authorize\nhim \"to negotiate as best I can through the Bulgarian\nGovernment\" for Dimitrov's safety.\nThe Department's preliminary reaction fully approves\nthe steps Barnes has already taken, asrees that Dimitrov's\nsafety is a Bulgarian matter for which the Bulgarian\nGovernment must take responsibility, and considers Bernes\nshould continue such action as may help nchieve this end.\nTenseness Continues in Venezia Giulin. On May 24\n8.\nAllied officials in Venezia Giulia reported that the\nYugoslav attitude there \"is becoming increasingly aggres-\nsive\". The Yugoslavs have demanded that US troops with-\ndraw from Tarnova, have threatened the arrest of Allied\ntroops moving enat of Gorizia and have stopped Allied\nparties in six other places. In Cimeno, alrendy held by\nUS troops, Yugoslav troops and tanks have arrived and\nthe Yugoslav Commander has asked the US Brigadier Oeneral\n\"to explain his presence there\". When the Yugoslavs\nthrentened to force our troops from Tarnova, General Clark\nordered our position reenforeed and warned that the Yugo-\nslavs \"will be held strictly accountable by Tito for taking\naggressive action\" if they attack Allied troops during the\nnegotiations on Venezia. Giulin.\nIn Belgrade Yugoslav authorities are delaying Allied\nplanes for hours by minute customs examination, searching\nall passengers and baggage and trying to open official\nmeil. The latter was promptly withdrawn. Apparently the\nYugoslavs are trying to cut the US and UK missions in\nBelgrade off from written comunication with the outside world.\nThe Italians"
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