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Proposal from Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ivan Bashev) to the CC of the BCP Secretariat on Free Arms Delivery to Zanzibar

16 Mar 1964
Description: This proposal by Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Bashev suggests sending light infantry weapons as well as a delegation of military and civilian specialists to Zanzibar. Bashev outlines Zanzibar's development into a Socialist People's Republic and states that Bulgaria recognizes the new state. Bashev hopes that this agreement will improve relations between Zanzibar and Bulgaria in the future.

Collection: East-East Arms Trade

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Document Type: Proposal
Origin (Agency): Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Sender: Ivan Bashev, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bulgaria
Destination (Agency): Secretariat of the Bulgarian Communist's Party Central Committee
Language of Original Document: Bulgarian
Translators: Greta Keremidchieva
Number of Pages: 2
Cold War Period: 1960s
Persons: Bashev
Document Source: Central State Archive (TsDA), Sofia
Call Number: Fond 136, Record 86, File 628, p. 10-11

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