In Bulgaria.

As a university stUdent . Dr:. Dochev was uresident . of the Vational'Students.' Union. At the.sime tine, in li-431 he Organized the.Bulgsr

• • Legion,, a- youth organi'zation.. With the purpose of directing theiCtivitiea'and tou7tita of the young 7eneration away fromCommunism. The nare Legion was ugedto . comMemorate the Legion of42akov3ky-dUring the Turkish yoke. This..46S . not a pOlitical.orpanizbUt • Was'1064 . enti-Connunist. As a result .of . its ectivities,

.period ' of:fiva or .812 years, -all Varxist . end Leninist gr.-.lups:which'ithe- Ckyftmunista had succeeded in-establishing in the.scho9ls...41*el-.pekied.:.theti,7ht against Co77-uniam was cnrried on with ic:eas ..-nOt:fcirce.• Then the 0erMiln.influence i ulgaria .bann to te felt, the first. , te-rs to try ',nd_influiance . the ' Tooth. The Ie7.ion refuse .?, to

become a'tOol. .of ' the lermens. Thicae of t!I g t, It wits nto1ts%v1^,:n•: 197'k :when the nmon leormiev government CP;E! t O .o;or. In 15,•

. • liOweet, it was reestsiilis:)ed. only to be outlowe 'd again .. ..becanie it was considered opposed to the policies cf. the govornmon,:Dr .00r.ev was then tried by the'F.:overnrant on .1 sentgincel.: to Ore.year: in prison'whichfhe . a-sl ent in the prison of

After the return of . the 7lobruOls -to LhIlFnrin„ r. Dochev was.'-.: mobilized ond sent to ",llistre 17 mayor of the town. Ee hold this

..pOeitiOn two yers. In the'meentime, in 3ofia,.General Lukov, in•suptior of the government 'o- German policy', formed a. new youthorge,hizetion under . the old niPe - Legion. • Dochev and the Majority

members of the old Le-ton stayed Out of the new organizationand never had. anything to do with it.

.•-However; when the government felt threatened by the CoMmuniats, .theremembered Dochev's anti-CoLvunist ',rid appointed him:Secretary of the Union of l'ularian FarMers, in order to save the

Aoaaiants from Communist influence. Due mainly to-his activities as...seeretery of an organization with 1,400,000 members and 4,500'local secretaries, the Communints were not able to make anyheadway in the villages.

• --. • •On September 9, :1944, he and:his Wife • escaped by . way of.:)!Iacedonis .

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itire: Dochev, univeraity • 7rad-:ate, knows four languages and withinthe past two years has learned nough English to te employed as

11 a typist by the offices Of Fres ge and Co. In Toronto. She says' that her husband is not a good inguist, that he knows broken• .

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Before the formation of Dr. G.M.Dimitrov's Committee, Dr. Dochev.wrote to him and asked for an interview, hoping that an underdtanding• would be reached to combine their efforts. However, Dr. Dimitrovreplied that his aim wns to fight not only Conatunists but also

• Pascista.- Since he considered Dochev a Fascist, an interview wouldbe superfluous.

Dochey-offered his services to the Anericans in Austria, andworked, for them both In Austria and Germany for over two years,in 1947 and 1948. During this period he was able to send several'men back into Bulgaria: for intelligence purposes. Also he carriedon correspondence with people in Bulgaria by way of Bulgariansworking on the Danube boats.

• Dochev still has in his possession an identification card . autho-rizing him to travel with locked brief cases or suitcases withU.S.A„markings, ttc. I saw the card personally. It was issued byHeadquarters European Command H.Q.Economic . SurVey Unit, A.P.O. 757, .U.S.Army, , Munich, June 23, 1948 in the nano of Dr. Ivan Dotscheff(German spelling of his name which has also been used in hisCanadian passport).. While waiting for a U.S. visa, the Britishoffered him one for Canada, and since someone had told him thatprobably the U.S. would not give him . a visa because Dr. G.M.Dimitrovhad turned in a report against him, he decided to accept the British

k offer.

.Dr. Vochev is going to become a Canadian citizen but says that hisheart is not here but in Bulgaria. When the right time comes, hewants to go back, at the head of a group of men about 500 strong,to enter the' country illegally, deploy his men throughout the landand :organize a general revolt in preparation for the coming of the'outside- world fordes against Communism. He claims that he is mutat:.:better .known in Bulgaria both in the villages and towns than Dr.d.M.Pimitrov ever was and that he would be willing to bet that in.case:or's vote he would win the majority without any trouble.'However, he would like to go back only when the time is ripe for

-.41 War against Russia.whiCh, he believes:, is coming soon. Otherwisean uprising mould only Moan the .:annihilation of : the Bulgarian .

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...The editor of "Novo Vreme;, visited Bulgaria.recehtly $and.is now engage a pampa. gn to. persuade people thatBulgaria is a paradise under the Reds.

The Bulgarian Nationarrront has no further aims than the liberationof Bulgaria. Once that is acdomPlished, the Front Would disiolve.

Dr. Dochev thinks that either Dr. G.M.Dimitrov or someone in hisemploy has reported falsely to the U.S. authorities as follows:

1. • That the Legion was a Fascist organization while Dochev wasits head.

2. That the Legion carried out anti-Jewish activities while infact it was the Ratntftsi which did that. The leader of theRetnitsi, Prof. Rantarjiev, was admitted'to the U.S.

... Z. That he had been in the Service of the British while actuallyhe was serving the Americans.

4..That he had supplied a Salted photograph.of Dochev in Germanmniforin'while actually Dochev has never had anything to do with

• the Germans.

Dochev is very anxious to be allowed to come to the United States- occasionally to speed up the organization of the Bulgarians. He; would promisa to carry out to the letter any conditions whichthe U.S. authorities might deem fit to require.

My personal opinion. (if it is in order to offer it) is that hisdossier ought to . be checked and that, if no other reasons existagainst him, he should be allowed to come in on short visits sincehe could be extremely valuable, especially as he would be willingto follow instructions.

The Bulgarian People's Voices-4/4<_

The paper' is edited by a committee, but Dochex does most of thework free of charge. He has a mailing list of about 1000, but only200 arepaid rahscriptions. Because of the lack of fund*, it now

appears only once a month.•

Dochev offered to print the Nees Letter of the American'BuigarianLeague in his paper against payment of what it costs the 'Leaguenow, but his offer was turned down. He says that he needs 1000paid' subscriptions in order to break even and improvethe paper.His paper could . do an excellent job to counteract 1 BulgarianCommunist preasOpy

There is ounistist paper in Toronto, " "; anotherDetroit,PwN Dni"; and a socialist paper in Granite City,botnicheaka r sala". He would like to be able to reduce theiruence.

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Bulgarian American League;

1.4 • .,Arke has been writing to DOchev and has made several. .

su 1TORIT'lle says that he . met her for the first time inWindsor list year. Since he . knew Very little about her, he asked

. hie . People in the U.S. torepOrt on her. The majority advised him..tO'havanothing,to 4o,With.her since she was known as tvdomillitilist4,04.,a person of bisf::chAractir... One wrote that she isan'F.B:I.:agent ...And repOrtaaVer*thing:S%ticifins=Thal al

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,ener 'opinion of.hia.duppo ters seems to be that 14AaiLvay.__and his gang have noeuvrethe. League irvsU0767WaylEk7E7Eli—thenext convention in Nei York. f't will fall completely into their..handi, i. if nothing s done to prevent itbefore than.. .

, ..Anlgarian National spominittee..Dochev received a letter from. Kobourov:redently , inviting him,.::...at . theauggettion Of Matzankiev, to go to New . YOrk in May to-attend a meeting of : the Bulgarian National 'Committee for the::electionof officers..Matzankiev l s plan seems to.be to make use• Of Dochev and his supOrters and to . wie'the Presidency from

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. .Conclusion.

. -.. -. . .... •. . ,..1,:believe 1-have:won Dr. Lochev's confidence fully : . If more..detailvere ,needed about any:of. the matters mentiened-libovei

Shall'hava.no: treyUbie in them from hiin.by- mail.

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