In an Organized Manner

Two days before the vote came the note. It was handed to Premier Kimon Georgieff, head of Bulgaria's Communist-dominated Fatherland Front, by U.S. Diplomatic Representative Maynard Barnes; its warning was based on the findings of Presidential Investigator Mark F. Etheridge.

The note charged that Bulgarian election arrangements were not democratic; only a single, exclusive slate of candidates was running; the popular will was restricted by threats. Hence the election would not induce U.S. recognition of Bulgaria's Government.

The election was held anyway. From the sidelines Opposition Leader General Nikola Petkoff urged all good Bulgars to stay away from the polls. The balloting was brisk. The Soviet Tass news agency reported that the vote in one Sofia district had run as high as 99%, the election as a whole had been held "quietly and in an organized manner."

The Fatherland Front won.

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