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Telegram from E. Grey to F. Elliot regarding an article in the English press on the composition of the Bulgarian army.

173.012.320 · 1915 Οκτώβριος 1 · Αγγλική · machine-generated, not reviewed

Archivist's abstract & metadata

Title (el): Τηλεγράφημα του Ed.Grey προς τον Fr.Elliot σχετικά με δημοσίευμα του αγγλικού τύπου για τη σύσταση του βουλγαρικού στρατού.
Archivist's abstract: Αναφέρεται σε δημοσίευμα του τύπου σχετικά με τη στελέχωση του βουλγαρικού στρατού με γερμανούς αξιωματικούς και στην απόφαση των Δυνάμεων της Αντάντ να βοηθήσει ενεργά τους συμμάχους της, σημειώνοντας ότι μια τέτοια απόφαση θα πρέπει να ικανοποιεί την Ελληνική Κυβέρηνση.
Document type: Τηλεγράφημα
Original/copy: Αντίγραφο
Senders: Grey, Εdward
Recipients: Elliot, Francis- Sir, Πρεσβευτής της Βρετανίας στην Αθήνα
Mentioned: Βουλγαρικός στρατός · Ελληνική Κυβέρνηση · Entente · Γερμανοί αξιωματικοί
Keywords: Πόλεμος 1914-1918 · Σχέσεις της Ελλάδας με την Entente · Σχέσεις της Βουλγαρίας με τη Γερμανία
Subjects: Τύπος · Άμυνα · Διεθνείς σχέσεις
Source: https://venizelosarchives.gr/show/4795 · Europeana
Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Accessed 2026-11-09

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Sir E. Grey to Sir F. Elliot Foreign Office 1 October 1915 The following statement is being issued to the Press to-day. " Information has been received that German and Austrian offic- ers have for several days been arriving in Bulgaria with a view to taking an active part in directing Bulgarian Army. This action is precisely similar to that taken in Turkey, where German officers forced Turkey to make an entirely unprovoked attack on Russia last year. " Since the Allied Powers are bound to support the States who are threatened by such proceedings in Bulgaria, this news is regard- ed as of the utmost gravity". Such a declaration containing a statement that if Bulgaria attacked Serbia we should give all the support in our power to our friends in the way most welcome to them, in concert with our allies, without reserve or qualification, ought not to be unsatisfactory to Greece. In view of the present attitude of Bulgaria there is no question of our troops being used for any purpose except to support Greece and Serbia.

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Demotic Greek

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Turkish

Sir E. Grey'den Sir F. Elliot'a Dışişleri Bakanlığı (Foreign Office), 1 Ekim 1915 Aşağıdaki açıklama bugün basına verilmektedir. "Alman ve Avusturyalı subayların, Bulgar Ordusunun sevk ve idaresinde etkin bir rol almak amacıyla birkaç gündür Bulgaristan'a gelmekte oldukları yolunda bilgi alınmıştır. Bu hareket, Türkiye'de izlenen yolun tıpatıp aynısıdır; orada da geçen yıl Alman subayları Türkiye'yi Rusya'ya karşı hiçbir tahrik olmaksızın bir saldırıda bulunmaya zorlamıştı. "Müttefik Devletler, Bulgaristan'daki bu tür girişimlerle tehdit edilen Devletleri desteklemekle yükümlü olduklarından, bu haber son derece vahim telakki edilmektedir." Bulgaristan'ın Sırbistan'a saldırması halinde, müttefiklerimizle mutabakat içinde, hiçbir çekince ve kayıt koymaksızın, dostlarımıza onlar için en makbul olacak şekilde elimizdeki bütün imkânlarla destek vereceğimizi belirten bir ifade içeren böyle bir beyanın Yunanistan'ı tatmin etmemesi için bir sebep olmamalıdır. Bulgaristan'ın mevcut tutumu karşısında, birliklerimizin Yunanistan'ı ve Sırbistan'ı desteklemek dışında herhangi bir amaçla kullanılması söz konusu değildir.

English

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