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Tuesday, February 12th 2008, 9:20am

Turko-Bulgarian Alliance

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[SIZE=3]Treaty of Turko-Bulgarian Alliance[/SIZE]

The high contracting parties, desirous of securing international stability and promoting peace between nations, make the following agreements.

Part I  Treaty of Friendship
Article 1: The high contracting parties agree to forswear any acts of violence, aggressive actions, or any other manner of attack on each other, either individually or jointly with other powers.
Article 2: The high contracting parties agree to maintain constant consultation with each other in order to exchange information of mutual interest.
Article 3: In the event that disputes arise between them, the high contracting parties vow to resolve them through friendly discourse and negotiation, or through the intercession of arbitration commissions.

Part II  Treaty of Economic Relations
Article 1: The high contracting parties, in the interests of peace and for the strengthening of the political and economic bonds between them, undertake to reduce customs duties between their nations by 30%.
Article 2: The high contracting parties agree to exchange technical information mutually beneficial to the other powers.

Part III  Treaty of Mutual Defense
Article I. In the event of hostile action by a non-contracting party against a high contracting party, all other high contracting parties shall provide assistance to the threatened high contracting power.
Article II. In the event of hostile action by a high contracting party against a non-contracting party, all other high contracting parties shall not be obligated to provide assistance to the threatened high contracting power.
Article III. Should disputes or conflicts arise between the high contracting parties, all involved parties shall not participate in any grouping of parties whatsoever that is directly or indirectly aimed at the opposing parties.
Article IV. Should one of the high contracting parties become the object of belligerent action by a non-signatory, the high contracting parties shall in no manner lend their support to the non-signatory.

Part IV  General Articles
Article I. The high contracting parties establish that for the continuation of this treaty, amendments may be negotiated with the full agreement of the high contracting powers.
Article II. This treaty comes into force immediately on the exchange of instruments of ratification.
Article III. The present Treaty is concluded for a period of ten years, with the proviso that, in so far as one of the High Contracting Parties does not advance it one year prior to the expiration of this period, the validity of this Treaty shall automatically be extended for another five years.

Turkish and Bulgarian ambassadors also spoke to Greece about joining the alliance, and talks are still continuing.

Negotiated in August 1935

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Tuesday, February 12th 2008, 9:43am

Hmm interesting. Romania makes no real protest, because its intelligence informed it that such an alliance was in the offing. The Foreign Office sends for some headache-reliever though because it now realizes it is bound to support Yugoslavia, should Turkey-Bulgaria attack it to regain Bulgaria's "lost" province of Macedonia, and is bound not to attack Bulgaria. However, it has decided to put its hopes in the upcoming Pan-Balkan Congress, which it hopes will air out the dirty laundry between all the Balkan nations, and hopefully lead to greater cooperation between all the Balkan nations.

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Saturday, February 16th 2008, 11:15am

Greece would have difficulty with these two for starters:

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Article 3: In the event that disputes arise between them, the high contracting parties vow to resolve them through friendly discourse and negotiation, or through the intercession of arbitration commissions.


ain't no going to arbitration over a 'dispute".


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Article 2: The high contracting parties agree to exchange technical information mutually beneficial to the other powers.


not that either.

Cheers

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Saturday, February 16th 2008, 1:35pm

Amendable clauses if the intent was to expand the alliance. Believe it or not the Turks are acctually willing to try and make it work.