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Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume I

22 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Prime Minister of New Zealand

22
The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Prime Minister of New Zealand

24 December 1941

The text of the notification of a state of war with Bulgaria is as follows:

His Majesty's Government have been informed by the Government of the United States, who were in charge of British interests in Bulgaria, that a declaration of war by that country on Great Britain was announced in the Bulgarian Parliament on 13 December. His Majesty's Government have so far received no official communication to this effect from the Bulgarian Government, but in view of the above information it is hereby notified that a state of war exists between the two countries as from 13 December.