Изтъкнатият историк, ръководител на катедрата по история в Тексаския университет и брат на легендарния войвода Георги Сугарев - Вангел Сугарев, със статия, разглеждаща италианското проникване и геополитически цели на Балканския полуостров.

Mussolini's political activities in theBalkans have not always been tempered with prudence; he is too outspoken and has frequently emphasized his demands by rattling the saber. Starting at the southern end of the peninsula, he first coerced and then flattered Greece into submission. Greece discovered the meaning of Italian designs on Albania during the World War, when she aspired to occupy the Albanian port of Valona. Italy made it clear that "if Greece wishes to remain on friendly terms with Italy, she must not touch Valona." To give evidence of her good faith, Greece ceded to Albania the Isle of Sasseno, which Italy subsequently occupied and fortified. Mussolini's triumphant occupation of the Island of Corfu and his denationalizing of the Dodecanese serve as a reminder to Greece that if she would participate in the affairs of the Balkans she must follow the dictates of Rome. The efforts of France and her ally, Yugoslavia, to make Greece align herself with them have failed largely because of Mussolini's success in recently concluding a treaty with Greece. This pact guarantees Greece against Yugoslav or Bulgarian aggression, and while it is a treaty of amity and conciliation, it allows a wide scope for possible interpretations and hints at an alliance.

Bulgaria's relations with Italy are uncertain. The World War left her discontented and brooding and susceptible to the enticements of any power. There is nothing to show that any political understanding exists with Italy, although Mussolini is in a position to offer Bulgaria much and lose little. Yet Mussolini's demand some years ago that a dispute between the monks of the Rilo Monastery and the Italian forest concessionists be settled within twenty-four hours hardly encourages a friendship between the two countries...

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Автор: Роденият в град Битоля Вангел Костов Сугарев (1890-1943, Белвю, САЩ) е български и американски историк, ръководещ катедра по история в Тексаския държавен университет. Получава образованието си в САЩ и служи в американската армия. Брат му Христо и майка му Донка са активни членове на Македонската патриотична организация в САЩ, а другият му брат Георги Сугарев е легендарен ВМОРО войвода, самоубил се след като е тежко ранен и обкръжен от турски аскер в Македония.
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