Protocol no. 5 of March 12, 1932. A legal approach with delayed effects on bilateral investigation of incidents at the Romanian Bulgarian border Cover Image

Protocolul nr. 5, din 12 martie 1932. Un demers juridic cu efecte întârziate privind cercetarea bilaterală a incidentelor de la frontiera româno-bulgară
Protocol no. 5 of March 12, 1932. A legal approach with delayed effects on bilateral investigation of incidents at the Romanian Bulgarian border

Author(s): Daniel Silviu NICULAE
Subject(s): Military history, Political history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), History of Communism, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: border incidents; mixed military commissions; komitadji; terrorism; South Dobrogea;

Summary/Abstract: In 1923, the Dobrogean Revolutionary Internal Organization – V.D.R.O. was created by reorganizing the revolutionary section of „Dobrogea” Society, which, in the autumn of 1925, the Dobrogean Internal Revolutionary Organization– V.D.R.O split, creating a new organization called the Dobrogean Revolutionary Organization – D.R.O. – under communist coordination. From this moment, internally, a strong rivalry began between these terrorist organizations, V.D.R.O and D.R.O. Therefore, between 1925 and 1932, the irredentist activity of Bulgarian counties was reflected in numerous border incidents, investigated by joint military commissions. In order to stop these events and their investigation in a good collaboration by both parties, in 1932, a protocol agreed by the Government of Romania and Bulgaria was concluded and signed, known as Protocol no. 5, which sought to implement a simple procedure and methodology adapted to a concrete situation in the joint investigation of border incidents.

  • Issue Year: 12/2023
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 137-149
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Romanian