[Homer_J_Simpson]

As early as October 1, 1939, the German military attaché in Washington, General Friedrich von Boetticher, advised OKW in Berlin not to worry about any possible American expeditionary force in Europe. On December 1 he further informed his military superiors in Berlin that American armament was simply inadequate “for an aggressive war policy” and added that the General Staff in Washington “in contrast to the State Department’s sterile policy of hatred and the impulsive policy of Roosevelt – often based on an overestimation of American military power – still has understanding for Germany and her conduct of the war.” In his first dispatch Boetticher had noted that “Lindbergh and the famous flyer Rickenbacker” were advocating keeping America out of the war. By December 1, however, despite his low estimate of American military power, he warned OKW that “the United States will still enter the war if it considers that the Western Hemisphere is threatened.”

William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Cajander Now out – 2-3
The International Situation – 3
Incidents in European Conflict – 4
Soviet Blow Heavy – 5-7
Two British Destroyers and a Submarine In Norwegian Port for Repairs After Battle – 8
See Sound Waves Used To Set Off New Mines – 8
3 Raids on Helsinki Leave City Ablaze – 9-10

[heiss]

The cabinet resigned..it was a coalition government that included social democrats (basically, communists under new name) and was considered pacifist and unwilling to fund the army properly.

[tcrlaf]

Equipments List of the Bulgarian Army on 1 December, 1939, as reported by German Intelligence (SD) to OKW:

225,276 Rifles Manlicher
69,493 Rifles Mosin (in 1940-1941 48 000 of these sold to Finland)
112,608 Carbines Manlicher
8 444 Pistols
4252 LMG
3296 HMG
308 ATR
367 mortars
412 75 mm guns
189 75 mm mountain guns
14 77mm guns
10 88mm old (not QF) guns
135 105 mm howitzers RM
13 105 mm mountain howitzers
22 105 mm guns
36 120 mm howitzers
10 120mm old (not QF) guns
30 150 mm howitzers
412 20mm AA guns (250 RM 1936, 16 RM 1939, 24 RM M30 (motorized), 72 RM 1939 (motorized), 50 Oerlikon)
20 88mm AA guns (Krupp M1937 with 5 command units Pshorr)
3 old 88mm AA guns Krupp M1916 with 1 command unit Zeiss
6 150cm lights “Siemens-shukker” M1937 with 2 direction units
14 Ansaldo tanks (CV3/33)
8 Vickers tanks