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Bulgaria's alleged involvement in the shooting of the Pope and other questionable activities has set off negative diplomatic reactions in some West European cap-it als. Italy recalled its Ambassador to Bulgaria on Saturday forollowing Bulgaria'spaa- week of its Ambassador to Rome. According topress reports, Italian Foreign Minister Colombo said- that, despite as yet insufficient corroboration ofinvolvement, Rome remains concerned over possible other illegal activities by Bulgarians. Officials in Bonn also stressed that they are concerned about reports of Sofia's toleration of heroin trafficking between Bulgaria and West Germany and of possible links between Palestinian guerrillas in Bulgaria and West Germangroups,
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