Based on intelligence sources, the Minister of Internal Affairs Dimitar Stoyanov reports on domestic political developments. Among the issues covered in the memo are the domestic repercussions of the January 1987 Plenary Session of the CPSU Central Committee, as well as the Western allegations of human rights violations in regard to Bulgaria’s policy toward the Turkish ethnic minority.

Creator

Stoyanov, Dimitar

Subjects Discussed

• Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Central Committee
• East-West trade
• European Economic Community
• Communist countries--Internal relations
• Bulgarian Communist Party. Central Committee
• Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-
• Bulgaria--Ethnic relations
• Zhivkov, Todor
• Commerce
• Intelligence service--Bulgaria
• Bulgaria. Committee for State Security (KDS)
• Dissidents
• Bulgaria. Ministry of Internal Affairs
• Bulgaria--Economic conditions
• Bulgaria--Foreign relations--Western countries
• Bulgaria--Foreign relations--Communist countries
• Human Rights
• Bulgaria--Foreign relations--Soviet Union

Locations discussed

• Bulgaria

Appears in Collections

• End of the Cold War
• Intelligence Operations in the Cold War
• Todor Zhivkov Collection

Source

• Archive of the Ministry of the Interior, Sofia, Fond 1, Record 12, File 821. Obtained by the Bulgarian Cold War Research Group.

Original Archive

• Archives of the Bulgarian Ministry of the Interior (AMVR)

Type

• Memorandum

Language

• Bulgarian

Publishers

• Cold War International History Project (CWIHP)

Rights

• CWIHP - Content in the Digital Archive is made available for non-commercial research and educational use. Copyright is retained by the rights holders in accordance with US and international copyright laws. For permission to reproduce this document, please contact the Cold War International History Project at coldwar@wilsoncenter.org. Please include the six-digit record ID number for all referenced documents.

Record ID

• 112540