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Eastern Europe

Bulgaria

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Zhivkov, Todor

1911- 1998

Intelligence Operations in the Cold War

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Bulgaria. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Eastern Europe

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Middle East

Turkey

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Egyptian Pyramids

Northern Africa

Egypt

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Western Europe

Greece

Warsaw Pact

Truman with Attlee and Stalin at Potsdam

Cold War Origins

Sino-Soviet Relations

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Bulgaria. Ministry of Defense

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Bulgaria. Ministry of Internal Affairs

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Stoyanov, Dimitar

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Sino-Soviet Split, 1960-1984

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Solakov, Angel

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July 16, 1976	Secret Bulgarian Politburo Resolution for Military Aid Supply to Certain National-Liberation Movements and Communist Parties 12 million BGN, five-year plan for arms delivery to People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, Liberation Front of Mozambique (FRELIMO), Lao People's Revolutionary Party, Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), and the Lebanese Communist Party.
October 1, 1976	Background on Bulgaria-Angola Bilateral Relations Background information on Bulgarian-Angolan bilateral relations since Angolan independence.
December 25, 1976	Minutes of Conversation between Todor Zhivkov and Muammar al-Qaddafi Qaddafi seeks Bulgarian assistance in his attempt to close a deal with the Soviet Union for purchase of weapons and for construction of a nuclear power plant. Todor Zhivkov in turn requests a loan. Both leaders discuss the situation in Yemen, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Syria, Chad, Sudan, and Western Sahara.
August 14, 1978	Letter from Todor Zhivkov to Leonid Brezhnev, Yalta Prior to his meeting with the Soviet leader, Todor Zhivkov lays out some issues of the Bulgarian-Soviet economic cooperation, such as pricing and the resulting trade deficit, and areas of specialization within COMECON.
March 11, 1976	Minutes of the Meeting between Todor Zhivkov and Fidel Castro in Sofia Conversation for the record between Zhivkov and Castro during a four-day-long state visit of the Cuban leader to Bulgaria. Among the main issues discussed was the state of economic development in both countries, their relations with Albania, China, Romania and Yugoslavia; the Cuban foreign policy in Africa and the Caribbean; the civil war in Angola; the battle for the Third World.
May 23, 1949	Cipher Telegrams Regarding Bulgarian Request to Sending Soviet investigators to Sofia Stalin and Molotov approve a BCP CC request for the dispatch of Soviet investigators to assist in Kiril Slavkov’s trial
September 1, 1958	Letter from T. Zhivkov to Soviet Presidium on Training of Bulgarian Military Intelligence Officers at Intelligence Courses in the USSR Todor Zhivkov requests from Moscow training of Bulgarian intelligence officers.
February 9, 1963	Proposal of the Minister of the Interior D. Dikov to Bulgarian Secretariat on Exchange of Arrested Agents between Bulgaria and Greece The Minister of Internal Affairs, Diko Dikov, seeks authorization from the BCP CC Secretariat for the proposed exchange of captured intelligence operatives between Greece and Bulgaria.
April 5, 1965	Resolution B-6 of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party Politburo Regarding Prevention of Western Spying on Communication Channels Decision Memorandum of the CC BCP Politburo authorizing the Council of Ministers to take all necessary steps to prevent wiretapping party officials’ phone lines by foreign intelligence services.
July 6, 1965	Bulgarian Politburo Resolution on the Separation of State Security from the Ministry of the Internal Affairs The restructuring in the BCP CC and the establishment of the State Security Committee to the Council of Ministers.