Bulgaria: Political Relations between Bulgaria and Yugoslavia

A file of documents concerning relations between Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. Subjects discussed in the file include the history of the Macedonian region; the propaganda war between Bulgaria and Yugoslavia concerning Macedonia; the possibility of a visit by the Yugoslav foreign minister, Miloš Minić, to Bulgaria; Bulgarian recognition of a Macedonian national minority; Soviet policy on the issue of Macedonia; and an exhibition in Sofia of Macedonian industrial products. Other subjects discussed in the file include the outcomes of a visit by Pencho Kubadinski, a member of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party, to Yugoslavia; the publication of extracts from the memoirs of the Bulgarian politician Tsola Dragoicheva concerning the Macedonian question; controversy concerning the nationality of the poet Nikola Vaptsarov; the limited response in Bulgaria to the anniversary of the Ilinden uprising; and Bulgarian policy towards multilateral cooperation in the Balkans.