G. Dimitrov on a Phone Call from Stalin
Stalin called me: Yesterday I received a Yugoslav delegation. The Yugoslavs told me that they have proposed to the Bulgarians Bulgaria to enter
Yugoslavia with the same rights
as Serbia and Croatia. The Bulgarians did not agree
to that and insisted that a Bulgarian-Yugoslav confederation with equal
rights is established. I told them
that the Bulgarians are right, not
the Yugoslavs. It is possible to create a dual state,
similar to former
Austria-Hungary.
Otherwise if Bulgaria joins
Yugoslavia, Bulgaria will
disappear ... The Yugoslavs have
no experience while the Bulgarians are
much more experienced.
I have advised
not to start the struggle
in Greece. The people of ELAS shouldn't have left Papandreu's government. Obviously they hoped that
the Red Army
would go down to Aegean Sea... We cannot
send our troops
to Greece. The Greeks have
made a foolish step.
The Yugoslavs want to take over Greek
Macedonia. They want also Albania
and even parts of Hungary. This is unreasonable. I don't like their attitude.
As far as Kolarov's[1] departure to Bulgaria,
I am afraid that his arrival may alienate the agrarians and the others
and would generate rumors about the sovietization of Bulgaria…
[1]
Vassil Kolarov
– one of the leaders
of the Bulgarian Communists. Secretary General of Comintern (1922- 1924), Chairman of the Bulgarian
Commission to Comintern. On May 22, 1945 in a letter
to Stalin insists
once again to be allowed to return to his homeland.
In a letter to his wife from Op.gust 18, 1945 he writes: "My
return is finally decided, but it will be after
the parliamentary elections. The motifs for this are obvious. This is the price of loyalty towards the Allies and I do it in order to prevent any premises for rumors that Moscow wants to exert
pressure on the elections. That
is why the restoration of the diplomatic relations between our two countries was postponed…" (Personal Archives of Kolarov family)
After returning to Bulgaria, Kolarov
is elected a Chairman of the Bulgarian Parliament, President
of the Republic (1946-1947), Minister
of Foreign Affairs
(1947-1949), Prime Minister
(July 1949
- January
1950).