April 24, 1987
Information from D. Stoyanov to M. Balev on Propaganda Against People's Republic of Bulgaria
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Dimitar Stoyanov, reports on the coverage in the Western media of the alleged repressions against six Bulgarian dissidents who sent an open letter to the 1986 CSCE Meeting in Vienna. The letter claimed that Bulgaria does not comply fully with the Helsinki Accords on Human Rights of 1975. The Minister reports that although some measures have been taken to neutralize the activities of this particular dissident group, the official investigation has been suspended as there was a risk of further tarnishing Bulgaria’s image abroad.
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Subjects Discussed
- Perestroika
- Protest movements
- Bulgarian Communist Party. Central Committee
- Bulgaria--Foreign relations--United States
- Intelligence service--Bulgaria
- Bulgaria. Committee for State Security (KDS)
- Dissidents
- Bulgaria. Ministry of Internal Affairs
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union. 27th Congress
- Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (1972-1975 : Helsinki, Finland)
- Helsinki Accords
- Soviet Union--Foreign policy
- Human rights
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