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Zhivkov, Todor

1911- 1998

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Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich

1906- 1982

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Sino-Soviet Split, 1960-1984

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Georgiev, Asen

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November 15, 1947	Letter from Assen Georgiev to Bulgarian Foreign Minister K. Georgiev on Bulgarian Intelligence Activity in France The head of the Bulgarian legation in Paris blames the lack of funds and the shortage of personnel for the scarce intelligence information sent back to Sofia.
January 26, 1948	Letter from Assen Georgiev to Bulgarian Foreign Minister V. Kolarov on Bulgarian Intelligence Activity in France The head of the Bulgarian legation in Paris Asen Georgiev shares his observations for the inefficiencies in the Bulgarian intelligence apparatus. He recommends a number of measures that will potentially improve the intelligence operations abroad. As a first step he suggests sweeping personnel changes.
January 19, 1965	T. Zhivkov’s Handwritten Notes on NATO at the Warsaw Pact Meeting in Moscow
April 1, 1951	Plans for Counterintelligence Work in the Nessebar Military Site Measures for improving the counterintelligence work at the ''Nessebar'' military site.
September 20, 1973	Minutes of Conversation between Todor Zhivkov – Leonid I. Brezhnev, Voden Residence [Bulgaria] The two leaders discuss trade agreements, the situation in the Balkans, and policies toward Yugoslavia, Romania and the PRC.
June 17, 1959	Information on Foreign Counterintelligence Agents Network Abroad The report covers the work of Bulgarian intelligence operatives in the West for the last 18 months. Includes statistics by country.
March 29, 1955	Bulgarian Politburo Resolution B Regarding DS Intelligence Directorate Work BCP CC’s First Secretary, Vulko Chervenkov, approves Interior Minister Georgi Tsankov’s recommendations for improving the performance of the intelligence and counter-intelligence services.
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 22, 1980	Minutes of Conversation between Todor Zhivkov and Hafez Al-Assad, Damascus The two leaders talk about recent developments in the Middle East, US-Arab relations, and Soviet support for Arab regimes.
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.