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Huge tomb found in Alexander the Great's hometown
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HOW THE LIE WAS CREATED
Otecestven Vestnik (Sofia daily), 19 June 1991
STALIN TO BULGARIAN DELEGATION (G. Dimitrov, V. Kolarov, T. Kostov)
The Kremlin, 7 June 1946
Cultural autonomy must be granted to Pirin Macedonia within the framework of
Bulgaria. Tito has shown
himself more flexible than you - possibly because he lives
in a multiethnic state and has had to give equal
rights to the various peoples. Autonomy will be the first
step towards the unification of Macedonia, but in
view of the present situation there should be no hurry on
this matter. Otherwise, in the eyes of the Macedonian
people the whole mission of achieving Macedonian autonomy will remain with
Tito and you will get the criticism.
You seem to be afraid of Kimon Georgiev, you have involved
yourselves too much with him and do not want to
give autonomy to Pirin Macedonia. That a Macedonian consciousness has not
yet developed among the population
is of no account. No such consciousness existed in Belarus either when we
proclaimed it a Soviet Republic.
However, later it was shown that Belarusian people did in
fact exist. ...
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