PROGRAM AND RESOLUTIONS OF BULGARIAN EMIGRE PARTY IN PARIS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2011
• Sequence Number: 928
• Publication Date: April 3, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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Narodno Zemedelsko Zname (Organ of Bulgarian Agricultural People's
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STATE
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PROGRAM AND RESOLUTIONS
OF BULGARIAN EMIGRE PARTY IN PARIS
The Paris committee of the Bulgarian Agricultural People's Union (BINS)
is conducting a lawful struggle against the agents of Moscow in Bulgaria and
denounces af/ partisan politics or splitting tendencies among the members of
the organization. only a powerful, united frost can resist the Bolshevist
occupants. It is unfortunate that the old, sectarian spirit, prevailing in
the homeland, begins to show itself among the exiles. A clique headed by
G. M. Dimitrov is conducting a relentless struggle against its recent fel-
low-members. Those who had fought together against the Bolshevist terror
are now regarded with suspicion by their former allies.
Not having reached an understanding with the dissenting faction, it
must now be officially stated that no member of BZNS is taking any part in
the Committee for a Free and Independent Bulgaria (SNB) or in the Pladne
(Midday) political organization, whose ideas are alien to the objects pur-
sued by BINS. Dimitrov has never been appointed chief political secretary
of BZNS, which continues to consider Petkov as its leader.
The party program runs as follows.. 1. Repudiation of the Communist constitution of Bulgaria, and recog-
nition of the former constitution.
2. A consistent, organized struggle until the complete liberation of
Bulgaria from Communism.
3. Support of a Bulgarian People's Republic, but only when its reali-
zation is based on the free choice of the people.
4. Recognition of those patriotic organizations which aim at the total
destruction of Bolshevism, and collaboration on a basis of mutual respect
and understanding.
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5. Maintenance of a single, unified BZNS organization under Gichev and
Petkov.
6. Open denouncement of the disrupting activity of the Dimitrov clique,
recently formed into the committee of Free and Independent Bulgaria. Fol-
lovers of the clique cannot become members of BZNS.
7. BZNS has no printed publications but Narodno Zemedelsko Zname. Due
to financial reasons, the latter is now appearing in mimeograph form.
Resolutions
At their regular meeting in Paris, the members of BZNS passed the fol-
loving resolutions:
1. The BZNS organization abroad is fully prepared for the battle
against Bolshevism, which will be pursued until the final destruction of
this enemy.
2. The late Nikola D. Petkov was the last chief political secretary
of the organization and only the regular Party Congress is authorized to
elect a new secretary.
3. The local Paris organization of BINS still considers N. D. Petkov
its secretary, but due to the conditions existing at present in and outside
Bulgaria, it is establishing an independent BINS organization abroad, with
a temporary administration in Paris.
4. It confirms that the BINS branch which announced G. M. Dimitrov as
its secretary is none other than the Pladne political organization.
5. G. M. Dimitrov is herewith reprimanded for pretending to be chief
political secretary of BINS, a political speculation intended to debase the
memory and the heroic death of Petkov.
6. The Narodno Zemedelsko Zname will be the only printed organ of BINS.
The BINS has taken an active and significant part in Bulgarian political
life since 1919, but included only very few members trained and prepared for
leadership. When the organization took over political power in 1921, the
need for adequate personnel became increasingly pressing. Members devoid of
previous political training were assigned to important political posts and
compromised the good reputation of the party. Aleksander Stamboliyski
[Bulgarian Premier, 1920 - 1923_7 remedied these conditions and directed
Minister Omarchevski to introduce the necessary educational reforms.
Unfortunately, when the adequate personnel had been prepared and
appointed, enemies from the left and right overthrew the political leader-
ship of BINS. However, educational progress continued and efficient person-
nel are being developed. It is most difficult, however, to appoint them un-
der the present "illegal" conditions. There is a noticeable scarcity of in-
telligent, educated persons. The events of 1945 to 1948 created an efficient
contingent of political agitators with intensive political training. Most of
them, however, have no formal education: high schools and universities are
only open to those who can prove they are loyal followers of the Fatherland
Front.
It is urgent to have the adequate party contingents ready at the moment
when the great struggle with the Bolshevik invaders begins. The shortcomings
of 1923, which led to the overthrow of the party, must be avoided.
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Stefan Tsanov Osikovski, who died on 26 December 1947, was one of the
founders of the Young Bulgarian Farmers' Union, a branch of the BIAS in
Vratsa Province. As a delegate to the Farm Congress, he had been assigned
by Stamboliyski to high and responsible duties. In 1923, after the over-
throw of the party, he was forced to emigrate to Czechoslovakia, but re-
turned to Bulgaria in 1936, and in 1945 became a member of the party ad-
ministration under Petkov. Persecuted and mistreated, he continued to
wander from village to village and to organize the peasant population. On
26 October 1946 he appeared again in the National Assembly, but tuberculo-
sis ended his life on 26 December 1947.
Bulgarian prisons are overcrowded with arrested partisans. Prison
cells designed for four occupants are crowded with 18. The prisoners are
guarded by militia police guards, and are beaten and mistreated. The corpses
of the executed are thrown into the Danube.
Questions
When and by whom was Dr G. M. Dimitrov elected chief secretary of
I?.AS? A chief secretary can only be elected at the regular meeting of the
Party Congress.
Who authorized French citizen Milker Genadieva-Bioff to call herself a
member of BINS and a representative of Bulgarian women abroad? If Bulgarian
women were sharing her moral standards, they could only be despised.
Are there any farmers on the SBB committee? No, and Pladne members are
usurping the good name of the organization.
Can the Baresi brothers indicate who received the funds allocated by
the US for Bulgarian refugees in Greece?
What are the political views of Dr Mirev, representative of the SUB
conmiittee in Italy, and of Dr Viden, a noted member of the latter, at present
in France?
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