Information on Conversation of the Secretary General of the CC CPSU (Leonid I. Brezhnev) with the Bulgarian Head of State (Todor Zhivkov) in Crimea14 Aug 1978 |
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Description:
This report provides information about a meeting between Bulgarian Head of State Zhivkov and Soviet leader Brezhnev during Zhivkov's visit in Crimea in August 1978. The topics addressed by Brezhnev include: the economic and industrial development in the USSR and economic relations with Bulgaria; the stagnation in Soviet-American negotiations on questions of reduction of strategic weapons; the strained political relations between China and the Soviet Union; concerns that Romania's foreign policy is not in accord with that of the rest of the Warsaw Pact countries; and plans to avoid the creation of a regional Balkan state cooperation organization, which is seen as a way to undermine Soviet authority and influence on the Balkans and create instead dissonance in Soviet-Bulgarian relations. Bulgarian leader Zhivkov expresses his full agreement and support on the positions taken by Brezhnev on all issues, but argues that Bulgaria's complete lack of cooperation on common Balkan problems would be detrimental to both Bulgaria and its closest ally - the Soviet Union.
Collection: Crimea Meetings
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Document Type:
Memorandum of Conversation Language of Original Document: Bulgarian Number of Pages: 24 Cold War Period: 1970s Persons: Brezhnev, Zhivkov, Chernenko, Blatov, Carter, Sadat, Hua Guofeng, Ceauşescu |
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Document Source: Central State Archive (TsDA), Sofia Call Number: Fond 378-B, File 495 |
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