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OF the internal opposition after
getting rid Of the external ones.
The crisis becomes easily ex-
plainable If one considers the fact
that the Bulgarian Communist
Party, abolished and declared un-
lawful after the military coup
d'etat Of June 9. 1928. worked
underground for 20 years. The
underground activities cannot be
controlled effectively and that
type Of work makes of those who
are engaged in it people with q
peculiar mentality. Twenty long
years the Communists had TO deal
with conspiracies and the like and
all OF a sudden on September g.
1914, the Communist Party be-
came governing party and the
center Of the newly formed Fa-
therland Front. Not every con-
spirator can make a statesman
Besides this. the party ranks had
to be enlarged quickly so that they
could absorb large number OF
people. who. anxious to insure
themselves. sought membership in
the party which was considered
the future exclusive ruler of the
country. The Communist Party
which. up to the moment that il
came in power. counted barely Is
to 20 thousand regular members
now. according to the report that
was presented to the last conven-
ton of the party. has already
400, 900 members. The Commu-
mist Party was joined by a large
numer Of opportunists. Amongst
them, there is no doubt there
must have been also saboteurs
who evidently had joined the party
to fight the enemy from within.
Purge Was Inevitable
Thus. the disorder and the an
archy were inevitable and the
Central Committee of the party
had to close its eyes to many a
sad fact till the whole of the
governing coalition could be sub
dued to the will OF the Com
munists and the new regime could
be organized. When toward the
end Of last year the goal was
achieved the Central Committee
Of the Communist Party could not
fail to consider clearing the ranks
of the party and the re-establish-
ment Of the discipline. because
the old venerable ideologists Of
communism In Bulgaria had be-
gun to stay aloof so that they
would not be implicated In what
was going on and so that they
would have no share In the re-
SHOlio1DllIlSo.
The purge became especially
inevitable when the conflict be-
tween Tito and the Cominform
became very acute. The rela-
tions between Yugoslavia and
Bulgaria. when they fell under
Communist domination. were so
intimate that the rebellion of the
Yugoslav Communists could not
possibly remain without repercus-
sions on the Bulgarian Commu-
nists. And while the Bulgarian
Communists Of George Dimitrov
tried to influence their Yugoslav
brothers" to forsake Tito. the
same thing was being carried on
by the Yugoslav followers of Tito
who tried to make the Bulgarian
Communists turn against the ex-
secretary general Of the Third
Tnternational-George Dimitrov.
It became a necessity to take
precautionary measures. And from
now on all those who do not have
a perfect trust in the success Of
the Communist regime and in the
infalibility of the Soviet Union
are going to be put under quar-
antine and shown no mercy. The
enforcement of such crude meas
ures is a fact which shows that
the Bulgarian Communist govern
ment considers itself strong
enough to take action even
against its own men.