Отлагането на първите следвоенни парламентарни избори в България – 1945 г. (нови факти и аргументи)
The Postponements of the First Postwar Parliamentary Elections in Bulgaria – 1945 (New Facts and Arguments)

Summary/Abstract: The article looks into the questions concerning the putting off of the first postwar elections in Bulgaria, originally fixed for August 26, 1945. The diplomatic moves of the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union in connection with that event are shown. The activity of the Bulgarian Government and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Petko Stainov who was blamed for their postponement is outlined. On the basis of documentary material from the British, American and Bulgarian archives, as well as of the memoirs of some of the leaders of the Allied Control Commission (Soviet military and political figures) may be build the claim that the position of the Soviet Government was of decisive importance for putting off the parliamentary elections. For a number of reasons it wanted to make certain concessions to London and Washington which insisted on such postponement but without committing themselves firmly and fully to the attainment of this goal. P.Stainov’s actions were rather episodes in the game of the “big” and were not of the king in themselves to bring about a change in the plans of the Bulgarian Government for holding the elections. They were a convenient occasion for presenting the then Bulgarian Foreign Minister as the principal and sole culprit for the change of these plans, such accusations having been levelled by the leaders of the Bulgarian communists.

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