IVAN - VANČO MIHAILOV IZMEĐU NEZAVISNE DRŽAVE HRVATSKE I BUGARSKE (1941 - 1944)
IVAN - VANČO MIHAILOV BETWEEN INDEPENDENT STATE OF CROATIA AND BULGARIA (1941-1944.)
Author(s): Milan RistovićSubject(s): Diplomatic history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Studies in violence and power, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Institut za savremenu istoriju, Beograd
Keywords: Ivan-Vančo Mihailov; foreign policy; NDH; Bulgaria; WWII; Ustashi movement; Ante Pavelić;
Summary/Abstract: The relationship between the two Anti-Yugoslav terrorist movements - the Ustaša's and the right pro-fascistic wing of IMRO - dates back as early as the prewar period and its existence had been continuous during the Second World War. The leader of the terrorist, profascistic wing of IMRO Vančo Mihailov had been a visitor and an unofficial advisory to Ustaša's ..Poglavnik”, Ante Pavelić. Their close collaboration gave character to the relations between ISC and her ally Bulgaria. The Ustaša's recognized Bulgarian occupation of Macedonia as another act confirming the fall of the „Versailles Creation” - The Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The Ustaša's interest in the events taking place in Macedonia and Bulgaria was closely related to the fact that Mihailov had residence in Zagreb and that the Diplomatic Mission in Sofia was in contact with Macedonian followers of Mihailov and with other collaborationists. These contacts were made by the specific command of the Headquarters in Zagreb. Bulgarian Government had tried, on several occasions, to persuade Mihailov to return to Bulgaria. Delegations had been sent to him in Zagreb and in case the issue of these attempts was satisfactory, his return would bring his followers even closer to the Bulgarian Occupying Authorities. At the same time, this would make a very successful propaganda. All these attempts, however, failed. Due to the Diplomatic Mission in Sofia Ustaša's authorities had been continually informed about Italian-Bulgarian conflicts about the demarcation line in West Macedonia, and Bulgarian hostility towards Italy had influenced the relationship between ISC and Bulgaria all until September 1943. This enclosure also speaks about Mihailov influence on Ustaša's leader Pavelić and especially on his attitude towards „the ultimate solution to the Serbian problem”, i.e. the final extermination of Serbs in ISC.
Journal: Istorija 20. veka
- Issue Year: 1986
- Issue No: 1+2
- Page Range: 139-153
- Page Count: 15
- Language: Serbian