I want to
share in this article some moments and aspects of my life, which to my mind
highlight the nature of our epoch.
I start with
the circumstance that in the period 1973 – 1988 my father was the head of the
military counterintelligence of Bulgaria and as such after the changes he has
become a main accused in the so-called “Case against the generals”. The charges
against the accused persons related to the investigation, exposure and
conviction of a former officer of the Bulgarian military intelligence, who in
1984 on his own initiative tried to provide the US intelligence with a list of
64 agents of the military intelligence of Bulgaria worldwide, which he failed
to do. He planned to escape to the West with the help of the Americans, which
he also failed. There was a particularity about this officer – for some time he
had worked in one room with another officer of the military intelligence,
accused by the Italian authorities of being involved in the attempt on the life
of Pope John Paul Ii on May 13, 1981. The investigation revealed that he
planned after his escape to announce that his colleague and roommate had
admitted to him his role in the terror act and thus make the first big money in
the West.
I want here to
stress that Bulgaria and the Bulgarian authorities, as it is undisputed today,
have never had anything to do with this terror act. The executor Mehmet Ali
Agca had committed his first known murder if not at the order of CIA at least
in the interest of the CIA – his victim, the left-wing editor Abdi Ipekci
wanted to write that two as US diplomats at the US embassy in Ankara acting CIA
officials had provided financing to the extreme right-wing organization “The
Grey Wolfs”, to which Agca himself belonged. With lifelong sentence Agca
managed to escape from a military prison – something impossible without
qualified assistance. Apparently he got this assistance in order to commit the
attempt on the life of the Pope – it was impossible to shoot at the Pope and to
escape and only a man in the situation of Agca would accept to do it against
promise for declining the prison sentence. 28 years later Agca walked out of
jail and was again a free man – the powerful sponsors of the terror act had
followed their promise.
That Bulgaria
had nothing to do with the attempt on the Pope's life was very well known to
the Americans – otherwise they would take up the issue with the head of the
Bulgarian military intelligence (the service accused by the authors of the
“Bulgarian trace” in the life attempt to stand behind it) at the time of the
life attempt who was available and in good condition in the 90ies. They knew
that there was no way to provide direct evidences for a participation, which
never took place and decided to “prove” a Bulgarian participation in the terror
act with indirect evidences.
My father was
accused of having misinformed the court in 1984/1985 that the officer still
managed to provide the list with the agents to the US intelligence which lead
to his death sentence. It was an absurd accusation as according to my father a
failure to prevent the transfer of the list would have very serious
consequences for him personally. Besides, this accusation contradicted the very
case acts. My father was offered to admit a “guilt” against promises to stay
only one year in prison under very acceptable conditions and a guarantee for
the well-being of him and of his family. As my father declined the offer
the sponsors of the case decided that he simply did not dare to go in prison
and needed to be put under fait a compli. The prosecution came with a new and
unique charge against him - “murder through a court” and demanded his death
sentence, which lead to the prompt detention of him and of the other accused.
I will never
forget his words in the evening before his arrest: “I have lived for almost 68
years, I lost many friends who were young (during WWII he was partisan in
Yugoslavia and later joined the Bulgarian army in the war against Germany) so
what will happen to me now, does not matter”. I have found out what he had in
mind only years later. Although the
interrogations took place in Sofia, in early December 1992 it was decided to
move him to the prison in Pazardjik, a town located about 100 km away from
Sofia so that for each interrogation he had to be transported 100 km in each
direction mainly through mountains. The sponsors of the case knew that he had
lung problems, that the prison cars had no heating and that he could not
survive the winter with such transports. He was saved by the prison doctor who
refused to sign the medical permission for the transportation as he had more
than 39° temperature. They would kill him anyway – they did so with a former
head of state like Milosevic so what remains for an unknown general, but
another accused in another trial against the former security services – the
former vice minister of the Interior General Stojan Savov had committed suicide
and the sponsors obviously decided that a second death would discredit the
proceedings.
The pressure
for admissions of guilt just strengthened the resistance of the accused in
the “case against the generals” and
after 9,5 months in prison they have been released and the case, started with
much noise was closed quietly 11 years later - thus the “Bulgarian trace” in
the attempt on the life of the Pope was buried. A good friend of mine remarked
that the behavior of the accused in the “Case against the generals” was the
last lonely resistance against the conquest of Bulgaria by the USA and the
West.
Often, when I
read how Western politicians and officials stress the need for Bulgaria to
improve its legal system, I remember how exactly they and their predecessors
have destroyed our legal system, which to 70% - 80% lived up to the
expectations of the citizens.
I stress that
“The case against the generals” has become a failure for its sponsors not only
because no admissions of guilt have been made but mainly because the actions of
the counterintelligence and of the investigation back in 1984/1985 were in full
compliance with the laws. The death sentence of the traitor was confirmed by
three courts and by the State Council of Bulgaria. I have no doubts that the
sponsors ordered a review of all activities of the accused and in particular of
my father in the hope to find any wrongdoings – being in their professional
activities or in personal matters (like corruption) – none of them, including
my father, had ever tried to enrich themselves or abuse their positions.
Now you know
why by our first meeting Dietmar Schmidt has asked me whether I have ever
worked for a security service – BKA knew who my late father was. And I
mentioned my father in the answer, first, to leave the impression that I share
with BKA everything I know and second, to make clear that although I have never
worked for any security service, still I know a bit more about the activities
of such services than common people – unfortunately the officials did not get
this message.
The set-up of
“The case against the generals” reveals what kind of structures actually stood behind
the attempted murder of John Paul II. In Bulgaria we have a saying “The thief
shouts “Hold the thief!” but it can also be applied to murderers. When I read
about the tortures in Guantanamo and in the secret prisons in Europe I know
that these tortures have nothing to do with the national security of the USA.
The Americans have a medicament, which through biochemical reactions can bring
anyone to answer the asked questions. There is one problem with this medicament
– it can bring about only true answers. So the Americans use tortures to force
their victims to provide false testimonies against their will – mostly to admit
guilt which is not theirs, not in the interest of the national security of US
but of those who have committed crimes against the American people and mankind.
The actual
sentence of the sponsors of the “Case against the generals” said that I, the
son of my father, had to pay for his resistance with the destruction of my
social status.
That I have
been a hostage to the case I found out more than 10 years later and then got it
confirmed by my father – obviously the accused were threatened severely for the
case that they talk about the essence of the case and on the other side
promised physical security for them and for their families in a country,
offering more and more dangers to its citizens. This explains why after I
approached several human rights organizations in order to help my father he
very firmly and explicitly asked me not to undertake anything more as I could
only harm him.
Very soon
after the changes I realized that there were no prospects for me in the public
sector. Besides, I had always worked with the consciousness that I served my
country. Now I started realizing that by working for the government I will not
necessarily serve my country anymore. In this connection I remember an evening
in October 1991, when I had to work overtime and my boss entered my room and
asked me to take notes of a meeting between the British ambassador and one of
our vice ministers. The ambassadors had just asked to be received immediately
and my colleague, the referent for Great Britain must have gone home. The Brit
demanded on behalf of NATO that Bulgaria joins the embargo against Yugoslavia.
As this would lead to significant losses and our economy already was on free
fall, our vice minister asked whether there would be compensation for our
participation. The ambassador looked quite non-diplomatically at his shoes and
said “No” without any explanation. They treated us as a defeated country and
did not care about our problems.
I made it to
the USA and started my MBA education. Some of the best universities had
admitted me but I did not have enough money to finance my first year. At the
begin of the 90ies it was easier for MBA graduates, particularly from the top
universities, to find well-paying jobs, allowing the repayment of student
loans. Strange enough I was warned by my father before his arrest not to take
any loans at all. I landed at the University of Maryland, which had granted me
a part-time assistantship. It was also a well-ranked university but my first
job after graduation was that of a taxi driver. About a year after the begin
of my study my father wrote in a letter to me, that I might have problems in
the country of my stay due to his behavior in the case. I remember
particularly a company, which recruited MBA for working in Russia. I believed
to have been given the job but as nobody had called me for two weeks I called
myself to find out that they had „lost” my application documents. I waited to
be asked to send them again but they didn't.
Another
company has invited me for an interview. I noticed that while the other
interviews lasted at least half an hour, my interview lasted only 3 – 4 minutes
with quite general questions. Obviously the communication with that company had
been slow, otherwise they would not have invited me for an interview. I had to
realize that the job market for MBA graduates was closed for me. Now I
understood why my father had advised me against taking any loans – he knew very
well already then that no matter what university I graduated there would be no
good job for me.
He turned out
to be a good prophet also in another aspect. After the first year I found a
summer job as a bank teller and wrote to my mother that I would not come back
to Bulgaria for the summer as I had to work – the assistantship did not cover
all my costs. She replied that my father had advised that I do not leave the
USA until graduation as if I left the country I might not get a visa to return
and complete my study. This seemed strange to me as I did not violate any laws
and was not involved in politics at all. Yet, twelve years later he turned out
to be right. My immigration interview for Canada was to take place in the USA
but the US consulate rejected my visa application with general and nothing
saying explanations.
I performed my
summer job and my supervisor was very satisfied with my performance. He asked
me whether I would continue also in the fall and I gladly accepted as I needed
the money and the social experience. However, in the mid of August I got a
letter from the personnel department of the bank, saying that my job was just
for the summer. Also the doors to a $7.21 per hour job were closed for me.
A very
well-known person to me who had become one of the most successful businessmen
in Bulgaria has offered me a job and I worked for him several months in the USA
and then in Russia.
Not much
better was my situation in Bulgaria. In 1992 I was one of the several young
employees of the Foreign Ministry who were admitted for studies abroad and
asked for a one-year unpaid leave. But I was the only one from them who was
denied the leave. First the reply to my request was delayed and I left for my
study. At the begin nobody from the Ministry wanted to talk to my mother (I had
asked her to take care of the issue) but then they suddenly told her that my
request was “lost”. In the spring of 1993, when it became evident that my
father would never make admissions, they wrote to her that they had found the
request but the response was negative and I was sacked disciplinary for not
appearing at work. The above circumstances I can explain only with the fact
that it was the Americans who decided for me in Bulgaria.
When I
returned to Bulgaria in 1996 I went to the Ministry to pick up my dismissal
order. At that moment in power was the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and many
of my former colleagues were in key positions I asked for replacement of the
disciplinary dismissal with a mutual agreement leave. To my surprise – I had
worked 6 years well in the Ministry, did not have any conflicts with anyone, my
former colleagues turned down my request. I had to realize what nowadays one
can read in the mass media – that BSP is a pro-American party. In Europe for a
party to get into parliament and in particular to become a ruling party and
gain access to resources it has to support the USA, NATO and the New World
Order, no matter how it calls itself – left, socialist etc.
Later I won my
legal case against the Ministry but did not return.
Soon I had to
find out that the private sector is not less dependent from the rulers of the
country than the public one. At the begin due to my absence from the country
and the political crisis 1996/1997 I was lucky and got the job of a Corporate
Banker with the joint venture bank of a major German bank. For the almost four
years work in the bank I realized why that bank had been that much successful
but also why the bank would not have a future.
I left the
bank when after more than one-year intense job search I got the job of an
Investment Team Leader with the private equity fund of the EBRD for Bulgaria.
It sounded like a dream job with regard to challenges, nature of work and
rewards but what I have experienced is that we, the Bulgarians, were treated
like second-class people in our own country, which obviously was not ours
anymore. I realized that there were no prospects with that fund and that I had
to look for another job. However, for the more than two years on the job I
failed to find a new position. The catch of the new colonial system and its
control mechanism got stronger and stronger. A friend of mine, active in the
human resources branch told me that I was on the list of people, who should not
be offered a job by his agency. First he thought I had problems with the
Bulgarians but later he found out that my problem was with the Americans.
Now I shall
briefly inform you on another case against the former intelligence services of
Bulgaria and point out the consequences for the son of the general, who
admitted his “guilt” and got sentenced. This general was accused to have
destroyed a file, which according to the press, contained the planning and the
organization of the murder of the Bulgarian writer and dissident Georgi Markov,
living in exile in London, by the Bulgarian intelligence. According to my
father Georgi Markov was a double agent who as agent of the Bulgarian
intelligence penetrated the Bulgarian section of BBC. Becoming British agent
was a standard procedure for a political refugee starting work with BBC. The
fact that he never revealed to the British his connection to the Bulgarian
intelligence proves that he has not been a turncoat. The Bulgarian state had no
reason to kill him no matter what he published and released through BBC. The
“destroyed” file was not about his murder but about his intelligent activities
and had to disappear in order not to disturb the propaganda about “the
Bulgarian umbrella”, with which allegedly Markov had been killed. Most probably
the British intelligence got hold of it. By the way, setting up a file for the
murder of Georgi Markov, which also according to the Bulgarian laws would be a
crime, i.e. for the Bulgarian intelligence to document its involvement in a
crime is as much absurd as for the BKA to maintain files for its involvement in
human trade – as you know they do not put anything in writing about this. In
short, the accused general has admitted to the court to have destroyed a file
related to Georgi Markov (this is very questionable for me) and by answering
the question of the judge, asked on the main hearing, on which the sentence was
issued, what was the file about (an evidence that there was no material proof
behind the sentence) he did not make it clear that this file was the file of
the agent of the Bulgarian intelligence Georgi Markov. The general has spent 10
months in prison without any guilt but his son who was my colleague, has become
the ambassador of a reputable all-European organization in a former Soviet Republic
and has a well-going business with state authorities among his clients.
Unfortunately, Bulgaria is still considered to stay behind a murder, with which
it has nothing to do, if it was a murder at all. Main accused in this trial was
supposed to be the already mentioned general Stojan Savov. He committed suicide
because he neither wanted to take part in the dirty games of the Britons
against his country nor damage his children.
By the way,
particularly in his last years Georgi Markov was very critical on the West and
his last book is a satire of the political system in the UK.
Now I return
to my story. Under the described above circumstances back in 2002 we applied
for immigration to Canada. To improve the family finance I undertook the
following. As I had experience with sovereign debt settlements and knew well
the minister of finance, I approached a former colleague of my, who had been
ambassador to an Arabic country and had
very close ties to the prime minister of that country and proposed to him that
we work together on the repayment of the debt of that country to Bulgaria. He
accepted my proposal and set his contacts in motion. Soon we got the quotation.
I contacted the finance minister who referred the case to his deputy in charge
of debt issues. This one did not hurry up with an appointment and soon I
noticed that my partner changed his behavior – he became passive explaining it
with his contacts being not willing to act. However, I had the debt settlement
contract of that country with Germany and by discounting the repayments at the
rate reflecting the sovereign risk of that country I received a current value
equal to the received by us quotation. So I knew that this quotation was right
and the deal was on the agenda. I met my partner and in an open conversation he
admitted to be under pressure to get rid of me. From the conversation I
understood who stood behind – this was the man, about whom I wrote in my
article about Bulgaria to be high positioned in the US intelligence network and
be in charge of the Organized Crime in Bulgaria. I knew him from the Ministry,
where in the 80ies he had a very high position. Each time he used to see me, he
kissed me, embraced me and asked me about my father.
However, I
knew too much about the deal simply to get out, I did not want to make an
arrangement with that man and I did not think that an arrangement would be
possible. I used the circumstance that
this man wanted to deceive my ex-partner (I had structured the deal with an
escrow account in order to minimize the risks while he had no clue on that
topic) and informed the embassy of that country in writing on this and the deal
was put on hold.
In the evening
of the day I contacted the embassy a man climbed to the window of the room
where my ex-wife was. After her cry I rushed as much as I could but when I
reached the window the man had already reached the ground, an evidence for
exceptional professionalism as we lived on the second floor. I understood that
this was the warning. Three days later followed the penalty – I was dismissed
immediately from the fund.
About a month
later I told the story to a friend of mine who was a well-connected businessman
and he warned me that if I cause damage for BGN 1 million (EUR 500 000) or more
I could be killed. It turned out that next to the formal penalty code there was
another informal but much more real parallel penalty code, providing for
murders, crippling and other physical penalties – a kind of a parallel justice.
Now I realized why so many people in Bulgaria had been killed and their murders
remained uncovered. Do you remember my story about the two German journalists
who investigated crimes from the Saxony Affair and who got crippled by the
Organized Crime in the Czech Republic? Such penalty codes exist in almost all European
countries. The sentences are issued very often in the West but are executed in
the East, as the case with these two journalists was. I did not ask whom should
I not cause damages but it was clear that my friend meant the new rulers and
their networks who served the interests of the new colonialism.
The “damage” I
had caused exceeded by far the above amount and I realized that I had survived
due to circumstances related to my father. In order to clarify my situation
several months later I met the man who seemed to stay behind my problem. I told
him about the failed debt deal without implicating him and notified that he was
mad with me and that if it were up to him he would order my murder immediately.
He was one of the most powerful and dangerous people in the country and the
whole intrigue for me was whether my immunity was to last until my father lives
or for longer. However, I had no appetite to experiment and decided to leave
with my family Bulgaria as quickly as possible.
The above case
brought me to some important conclusions. I learned that the real decision
makers stay in the shadows while the public figures – ministers, deputies etc.
are just their marionettes. We elect people, who do not decide anything, while
those, who really decide, have never been elected. It was evident that Bulgaria
under the new colonial rule had turned into a criminal dictatorship.
With regard to
my one-time written contact to the embassy of the Arabic country my father told
me that every Bulgarian, who sets up contacts with an embassy of such a
country, becomes subject of an investigation for a period of at least three
years and suffers many related to the investigation limitations of a suspect
without knowing it. When two – three years later I applied for the British
Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) I was declined with the explanation
that first, my work in the Foreign Ministry could not be considered the work of
an expert with higher education (which was absurd) and that we had sent two and
not three pieces of correspondence, showing that I lived together with my wife
– we had been very careful about what we were sending and knew that we had sent
all three pieces and besides, they could just ask for one peace more but they
didn't. Most impressive was that the date of the denial was July 7, 2005 – the
day of the terror acts in the London subway. I leave it up to you to decide
whether this was just a coincidence or my father was once gain right.
After the
changes we are told that we are free but in reality we are more controlled than
before. And the main difference is that now the controls are secret and
arbitrarily while before the controls complied with rules known to the
people.
During the
immigration interview for Canada I was told that I was not much welcomed there.
This was no surprise to me – when the US consul denied me the visa he expressed
the disapproval of his country for the eventual readiness of Canada to provide
me with immigration status and said that there would be talks with the
Canadians on my application. However, we applied through a Canadian lawyer and
as we complied with all the requirements, we received the immigration status.
By the way,
the US consul named me with words, which I as a former diplomat, have never
believed to hear from a diplomat, particularly to a citizen of his host
country. However, the Americans had established full control over Bulgaria and
they did what they wanted.
The only
positive event in my social life during my last years in Bulgaria was the
successful brokering of a construction loan in the amount of 1,050 million euro
– I not only enjoyed the earned commission, which allowed us to leave for
Germany and wait for the Canadian visas there, but I enjoyed the feeling that
under normal circumstances I could also be useful and successful.
I left
Bulgaria with the intention to be as unnoticeable as possible and to do the
best I could for my family. As you know, destiny has decided quite the
contrary. In general, I have made my story abroad known. Here I will just add
the punitive measures against me, I have not mentioned yet.
When I moved
to Canada back in 2010 I did not have any illusions – the cooperation between
Canada and Germany in their support for the human trade was a fact for me. But
I knew that the Germans would never let me undertake anything against human
trade, not to mention to let me write and develop a blog exposing their human
trade related crimes, while in Canada this would be difficult but possible.
This estimate turned out to be right. Nevertheless, the Canadians reached new
highs in their financial reprisals against me by even hampering me to make
descent earnings as self-employed.
Most
impressive is the following case. The most prospective activity I undertook in
Canada was that of a mortgage broker. If one can successfully broker mortgage
loans and starts getting deals from successful real estate brokers, he,
although newcomer, can within few months reach quite descent earnings. My first
deals as usually were for small amounts with less than perfect clients and
quite work-intensive for the commissions in prospect. However, soon it appeared
that I was on the verge of success. One of the most successful Russian-speaking
real estate brokers asked me to find a mortgage loan for her daughter and
son-in-law. These were perhaps the best customers I have ever had – with high
and stable income, with high credit score and excellent financial standing, the
real estate was of high quality in a marketable location. When I submitted the
loan application to the mortgage company I found to be most suitable for them,
the manager was happy over the potential deal but two days later I got a
message that the application had been declined. I asked for the reason and got
the general answer that the application did not meet the loan requirements of
the company. As I had got specific answers to this question before – for
example that the income is unstable or insufficient or that there are legal
issues with the property, I asked the question several times, asking for more
specifics, but I always got the same general nothing saying answer that the
application did not meet the credit requirements. I started realizing what the
reason might be but decided not to hurry up with the conclusions. I submitted
the application to another mortgage lender and the above scenario was repeated
in detail. I advised my clients to try with another broker. As the son-in-law
appreciated what I had done and we had become almost friends I asked him to
inform me when there was a development. Few days later he called and informed
me that they had been approved for a mortgage loan. I had no doubts that the
problem was not the application but my situation. The Canadians would not allow
me to earn enough to afford a descent standard of living in Canada. After I had
been banned for decades from employment, now I was not allowed even to earn my
living as self-employed. The deletion of my ads by the RCMP official Malcolm,
which I mentioned in my article about Canada was just a warning and a needless
demonstration of power.
All these
reprisals require surveillance, which in my case took place all the time. Under
the pretext of the struggle against terrorism lots of funds have been poured
into the Western special services and they have more than sufficient resources
to spy on all dissidents. Edward Snowden has revealed the scale of the
surveillance of the population but what I add here are the consequences,
actually the infringements, against a part of those who are surveilled.
On May 31,
2016 I sent an email to the Canadian Ministry of Justice asking two questions: 1.
Provided that my penalty order reached the Ministry on February 5, 2015 why did
they send it to me only on May 27, 2016 so that I received it just hours before
getting on the plane to Germany and 2. Does the Ministry check the legality of
the legal proceedings, as result of which Canadian citizens are sentenced or
penalized abroad? Up to now I have not received any reply and do not think I
will get any.
I got into a
trial as accused immediate upon my arrival in Germany and learned quickly that
being accused brings reprisals. Without going into details, I stress that next
to the justice terror the German authorities are busy with depriving me of
means of living, whereby they are actively assisted by the Bulgarian
authorities. Those who killed Miroslava and God knows how many Bulgarian girls
and conduct a genocide against their own people are terrified by the
opportunity that my blog, which is an evidence also for their crimes, survives
and they have to answer one day for them. But they can not avoid this and they
will not avoid it.
I excuse
myself for the case you think that I have too much kept you busy with my life
story. But for part of what I have shared here I had promised myself to share
it publicly one day and I am glad that with this article I have done this.
Besides, I hope you have realized
that my life story is just a means of describing our epoch with part of its
realities and crimes – I believe it is high time to disperse the fog around us.
