And until last year, when Pope John II denied there was Bulgarian involvement in the attempt on his life in 1981, the country's secret services were considered to be the subcontractors of their Soviet masters.
Do prošle godine, kada je Papa Jovan Pavle II negirao da je Bugarska bila umešana u atentat na njega 1981. godine, smatrano je da su bugarske tajne službe tom prilikom izvrsavale naloge svojih sovjetskih gospodara.