BULGARIAN-YUGOSLAV RELATIONS AND THE MACEDONIAN QUESTION (1948-1963).

The article deals with the Bulgarian-Yugoslav relations in the light of the Macedonian question. It is based on the relevant scientific literature and archival sources from the Bulgarian archives. The destalinization after Stalin's death had a great impact on the development of the relations between the two states. In the middle of the 1950s, the Bulgarian party and state leaders took a step towards self-criticism of wrong position concerning the Macedonian question and came out with open attitude towards this question. The culmination in the giving a new meaning to Bulgarian policy towards the Macedonian question occurred during the March Plenum in 1963. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]