Bled agreement (1947)

They agreed that the government will take over NR Bulgaria to ensure the rights of ethnic Macedonians in Pirin Macedonia (now Blagoevgrad Province) in free national economic and cultural development.

The Bled agreement was accepted with the "Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance" between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, signed and published in Evksinograd.

However, differences soon emerged between Tito and Dimitrov with regard to both the future joint country and the Macedonian question.

[5] When the Cominform campaign against Yugoslavia severed the Yugoslav Communist Party leadership, the government of Bulgaria on 1 October 1949 deleted the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance of Bled with all its agreements.

A CIA document from November 1948, declassified in 2011, outlines the tensions between the two countries and the outlook of the people of Yugoslav Macedonia.