Macedonian Federative Organization

[6] As for the relations of the Organization with the Bulgarian government of Aleksandar Stamboliyski, it supported the federalist's movement and was openly hostile to the aspirations of the autonomists.

MFO organized a number of armed forays into Pirin Macedonia (Nevrokop and Kyustendil), where it attacked the local IMRO detachments.

[7] In March 1923, Stamboliyski, in consequence of the Yugoslav-Bulgarian agreement reached in Niš, began cooperating with Yugoslavia against IMRO.

Violence between the MFO and IMRO reinforced a political crisis growing public impression that Bulgarian governments were unstable.

Todor Panitsa also had to flee and went in Vienna, where the federalist's leadership began seeking foreign contacts, especially Soviet diplomats.

Continuing into 1924 secret negotiations between the federalists, BCP and IMRO representatives were conducted to unite all groups under the goal of independence or autonomy of a Macedonian state.

In the aftermath of the failed agreement Todor Alexandrov, as well as key figures of the Federalists, were assassinated in the subsequent clash.