[1] Bulajić was born in Vilusi near Nikšić (now in Montenegro), the son of an educated worker and grandson of a barjaktar (flag-bearer) in the Montenegrin Army and later government deputy.
[1] He finished the law faculty in Belgrade in 1951 and received a master's degree at the journalist-diplomat school in 1952, as the best in class.
[2] Among other roles, Bulajić served as an observer for Yugoslavia in the extradition proceedings against Ustaše minister Andrija Artuković as well as an expert witness in his subsequent trial as well as the trials of the assassinators of Yugoslav diplomat Vladimir Rolović.
As a researcher, Bulajić promoted high figures for the number of victims of the Jasenovac concentration camp.
[3] According to sociologist Jovan Byford, Bulajić belonged to a group of authors whose works supported the Serbian side against the Croatian side in a "war of words" which became propaganda war after the involvement of various state ministries.