NID: BULGARIA: MLADENOV FACES FIRST TEST

Approved for Release: 2019/10/29 C06826783 �1 I 1,..1 0 �1 I BULGARIA: NIladenov Faces First Test The demonstration planned for Saturday by dissident groups will provide the first measure of popular determination to pass for liberalization and of the new party leader's willingness to accommodate It. Although hailing the leadership change as a lositive first step. dissidents remain skeptical of Mladenov's promises of moves toward democracy and pluralism...