Soviets sent Bulgarian assassin to kill Pope John Paul II

celinskiThreads: 83 Posts: 2,800 Joined: Nov 14, 07	Feb 16, 09, 22:22 / #
There we have it. Soviets sent Bulgarian assassin to kill Pope John Paul II during Cold War, claims priest Soviet spies sent an assassin to Poland to kill the Pope during the Cold War to try and prevent the collapse of the Iron Curtain, it has been claimed. Soviet Military Intelligence set up a Bulgarian assassin with secret details of the Pope's itinerary and train tickets to where he was due to speak, but he was betrayed by his Catholic wife. The woman confessed to her priest Zdzislaw Krol who alerted the police. Officers later arrested the assassin. It is believed the Russians wanted the dead because of his fiercely anti-communist stance which was hastening the collapse of their rule in Eastern Europe. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1146559/Soviet-spies -sent-Bulgarian-assassin-kill-Pope-John-Paul-II-Cold-War-claims-priest .html

joepilsudskiThreads: 44 Posts: 2,529 Joined: Apr 27, 07	Edited by: joepilsudski Feb 16, 09, 23:43 / #
Celinski, I wouldn't take a link from the UK 'Daily Mail' as Gospel truth...Bulgaria has denied this...My belief is that the Soviet Union already knew it was going down the tubes, and wouldn't have provoked a war with Poland by such an action.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Feb 16, 09, 23:50 / #
Bulgarian assassin, hmm. More like a Turk.