Talk:Metodija Andonov-Čento
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[edit] Cento outed as Bulgarian?
After a disagreement with the pro-Serbian and anti-Bulgarian policy of new Yugoslavia and having seen the repression of IMRO members, Čento gave announced his resignation. In 1946 he went back to Prilep but after that was arrested and sentenced to 12 years in prison for having worked to achieve a "completely independent Macedonia" as "IMRO member". [1]
Around the end of 1945 the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization IMRO was reorganized and began an illegal struggle
In 1946 IMRO issued a Memorandum to the Great Powers, expressing again the sufferings of the Bulgarian population in Yugoslav Macedonia.
The leaders were arrested but were defended by the Communist prime minister of Macedonia
Though a Communist,Chento also felt himself a Bulgarian.He was sentenced to 12 years and the delegation from the great powers was not allowed to meet him
Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia by Bernard Anthony Cook [2]