state. Katardžiev stated Michaylov's view about the term "Macedonian" was, that this is a generalizing, regional term, including different ethnicities as Bulgarians, Aromanians, Albanians but not ethnic Macedonians. Katardžiev defines all Macedonian revolutionaries from the period before the 1930s as "Bulgarians" and asserts that separatism of some Macedonian revolutionaries toward official Bulgarian policy was only a political phenomenon without an ethnic character. Todorovski asserts that "All of them declared themselves as Bulgarians....". It seems that during the Cold War Mihaylov reconsidered his views on an independent Macedonia. He claimed in 1979 in Rome, that SR Macedonia was just a Yugoslav satellite and even if it will become completely independent, it will be harmful for Bulgaria. In this way its natural place would be in its unification with Bulgaria. Notes External links "Спомени I – Младини" – Volume I of Ivan Mihaylov's Memoirs, Leuven, Belgium, 1958 (in Bulgarian); "Спомени II – Освободителна борба 1919 – 1924" – Volume II of Ivan Mihaylov's memoirs, Leuven, Belgium, 1965 (in Bulgarian); "Спомени III – Освободителна борба 1924–1934" – Volume III of Ivan Mihaylov's memoirs, Leuven, Belgium 1967 (in Bulgarian); "Спомени IV – Освободителна борба 1924–1934" (продължение) – Volume IV of Ivan Mihaylov's memoirs, Indianapolis, IN, USA, Western Newspaper Publishing Co., Inc., 1973. (in Bulgarian); "The Conspirator Rediscovered", Interview with Ivan Mihaylov in Storia Illustrata, by Antonio Pitamitz. pp. 46–51. Translated by Cali Ruchala. Ivan Mihaylov, Unpublished Memoirs, Diaries and Materials Ivan Mihaylov, Quo Vadis, Bulgaria? Ivan Mihaylov, Articles Ivan Mihaylov's biography 1896 births 1990 deaths People from Štip Municipality People from Kosovo vilayet Macedonian Bulgarians Members of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization Bulgarian military personnel of World War I Bulgarian collaborators with Nazi Germany Macedonia under the Ottoman Empire Yugoslav Macedonia Modern history of the Blagoevgrad Province Bulgarian revolutionaries 20th-century Bulgarian people Bulgarian emigrants to Italy Bulgarian anti-communists Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki alumni Bulgarian nationalists Bulgarian memoirists