▁was ▁constantly ▁can v ass ing ▁by ▁means ▁of ▁pet itions , ▁letters ▁of ▁protest , ▁mem oir s ▁addressed ▁to ▁the ▁UN ▁etc . ▁By ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Mac ed onian ▁Patri otic ▁Organisation ▁emphas izing ▁that ▁the ▁Mac ed onian ▁Republic ▁was ▁a ▁col ony ▁of ▁Ser bia , ▁under ▁other ▁name , ▁as ▁a ▁Mac ed onian ▁nation . ▁He ▁declared ▁also ▁that ▁Mac ed onia ▁is ▁Bulgar ian ▁and ▁the ▁S lav s ▁in ▁Mac ed onia ▁are ▁Bulgar ian . ▁All ▁these ▁people ▁that ▁had ▁the ▁power ▁in ▁Mac ed onia ▁were ▁ser b oph iles ▁or ▁gre c oph iles . ▁He ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁Mac ed oni ans ▁are ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Bulgar ian ▁nation ▁and ▁the ▁found ers ▁of ▁IM RO ▁were ▁people ▁who ▁accepted ▁the ▁San ▁Stef ano ▁Bulg aria . ▁The ▁Bulgar ian ness ▁of ▁Mih ail ov ▁is ▁recognized ▁by ▁several ▁Mac ed onian ▁histor ians ▁like ▁academ ician ▁Ivan ▁Kat ard ž iev , ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Historical ▁Sciences ▁section ▁in ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Social ▁Sciences ▁in ▁the ▁Mac ed onian ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences ▁and ▁Arts ▁and ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Mac ed onian ▁State ▁archive ▁Ph D ▁Z or an ▁Tod or ov ski . ▁According ▁to ▁Kat ard ž iev ▁the ▁policy ▁of ▁Mih ail ov ▁for ▁establishment ▁of ▁an ▁independent ▁Mac ed onian ▁state ▁meant ▁a ▁Mac ed onian ▁state ▁of ▁the ▁Bulg ari ans ▁in ▁Mac ed onia . ▁That ▁denotes ▁a ▁second ▁Bulgar ian ▁state ,