Bulgaria–United States relations to work. Bulgaria became a member of the Warsaw Pact on May 14, 1955. Though no Soviet troops were stationed on Bulgarian soil, in 1968, Zhivkov sent a Bulgarian division to join Polish, Hungarian and Soviet troops to crush a popular uprising in Prague. In 1978, the Bulgarian secret police were implicated in the assassination in London of Georgi Markov, a Bulgarian dissident who was a correspondent for the BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle radio and the U.S. sponsored Radio Free Europe. Markov was assassinated with a poisoned umbrella on September 7, Zhivkov's birthday. The rise of democratic movements across
Waterloo Bridge (1940 film) Stanwyck and Robert Taylor. It was also presented as a half-hour broadcast of "Screen Directors Playhouse" on September 28, 1951 with Norma Shearer. Notes Citations Bibliography Streaming audio Waterloo Bridge (1940 film) Waterloo Bridge is a 1940 remake of the 1931 American drama film also called "Waterloo Bridge", adapted from the 1930 play "Waterloo Bridge". In an extended flashback narration, it recounts the story of a dancer and an army captain who meet by chance on Waterloo Bridge. The film was made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Sidney Franklin and Mervyn LeRoy. The screenplay is by