Take a Look at the Files of Julia Kristeva Released by the Bulgarian Dossier Commission

The relations between the State Security and the world-renowned philosopher and writer Julia Kristeva appear to be just like a cat and mouse game in the 1970s, according to documents released yesterday by the Dossier Commission.

On Tuesday, the Commission announced that Kristeva was recruited as an agent of the former State Security. She has worked for foreign intelligence with the nickname "Sabina".

However, the documents published yesterday show that she has not written any records of intel, she contacted the State Security officers but did not follow the instructions for conspiracy, did not appear in many of the meetings and according to one of the agents she attempted to legalize this relationship. In the declassified materials there are no documents written by Julia Krusteva herself.

Kristeva, who since 1965 works and lives in France and is a well-known name in the intellectual circles, has asked the State Security not to push her to write information "because she would not be able to expose the essentials."

The declassified documents show that the State Security has followed her every step since 1963, the files include characteristics written about her, copies of her letters to her relatives in Bulgaria. The assessment is that she has "good opportunities for work in our favour among French cultural figures".

According to one of the reports, Vladimir Kostov had psychologically prepared Julia Krusteva in 1966 for the upcoming recruitment. In 1967, agent Ivanov wrote about her: "It can be certain that Julia has left Bulgaria for good and remains in Paris."

In her dossier there is a document from December 1970 about a recruitment, "The recruitment of Y. Kristeva can be considered as completed successfully, proposed alias...