Jaruzelski visits Bulgaria, a critic of Polish ferment

May 21, 1982

Polish military ruler Wojciech Jaruzelski arrived in Sofia for the first official visit to Bulgaria since the imposition of martial law in December. Bulgaria, the fifth Warsaw Pact country to receive General Jaruzelski since he introduced military rule in Poland, has been one of the sharpest critics of the liberalization period in Poland initiated by the Solidarity free trade union.