In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
His Excellency, Theodor Zhivkov, President of the Republic of Bulgaria,
I acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency's message of congratulations on the occasion of the third anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran with appreciation. I implore God, the Most Blessed and Exalted, to grant liberation to people under oppression and the world oppressed people of the world from the evil domination of colonialists and tyrants.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Rabi` ath-Thani 20,1402 AH