In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
His Excellency Mr. Todor Zhivkov, President of the Socialist Republic of Bulgaria:
The receipt of your congratulatory message on the occasion of the commencement of the Iranian new year is acknowledged with gratitude. It is hoped that in this New Year the noble and heroic nation of Iran would curtail the grip of the enemies of Islam and Muslims. I wish the people could do away with the criminal Saddam, thus relieving their own Islamic country and Iraq. Saddam has mercilessly killed the Muslims of Iran and Iraq and committed on unprecedented crime in the town of Halabchah martyring defenseless women and children using chemical bombs. It is hoped that Iranian people along with other brothers in Islam and humanity could perform their sacred defense and historic mission.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini Farvardin 25,1367 AHS