KORZO
| KORZO | |
|---|---|
| Moravska State Archive · 1976 | |
| Classification | Society and Power |
| Status | canon |
| Last updated | 2026-11-04 |
| Archive source | 05 Society and Power/KORZO.md |
| Length | 342 words (2 min read) |
| Internal links | 8 outgoing, 14 incoming |
| Sources | 3 cited |
KORZO (Komitet za Red i Zashtita — Committee for Order and Defence) was the internal security service of Moravska. It was formed in 1947 from the wartime security bureau of the party. It reported to the Council of Ministers, not to the Ministry of the Interior.
Structure [edit]
KORZO has four directorates:
- Directorate I watches the border and the ports. It works with The Kray.
- Directorate II watches the party, the army, and the police.
- Directorate III watches the churches, the universities, and the press.
- Directorate IV keeps the files.
The service has about 1,800 officers and 4,000 informers. Its headquarters is a grey building on the Korzo in Zaligrad. The building has no number and no sign.
The files [edit]
KORZO keeps a file on every person who travels abroad, every foreign correspondent, and every citizen who writes a letter to a newspaper. The files are stored in the basement of the Zaligrad State Archive. The reading room is closed to the public.
The file on the B-Bottle Affair is one of the few that was partly opened in 1984. It contains the sports council report, the laboratory sheet, and a note from an officer who watched the hospital corridor.
The 1984 report [edit]
In 1984 KORZO published a report titled "Eight Years After" on the 1976 games. The report was an internal review, not a public document. A copy reached James Cornwell through the Narodna Biblioteka Moravska. The Zeitschrift article in Zeitschrift quotes it.
The report concludes that the service "acted correctly" and that the missing bottle was "a procedural failure of the sports council". No officer was disciplined.
Public image [edit]
Most Moravskans do not use the name KORZO in public. They say "the committee" or "the fourth floor". The service is feared rather than discussed. See Dissent and Control.
Dissolution [edit]
KORZO was dissolved in 1991, after Moravska became part of Bulgaria. Its files passed to the Bulgarian interior ministry. Part of the archive was opened. The rest stayed sealed.
See also [edit]
Sources[edit]
- Investigative file Archive Clerk 14 (1977). KORZO dossier: Branishte file. Ministry of the Interior. KOR-1977-7148. Cited in Structure, See also. See also B-Bottle Affair.
- Decree B. Yanev (1973). State Sports Council Decree 214. State Sports Council. SSC-1973-9364. Cited in The files, Structure. See also Aleksandar Kolarov.
- Register Archive Clerk 14 (1976). Parish register extracts, Tri Limana. Archdiocese of Zaligrad. ADR-1976-2745. Cited in The 1984 report, Structure. See also Balkan breakup.
References[edit]
Documents in the archive that cite or cross-reference KORZO:
- ^ "Aleksandar Kolarov". People, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Archival Reviewer 76". People, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "B-Bottle Affair". Society and Power, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Balkan breakup". History, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Ivan Vodenov". People, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "James Cornwell". People, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Mira Dragova". People, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Moravska". Foundations, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Narodna Biblioteka Moravska". Society and Power, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Petar Vranov". People, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Skalina Eight". Society and Power, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Timeline of Moravska history". History, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Zaligrad State Archive". Society and Power, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Zaligrad games". Society and Power, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.