Oldal 1 [1]
Oe2- for December 1952
REPORT FROM YUGOSLAVIA
"he most important thing which has been reported to us ‘
during the last weeks is one of a number of top ranking discussions *
within the Yugoslav government end more especially within the
Belgrade foreign office. “uite obviously Yugoslavia has reached
again a point of major deGisions. $he reason for this turning
point is obvious. After br aking with the Soviets and after being
driven increasingly into the Western camps, the Yugoslav regime had
gradualiy built up a wide series of contacts with the more extreme
leftewingers in the Western camp. Their sympathy lay with the
radicals in every Socialist Party, with the Bevanites of the Weste
This was a possible policy for as long as the Soviet Union was
continuing an openly aggressive poliéy. Nevertheless, with the
Stalin article, this situation changed. It has become obvious to
Belgrade that the extreme left-wing socialists and neutralists are
ready to accept Stalin's peace proposals at face value. Belgrade
realizes that, if the neutralists should revail, Yugoslavia would
be the first victim a @ppeasement. It is also obvious to the
leaders in Belgrade that, while Leftist socialists would be received
with open arms by Msscow, the same would not be true for theme Under
these conditions, fito's regime, though reluctantly, is at present
Studying a re-alignment of its alliances. Faced with the wnreliabilit
of leftist socialists, the Yugoslav leaders now begin to feel that ;
in the face of Soviet policies, conservative forces in “urope might
be a more reliable friend to Yugohlavia, than would be the West's
Socialists. This idea strange as it may seem, is Marshal Tito's
owne the opposition comes more from the old idgological groups,
such as Pijade. “hile it would be still too early at this writing
to speak of a complete change of Yugoslav policies, it is nevertheless
increasingly becoming a definite possibility, one which is under
active discussion in Belgrade at this hour. One can easily under=
Stand the tremendous impact of this move, which is obviously
encouraged by the results of the Amerdéan elections. It is a fact
that on several points in the West during the last three weeks,
Yugoslav agents and displomats have already laid the groundwork ofx
fer contacts with conservative forces. This is especially true of
Germany, France and Austria. If continued, it might even lead to
a change in Yugohlav domestic policies.
“his nervousness of the Yugoslavs over the Kremlin plans
is also strengthened by the fact that while the peace offensive of
Russia is carried out towards all capitalist countries, the hostility
to Yugoslavia is still very evident. The influx of sp&és and
saboteurs has greatly increased. While scores of them have been
arrested in the past few weeks, hundreds are still at largee And
they are the more ddngerous, dince the regime well knows that they
have still most powerful contacts in every branch of the Yugoslav
administration. Scarcely a month goes by, without the discovery of —