CURRENT YUGOSLAV MILITARY-POLITICAL SITUATION
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Publication Date:
February 6, 1951
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REPORT
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although Milovan Niles, Minister without Portfolio9
left to deliver a lecture, in reality he went to
consult on the possibilities of changing the present
Yugoslav Communist system into something approaching British Socialism.
1 Moshe Pijade, President of the Farliementary
Council, and Leo Gerskovic, Secretary of the Committee an Internal. Affairs
of the Peoples Assembly of the PPRY? are now working on special legislatio
preparing for such a change. The Party is also soliciting opinions and
suggestions from legal and ideological experts as to how a compromise can
made between Socialism and Commatismulthout arousing too much opposition
an the part of die-hard Cominformists.
Tito is seriously looking for closer liaison
betueen Western Socialist groups and movements, even contemplating joining
the International Free Trade Movement in some way. A new Party line to that
effect is soon to be passed on to Party leaders and cells throughout the
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convinced of the serious possibility of a satellite attack
military centingents are being concentrated on the Macedonian
and Albanian frontiers. There is strong agitation on the part of Cominformists,
Nationalists and Bulgarian agents among the Macedonians. Since the Macedonians
are not reliable politically, this agitation has caused a high degree of
excitement. The general situation is still bad, although special consideration
is being given Macedonia in terms of higher food allocations and funds for
urban and rural developments. Macedonian Nationalists feel that the chance
will now present itself for an independent Macedonia, with its capital
possibly at Salonika.
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malitarymerahave little confidence in
Chief of Staff Col. Gen. Noce Popovio, whcat they consider a military
amateur and a Cominfannist ideologicallaa
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The MBA, is reportedlarraming
stores of supplies eqpIpment and personnel to Bosnia, tiontenegro and the
Dalmatian coast, Ite Army does not plan to defend the plains berth and
northeast of the Danube, and in case of at'ack will abandon large cities like
Nevi Sed and Subotica, and probably Belgrade and Zagreb. The army has ita
supplies well placed along the coast, especliarlay on the islands batman
Split and Dubrovnik. The argy expects the strongent blow from Bulgaria, where
an estimated force of 200,000 (sic) Russian coverts is being ptooessed for
intearatiom into the Bulgarian military organizations. Among than are thousands
of officers, technical experts, political commissars, trained agents and
propagandists of uhom arrived as tourists and commercial agents.
TUgoslav is greatly concerned with the magnitude of the preparations
going On a, and expects a move in a few months from that direction.
Similar conditions aUegedy exist in the Hungarian Army, but their spirit is
less impressive. tugoslavJ considers the flungariam sampathizers
in the Toftodina a. prospective fifth column like the Macedonians.
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ihas been practically stepped throughout the country, utile the arey is
now storing than. It is now not only the official Party line to speak of
immizent danger, but Party and military commissars are really 'worried as
evidenced kr their private comments.
the sale of penicillin and streptopycin
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tourists, especially
oppositien. .
the activities iSerbian Nationalists, many of
southeast Croatia have reached dangerous proportions
"Serbia Uhited," Putnik now feels it unwise to have
foreigners, visit spots near the center of Serb Nationalist
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