SOVIET RADIO PROPAGANDA ABOUT YUGOSLAVIA SINCE THE COMINFORM-TITO SPLIT

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The nears of the break betxeer, tale Cocciafax'x anti Tito, first announced by Prague Is RUIEE FRAVO
'128 A,Ti re, vao distribute by th;n S iet radio the next day, Avoiding oamment of its ovn, Radio
cow 1im1ted itse: to factual rep a of the Cumi. arm cat pique, beamed f 1.ret to the So: iat
e audttenco anc. then to f oreigm aulie i es.
Fos ;a tng this up With
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fo"?8n press reaction, Moaoow on 6 Fitly reported the
part.-Till :: o:Lu T to 3 t tared the YU9O818 , Comu-unist Party C
ongreso on 20 July
auile th of Yugc,s a~I' "t C :7119?;9 ma.i a o3a ed themeelveg ,from "the family of CCanm,nist Partioa.,1
aPpr^tt' l';e3y a v'oak tins P, hdi? " ter'i the Bov'iot radio carried a Ctrninforn,
, jouizai article
IorL^,R "~_-,e ri+part:;r+? ;;:f ~Aze P :'~i, d rs''I from the 1 rri9r,.Ioni.niet thocs?y of claeeos,"
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B.! 74CC'i'9 FIRST 1=FZ E1V1' C RY--YOGCBIAV "TERROR"? 25 TJLY 1948
Moscow's first diroot acemrt teak the form of articles by P.RAV A'e Belgrade and Bucharest
correspondents on the Yugoslav C t Party Congress, (The Belgrade corresponiont's article
was broadcast in at least 13 different lea=.) They charge a. that the, Congress was conducted in
an, "atmosphere of cruel terror, withi critics of the Party's leadership "removed Pram their
pots and arrested," 1 rthermare t Congress was said to have taken plane "under conditions
of complete isolation from the i teruetinml Communist movement.
C.! APPEARANCE QF CLAMS TEAT TZ'1'O 113 ADTI-SOVIET; AUGt T DECEMBLR 1948
During the first part of August, the roard 'traitors" was applied to the "Tito clique"--but
they were "traitors to international seeieliem," not explicitly to the Soviet Union as such.
It should be noted, too, that up to this time the Soviet radio still occasionally broadcast
eporte (although in declining freque }about inetancea of economic progress and "upsurge' in
ugoe1aTia--just as if that noun Izy were still one of the "Lew Democracies.
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But on 15 August, towards the and of the Danube Corferenoo, the first oiiarge of an '`anti-
oviet policy of the Yugoslav CceAtuaislto" was heard. And cn 8 September, a PRAVDA attack,
roadcast in at least 10 different languages, accused the Tito group !of:
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'making a common show with the imperialists, pouring abuse upon the Communist Parties
of the popular democratic countries and the USSR to the joy of the Imperialists all over
the world. Instead of a uni'ed front with the Communist Parties, there has resulted
a united front with the Imperialists,
This was the first explicit identification of the "Tito clique" with the imperialists. At
he same time, however, Moscow was careful to point out that the campaign against Tito did not
onatitute "a campaign against tho Yugo-,Iav Commmxniet Party' as such. On the contrary, the Tito
iootion was said to be "at war" with the Yugoslav Party.
On 17 September, a lengthy oaommntary by E.N. Burdzhalov, Chief of the Party's Agitprop
I oture Group, on "The International Cammiat Movement," mado the point, repeated later,*
On 13 March 1,949, for example, the broadcast of an article from SLAV' PANE, organ of the
Slav Committee of the 1SSR, praclli]asd that "to be a proletarian internatiomliat today means,
I the first place, to ba froon& y tarards the Soviet Union and the Peoples Democracies and
t eir blook"--but the Ti.toi.tes "haave deserted "
proletarian iritortmtion i )ism.
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that "relations with the Soviet talon fam the r.r?rnexretone far all Sor,ialtete," and that the
Titoitea 'gave embarked on a polio of b' M:2k=g away from tye unitei front. "
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Througitcut the real of the year, hwover, Moo~rnr'a in attack was maintains. pr imrily on
the level of Party theory an:i prec ice, with excor ietione of the Titoiteal 'ant i-Loniniat
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n3 %bcuFiniam," Optiat1etic consideration of one element in the power etraoturo
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of Yugoslavia as occaoioned by Yugosldv Army Day when Moscow (22 December) declared that
"the Yugoslav Aray will rem in faithful to the interests of the people," and that the dray IA not
far distant 'when the Yugoslav people will pronoun I their final word,"
CM AND ME CO OMION FCl? YUvCBIAVIA'S RETURN TO THE FOLD.- ,JANUARY ?- 12 FEBRUARY 1949
January 'brought the formz-tion
of the Council for Economic Mutual Assiatarae and thi first
exchange of z too, initiated by Yugoslavia's complaint over being excluded, The Soviet reply
(12 February), branding the cctapIsInt "groundleee" and explaining that Yugoelavia'3 "hypocrisy
and hostile attitude prevent itat rtieipetion," at the same time noted the desirability of
Yugoslav participation--the proroq inite for which would be the "(abaniormont) of hostility
towa.rd.e the Soviet Union eni (rover ion) to the old policy of friendship." F, TR MOUNDING OFFENSMs 15 FIC@RUM 191'9 TO DATE
Up to this , Soviet note of repay, the volume of Mo: ioaa'a attention to the Tito deraiation
had not been epocially heavy, nz then on, however, Soviet broadcasts have been marked by
an inoroaso III both the volume and iutonaity of attacks on the deviating Titoitea,
(1) Titol a Anti-Sovietiam and rialiam: On 15 February, three days after the Soviets'
general definition of the oonditlo for Yugoslav participation in CEMA, Radio Moscow told
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Sorbocroat listeners that the Titoitea had disoerded Marxist"-Ieniniat teaching and through
their anti^S iet policy were aiding the imperialists in attempts to split the international
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workers' movement and the forces of Sooieliam. The mek of "a inoore friendship" for the USSR,
the broadcast maid, is donned for purpoaos of demagogy and deceives no one; the friends of the
Tito clique are to be found in quite a different stamp.
On 19 Feblruary Kozlov In a omaimform Jour'nal article distributed by Moscow, charged
flatly that the Titoitefl have "definitely passed into the imperialist camp. " And, approximately
two weeks 1--tor , another brcmd(cast Qcaninform Journal article (loclarod that ."at last, the mask of
':friexi1 of ti3SP' has boon dropped.," that the Ti$ o clique to now "openly endorsing anti-
Soviet :propag;.l nidaand. that it in "openly horse-trding with the laaporialiats"; the "foul
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22 June* taken from r Z W `' S erti.:l.n evfsting .r '"'ito's ngent?a r.. :e oa-?a'?-.lqh" d oaavaote
with the mo oho-faaotat har4;9en of the Grae:c p~%..c ni are _ntatb ; : t:ue td. .dc
f ightern of ee Greeoe. " On 7 r uiy, z. .reek g..er.rillm xM 1t.. opal . , v1 e; L, t
battle with Tugon-lavia, accusing t~i:.e YuseaIapn of assenting rhri mrnrr,:ho-t._~+c:a'~
Arun, 10 days; ,later, Matcca ,' iintl ieute3 e
followed swiftly by imdepenient ataticn
Kaimaktaha'27 "deal" wan me3e in eaohange for
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U.S. Jan. ( Se_ s^,.r. cx+.., sank,
Since the initiation cf A. s:harges a vit Kaimairtoheian, Moe,-~ c4r'a ec:.u.e tiane
betrayal of he Greek g::.erri:24e have espan1ed to ir;1-3e the fo1l ''.finis c:.aimy -'c::
25 July:
3 Augusts
about. Tit^'a
The Yugoa.:Ava h,av' 'rind. C sek G7se:rmeat? fcroee i ""praaooeticr:9:` a inst. Albania
a directly partioipat:ew egi. '.? the guerr l:aa in1 the Vite i. and Gr. aMu4cm fighting.
The on TO are p.;Anatrig to Y.,sni over Y-xg l.av-in rned a?erril.1 refugees to ;he
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narcho-f:.acints anal bete rewuee.~i to reccgni.ze the I guer dies' '~~, r.) -al.
do problem of t iom rcfugeoe' ohi.ldren ann. of all Greek of*..ir,ena who er erect
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14 28 7ito D os traaec~nara:~ like ;syhg~sn w'h+ _.,-a revi~. .,.... ?-g Tr^.~ear. :~ ca~*rix3a n ari had
- ~,? .~ the agaai..
August- e~eeblei the Ang on,L'?S0 i perialliste "to atrtke a deI :give b,m at. tb.e :iberation
morement in G~reece,0
Tita's "Greater Ser1is" va.mas
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nd the `"'t'other,:y iesarist
Democ:ecias
stn lard scot ation huiri.oi a ai.n t Titc.
TitoQ? "hcet
ila attitu;da " tower-?i the Peaplea
PIarties" haa, from the beginning o the row, been a
But on 20 ?b ch., a Noav emery by T our. i1ll ,Fes is s13:gle?d
out Albania is ow of the maims obryente ce, "vita?e
Tito's "ant -Albainlenvamp-iga" has been a topso
alleged search for imperialist aggrenn.izement.
t4- j ~..n?ww,S'e claim (brcnd
aa+ by Moaoav on 17 A37gwt) Of YuAmdlav Plane fwd
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aggression alnd to Sedin'e re;.ent MW TD attack (6 Soptom'borl
ceding to the
on "inperialist Intrigued and
e Prior to this time, the S:+riot radio had. been ailon't on the uo.tion of Yugoalay-guerrilla
:relations, although its attacloo on Tito were beamed to the Greek audience. D.vrixn May aa3
June its braadoaata ooncerning Greeco'were devoted largely to the Soviet pence proposei,s,
announced originally by TABS on 20 May. On 6 April, the C'^eok guerrilla radio k ai brca cast
a 28 March aIyoech by .acariadea al.ludixig to Anglo-U.S. imperialist connections with Yugoslavia;
but this al,l1usion wee (framed in terms of alleged imporialiat attempts to "take aiantage" ct
Yugoslavia to create trouble in the Balkans, and Tito dae not t,.:xectiy attacked condemned.
Althox>gh Tito'e a.liagen at?t spts to divide the Greek Ccn iuiiat Party and to eoa Greek
Macedonia were described in e. Ct=a1 d'cmm ,carrel article by Zaaariados (and repeat, dly dietri-
but ed by M cow, 1-9 August), theme lesuea have not been ccmcur~nted. upon by Maecca nor Los
the 1' auedon.an question appeared. in monitored broadrasta since the cireulatior of.',tb* article.
It may be noted that in t,em if 1`icvseocrs'- overall output about lVgoalavla, tht, re ently noted
atteoke or. TI-to'a betrayal of the Greek gs.orrilias constitute s relatively minor'I e+ail''(in
terms of volume) of Meer-~-v+a''! ;.a^srp*_-gn. It may also be noted that coincident vit the ;Bergen
of Tito'e betrayal., Mome;r~A ba.s eontima.ed to refrain frcoa direct oameont about the Ipitustion
and proepoats of the guerrillas?
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"Greek are. Yugoslaq faaeiete ma~;hinetia~+ over A1:Gaa..?.'%-t= ccn i
for U.N. notion agaiaet tl .& "ir'responoibla snoozes of he inu-ipenle
$ 'Bolahov Uhfa gt ermas"s On 9 Juno, tr,q broadcast of an
emigre paper, announced. `Bclahrsik uanfc??givonenq toward netj 11st
"A Newer 3oru P1ieoi t Dint w"s Ths term 'Yaeciet"' ve~e fret applied to T401 in an
Enver Pasha Camini m jourral article, broadcast by Mc+ao?-# on k A;;~guet- Tito was then) the
"newly-born fa9cia dictat4.." "' a:nA a "claimnt to the role of I xaeol
Since then, the term hoe booms a etanlard epithet for Tito,
(6) The 'Nore
Moscow has not elaborated
threat of 'fore et eotive moaauree" age that the Tito clique.
Comin?cnam-?Tito split, Mrai+ccri has 3oae little more t An to
the Tito oli.que yhich will _2.I.agedly be punished by the people
broadcast of a Comarm jourml. article teoems aamewh,at more
n6oRoc
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prooedented voamo
repeating or slab
figures give acme
ebparato tranizlsoiors.
The 29 August note scan broadcast at least 44 dif'ferent timers. Through 8 Septembor', thins
has boon follfrwod. by 2=. different ocmu4entary attacks against YugoelaviA, broadoa~slt on at
the tB~SR a e 20 Augustt
the beginning of the
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Yugoele ,. Opp itior
ion with ub."_'.sh So in ;;a11e
of x il. mticl
article from NAPFED.,
1.evirato:?s.,
i in Southeast. Europe."
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th selves, Om 2 septa bar, the
otp.ii~ it o~i truing that
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n auxiliary police
boo cm a
the
organizetior.
A:-ar- loan pe]ty'"--but t ,at "haxneetx patriots and. Crmuniate bavo already begun o' rebus i
Effective Me4aurea`~a
Yugo&L via
Party undergr. ound.' '!rho m ubor of illegal Ccmtanuniet c~:.?gnnizatione ie ateadily iacir as 1i08
of Soviet radio vituperation against tho YugoeloL leaders, most off it
ling the charges and claim9 conctaixied in the nite? themeelvee. Tine! folla*4irg
des' of t e aeneity of the reoont Soviet radio ba rag.:
The 26 July note was broadcast at least 15 different times. Through 11 August, this veto
followed by 22 differr oo?caontary attacks a ainst Yugoslavbroadcast on at least 80
separate trap miaai~!
The 12 August note ?aee braacdoaat at least 54 different times. Through 19 Augunt~,' this was
followed by 1ifferent oamRaentary attache against Yugoslavbroadcast on at least 108
saparato tranam-ieeione
The 20 A t note was broadoeet at least 1.8 different timers. !Through 28 Aa?guet,~thie Brae
follonrod by 'L di fereE t commentary attache against Yugoslavis~, brc d.oaet on at beet 77
Notes: The recent Bcvtet notes to Yugoslavia r ultod in a oevipl;ot ly un-
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