Evening star., 1941-02-15
yugos|avs Put
Hitler S Terms
Up 10 Regent
New Policy Meeting
German Demands
Is Indicated
By the Associated Press.

BELGRADE, YugoSlavia. Feb. IS
YugoSlaVia's s Premier and Foreign
Minister arrived at noon today from
Germany where they held a three
hour conference with Adolf Hitler
yesterday, and went Immediately to
report to Prince Paul, the Regent.
Both Premier DragiSa Cvetkovic
and Foreign Minister Alexander
Cincar- -Markovic refused a state
ment, but sources close to the
Premier earlier had indicated that
YugoSlaVia probably would adopt
a course more in accord with Ger
man wishes
From the station the two states
men drove directly to the palace
where they lunched with Prince
Paul
Diplomats who requested appoint
ments with the Premier were told
he would be unable to receive them
before some time next week" and
official quarters likewise refused to
shed light on the talks with Hitler.
Three Hour Conference.
Premier Cvetkovic and Foreign
Minister Cincar-Markovic talked
with Hitler and German Foreign
Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop
at Berchtesgaden, and informed
quarters here said they were be-
lieved to have been given terms
designed to keep Yugoslavia out of
war but probably calling for active
participation in the Nazis' new
order" for Europe.
The regency council, an informant
said, will meet in a few days to
discuss these terms and formulate
YugoSlaVia'S answer. The exact
content of the terms is not known.
A communique giving the nation
its first knowledge that the Premier
and Foreign Minister were in Ger
many said merely that ''conversa-
tionS concerning questions of COM
mon interest we're conducted in the
spirit of friendly relations existing
between the two nations"
Similar COmmunique at Berlin.
A similar Communique was issued
in Berlin, where informed sources
asserted today that closer economic
cooperation between Yugoslavia
and Germany was an important
topic on the agenda, together with
important political questions.
They emphasized that Yugo-
slayia's copper and especially her
bauXite-one of the basic raw ma
terials for manufacture of alumni
num-are essential for Germany's
war industry.
The concensus in German political
circles was that Yugoslavia had
broken away from English ties and
moved closer to Germany and Italy.
apparently having realized that
the future Of the country depended
on more intimate cooperation with
the axis powers"
Vital decisions" were said to be
on tap in Yugoslavia, and sources
outside Germany assumed this
meant Yugoslav consideration of
Nazi requests for permission to move
troops through the country to strike
dC greece ana POSSIBLY the Dar-
denelles. The Southern Yugoslav
border is less than 40 miles from
Salonika, Greece.
Regarded as Smokescreen.
In London, meanwhile, diplomatic
and military circles expressed belief
German diplomatic moves in the
Balkans might be only a smoke
screen to mask new axis blows. These
circles envisioned an attempted Ger
man invasion of England, coupled
with a triple axis stab at three of
Britain'S most vital positions-Suez,
Gibraltar and Singapore, with Japan
helping in the latter.
The journey of Premier Cvetkovic
and Foreign Minister Cincar-Mark-
ovlc to Germany was interpreted by
informed quarters in Belgrade as an
indication that the Yugoslav gov
eminent had been forced into
corner as a result of Bulgaria's ap-
parent readiness to accede to Ger
man wishes and Russia s non-inter-
ference policy in the Balkans.