Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-10-11
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And are the Jugoslavs to forget
all about the atom bomb?-that it
has been used, that it remains
with a growing stockpile) the ex-
elusive property of the nation send
ing war planes almost daily across
their borders?
Are the Jugoslavs to believe all
of this is accident, without pur-
pose, random acts and policies that
have no relationship?-that note
written at the State Department in
Washington, command issued by
an Army officer on an airfield in
the Julian March, a directive hand
ed down by an occupation official
in Germany ,<are without bearing?
They have higher opinion of
American staff work.
On April !, 1S46, in the National
Assembly in Belgrade, Tito spoke
of many of these things: of the
Danube vessels, of the employment
by the Allies of fascists who took
part in Mussolini's march on Rome
as civil police in the Julian March,
of documents proving that armed
fascist hoodlums had been import
ed into Zone A from Italy, and of
their attacks on Jugoslav officers
Capt. Piper, 1t Col. Finzi. Its. W.
kotic and Marusic. He told of AL
lied indignities to Jugoslav flags,
and Allied dismissal of professors
with Jugoslav sympathies. And
then he said:
'There are also other disquieting
facts 3. will mention the flights
of Allied aircraft over Jugoslav
territory, which is a gross violation
of territory and, to put it mildly,
provocation and danger to peace.
From February II to March 26,
233 Allied aircraft violated our
territory. Of these. TIA were fight
ers, the rest bombers and trans
ports.
'Despite our many protests and
notes, which at first we sent to the
Allied Military Authorities and
later to the British Government, the
attitude of some Allied circles is in
complete contradiction to the eff
forts of the United Nations 10 con-
solldate peace as soon as possible
and prevent any possible aggressors
who would try to crush freedom
and independence of other nations
"On February II we drew the
attention Of the British military at
tache in Belgrade to these viola
tions Of our territory. On February
II we sent a note to the British air
attache, protesting against repeated
violations.
The Jugoslav Ministry. of For
eign Affairs instructed our Ambas-
sador in London to hand a note of
protest in connection with these
violations. The note was delivered
on February %, and SO far no posi-
tive reply has been received
What does all this mean?
do certain circles wish to pre-
vent the consolidation of peace, CO.
operation and friendship with our
Allied countries? Although we
are used to these things, we hope
and resolutely demand that respon-
sible quarters put an end to such
acts of military organs. They con-
stitute danger to peace Our peo-
pies are not prepared to tolerate
such entertainments on their SOW
erelgnty and their independence
as they have best shown during the
war;
In other words, the protests to
Allied authorities started on Feb.
II, 1916, almost six months to the
day before the first American
plane was forced down on Aug. 8.
And let it be noted. too, that at
first the unauthorized Allied planes
flying over Jugoslavia were mostly
British, and observe that it is true
to pattern for the British to init
ate practice. then let the Ameri-
cans take it up.
For six months after the first
protest, unauthorized, unreported
flights of Allied aircraft persisted
On April l, Tito served notice to
the world of these violations and,
in moderate terms, questioned their
motives and warned that the Jugo-
slavs were not disposed to be pa
tient forever with those who en-
danger the peace But there was
no change, and on July the Jugo-
slav Foreign Ministry sent note
on the subject to the American en-
bassy in Belgrade
Within the next few days the De-
partment for Liaison with Foreign