Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-21
U.S.. Note Firmly Opposes Reds
Sharing Dordone|Ies Defense;
I ito UphoIds Attacks on Planes
Belgrade Ministry
Admits Downing of
Second u. S. Croft
fTert OF Tito's Address, Page 40. J
BY Inc Associated Press


BELGRADE, Aug. 21.-Marsha
Tito, in speech published to-
day, stoutly defended Yugo.
slavia's course in which tvs
American planes have beer
brought down in 10 days, de-
clared the country intends to in
sist on its sovereignty ane
shouted that Yugoslavia wanted
peace 'but not peace at any
price"
Saying he had witnessed the
downing of one of the unarmee
American transport planes, Tito de.
nied.the craft was lost in the clouds
or was fired on after it landed. HI
admitted, however. that an Amer.
lean plane had been forced to land
Previous eyewitnesses and officia
American accounts said the frs
plane strayed over Yugoslav terri
tory from its course on flight from
Vienna, Austria, to Udine. Italy
August 9 and was forced to lane
after Yugoslav fighter planes
wounded one of the passengers.
Although Tito mentioned witness.
ing only one incident and did moi
mention the date, he was believed
to have seen both. The second In
volved CAT brought down August
10 near Bled. Tito was in Bled or
that day.
Foreign Minister Sends Note.
The Yugoslav Foreign Ministry ir
a note acknowledged last night thai
Yugoslav fighter planes attacked
the transport and sent it crashing
probably with some fatal casualties
American Ambassador Richard C
Patterson will take up the matter
with Tito personally at the confer.
ence tomorrow at the marshal.
summer palace in Bled. Yugoslavis
granted clearance for the Embassy
CAT to fly to Bled, Mr.. Patterson,
party will include the American
Military Attache, Col. Richard Par.
fridge.
The Embassy is pressing the Yu.
goslav foreign Office for permission
to send a graves registration rep.
reSentative to the scene of the sec.
ond incident to search for bodies il
the wreckage.
1t also is seeking incarnation con.
corning the two crew members whit
parachuted from the blazing al!
liner and for release of seven Amer.
leans involved in the first incident
who are now in the 18th day of theil
internment at Ljubljana Hotel.
There has been no information IL
the Yugoslav press concerning these
incidents except publication of Tito,
original protest note August II ant
today's account of the marshall
speech. Reaction in the Yugosla'
capital was negligible.
New Violations Charged.
Tito spoke before iron factor,
workers yesterday at Jesenice neal
Bled. He charged that almost ever,
day brought ''incessant new viola.
tons of our frontiers and territory. z
You know, / repeat" he said
that almost every day not onl,
civilian but military planes few owe
our territory, not single plane.
alone, but even whole suuadrons.'
The Premier charged that ever
while peace negotiations were goinl
on, we have come to realize tina
certain countries which during tfs
war of liberation marched together
with us do not wish a peace Of lib.
Grafton but an imperialistic peace"
The Foreign Ministry's note to Mi
Patterson brought from him tn,
bitter comment: "A year and d hal
ago they welcomed our planes anc
now they shoot them down. .
The Yugoslav note, which termed
Mondays incident d ..regrettable &C.
cident." made no reference to til,
American transport plane downet
(See YUGOSLAV. Page A-31