The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-22
London Source Expects Rejection of Ultin,atun

London Aug. 22-CUP)-An in- formed Yugoslav spokesman in Lon don predicted today that Marshal Tito will reject the United States 48-hour ultimatum for the release of interned American airmen.
 The spokesman said Yugoslavia feels there is absolutely no ground for consideration of the dispute by the United Nations Security Coun- cil, as threatened by the American note.
 The nation was quite within it's rights in acting after repeated dip lomatic representations failed 10 halt wholesale infringement of Yugoslav sovereignty" the Spokes- man said.
 Says Nation Not Guilty
 "Yugoslav has not been guilty of an aggressive act" he added. My country is a peace-loVing state de voted to the principles of the United Nations Charter"
 The spokesman said he wanted to remind the Western powers that Yugoslavia paid higher propor- tionate cost in blood for the war than any other country He said the country wanted peace with honor and dignity.
 He expressed hope that Paris talks between Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and Vice-Premier Edward Kardelj of Yugoslavia would lead to "an early amicable settle ment of this unfortunate dispute between friendly nations"
 There were strong unofficial in- dications of complete British sup port for the United States stand. A Foreign Office spokesman de- scribed British -Yugoslav relations as far from satisfactory" He de- clined immediate official comment On the British attitude toward the American suggestion of Security Council action. --.
 Zhukov Inspects Troops
 Diplomatic observers believe a rupture of Greek-Yugoslav rela- tions was imminent.
 Marshal Georg K. Zhukov, Soviet hero of Berlin, was reported in- specting Red Army troops in the Balkans today while the diplomatic controversy in eastern Europe frightened.
 An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Budapest reported that Zhu- kov arrived in Constanta, Romania, aboard a Soviet cruiser to examine Soviet troops in Romania and Bull garia. zhukov recently was named commander of the Odessa military district on the Black Sea.
 Within the past "A hours, the fol- lowing developments in addition to the American-Yugoslav crisis have been reported:
 CD Diplomatic sources said
 British note on the Dardanelles
 was delivered to the Soviet
 Union. It was understood to
 parallel the American note re-
 jecting Soviet proposalsfor joint
 Soviet-Turkish defense of the
 straits and opposing exclusive
 control by Black Sea powers.
 (2) The London Daily Tele-
 graph printed a dispatch, said
 to be based on information from
 highly authorative source in
 Berlin, asserting that Russia is
 manufacturing V-bombS and other ornaments in it's occupa- tion zone of Germany, in viola tlon of the PotSdam agreement. The Daily Telegraph said pro-
 duction was "on an important Scale.'
 (0 Yugoslavia recalled her
 ambassador to Greece in pro-
 test to insults" against Mar
 shal Tito in the Greek press and other alleged anti-Yugoslav
 acts. Greece is considering a reciprocal withdrawal of her
 envoy in Belgrade. A Greek government statement blamed developments on Yugoslavia's
 excessive irritability."
 (4 Britain has agreed to Swedish request for help in plotting the flight of mysterious rockets that have been crossing SWe d n. Apparently from northern Germany, the Daily Telegraph reported. It said Britain has agreed to supply
 radar equipment and techni- ciaSs to train the Swedes in its use.
 (5O Radio Warsaw announced dispatch of Polish government note to Britain, asking permis- sion for Warsaw officials to in