Evening star., 1948-06-30
Yuoos|avReds Proclaim F reedom
And Urge Creation Of Balkan Bloc;
Tito's Whereabouts Still Mystery
Bulgaria Declares
Relations Are Not
Affected by Rift
By the Associated Press

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, June
80. - Yugoslavia's Communist
leaders firmly proclaimed their
independence today and called
for formation of a Balkan bloc
uniting Albanian, Bulgarian
and Yugoslav people on the
principle of national equality"
They also recommended several
steps for general strengthening" of
the Yugoslav Army, by Tightening
UP discipline and supplying the
forces with modern war technique y
"The Yugoslav Army they said,
protects the freedom and inde-
pendence of the people of Yugo-
slavia."
Tito's whereabouts Unknown.
Marshal Tito's exact whereabouts
remained a subject for speculation,
report and rumor. He was yariously
reported to be in Belgrade. at his
summer palace in Bled and in Mos
COW. One report said he had fled to
Austria.
On Sofia the Bulgarian gov
ernment said today that the
sound foundations Of our rela-
tions with Yugoslavia are un-
shaken" by the Cominform blast
against Marshal Tito.
(However, the Fatherland Front
Council, the Communicated 'peo-
pies front" of Bulgarian political
parties, issued a communlque.
saying 1t approves the Comm
form resolution calling on the
Yugoslav Communist Party lead
ership to get back into line with
Communist principles.
(The government newspaper
Otechestven Front said in an edl-
torial that Bulgarian -YugoslaV
relations cannot be affected by
temporary crisis in the Yugoslav
Communist Party"
(An official statement from the
press department of the Com
munist-led Bulgarian govern
ment. following up the editorial.
said Cominform criticism does not
change existing Yugoslav-Bul-
garian relations.
ct said. Bulgaria will abstain
from interference in Yugoslav
internal affairs.D
Council to Get Program.
The Yugoslav Communist pro-
gram was advanced by the party
Central Committee, headed by Mar
shall Tito. for presentation to the
countrys fifth Communist Council
meeting here July 81.
It was published in Borba, the
party organ. only few hours after
the committee had denounced AS
Lies" and Islander" the sharp con-
demnation by the Cominform CT
policies pursued by Tito and Iis
government.
THE national independence Of
the people of Yugoslavia is the con-
ditiOn for their road to Socialism
and their progress in general the
committee said in presenting the
following program:
|. Further strengthening of moral
and political unity for the people OF
Yugoslavia."
2. Strengthening and further de-
veloping of tight cooperation with
the Soviet Union"
3. Strengthening and further de-
veloping of tight cooperation with
the neon1eS' demOcracleS,'
4. The most tight cooperation
with the peoples republic of Bull
garia and the peoples republic of
Albania and working on forming
conditions for uniting the Albanian
and Bulgarian peoples with the
Yugoslav people on principle OF
national equality"
Peaceful Cooperation"
5. peaceful cooperation with all
countries who wish to cooperate
with the Federated Peoples Repub-
lie of Yugoslavia on the basis of
honoring their independence and
equality in the framework of the
principles of the Charter of the
United Nations"
b. ActlVeneSS ana co-opeTalloll ol
the Federated Peoples Republic OF
Yugoslavia in the struggle of the
democratic anti-imperialistic forces
of the world, headed by the Soviet
Union, against the anti-democratlc
imperialistic forces and warmon-
gers"
T. The Federated Peoples Repub-
tSee YUGOSLAVIA. Page A-6D /