Evening star., 1949-07-03
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, July @
"A military spokesman disclosed
officially today that Yugoslava
has been cut off from all military
supplies from the Cominform
countries. He def1antly expressed
confidence in the YugoSlav army's
ability to defend itself against all
comers.
The veteran Army man, Col
Gen. Ivan Goshnjak. pulled no
punches in accusing Russia OF
promoting Cominform attacks
against the Tito regime for its
own selfish reasons. Goshnjak is
a member of Yugoslavia's Polit-
buro. He is second only to Tito
in master-minding the country's S
defenSeS.
In tone and temper, Goshnjak's S
speech, made before Communist
Party conference of Ministry OF
Defense workers, added up to per-
haps the most important speech
delivered here during the past six
months. 1t reflected Yugoslavla' S
increasing resentment against re-
peated Cominform attacks.
Contrasts With Tito Speech.
His speech seemed in contrast
to the last major policy speech OF
Marshal Tito, who declared the
Western nations cannot depend
on Yugoslavia to join in war
plans" against the Soviet Union
despite his break with the other
Cominform nations.
That speech by the Yugoslav
leader last April followed nine
months of speculation in the
worlds diplomatic and political
circles as to whether Yugoslavla
would line up with the West.
Tito and his top Communist
lieutenants were bitterly attacked
a year ago and Yugoslavia was
thrown out of the Cominform bloc
on charges that the Belgrade gov
ernment had deviated from the
Marxist-Leninist line as laid down
by Moscow.
Heretofore, the quarrel has been
limited to politics and economics.
Goshnjaks address was the first
disclosure it also has reached into
the military field.
Yugloslavs Make Own Planes.
Backing up his assertion that
Yugoslavia can take care of her
self, Goshnjak declared that al
ready Yugoslav pilots are flying
planes made in YugoslaVia. He
added that national factories soon
will be turning out naval units
and modern heavy army equip
ment.
Nonetheless, even to the un-
tutored observer, it has been ap-
parent that such Yugoslav SOL
diers as are on view are equipped
largely from factories in Czecho-
slovakia and Russia, with some
transport from Hungary.
CA Rome dispatch Friday
night which quoted Yugoslav
sources in Trieste and Belgrade
said Tito is trying to get a
loan of $80O,OO0.OO0 from the
United States and wants to buy
arms from the West.)
Goshnjak charged that as long
ago as 1914, plans for the ultimate
control of the Balkans were worked
out between Britain and Russia
and were thwarted only by Tito's
strength. He said under these
plans, Britain and Russia would
have shared influence in Yugo-
slavia on a fifty-fifty basis; Rus
sia would have IS per cent of the
influence in Bulgaria, Hungary
and Romania, and Britain Is per
cent: while influence in Greece
would go solely to Britain.
Goshnjak claimed this was sup
ported in the memoirs of former
Secretary of State Hull, and con-
flrmed by information obtained
from Randolph Churchill, son of
Britain's wartime prime minister,
and then chief of the British Mis-
sion in Yugoslavia.
Army Purged of Tractors.
In the course of his speech,
Goshnjak said:
The Yugoslav army is united.
faithfully follows Tito, and is ready
to defend if necessary the results
OF the peoples revolution.
THE army has purged itself of
traitors and opportunists."
Here he mentioned Mai. Gen,
<A1oO cOFoAIOfAS wiz Wdo hllltQ last
fall while trying to flee over the
border to Romania.
The latest demonstration of
Cominform aims was Russia's
"betrayal' of Yugoslavia's inter-
ests when she Joined the Western
powers in rejecting Yugoslas
claims against Austria "in ex.
change for dollars and petrol"
Russia and her satellites are try
ing to halt the development o1
socialism in Yugoslavia. This
truth" Goshnjak said, cannot be
suppressed as it was done ir
Tirana capital Of Albania) mol
by party purges and arrests as il
. is tried elsewhere.
The Yugoslav military spokes-
man also declared that the West
ern countries do not want to sell
us military material"
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