Evening star., 1949-08-21
Russia Threatens Tito Regime.
With Effective Measures to
Guard Soviet Citizens Rights.
Stern Note Protests
Unlawful Arrests,
Beotings' Of 5000
BY the Associated Press

MOSCOW, Aug. 20.-1n a new
blast against Marshal Tito's lead
ership. Russia warned Yugoslavia
today that she is prepared to take
effective measures" to protect the
rights of Soviet citizens in that
Balkan country.
Moscow delivered a stern note
to Belgrade protesting the "un-
lawful arrest and beatings" of
some 5000 Soviet citizens in Yugo-
Slavia.
The note said:
Apparently the Yugoslav gov
ernment does not intend to bring
to account those who are to blame
for these practices.
If that is so, the Soviet gov
ernment deems it necessary to
declare that it will not reconcile
itself to SUCH situation, and will
be forced to resort to other more
effective measures necessary to
defend the rights and interests
OF Soviet citizens in Yugoslavia
and to call to order the violators. A."
The note did not specify what
these measures would be. 1t was
the latest in an acrid exchange
between the two countries. Last
week Russia called Yugoslavia an
enemy of the U.S.S.R.
Denies Overthrow Sought.
Russia rejected Yugoslavia' S
contention that the Cominform is
advocating the forcible overthrow
OF the Tito government.
In a previous note to Moscow.
Yugoslavia had said some of
those under arrest were guilty of
advocating the overthrow of the
government in line with the 1948
Cominform resolution which ex-
PEELED Yugoslavia from the asso-
citation of Communist nations in
Eastern Europe.
These inventions, however" the
note said. "are an obvious provo
cation and slander.
The Cominform resolution does
not contain a single word about
the propaganda of overthrow of
tie state system in Yugoslavia' or
'forcible' measures for changing
this system"
Resolution Quoted.
Then the Soviet note quoted di-
rectly from the Cominform reso-
luton, stressing that the resoiu-
ton does not ask the forcible
overthrow of Tito but requests the
Yugoslav Communists themselves
to compel their present leaders to
admit their mistakes openly and
honestly and to correct them. to
make a break with nationalism, to
return to internationalism and to
strengthen to the utmost the
united Socialist front against i'm
perialism, or if the present lead
ers of the Communist Party of
Yugoslavia are found to be in
capable of doing this, to remove
them and put forward new inter-
nationalist leadership of the Com
munist Party of Yugoslavia. The
information bureau (Coninform)
does not doubt that the Commu-
mist party of Yugoslavia will be
able to. carry out this honorable
task.
"As can be seen," the note
added, "the resolution does not
contain a single word about over
throw, still less forcible over
throw of the state system in Yugo-
slavia.
"The resolution only says that
the Communists of Yugoslavia
should compel the existing leader
ship of the Yugolslav Communist
Party to revise it's policy. or if
that should prove impossible,
should renovate the leadership of
the Yugoslav Communist Party
and elect a new leadership"
Sharp Slap at Tito.
Then in its sharp slap at Tito
the note said that the Soviet gov
ernnment is obliged to tell the
truth about the present regime
in Yugoslavia, even if that truth
insults some one and stings."
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